Banned Books Week is here! Why celebrate banned books? We don’t – we celebrate the many quality books which have been challenged by various people and groups and the people who have stood up against censorship.
Don’t forget to come in to the Screven County Library Thursday or Friday before the River of Words flows away! The River of Words is a wonderful traveling exhibit created by the schoolchildren of Georgia . It’s different every year, so make sure not to miss this year’s art, poetry and more!
Are you registered to vote? If you aren't and you would like to vote in this November's presidential election, you must get your registration in by
October 16, 2008! Come by the library and we can give you the form.
The libraries will be closed Monday, October 13 for staff training. We hope that you'll enjoy your Columbus Day as we explore new skills at the library.
News from Screven
Tuesdays at 10 am we have our wonderful preschool storytime! Be sure to bring your little ones in for a fun story and cute craft projects every week.
Thursday, October 9 at 4 pm we’ll be having our monthly Craft Day. All ages are invited to join in the free and creative fun, but make sure to sign up ahead of time – there are only so many seats to go around!
Tuesday, October 14 at 4 pm will be the meeting of our great teen book club. We’ll be talking about THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon, and selecting next month’s book, so don’t miss it!
Free Movie Friday at 3:30 is the perfect chance to see great movies on the big screen again! This week it’s THE ADVENTURES OF OCIEE NASH. Next week is MICKEY BLUE EYES.
News from Jenkins
Wednesdays at 4 pm we have our wonderful storytime! Be sure to bring your kids in for a cool story and cute craft projects every week. This week it’s going to be a “beary” good one!
Wednesday, October 15 at 4 pm will be the meeting of our great teen book club. We’ll be talking about THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon, and selecting next month’s book, so don’t miss it!
Today, Thursday October 2 at 4 pm will be the meeting of the Screven County Library Board. The public is invited to attend.
Check out these great books!
THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE by Salman Rushdie. A European traveler arrives in the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar with a strange tale: the tale of an enchantress whose beauty was beyond compare and whose wit and courage have taken her halfway across the known world to the far-off city of Florence.
TWENTY WISHES by Debbie Macomber. Widow Anne Marie Roche is tired of the emptiness of her life. She creates a list of 20 wishes, and begins to fulfill them, but she never expected how much her life would change when she did.
DEEP DISH by Mary Kay Andrews. Chef Gina Foxton has gone from being Miss Teen Vidalia Onion to having her own cooking show on Georgia Public Broadcasting. But she’s got bigger dreams, and the only person standing between Gina and her own national show is Tate Moody. Gorgeous, manly, popular Tate Moody.
KILLER HEAT by Linda Fairstein. D. A. Alex Cooper’s life is just a wee bit complicated. She’s got gang members gunning for her, a charming restaurateur to woo, and now there’s dead bodies showing up all over the place and the top brass wants her to do something about it. Life in New York has never been hotter.
DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE by Barack Obama. Thirteen years ago, Obama published his story, the tale of a young man caught between two worlds and how it had shaped him. From the tropical paradise of Hawaii to the tiny village of Alego, Kenya to the inner city of Chicago, he explores what it means to be black and white, African and American.
GRAVE SIGHT by Charlaine Harris. Harper Connelly has a gift, the ability to sense dead bodies. She and her brother Tolliver make a living traveling the country to find peoples’ lost loved ones. But when the two of them arrive in the small Arkansas town of Sarna, they wind up finding a lot more than they bargained for.
DOUBLE STITCH by John Rolfe Gardiner. In 1926, a pair of identical twins arrive in a progressive orphanage outside Philadelphia. But as they grow up, they find that their identical looks lead them to conflict, and they part. But parting from the other half of yourself has its own dangers…
BIG RUSS & ME: FATHER AND SON: LESSONS OF LIFE by Tim Russert. One of the most trusted journalists in America talks about his youth in 1950s Buffalo and the important moral lessons that he learned from his father.
REMEMBER ME? by Sophie Kinsella. Lexi Smart was an ordinary shop girl the last thing she remembered. But suddenly it’s three years later and she’s waking up in a hospital with a fashionable purse, a business card that says she’s a manager, and a drop-dead gorgeous husband. How did her life turn out like this?
