News from KNOWhere 5/12/2008

Are you part of the Zine Scene? It’s a great series of workshops we’re having that will let you create your very own comic or magazine to talk or write about anything you like, and share your interests with everyone in the library! It’s a great way for artists or writers to share their talents with everyone.

Speaking of writers, if you love to write, grab your pen or fire up your computer – you have one month to create a poem, essay or short story 1000 words or less to participate in our cool Slam & Jam 2008, now open to both teens AND adults! The deadline for entry is May 31 at 5 pm, so start writing! Want to know more? Call 912-564-7526 and ask for Sharon!

Summer reading is coming up fast, so get ready to sign the kids up! We’ve got a terrific lineup of activities scheduled, so get ready to “Catch the Reading Bug!” And don’t think we’ve forgotten the teens either, they’re set to enjoy a “Metamorphosis” here at the library! Our Vacation Reading Program will be running from June 2 until July 11, and the schedule will be posted at www.sjrls.org.

News from Screven

Are you a teen who loves to read? Then join the Not Yo Mama’s book club! You get a brand new, totally awesome book to keep, just for being part of the group. It changes every month, and you get to pick which one you want to read! If you’d like to join, just come to the library and ask for your free book, then come to our meeting on Wednesday, May 21 at 4 pm. This month, we’ll be talking about SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix, and next month’s book is THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon. It’s a fun way to get some great books and meet new friends who love reading as much as you do!

News from Jenkins

Are you a teen who loves to read? Then join the Not Yo Mama’s book club! You get a brand new, totally awesome book to keep, just for being part of the group. It changes every month, and you get to pick which one you want to read! If you’d like to join, just come to the library and ask for your free book, then come to our meeting on Wednesday, May 21 at 4 pm. This month, we’ll be talking about SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix, and next month’s book is THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon. It’s a fun way to get some great books and meet new friends who love reading as much as you do!

Now, on to the books!

SLEEP: THE MYSTERIES, THE PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTIONS by Carlos H. Schenck. Everyone knows the most common sleep disorders – sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome and the like – but there aren’t a lot of people who know about the more bizarre forms of sleep disorders. Dr. Schenck, a veteran sleep researcher, tells some of the stranger stories from his career.

SLAM by Nick Hornby. Sam’s life was going just great when he was fifteen, but then a single night with his girlfriend changed it forever. So who’s a guy going to turn to when he has to grow up fast? Sam turned to Tony Hawk.

LOSING YOU by Nicci French. It’s Nina Landry’s birthday, and the day she’s supposed to pack up her kids and head south to Florida for a Christmas vacation. But her daughter Charlie spent last night at a friend’s house, and she hasn’t come back… and doesn’t come back.

THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING: DEATH AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR by Drew Gilpin Faust. Approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives during the Civil War. This book studies the material, political, intellectual and spiritual cost of the carnage. It looks at the logistical challenges of thousands of unidentified dead left scattered across the battlefields of places like Bull Run, the rise of the cult of the Lost Cause, and the effects that so many deaths had on the survivors and the civilians.

GEORGIA COOKING IN AN OKLAHOMA KITCHEN by Trisha Yearwood. Who knew that Nashville stars could cook? That’s what Trisha’s best known for among her family and friends, and she wants to share her home cooking with you.

Check out these cool sites!

AAA Gas Price Finder
"The AAA Gas Price Finder information is derived from credit card transactions at more than 85,000 outlets around the country as well as direct feeds from individual chains. When you search for gas prices you will find the last price received over the past 7 days for those stations included in our tool." Covers the U.S. and most of Canada. From the California State Automobile Association (CSAA).

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI): Rice Crisis Solutions
This website concerns "the reasons behind the rapid increase in rice prices [in 2008] and what must be done to achieve reliable, plentiful supplies of affordable rice." Features a background paper, details about goals of a plan to maintain fair rice prices for farmers and consumers, facts and figures, photos, video of a press conference, and related material. From the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), an international agricultural research institute based in the Philippines.

Tortillanomics: Food or Fuel? The Competition for Mexico's Corn
Companion website for this PBS Frontline documentary that discovers that "the increasing demand for corn-based biofuel in the United States is driving up the cost of Mexico's staple food, the tortilla." Features slideshows on protest and politics, the fight between biofuel producers and tortilla consumers for the corn harvest, and effects on farmers and the urban poor in Mexico. Includes related links on biofuels and rising food prices.

Argonne National Laboratory: Transportation Technology R&D Center
Background and updates about transportation research at this national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy. Provides fact sheets, publications, and other material about topics such as fuel cells, hybrid electric vehicles, powertrains, vehicle recycling, heavy vehicle idling and fuel use, combustion and emissions control sensors, modeling and computing, and materials and manufacturing. Includes links to related government websites.

The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion and the Press
This web journal "is a daily review of religion in the news and the news about religion. We're not so much nonpartisan as polypartisan -- interested in all sides, disdainful of dualistic arguments, and enamored of free speech as a first principle. We publish and link to work by people of all persuasions, religious, political, sexual, and critical." Archive goes back to 2003. Associated with the New York University (NYU) Center for Religion and Media.

Well, that’s it for now – see you at the library!