Thursday is National Aviation Day, observed annually on the birth anniversary of Orville Wright (1871), who piloted the first self-powered flight in 1903. Saturday is the 40th anniversary of the day Hawaii became our 50th state. Sunday is Be An Angel Day, a day to be a blessing in people's lives by doing one small act of service for them.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. mice storytimes stories, puppet plays, and crafts about the little critters. Cats will be featured at Saturday morning's 10:00 storytime.

BOOK TALK

Librarian Mary Beth Wright provides this week's book information. Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "YIKES! ANOTHER BAD HAIR DAY"? Wouldn't it be great to have a hair style that suits your features, hair type, and lifestyle? In Margit Rudiger and Renate von Samson's "388 Great Hairstyles," you'll find cuts and styles for all hair lengths, ways to use hair accessories, and tips for coloring and perming. This book offers valuable tips on how to achieve the look you want.

Hairdressing, hair care and hygiene, hairwork (ornamental), and barbering are just a few topics covered in other books found at the library. Some titles include "Andre Talks Hair!" by Andre Walker, "Men's hair: The Long and Short of It" by James Laforte, "The Ultimate Hair Guide" by Karen Tina Harrison, and "Braids & Bows for Kids" by Janis Bullis and Mary Beth Janssen-Fleishman.

The library also has a video, "Make-up for Theater-and for Fun" by Ashland Video Productions, that teaches the essentials for designing and doing make-up and hair pieces. Whether you want to look cool or classic, extravagant or simple, romantic or businesslike, the instructions to achieve the look you want can be found in materials at your Roswell Public Library.

DID YOU KNOW?

Here are a couple of cooking tips from "Bottom Line Personal." Many people think that rinsing or washing chicken and fish before cooking cleans these foods of potentially harmful bacteria. In reality, the more you handle the foods, the greater the chance that organisms on them will be transferred to your hands and other foods. To be safe, handle raw chicken and fish as little as possible before cooking. Then wash hands thoroughly with hot, soapy water. Proper cooking will kill any surface bacteria on raw food.

For more effective cancer fighting, peel garlic and let it sit for 15 minutes before cooking with it. Peeling garlic releases an enzyme called allinase. It starts a series of chemical reactions that help protect against cancer, but it takes about 15 minutes for the protective substances to form. Peeling garlic and immediately starting to cook with it inactivates the allinase and destroys garlic's cancer-fighting properties.

For better microwave cooking, move thick foods to the edge of the dish, where microwaves enter first. Use salt after cooking. If used before cooking, salt granules attract microwaves and can make burned "freckles." When cooking potatoes, stab one hold on each side so that steam can escape. Too many holes will make them shriveled and hard. To brown chicken or pork evenly, brush food lightly with soy sauce. Debone meat since microwaves can't get through bone.