THE SENATOR’S WIFE by Sue Miller. Meri is newly married, pregnant and learning the difference between her girlhood dreams of marriage and motherhood and its reality. Delia, her neighbor, is the polished wife of a liberal (and libertine) senator. Yet these two women, for all their differences, are leading strangely parallel lives.
LAST KISS by Luanne Rice. Sheridan Rosslare was a singer-songwriter until the unsolved murder of her son Charlie. She hasn’t played a note since. Charlie’s girlfriend Nell is just as heartbroken. Their friend Stevie knows that the only one who can bring closure for the two is the man who once was Sheridan’s soul-mate.
Click to check out these cool websites!
Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian
Companion to an exhibit that "showcases collections from across the [Smithsonian] institution that illustrate Mexico as a place of human, scientific, and historical wonder." View selected images and short essays on topics such as early cultures, religion and festivals, New World foods, natural heritage, languages, labor, changing borders, money and stamps, and popular culture. In English and Spanish. From the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Royalty-In-Kind Program
This site describes the federal Royalty in Kind (RIK) Program, one of two strategies "to manage the Nation’s substantial oil and gas mineral royalty assets. Federal oil and gas leasing laws and lease terms provide the Government with the option of receiving production royalty payments either in value (RIV) or in kind ... that is, in the form of oil or gas production." From the Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW)
"Congress has passed a resolution establishing every third week in October as National Teen Driver Safety Week. The first annual ... NTDSW was held October 15-20, 2007." Includes a list of events in selected states and links to materials on younger driver issues, such as graduated driver licensing (GDL) laws and the Driving Skills for Life program. From the Governors Highway Safety Association.
National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS)
Use this service, which is "activated only during a Presidentially declared disaster or emergency where people are displaced," to register yourself or to locate friends or family displaced by a disaster. The site notes that you may not locate someone because registration is voluntary and messages may be shared with only seven individuals. Also provides telephone contact information. In English and Spanish. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Open Access Day: October 14, 2008
Blog for the first ever Open Access Day on October 14, 2008. "Open Access is a growing international movement that. ... encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results" using the Internet. Includes information about how researchers, librarians, and other individuals can get involved. The founding partners are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science.
NYC Center for Economic OpportunityWebsite for this New York City program established "to analyze the causes, scope, and consequences of poverty." Highlights include a report (released in summer 2008) on an alternative to the federal poverty measure (noting that "New York City is the first local government in the nation to reformulate the widely criticized 40-year old poverty measure"), other reports on poverty, and news and announcements. From the New York City government. Plan an Oktoberfest Party
Party planning and cooking ideas for this autumn celebration. Features recipes for fried bratwurst, Bavarian potato salad, red cabbage, black forest cake, and other dishes. Also includes descriptions of different types of German sausages (such as bierwurst and knockwurst) and links to other seasonal cooking features. From the Food Network Canada.
La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul
Companion website to this Independent Lens documentary about Cuban-born "pop singer Lupe Yoli, otherwise known as La Lupe or La Yiyiyi, [who] was renowned for her emotional performance style." Feature biographical material about La Lupe, a discography, video clip, filmmaker biography and interview, and links to related websites.
California Walk to School Headquarters
This website offers "resources to encourage more adults and children to walk and bike to school together to raise awareness" about walking and bicycling safety, making walking enjoyable, and creating walkable communities. Includes information about year-round activities and about walk-to-school month, week, and year (all in October). Also includes tool kits and success stories. From the California Center for Physical Activity.
Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC)
Website for this California organization established "for the study, propagation, conservation and betterment of the highly endangered small ape, the gibbon, and for the education of the public about the plight of this fascinating primate." Provides a fact sheet about gibbons, with photos, and selected newsletters and other publications from the center. The site notes that "[g]ibbons are excellent brachiators (arm-swingers), and this is one reason they make popular zoo exhibits."
Spectacular "Night-shining" Clouds Could Be a Harbinger of Climate Change
This 2007 article describes how "an international research team is to study spectacular 'night-shining' clouds, thought by some to a harbinger of global environmental change. ... First spotted in Earth's atmosphere in 1885, the clouds have been increasing in frequency in recent decades and may be related to increases in carbon dioxide and methane emissions." Includes an image of these noctilucent or Polar Mesospheric Clouds. From ScienceDaily.
Well, that’s all for now – see you at the library!
