News from Screven
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Busy with what? Well, Tuesday morning at 10 am we have our wonderful storytime for the little ones, who can come to the library and listen to a great story and then do a creative craft or make a piece of art suitable to go on your fridge!
Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm is for the older set – teens and tweens can come to our weekly book club and talk about some of the best books out there! This Tuesday, July 29 we’ll be talking about HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE by J. K. Rowling. Best of all, if they don’t have a copy of their own, we can give them one FREE! It’ll be a magically good time, so if you’re in that age group, come join us!
Thursday at 2 pm we’ve got our cool craft time, in which kids from 3 to 93 can create wonderfully clever craft projects for free! There are only so many seats available, though, so make sure you sign up for that one ahead of time.
Starting in August, it's the return of Free Movie Fridays! Every Friday at 3:30 pm we'll be showing a different cool movie on the big screen, so don't miss it!
Have you ever heard of the Libri Foundation? They’re a great organization whose goal is to help libraries in small rural communities like ours have access to the very best children’s books out there – and they’ve granted over 60 wonderful, fun and educational books to us! We’d like to extend our thanks to them and to the Friends of the Screven County Library, without whom we could not have raised the funds to be eligible for the grant. Bring in your youngster and check out all these wonderful children’s books!
This Wednesday, July 30 at 2 pm we’ll be talking about HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE by J. K. Rowling. Best of all, if they don’t have a copy of their own, we can give them one FREE! It’ll be a magically good time, so if you’re in that age group, come join us!
Friday, August 1 at 1:30 we'll be enjoying FREAKY FRIDAY with a free showing of the movie!
Now, on to the books - and remember, all it takes is a library card and your PIN number to reserve these books online! Don't have a card or a PIN? Come in to the library and you can get one!
ELECTRONIC RESUMES & ONLINE NETWORKING by Rebecca Smith. More and more, employers are depending on the internet to accept applications, advertise for positions, and find the people they want to hire. Here is a book that will tell you how to take advantage of the possibilities the internet has to offer.
HOW TO PRAY WHEN YOU THINK YOU CAN’T by Marci Alboghetti. This book provides gentle reassurance and practical help for those times when we feel out of touch with God.
FINAL SALUTE: A STORY OF UNFINISHED LIVES by Jim Sheeler. One of the most difficult duties any soldier can face is to go to the home of one of his fellow Marines and notify their families that their loved one will not be coming home. That sorrowful task lies in the hands of men and women like Major Steve Beck.
THE PARTING by Beverly Lewis. The Amish
INVISIBLE LIFE by E. Lynn Harris. Law student Raymond Tyler had enough trouble being a black man, but when his feelings towards Kelvin, a young man he met in law school, make it impossible to continue his relationship with his longtime girlfriend Sela, he flees to
LOBSTER ROLLS & BLUEBERRY PIE: THREE GENERATIONS OF RECIPES & STORIES FROM SUMMERS ON THE COAST OF
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Swimming in Picture Books
Website companion to a past physical exhibit featuring "illustrations that captured the sensations of being by or in the water. ... For this virtual version, there is more information about the stories and their illustrators of the sort you might learn during a gallery talk." Click on images near the top of the page to see larger pictures and annotations. From the Cotsen Children's Library at
SmartMoney: Travel Guide
This collection of personal finance articles covers business travel, budgeting (including gas incentives and ways for single travelers to avoid paying double), flights (such as airline fees and recouping costs for lost luggage), accommodations (including timeshares), and other financial aspects of travel. From SmartMoney.
USA Today Politics
News and analysis about the 2008 presidential election. Includes material about public financing of campaigns, a candidate match game in which you discover which candidate (Barack Obama or John McCain) shares your views on selected issues, a poll tracker for head-to-head match-ups, background about candidates, and more. From USA Today, a division of Gannett Company.
Prepaid Funeral Contracts & Burial Plots: A Guide for Medicaid Applicants
This 2007 fact sheet discusses the impact of owning a prepaid funeral contract or a burial plot on a person's right to obtain Medicaid benefits. Describes a prepaid funeral contract, considerations in buying a funeral contract or burial plot, and what happens to the money given to a funeral home. In English and Spanish. From the
Pipl
This site bills itself as "the most comprehensive people search on the web" because it searches "the deep web," covering sites such as Amazon, Flickr, and MySpace. Search by first and last name, city, state, and country to obtain links to sites with information about individuals.
It's a Spoon Not a Shovel: Etiquette Books for Children
This book list suggests etiquette titles for children, including both serious and humorous selections. From the
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