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MAY IS

NATIONAL BOOK MONTH

OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

NATIONAL PHYSICAL FITNESS &

SPORTS MONTH

ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN MONTH

BOOK SALE

MAY 15, 16, & 17TH

$1.00 A BAG OF BOOKS

BOOK SIGNING: Michael Freeland will be at the library May 10, at 9:00 for a book signing of his book "Blood River to Berlin." Mr. Freeland will also be doing a Writers workshop in the basement from 10:00-12:30 for more information call the library of go to his web page at www.bloodrivertoberlin.com

New Display: Toys Toys Toys, this fun display of old Fisher Price pull toys is bound to bring back a lot of memories for our patrons. Just looks at them brings a smile to your face.  The collection is by Clarence Grigsby.

Special Days and Birthdays for the Month: 1st: May Day & Mother Goose Day, 3rd: Ky. Derby Day  4th-10th: Be Kind to Animals Week, National Music Week 5th: Cinco de Mayo, Nellie Bly, Leo Lionni, 6th: National Teacher Day, 7th: School Nurse Day, 10th: Astronomy Day, Christopher Paul Curtis, 11th: Mother's Day, Peter Sis, 12th: Limerick Day, Florence Nightingale, 13th: Francine Pascal, 15th: L. Frank Baum, Norma Fox Mazer, Paul Zindel, 16th: Bruce Coville, 17th: Rubber Band Day, Armed Forces Day, Gary Paulsen, 18th: International Museum Day, 19th-26th: National Backyard Games Week, 19th: Plant Something Day, Tom Feelings, Malcolm X, 20th: Be A Millionaire Day, Be A Neighbor Day, Cherry Dessert Day, Mary Pope Osborne, Sir Arthu Conan Doyle, Arnold Lobel, 23rd: Margaret Wise Brown, 24th: Night Baseball Day, International Jazz Day, 25th: National Tap Dance Day, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 26th: Memorial Day, Sally Ride, 27th: Rachel Carson, 28th: National Spelling Bee Finals, Whale Day, Butterfly Day, Ian Fleming, 29th: John F. Kennedy, 31st: Walt Whitman.

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