July29, 2014

29 July 2014-----This is the last post for the month. With the end of the month comes the end of Summer Reading Program Parties. The teen party is today in the basement meeting room from 3-4. The children's party will be on Thursday at the Methodist Church from 2-4. This was a very good year for the program and we appreciate all who took part.----------The annual volunteer reception will be held in August. The date has not yet been set but it will be after the middle of August.---------At the August board meeting we will be having a barn storming session with people in our community to review what the Library offers to the public. What works, what doesn't? What needs to be done to update the building? What long term maintenance needs to be done, (roof, carpeting, furniture, computers). We will ask some of the attendees to participate in a fund raising committee so that we can do what needs to be done with out having to go for a millage increase. We have been fortunate that the rate of inflation has been low so that our income is able to rise at the same rate. I want to point out that the last major overhaul of the Library was in 1986 so we will need to address the roof, the carpet, number of computers and connect speed of the computers.We encourage you to attend and to pass the word around about this meeting so that the Library can continue to be an asset to all people in our community. The meeting is on 21 August 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Library basement meeting room. Please plan to attend.----------The Library is planning a Senior Fraud Protection workshop for Seniors and care providers in late October. This program is a joint presentation with PNC Bank. More details will be released as we get closer to October.----------The Brown Bag Classics Book Club will resume in September. The first book we will be reading will be John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Copies will be available after August 1. Books in the coming year will be Moby Dick, The Three Musketeers, The Magic Mountain and Dracula.----------This blog is short as I will be out of the Library to attend a workshop for the last two days of the month. Until next week remember to keep reading. John