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The library will be closed Friday October 10th & Saturday October 11th for Ham Festival.

The LBL Genealogy List Group will meet Friday Night, October 17 and Saturday morning, October 18. Genealogy book sellers will be here that Saturday morning in the basement of the library.

We will have a special Storytelling on Thursday, October 30th. Master Story Tellers: Bob Valentine, & Jay Overton will be in the basement of the library at 7:00pm for a special story telling event.

Mr. Valentine was born in New York City, New York, in 1946. The first of four sons born to William and Mildred Valentine, he was raised in the Midwest. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with the B.A. in History. After military services, he returned to Kentucky where he was awarded the M.A. in Communications. He has taught, performed professionally on stage, on radio and television, and has written for all three medias. He is Senior Lecturer in Mass Media and Theatre for Murray State University. He was Director of the National Storytelling Project at the National Scouting Museum for 15 years. He continues to perform nearly 100 times a year from California to the Gulf of Mexico. His favorite stories are the tales of Mark Twain, and the traditional stories of his father's native Scotland.

Mr. Overton is a native of Illinois, he now lives in Texas "where tales can be extremely tall!: At 6'3", he is a commanding storytelling presence, and his MFA in acting from the University of Wisconsin gives him all the tools he needs to fill a room with excitement and mystery. During his 12 years as Producter fro the National Storytelling Project, he toured an average of 50,000 miles a year and entertained audiences in schools, stages, and on television, including the Nostalgia Channel's Storyteller's Theatre.                                     

Fairholme will have the Haunted Carriage House for Halloween Safe Night October 31st.

OCTOBER IS 

Computer Learning Month

Eat Better, Eat Together Month

Go Hog Wild, Eat County Ham Month

Lupus Awareness Month

National Popcorn Poppin Month

Positive Attitude Month

Squirrel Awareness Month

National Pizza Month

Oct. 5-11 Fire Prevention Week

Oct. 12-18 National School Lunch Week

Oct. 19-25 Teen Read Week

Oct. 26-31 Peace, Friendship & Good Will Week

 Special Days and Birthdays for the Month:

1^st Balloons Around the World Day

2^nd Guardian Angel Day, 1^st Peanuts cartoon published 1950

3^rd World Smile Day

4^th World Card Making Day, Karen Cushman

5^th World Teacher Day, David Shannon

6^th American Library Association started 1876

7^th Ms. Ann McAtee, Cheryl Boyd

8^th Native American’s Day, R. L. Stine

9^th World Sight Day, Casey Alexander

10^th World Mental Health Day, James Marshall

11^th Reptile Awareness Day

12^th Clergy Appreciation Day

13^th Columbus Day

14^th Be Bald & Be Free Day, William Penn

15^th National Grouch Day

16^th Boss’s Day, Dictionary Day, Noah Webster

17^th Mammography Day

18^th Sweetest Day

19^th Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day, Ed Emberley

20^th Crockett Johnson( David Johnson Leisk)

21^st Ursula LeGuin

22^nd International Stuttering Awareness Day, Brittney Metts (21)  

23^rd National Mole Day

24^th United Nations Day

25^th Make a Difference Day, Pablo Picasso, Shel Silverstein

26^th Mother-in-law Day, Steven Kellogg

27^th Teddy Bear Day, Theodore Roosevelt

28^th National Chocolates Day

29^th Internet Day

30^th National Candy Corn Day, Eric Kimmel

31^st Books for Treats Day, Halloween, Katherine Paterson

YOU CAN FIND MORE SILLY AND INTERESTING DAYS AT: http://www.brownielocks.com       

New Display: We are diving deep this month. The collection this month is by Dave Westerfield of Dive Cerulean. He has a collection of items from 1959-2008, masks, air tank, mouth pieces, and two Navy Seal dolls. This collection is sure to peck you interest in diving.

Do you know that:

 *  More than eight and a half times as many people entered Kentucky public libraries as attended men’s and women’s basketball and men’s football games (2007 season) at UK, UL, KSU, EKU, NKU, WKU, Murray State, and Morehead State combined.

*  If the amount of books in Kentucky public library collections (8,601,945) were stacked side by side they would cover the entire length of Mammoth Cave , the world’s largest cave system at 365 miles.

 *  Over 120,000 mint juleps were served at the 2007 Kentucky Derby, about one per hour of bookmobile service in Kentucky during the past fiscal year 

      Hot Spot: The library has added six wireless laptops for patron's internet access. We also have six PCs for patron use. Our wireless access can also be used with your personal laptop. Ask at the front desk for the password.

A library is . . .
a place of infinite possibilities."
-A. Manette Ansay

From the Director

Please browse around our site! Perhaps you are viewing this site on your computer at home....but, you could also be viewing this site - and any other site in the world - at the Library! We have internet computers for you to use FREE at the Library. We recently upgraded our systems to provide your surfing at the Library faster than ever!

There are also computers you can do research on, write your resume and type your book report, or sales letter for your business!

Is there something at your Library that you would like to see that we currently don't have? Let us know! We'll be glad to consider any reasonable request.

Come in and check us out today. You'll be glad you did!

Parents: Have you read with your children today?

Children: Have you read with your parents today?

Pam Thomas Metts
Director