Robin’s Observations from the front desk:
So, the other day while shelving some Science Fiction and VHS, I noticed how packed our FREE SHELF is and thought I would share with the community that there are a lot of great items on our FREE SHELF that are in need of a good home! We have our FREE SHELF for the sole purpose of finding a new home for items that are a bit too loved and may need to be repaired, or there are extra copies of items we already have in circulation, or items that have been donated but we either don’t have the room or are not in need of that particular item. I invite everyone to come in and check out our FREE SHELF. Speaking of packed… the last day of the Summer Reading program was packed full of young readers!!! Those who completed the program received a reading certificate and a pass to the May Natural History Museum of the Tropics and those who read 10 hours or more also received a medal. But with the ending of the summer reading program comes the promise of a new school year in which those who participated will receive AR (accelerated reader) credits and for many, they will be able to put those credits towards an AR mystery trip. (I wish we had those when I went to school!) Congratulations to all this summers readers!!
Notes from Gypsy’s Corner:
Today was the end of the year wrap up party for the Teen Summer Reading Program. I would like to personally thank and congratulate Klinton Hammel, Ciana Krautheim, Nate Lucas, Brianon Burke, Chianne DeWitt, and Ashley Fields for attending the program regularly and completing several hundred reading hours combined over the last 6 weeks. We had a blast talking about what books we read, creative writing, doing art projects, weaving (stories and actual yarn), and just staying out of the heat and hanging out together. For those of you that missed out, I do hope you will join our after school Teen Program that will be meeting once a week on Wednesdays during the school year. A special congratulations goes out to Brianon Burke who won the Mp3 player and Ciana Krautheim who won a mini-digital camera in the drawing that was based on reading achievement. Thanks parents and grandparents for bringing your teens in and we hope to see you all again next year. Even though the program is over please continue to send your teens on over to the library. We always have something for them to do! Watch the calendar for upcoming Chess and Guitar Hero Tournaments next month, and we’ll see you all soon!
