20 August 2014

Labor Day is early this year, September 1. This is the earliest that Labor Day can occur because by law it is set as the first Monday of September. The Library will be closed for Labor Day and our Sunday hours will begin on September 7 from 1-5.-------Coming in September will be the Brown Bag Classic Book Club and our first selection will be John Steinbeck's East of Eden. This is a great American classic and a great read. Other books this coming year will be Frankenstein, Anna Karenina, and The Great Gatsby. At the first meeting we will decide if we want to continue meeting at noon or if it would be better to move it to the afternoon or evening.------- The Library is looking for someone to be a janitor. The duties would be the cleaning of the library, setting up for programs, as needed, and dumping trash and taking out recyclables. Apply in person at the library. We would like to fill this position by the first week of September.------- Tomorrow we will be holding the preliminary fundraising meeting. We encourage people to come in and ask questions, make suggestions on fundraisig activities, and volunteer to work on the committee. The board meeting is at 6:00 p.m. in the basement meeting room.------- This September the Library will begin hosting some programs geared to adults and children on financal management. The first program will be on September 13, at 10:30 in the morning. This program uses the Hasbro boardgame, The Game of Life, to guide people along the road of life from childhood through retirement. It will cover saving, investing and budgeting. This is a free program presented by New York Life. There is no obligation or sales pitch attached to this program. We do ask that you register with the library so that we will know how many tables and chairs to set up. We will limit attendence to 30 people. Future programs will include teaching your child on financial management and awareness of fraud against senior citizens. All programs will start at 10:30 and will last about 1 hour and be on Saturday mornings in September and October.------- Our west window display this month features true crime. From the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln to the life and legend of Jesse James. Learn "Isabels Secret" or how two drifters could murder a farm family "In Cold Blood." The truth is more intriguing than fiction. ------- You may have noticed that there is a card in the movie carrels that have the new movies we have received listed. While looking for movies don't forget some of the older ones. John Wayne in Hondo or The Wizard of Oz or even the Birds. Maybe you would rather catch up on a TV series like Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy or the Brady Bunch. For the children we have Bob the Builder and Barbie movies as well as Disney films. ------- If you volunteered to work at any library program or the book sale this past year, please contact me at the library at 649-1648 and let me know. We are having a reception at the library on Thursday, August 27 at 3:00 p.m. in the Library meeting room. ------- As the summer ends, the library staff is getting ready for the children's programs that will start. More on the start days, times of programs and times will be in next week's blog.-------Until next week, keep reading and support your local library. John