26 March 2014

Sunday is the last day to turn in you slips for the Grand Prize drawing for the Adult Winter Reading Program. The drawing will take place on Monday morning, 31 March. There is still time to get at least one entry into the drawing. If you are at least 14 years old and would like to work in the Library, we have an opening coming up for the page position. We are looking for someone who is able to work late afternoons from 3-5 two days a week and alternate Fridays and Saturdays from 3-5. You need to be able to lift at least 50 pounds and take an ability test. The successful candidate will start in May. While the minimum age for the position is 14, anyone older who would be available during the scheduled hours is welcome to apply. The Library has the Federal 1040, 1040 EZ and 1040A tax forms and instruction booklets as well as the State tax booklets with the forms. They are available until they are gone, the Library WILL NOT reoder any forms or booklets this year. Later in April the Library will be hosting the PNC Bank Financial Basics workshops they will cover using a checkbook, credit cards, budgeting and other basic financil facts you need to know. It is open to the public but we must restrict it to about 25 people. These are free workshops and sign-up sheets will be available after April 1. Pawsome readers will be in the Library on April 15 from 4-6 and April 17 from 5-7. Sign-up sheets are now at the circulation desk. Please call or register in person, no emails please. National Library Week is April 13-19 and this year we will forgive the fines on print materials that are returned that week. The amnesty is only on print materials. You will still have to pay the overdue fines for CD's and DVD's. A reminder; there is no eating allowed in the stack area of the library. The only areas where the public may eat is in the meeting room in the lower level of the library. Drinks are allowed if they are in covered containers and you are not using a computer. We appreciate your cooperation on this. In April, the staff picks for reading will feature books make into movies. The books and the pick card for the movie will be displayed so you can watch the movie and compare it with the book. To Kill a Mocking Bird, Gone With the Wind, The Hunger Games, The Bourne Identity, and Jurassic Park are examples of books made into movies. What do you do when you have a DVD that freezes up or an audio book that skips and stutters? When you return the item, let a staff person know. Most of the time the disk needs to be cleaned. We are able to clean them so they are ready for circulation. If a book has pages coming loose or if they get torn, let the staff know and we can repair it and put it back into circulation. The book for the Thursday Book Club is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline and the Brown Bag Classics Club will be reading poetry for the month of April. Did you know what the words rant, undress, frugal, courtship, gloomy and laughable have in common? They were all credited as being created by William Shakespeare. In all, Shakespeare is credited with introducing over 1,700 words into the English language. In Shakespeare's lifetime over 30,000 words were added to the English language. Remember that the Library appreciates all gifts and donations for the support of the library and to purchase materials for public use. Until next week, continue to read and stay safe. John Sheridan