Welcome to Deaf Awareness Week, National Dog Week, National Singles Week, and Go Wild During California Wild Rice Week! Wednesday is American Business Women's Day, which recognizes the important contributions of the more than 55 million American working women.

Wednesday also has many other reasons for you to celebrate. For example, Wednesday is Dear Diary Day. Don't worry if you're not a "professional" writer; just put your thoughts on paper, and you'll feel better! Wednesday is also the Birthday of the Ice Cream Cone, which was patented by Italian immigrant Italo Marchiony in 1903. The cone was first made of paper and later of pastry. If that's not enough reason to be happy on Wednesday, consider that it's also Elephant Appreciation Day!

Thursday, the first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere (first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere), is also Proposal Day. Both bachelors and bachelorettes who are seeking marriage are encouraged to propose to their true love on Thursday.

Saturday is the anniversary of the date in 1690 when the First American Newspaper was published in Boston. Unfortunately, authorities considered the newspaper offensive and ordered immediate suppression, so this was the only edition of "Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick."

Finally, Sunday is National Good Neighbor Day. This day is set aside to build a nation and world that cares by increasing appreciation and understanding of our fellow man.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. storytimes observe National Breakfast Month with puppet plays, stories, and an egg craft. Participants will also get the chance to eat an "Egg-on-a-Stick." Saturday morning's 10:00 storytime features chili/cheese stories, puppet plays, and chili crafts.

BOOK TALK

Laurie Andriot has researched and compiled a very good handbook for educators, students, and parents. "Uncle Sam's K-12 Web" claims to be the first and only comprehensive guide to Federal Government Web sites for grades K-12.

Three major directory sections provide easy access for readers. Each contains an annotation that includes the site name, URL, description of the site content, and target grade level for student sites. Topics range from the environment to space, which includes lots of fun as well as educational information make available on the Internet by the government.

One appendix gives helpful guidelines on how to search for government information on-line. Altogether, this is a very helpful resource, one of many you'll discover at your Roswell Public Library!

DID YOU KNOW?

Here are a few more cooking, eating, and storing tips found on the Internet. To determine if an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh. If it rises to the surface, throw it away.

Don't throw out leftover wine. Instead, freeze it into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces. Stains on your hands can be removed by rubbing a sliced, raw potato on them and rinsing with water. To keep your plastic storage containers from being stained by tomato-based sauces, spray them with nonstick cooking spray before putting the sauce in.

To remove burned-on food from your skillet, add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover the bottom of the pan and bring it to a boil on your stove top. The skillet will be much easier to clean. And if you have a problem opening jars, try wearing latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easier!

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "I know there are people in this world who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!" Tom Lehrer

JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276

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