News from KNOWhere 5/16/08

Writers old and young, listen up! Slam & Jam 2008 is coming up, and we’ve got good news – it’s open to all ages! This isn’t about competition, it’s about sharing your work with a live audience. So send in your submission (1000 words or less – and nothing your mama would wash your mouths with soap for) by May 31 at 5 PM to have your work included in the Slam & Jam book and be part of Slam & Jam 2008!

The library will be closed Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day.

Due to the ill health of our bookmobile driver, Miss Barbara, the bookmobile will not be running this summer. We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope that her usual bookmobile customers will come into the library for the summer reading program, running June 2 through July 11!



News from Screven

Are you a teen? Have you picked up your book club books yet? Then what are you waiting for! We’ve got some great books lined up, and we’re gearing up for even better ones this summer! This month, we’ll be talking about SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix, while Mark Haddon’s THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME is next. Pick up your book any time that the library is open, and then join us May 22 at 4 pm to talk about it and pick up your next book!

Speaking of the summer, get ready to “Catch the Reading Bug” at your library! We have a great lineup of fun activities scheduled for this summer, and it’s all going to kick off Wednesday, June 4 at 2 pm with Curious Moon Puppets. It’s a great and entertaining way to keep those vacationing kids busy having fun! And even better, it’s good for them, because summer readers are better readers all year long. This program is supported by funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under provision of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the University System of Georgia.

Not really in the mood for the kiddy chaos of the summer reading program? Come in to the library and see the adorable pictures created by Dawn Kulberg’s elementary school class. If that doesn’t leave you wanting more, I don’t know what will!

News from Jenkins

Are you a teen? Have you picked up your book club books yet? Then what are you waiting for! We’ve got some great books lined up, and we’re gearing up for even better ones this summer! This month, we’ll be talking about SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix, while Mark Haddon’s THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME is next. Pick up your book any time that the library is open, and then join us May 22 at 4 pm to talk about it and pick up your next book!

Speaking of the summer, get ready to “Catch the Reading Bug” at your library! We have a great lineup of fun activities scheduled for this summer, and it’s all going to kick off Wednesday, June 4 at 2 pm with Curious Moon Puppets. It’s a great and entertaining way to keep those vacationing kids busy having fun! And even better, it’s good for them, because summer readers are better readers all year long. This program is supported by funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under provision of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the University System of Georgia.

The library will be closed Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day.

Now, on to the books!

I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE by Mary Higgins Clark. Kay Lansing was only six when debutante Susan Althrop left the Carrington mansion and was never seen again. Nothing was every proven. Twenty–two years later, Kay has fallen for Peter Carrington. But is it just coincidence that the last person to see Susan alive... was Peter?

AMAZING GRACE by Danielle Steel. It’s a beautiful May night in San Francisco, and a celebrity-studded crowd fills the Ritz-Carlton… until the floor starts to shake, and the fantasy becomes a nightmare. In the aftermath, four survivors find their lives forever changed.

CHRIST THE LORD: THE ROAD TO CANA by Anne Rice. Yeshua bar Joseph – better known to history as Jesus Christ – has lived for decades as one among the many who come to synagogue on the Sabbath. But legends swirl around him, and now he is ready to take up his destiny as the Anointed One.

DUMA KEY by Stephen King. Edgar Freemantle wants nothing more than to get away. A construction accident cost him his right arm, his memory and his peace of mind, and the rage he feels costs him his marriage. Leaving his business and his old life behind, he moves to Duma Key, FL and leaves construction for painting. But there’s something eerie about his drawings, something powerful. And that power is dangerous.

BREAKING FREE: MY LIFE WITH DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER by Herschel Walker. Heisman trophy winner Walker was one of the best running backs of all time, a track star, an Olympic competitor, and a successful businessman. But his personal life was out of control, and it took time and therapy to realize that he had what used to be called multiple personality disorder, and that it was part of what had made him successful.

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CNN/Money Special Report: Gas Crunch
Collection of recent news stories about increasing oil and gas prices in the U.S. Topics include crude oil prices, potentially faulty gas pumping mechanisms, 2008 Congressional investigation of oil company profits, and related matters. Also includes information about fuel-efficient and alternative-energy vehicles.

The Carter Center
The Center "is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health." Includes Center news; a FAQ; history of the Center; and profiles of President Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, and other directors. Also describes the Center's global peace and health programs. Click on an interactive world map to locate the Center's activities by country.

How to Play Bingo
Background about bingo. Covers topics such as history, prizes, equipment, rules, playing tips, strategies, odds, superstitions, how to play online bingo, sampling of places to play bingo, electronic bingo, and bingo websites. From HowStuffWorks.

Building the Real Iron Man
This 2008 feature provides background about the XOS exoskeleton, a project under development by the Sarcos robotics company with funding from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that has taken the "military's 40-year-old fantasy of mechanically enhanced soldiers that can carry heavy loads and begun to make it real." Features photos, a video, and sidebar articles. From Popular Science.

Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation"The Jane Goodall Institute advances the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment of all living things." The site contains a biography of the primatologist, including information on her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Also provides an overview of the biology, psychology, and conservation of chimpanzees.

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