Welcome to National Laundry Workers’ Week, National Therapeutic Recreation Week, and Take Charge of Change Week! Today is Don’t Step On a Bee Day (good advice for any day), and Saturday is Cow Appreciation Day. Since Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, it’s a perfect time to thank a cow for her contribution!

Monday is National Get Out of the Doghouse Day. If you’re in trouble with someone you know and care about, this is the day to make amends!

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

Wednesday’s 10:00 a.m. feather story time features Marge Woods from the Spring River Park and Zoo. Ms. Woods will bring her feather collection. At Wednesday’s 3:30 p.m. story time, Annie Green from the Chaves County Extension Service will give a presentation about germs and disease prevention through cleanliness. Saturday morning’s 10:00 story time features hands in stories and activities.

July 10’s Terrific Teen Tuesday will feature the latest teen craze, Henna Painting and Stamp Art, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Bondurant Room. You can create a design uniquely yours or use one of the Library's. If henna painting isn't your thing, there will be stamps to use for TEMPORARY tattooing.

On July 13, we’ll have another computer basics class for complete beginners starting at 9:00 a.m. The class is limited to six students, so call today to reserve your place!

BOOK TALK

Librarian Rosie Klopfer provides this week’s book information. Sue and Bill Knous of Denver, Colorado, are railroadiana collectors and dealers and also are the authors of "Railroadiana: The Official Price Guide for the Year 2000 And Beyond." This is a well illustrated, hands on comprehensive price guide to the treasured relics and artifacts of American railroads. It features thousands of items with over 900 photographs to aid in collecting. The 34-subject guide makes the book easy to use. Most items the railroad had were usually marked with logos; some were even doubled marked top and bottom. You’ll find advertising, books, lanterns, uniforms, timetables, and other collectibles, but my favorites are the dining car items: china, glassware, silver, linens, and menus. Collectors, history buffs, and anyone else wanting to travel down the tracks of memory lane will enjoy this treasure.

"Dining By Rail: the History and the Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine," by James Porterfield, recreates the famous year of 1930. In that year, America had 1,742 dinning cars in service on 63 railroads with 10,000 employees serving over 800,000 meals a day. The typical dining car stocked enough food to feed three meals a day to 400 people. You have not had French toast unless you have had it on the Santa Fe's Super Chief. Although only some were fortunate enough to the crisp linen, polished silver, great china, and attentive service while their taste buds enjoyed the elegance of these sumptuous foods, the rest of can dream them up in our own kitchen while learning what life was like working in the commissary or on the rails. The vivid photos and drawings in the history section come to life in the other half of this book. Come check it out and let your taste buds travel the rails from the golden times of great passenger trains.

DID YOU KNOW?

According to Henry Heimlich, MD, creator of the Heimlich maneuver, eating peanut butter plain, directly from the jar, can cause choking. The peanut butter can be sucked into airways, block them, and spread into the lungs. If that happens, not even the Heimlich maneuver can dislodge it. To be safe, always spread peanut butter on bread or crackers or a veggie before you eat it!

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "Harsh words unspoken don’t have to be regretted." (unknown)