Newsletter - August 2011

Story Time continues to meet on Wednesdays at 10:30AM.

Join us for a presentation on what it's like to live and learn in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, August 10 at 6PM. Samuel Sesay works with Transformation Education and will present how the organization helps the citizens of Sierra Leone. Here's your chance to find out what it's like Across the World - another continent!!

The Reading Buddies program will continue to meet on Mondays and Thursdays at 3PM through August 11. There will be an ice cream party during the last half of the session on August 11.

The American Girl Club will meet on Thursday, August 11 at 6PM.

The next Bessemer Community Movie Night will be held on August 19 at 9PM at Kennedy Park. We will be showing "Rio the Movie." Admission and refreshments are free. Bring a chair, a blanket, and the family. The rain date for the event is August 26.

The library board will meet on August 29 at 6:30PM.

Manga Mania 101 will be held on Wednesday, August 31 at 6PM.

SUMMER READING... Mohawk High School students - the selections for your summer reading are available. If you haven't read your books for the August book discussion, come and get 'em!

LITTLE KIDS... Summer reading is winding down but don't stop reading! Remember to bring your reading charts with you when you come to the Library - you've still got time to keep earning cool prizes.

ON HIATUS.... The computer classes and book discussion groups will take a break during the month of August. They will resume in September.

Let us know what computer skills you might be interested to learn, including: Library resources/database searching, PowerPoint, Exploring Windows, Basic Internet, Beginning Word Processing, Advanced Word Processing, Social Networking and Communications.

COMING SOON... The F.D. Campbell Library has been selected, along with the new Castle and Ellwood City Libraries, to be a pilot for the new circulation system to be implemented this fall. We are very excited and honored to be chosen by the state and invite you to share the anticipation with us! As with any transition, there will be questions, quirks, and quandaries, but we hope to keep them to a minimum as we go through training and complete the migration. As the process continues, being sure to have your library card with you, returning borrowed items on time, and cleaning up any delinquent fines/charges will be extremely helpful for a smooth transition.

Let's group and regroup... Watch for further information about:

Teen Advisory Board - an organization for teens to discuss constructive Teen programming, ways to help the Library and more.

Friends of the Library - an organization for volunteers to work on ongoing projects, discuss, and implement ways to help the Library, physically, monetarily or in any way that works for the group and is accordance with Library policies.

Thanks to our generous donors and supporters:

Linda Siegel

Bessemer Presbyterian Church Women's Club... who have made it possible to continue our Movie Nights with a generous donation toward Audio Visual materials.

Jill Trotter (Cowlicks)... for making our programs sweet!

Those who gave precious time and energy to make the Book Sale a success.