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Address: 301 N.
Pennsylvania |
Welcome to Autograph Collecting Week, Help Someone See Week, National Pancake Week, National School Breakfast Week, and Newspaper in Education Week. And, oh yes, it’s also National Procrastination Week, so put off until tomorrow everything that doesn’t have to be done today!
Today is Mardi Gras, which literally means Fat Tuesday, and is also known
as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. Tomorrow
is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent.
Thursday is the anniversary of the day the Barbie Doll debuted in stores
in 1959. Since then, more than 800
million dolls have been sold. Thursday
is also Panic Day, so run around all day in a panic, telling others that you
just can’t handle it anymore!
Friday is Employee Appreciation Day, to recognize the people who pitch in
the extra effort all year long! Friday
is also the anniversary of the date in 1862 when the first paper money was
issued in the United States. The
denominations were $5 (Hamilton), $10 (Lincoln), and $20 (Liberty).
Finally, Monday is National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day to find out if
it’s really bad luck. Of course,
it would really be great if it were raining outdoors!
WHAT'S
HAPPENING?
At Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. story times, children will learn
about frogs and make a frog finger puppet and a frog mobile.
At Saturday morning’s 10:00 storytime, participants will hear stories
about Polar Regions, Eskimos, and sledding and make a wooden sled!
BOOK
TALK
Librarian Barbara Harris provides this week's book information.
Violence from and against young people is of great concern to us all.
The library has books to help us decide what we can do as individuals and
as communities to prevent the loss of the people who are our future.
“Boiling Point: The High Cost of Unhealthy Anger to Individuals and
Society” and “The Biology of Violence” examine why violence occurs.
The problems of young people are explored in “Lost Boys: Why Our Sons
Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them,” “When Good Kids Kill,” “The
Explosive Child,” and “Before It’s Too Late: Why Some Kids Get Into
Trouble and What Parents Can Do About It.”
Communities are the focus of “Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for
Parents, Teachers, and Counselors” and “Peace in the Streets: Breaking the
Cycle of Gang Violence.”
Parents who are concerned about keeping their children safe in a
threatening world may find help in “Learn to Discern,” “KidStress: What It
Is, How It Feels, How To Help,” “Saving Childhood: Protecting Our Children
From the National Assault on Innocence,” and “Protecting the Gift: Keeping
Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane).”
Parents can share children’s books, such as “The Safe Zone: A Kid’s
Guide to Personal Safety,” with their children as part of teaching them to
deal wisely with the threats they may face.
DID
YOU KNOW?
Here are some reminders for safer driving near trucks.
Remember, a truck driver cannot see a tailgating car – the trailer
blocks the truck driver’s view. A
car traveling alongside the truck’s right side door – or just behind and
alongside the left side of the cab – is also in a blind spot.
Be especially careful around trucks when driving in construction zones,
where lanes tend to narrow and shift and where disabled vehicles have nowhere to
pull off.
THOUGHT
FOR THE WEEK: "If
Barbie’s so popular, why do you have to buy all her friends?”
(unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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Address: 301 N.
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