News from Screven
Don't forget our Free Movie Fridays at 3:30 pm! This week, August 15 is FOR LOVE OF THE GAME with Kevin Costner as a baseball player who must make a choice between the game he loves and the woman who loves him. Next week, August 22 at 3:30 is THE WEDDING DATE, which proves that love doesn’t come cheap.
Tuesday, August 19 at 4 pm is the meeting of our terrific Teen Book Club! This month’s book is SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix, and if you come join us, you’ll get a free copy, courtesy of Planters EMC – and you’ll be able to help pick what next month’s book will be! Can’t make it on Tuesday? Come to the Jenkins County Library Wednesday, August 20 at 4 pm instead!
Don’t forget to check out the marvelous children’s books given to us courtesy of the LIBRI FOUNDATION and the Friends of the Screven County Library! You’ll find them all over the library, and they’re all wonderful to read.
Tuesdays at 10 am, we have our great preschool storytime for the little ones. They’ll get to listen to a story and then do a cute art or craft project connected to the story.
News from Jenkins
Today, August 13 we’ve got a Wild and Wacky Wednesday planned out as we have a Groovy Threads contest and storytime. Any child who shows up in retro costume will get a chance to win a special prize!
Wednesday, August 20 at 4 pm is the meeting of our terrific Teen Book Club! This month’s book is SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix, and if you come join us, you’ll get a free copy, courtesy of Planters EMC – and you’ll be able to help pick what next month’s book will be! Can’t make it on Wednesday? Come to the Screven County Library Tuesday, August 19 at 4 pm instead!
Also at 4 pm on Wednesday August 20, there’s a special eco-friendly story and craft time where you can really get down to earth, so don’t miss it!
Maybe you’d prefer a more down-home fun time Saturday, August 23 at 2 pm, when you can bring a set of old clothes over and make your very own Scarecrow! (Brains not included!)
Now, on to the books!
THE DRIFTER’S WHEEL by Philip DePoy. Fever Devilin, a folklorist by trade and inclination, spent years stuck in academia before he escaped to his hometown. He’d hoped that he’d leave the oddness behind, but even the Georgia Appalachians aren’t deep enough to hide Fever from trouble.
ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. Jessop was born into the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints, and like a good daughter, she became the fourth wife of a 50-year-old man and bore him eight children. But when the head of the church began preaching the apocalypse, filial and even wifely duty became less important than getting her kids out.
THE LEGAL LIMIT by Martin Clark. Gates Hunt chose to fight his abusive father, his brother Mason to flee him. Gates became a career criminal, Mason became an attorney. Now, Gates thinks that Mason should keep him out of jail… and he’s willing to spill a secret the brothers had sworn to take to their graves to make Mason do it.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY GIRL by Fannie Flagg. Dena Nordstrom is brainy, beautiful and ready to become a start of 1970s TV. Her future is full of promise, her present full of complications, and her past is a mystery that just might catch up to her…
CERTAIN GIRLS by Jennifer Weiner. As a young woman, Cannie Shapiro wrote a fictionalized autobiography and saw it become a bestseller. But these days, she writes science fiction under an assumed name and lives the life of an ordinary soccer mom – until her daughter Joy discovers the book that details Connie’s less-than-chaste past.
Click to check out these cool links!
FactCheck.org: Annenberg Political Fact Check
This site describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit, consumer advocate for voters that monitors "the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases." The site's original articles analyze and comment on political claims and statements, providing summaries and the facts. Searchable. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.
Community Farms in the 21st Century: Poised for Another Wave of Growth?
Two-part history (from 2004) "exploring the birth of the [Community Supported Agriculture] CSA movement in the United States as well as the potentials for this growing and successful model of community agriculture." Includes photos, profiles of community supported farms, and discussion of the potential for growth of CSA in the future. From the Rodale Institute.
Consumer Reports: Blogs
Blogs from this Consumer Reports website cover cars, electronics, home and garden, safety, money and shopping, health, and babies and kids. Includes an option to subscribe to all or specific blogs. From the publishers of Consumer Reports magazine.
Lost Ladybug Project
Overview of this project investigating native ladybug species "that were once very common [and] have become extremely rare" (such as the nine-spotted and two-spotted ladybugs). Provides instructions for participating in the "ladybug blitz" by collecting ladybugs, photographing them, and sending the images to the program. Includes a field guide, tips on collecting and photographing, and related links. From the Department of Entomology at Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Forestiere Underground Gardens
Material about the Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, California. Sicilian immigrant Baldassare Forestiere (1879-1946) was a self-taught artist and builder who "patterned his underground world after the ancient catacombs of his native land. ... This network of rooms, grottos, and passageways once honeycombed almost 10 acres, and numbered nearly 100." Includes background about Forestiere and images of the gardens.
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture
Compilation of links to material about "Carnegie Mellon professor and alumnus Randy Pausch [who] delivered a one-of-a-kind last lecture that moved an overflow crowd at the university -- and went on to move audiences around the globe." Includes biographical details about Pausch, who died in July 2008 due to complications from pancreatic cancer, information about his achievements and projects in the computer science field, and a link to the 2007 lecture. From Carnegie Mellon University.
Well, that’s it for now – see you at the library!
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