LIBRARY NEWS AND PROGRAMS
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The Friends of the Library and Leggio’s Italian Ristorante Fundraiser
Tuesday, October 23 ~ 5:00pm - 8:00pm
64 E Center Hill Rd, Dallas
Bring family and friends to Leggio's Italian Ristorante in Dallas to enjoy great food while supporting our library on October 23!
A percentage of the total sales (bar not included) taken in from 5:00pm - 8:00pm, including eat-in, take out, and gift certificates purchased, will be donated to the library.
Look for the library display at the front of the restaurant to register to win a Leggio's Gift Card! We would like to thank the community for their participation, and Salvatore and Lori Leggio for offering this fundraising opportunity.
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The Friends of the Library
24” Fresh Christmas Wreath Sale
Includes Bow and Christmas Picks
This year the Friends of the Library will be selling beautiful fresh Christmas wreaths for $26.00 each!
Order forms are available at the library. Orders are due by Friday, November 9. The pickup dates will be Saturday, November 24 or Monday and Tuesday, November 26 and 27.
We can accept cash, checks, or credit cards. Thank you for supporting the library!
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2nd Chair Yoga Class
Fridays ~ October 26,
November 2, 9, and 16
1:00pm ~ 2:00pm
Space is limited.
This is a gentle yoga to practice in your office chair or at home. It helps to strengthen and relax muscles in your neck, shoulders, and hands and feet. It will also help to increase your balance.
Appropriate for beginners. The class costs $40.00, due at time of registration. Come in to the library to register.
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Chair Yoga Class
Fridays, October 28 ~ November 16
12:00pm ~ 1:00pm
This class is filled
This is a gentle yoga to practice in your office chair or at home. It helps to strengthen and relax muscles in your neck, shoulders, and hands and feet. It will also help to increase your balance.
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Communicating For Success:
Watch Your Language
Wednesday, October 24 ~ 7:00pm
Call or come in to register.
Have you ever lost an important sale or networking connection and wondered why? It could be because you are selling and networking the same way with everyone and not tailoring your activities to each person’s behavioral style.
Paul Hatrak, CPA, CGMA, will lead this interactive discussion that will help you understand your behavioral style, how to recognize the style of others, and how to blend your style for more effective communication.
The course is free and open to the public.
Attorneys will receive 1 CLE Credit. CPAs will receive 1 CPE Credit.
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Yoga Class
Monday Evenings ~ 6:30pm - 7:30pm
September 17 ~ October 22
Class size is limited.
The library will be hosting a yoga class beginning September 17. The class costs $60.00, due at time of registration. Come in to the library to register.
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2018 Fall Story Time
Call or come in to the library to register after 9:30am. Story Times begin the week of September 24 and end the week of November 12.
Please see the Children’s Room Page for more information.
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The Giving Evergreen
The "Giving Evergreens" is a sculpture, created by Sanford Werfel, of three evergreen trees with pine needle clusters finished in gold, silver, and copper and hand carved stones.
Adding a pine needle cluster, stone, or tree is a lasting and exceptional way to celebrate, honor, or remember someone who has touched your life!
Click on the picture or the link at left for a Giving Evergreen Engraving Form.
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Wildlife Around the World by Sharon Templin
Sharon Templin, of Tunkhannock, will be showcasing her Digital Photography display titled Wildlife Around the World this October.
Sharon has been involved with digital photography since 2014, and first became engrossed in the art in 2012 after her first trip to Africa. She also started watching an eagles’ nest online and this further increased her interest in photographing wildlife. One of Sharon’s favorite pieces in her display is the photograph of a mother and baby cheetah because it touches her heart. She states “I am blessed to observe the tender moments of mothers with their young.” Of her photographs, Templin states that her goal is to “share the beauty of wildlife and the importance of preserving it for future generations.”
Along with the library display, you can purchase Sharon’s photographs by contacting her at coach@epix.net or at 570-240-2255 for additional photos available for print. She can also share her Flickr account to choose a photo on request.
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Susy Weiss, of Dallas, will be showcasing her collection of items from Israel this October.
Susy has been collecting since she was an adolescent in Lima, Peru and continued to collect after she got married 20 years ago. She became interested in collecting after receiving presents from family and friends who love the Jewish traditions. Her collection began with a Jewish prayer book from the son of Rabbi Guillo Bronstein in Peru.
Some of her favorite items in her collection are the Jewish Bible or Tanakh, a one hundred year old Shabbat candle, a kippah or yarmulke which is the hat traditional Jewish community men wear, a silver wine cup that was used one hundred years ago and given as a wedding present, a bat mitzvah wine cup given by Temple B’nai B’rith to her daughter, and a Hanukah menorah which was brought to Brooklyn by her husband’s grandparents. They came from a little town on the border of Poland and Russia in the late 1800s where Jewish people were forced to leave because of Antisemitism.
Susy states that having this collection helps share her knowledge, values and feeds curiosity of those who are interested in learning more about Jewish traditions. She does speeches at the Dallas School District, and local synagogues Temple B’nai B’rith in Kingston and Temple Israel of Wilkes Barre. She credits her knowledge to learning from Rabbi Bronstein in Peru, Rabbi Larry Kaplan, Rabbi Roger Lerner and Gerri Kaplan who is the principal of the Temple Israel Hebrew School.
“To share your collection of any kind gives you the pleasure, gratitude, growth, self-reliance, warmth, security, and love for what you care and believe in”, she states.
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Basic Computer and E-Reader Instruction
Wednesdays ~ 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Thursdays ~ 11:00am -12:00pm
and 1:30pm -2:30pm
The library is offering free one-on-one basic lessons on using e-readers, iPads, computers, and basic internet use! You can register for a lesson by calling or coming in to the library.
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BookBrowse
Are you looking for a good book, or something similar to one you just finished? Try BookBrowse!
BookBrowse is an online magazine for booklovers which includes reviews, previews, “read-alike” suggestions, “beyond the book” articles, author interviews, reading guides, and much more.
It seeks out gems from both established writers and first time authors; novels that whisk you to unfamiliar times and places, thrillers that are more than just page-turners, and thought provoking nonfiction that entertains as it informs.
Each month hundreds of thousands of visitors enjoy BookBrowse's extensive free content, and many subscribe to their free newsletters.
Click on the BookBrowse tab to start your adventure today!
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To Renew Items Online:
1) Click on the icon or the Online Catalogue tab at left.
2) You will be directed to a new page. At the upper right corner there is a My Account link. Click on the link.
3) The site will prompt you for your barcode and password. The barcode number is on your card, the default password for all patrons is "CHANGEME." (Once you have logged in you can set the password to one of your choosing.)
4) Click on the Checkouts tab.
5) Click on the box next to the item you want to renew.
6) Click on the Renew button.
(To change your password: in My Account,
click on the Change Pin tab.)
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Downloadable eBooks Are Available!
Click on the eBooks Are Here! icon, shown.
You will need a library card for Luzerne County.
If you have any problems, please feel free
to contact the library for assistance.
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Please visit the Children's Room Page
for information about
upcoming events and activities
for children and young adults!
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Click on the Friends of the Library's page
for the current Newsletter!
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