New Materials for August 2010

The following items were added to the library's collection.

Note: This list is of material of interest to adults only. YA and children's books are included only when they are of interest to adults.

Fiction:

• Ice cold by Tess Gerritsen
• Queen of the night by J. A. Jance
• Hangman by Faye Kellerman
• Death's excellent vacation
• Veil of night by Linda Howard
• Tough customer by Sandra Brown
• Shadows of the past by Elaine Shelabarger
• Return to Sullivan Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
• Silent witness by Nicola Beaumont
• Cold hands, warm hearts by Jenny Jacobs
• Citrine by Kathryn Quick
• When the snow flies by Laurie Alice Eakes
• Loving Lucy by Noelene Jenkinson
• Ambush Creek by Phil Dunlap
• Blockade Billy by Stephen King

Movies:

• Youth in revolt
• Ponyo
• She's out of my league
• Kick-ass
• Repomen
• The Losers
• Copout
• Diary of a wimpy kid
• Clash of the Titans
• The Descent
• Mutant chronicles
• Fun with the Fab Four
• G-Force
• Afterdark Horrorfest: Borderland - Dark Ride - Unearthed - The Gravediggers
• The Valley that changed the world: tells a vital chapter in Pennsylvania's history and in world events
• Stories of a third-generation independent oil producer, as told by Bill Huber
• The Beatles: Unauthorized.

Non-Fiction:

• Christmas A-Z
• Our undiscovered universe: Introducing Null Physics; the science of uniform and unconditional reality
• Genealogy for the first time
• Native Universe: Voices of Indian America
• Herb identifier and handbook
• Aircraft of World War II
• Encounters with God
• In Defense of hunting
• The Autobiography of God
• The Quotable baseball fanatic
• Chasing the hunter's dream
• I'm dreaming of white chocolate: Christmas reflections with a little holly and ivy
• Soul matters for teens
• The Old Farmer's Almanac, 2011 edition.
• A Pocket guide to Amish life
• Rand McNally Road Atlas, 2010 ed.
• Oil City Pictorial Heritage

New Club Starting Saturday, October 9th

We will be starting a new club right here at the library. This club is for children 11-15 years of age. The Club is called The Babysitter's Club. This club will get the students ready to babysit and understand what to do in case of emergency and understand the importance of caring for a child. We will be having this class once a month of 2 hours sessions only for 3 weeks. The first session will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, October 9, 2010. At the end of the 6th hour they will receive a certificate that they completed their full 6 hour trainer. They will be ready to get their first job.

Cookie Daze ~2010~

The annual Bake Sale and Book Sale is under way. Thursday, August 12, 2010- Saturday, August 14, 2010. On those days the library has special hours. The Library will be open 9 am- 5 pm. Please stop and and buy some books. The prices are the following. Paperback books- $.50, Hardback books- $1.00, VHS Tapes- $1.00, Computer Supplies-$2.00. Starting on Monday, August 16, 2010, the library will be back to the normal hours of operation.

KDKA Day

KDKA Day was held, Saturday, July 17, 2010. The Meteorologist, Dennis Bowman, was here to talk about the weather. With the theme being "Make a Splash". Weather is a form of water. He had with him, his tornado machine , his friend Chester Drawers, weather box, and hand radio. When you Dennis on TV and he is visiting schools they always have a cake for Dennis. So that is what we did also. A special thanks goes out to Ginger Rodgers for the beautiful cake that she baked. Here is a picture of Dennis with his cake.

Summer reading party at the sligo pool

On July 31, 2010 we had our Summer reading party at the Sligo Pool. We had a special guest come and talk to the children about water safety. Ranger Danielle and Bobber the water safety dog from the United States Army of Engineering in New Bethlehem, PA. We would like to thank you for coming and going over all the importance of water safety. Also there was a lot of prizes handed out. The top reader of the Read to me group went to Payton Johnston, he is the son of Jason and Candie Johnston of Rimersburg. Who read 102 books. 1st through 3rd grades winner was Carissa Rodgers. She is the daughter of Ronald and Ginger Rodgers of Rimersburg. She read 45 books. The 4th through 6th grade winner was Katie Myers. She is the daughter of Jeff and Michelle Myers of Rimersburg. She read 70 books. This was a wonderful summer reading program this year. I would like to attach a picture of Ranger Danielle and Bobber and the kids from the party.