Events, a birthday & beating the heat!

Believe it or not, the library finished last year's budget with money to spare: $12.58, to be exact.  Kudos to Janice for the Gift Shop bounty and for the uptick in fines and collections.  Our ever-busy meeting room also brought in more money than expected. 

Children's Summer Reading Club has finished for the year, although the 8-10 year olds will have a final meeting on Friday. Pam is still running her clubs. Great work, all!

 

Attendance was up for the America' Music Series!  A very interested and engaged crowd really enjoyed the program on Rock music.  Next up is Jazz/Swing.  The documentaries have all been excellent as have the discussions afterwards.  This is definitely a great program for anyone who likes music, so spread the word: Saturdays at 11:00 AM through August 17!

 

Don  July 24

How to Beat the Heat

Christy L.'s Franklin knows what to do-- nap hard!

 

Bedbugs, Snuffy Smith, Health Education, America's Music and More!

Bedbug Update

We passed the K9 Bedbug test!  Yes, the bedbug sniffing dog gave us the all clear.  The TV station did report the good news here:  WCYB Report.  If you'd like to watch the earlier report, click here.  We will continue to have inspections but right now it appears we're bedbug free.

Health Education: Dementia

Dementia:  Myth and Reality is the topic for the July Health Education series.  Dr. Tim Urbin will be doing the presentation on Thursday, July 11, starting at 7 PM in the J. Henry Kegley Meeting Room.  Just about everyone knows someone affected by this dreadful medical problem, yet there is so much confusion about the disorder and its causes.  Please encourage patrons to come and learn about dementia from an expert in the field.

Snuffy Smith Visits Main

 Or at least the artist behind the Snuffy Smith comic strip does! John Rose will be here at the library on Saturday, July 13, starting at 10 am. He'll be signing autographs between the stairs on the lower floor.  Be sure to let patrons know about this free event!

America's Music

The library is hosting the America's Music Project, a six week look at some of the musical genres for which America is famous.  This will be a film and discussion program which will be held each Saturday at 11:00 AM in in the J. Henry Kegley Meeting Room starting on July 13.  The first session is Blues/Gospel music.  Jazz and Rock will be the other featured genres in July. There may be a 2 pm discussion group as well.

 

Bristol Herald Courier Story

In case you missed the article in the paper, here's a link to the newspaper story about the cutbacks in the Foundation: Library Foundation Forced to Scale Back

Happy Birthday

Bill (Avoca)  July 6