And the winner is............

Congratulations to Ms. Mary Dixon who won the Valentine Basket raffle. We hope she enjoys her basket. Many thanks to everyone who participated in this contest. All proceeds will go to help expand our 2008 Summer Reading program. Already Librarians Brenda and Elizabeth are lining up exciting new cultural and educational experiences for our Summer Readers. We look forward to our returning Readers and anticipate a larger participation of new Readers.

We will be kicking off the Summer Reading Program the week that the schools close.

Love is in the air......................

For Valentine’s Day, stop in and check out our wide variety of DVD’s. We have lots of romantic comedies and classic romance movies that would be perfect for an evening at home with that some one special.

Several people have come in and taken advantage of our in house training for computers. If you would like help with MS Word, Ms Excel, Powerpoint or any other software programs, just come or call the library and ask for Elizabeth.

Fun Factoid: Today is “National Pancake Day” – whoo – hooo. It occurs to the librarians (and the patrons) that many, many factoids involve food. We don’t know what that means – but Librarian Missy suggests that I eat before I write the Fun Factoid.

February at LCPL>>>>>>>>>>>>

February is “Black History Month”, and the library has scores of biographies, reference and activity books honoring African-Americans. In 1926, African-American author and teacher Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, who is considered to be the “Father of Black History,” established the first Negro History Week to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans.

Fifty years later, on the nation’s bicentennial, this celebration of African-American heritage was extended to one month. A commemoration of the historical, cultural and contemporary roles of African Americans in the United States, Black History Month aspires to educate the nation on topics significant to the African-American experience, including slavery, segregation and the civil rights movements.

Tribute is paid to leaders, martyrs, artists, authors and heroes whose remarkable achievements in their respective fields represent the tragedies, triumphs and continuing struggles of the Black community.

Helping out our taxpayers...............

It’s that time of year again and, yes, the Library has tax forms available. The IRS does not send out the packages that they used to send us. Instead, if you need a form, we download it from the net and print it for you. Forms are $.20 a sheet - most forms are two pages. If you need a special tax form please feel free to come to the desk and ask a librarian.

Fun Factoid: Today is “National Freethinkers Day.” So let’s all go out there and think…it’s free…it’s fun!!

Valentine's Day raffle becomes a ROAD SHOW!!!

Librarians Brenda and Elizabeth loaded up the Valentine's Day Raffle Basket and went out soliciting. All proceeds are used to help fund the 2008 Summer Reading Program. The librarians received good support - and - ahhhh, had a good time as well.

More reading fun.............

We are all well aware of the power of the press. A couple of weeks ago, Director Dawn and I recommended some books that we had read and enjoyed. Well, we were BLOWN AWAY by the response we got. All of the Charles Martin and Ferrol Sam books have been checked out and there are a bunch of reserves put on them. Bright idea alert: if you have a favorite author you would like to recommend to the librarians, stop by the library and let us know. Randy Burns had a recommendation a month or so back and we were happy to recommend it. Again, that book got a bump in circulation. We also love to recommend some of the old stand-bys. Louis L’Amour, Agatha Christie and Robert B. Parker are some of our oldies but goodies that get a lot of circulation action. They are just good satisfying reads. So stop by the library and ask or recommend, we love listening to our patrons.

More interesting partnerships..............

The Library has been contacted by the South Carolina Bar, Pro Bono Division. They have requested our partnership in offering two legal clinics. The first clinic will be on Workers Compensation and will be offered on March 10, 2008; the second clinic will cover the topic of Social Security Disability and will be offered on April 7, 2008. Each clinic will consist of a 30-45 minute lecture followed by an open question and answer session. The clinics are free and available to anyone who wishes to attend. If you have questions please call the library and ask for Elizabeth.