August 28,2013

28 August 2013 The end of August is here and this is the Labor Day weekend. This has been a good summer. There was enough rain to keep the lawns green and the crops happy, there was plenty of sun and the temperatures were not oppressive. The Summer Reading Program was well attended and the plans for programs starting in September have been made. I want to thank all of the people who have volunteered to help at the library one more time, we appreciate all you do for us. The Brown Bag Classics Club will have its first meeting on September 23 and we will be reading Fred B. Galbreth's Cheaper by the Dozen. It is light reading but it is a window into how Americans lived a hundred years ago. Mostly the tone is light-hearted but there is trajedy as well. To join all you need to do is bring a bagged lunch to the library at noon on the 23rd, go down to the basement and take a place at the table. Fresh coffee and cold water will be provided along with cups. Some of the future selections will be to select a work from Charles Dickens, one of the Bronte Sisters, Mark Twain or a play from Shakespeare. Some of the titles we will consider are House of the Seven Gables, The Virginian, Elmer Gantry and the Canterbury Tales. We will not be a literature class but we will discuss what makes these works and authors worth reading. This fall we will also be working with PNC bank to do financial literacy workshops. How to maintain a checkbook, keeping your credit score high and why it is important, managing finances on a tight budget and how to address the financial decisions that are part of everyday life. We hope to schedule these workshops on Saturday mornings so most adults or students will be able to attend. Depending on attendance, we would like to have these programs once a month. The Wi-Fi room is now ready! We now have four wi-fi stations set up in the library in the audio-book room. Outlets are available so you can plug your laptop or other device in so you can save your battery. When you come in all you have to do is sign in at the circulation desk. We ask that you sign in so we may collect the statistics for our yearly report on library usage to the State Library. The Library Ladies Auxilary is taking donations for the book sale. The only restrictions are no National Geographic magazines, no encyclopedias and no Reader's Digest condensed books. Also, if the books are falling apart or have mildew will not be acceptted. It is going to be great fall. See you at the Library John