Library News
By Sharon Blank

Are you a writer or artist? Do you have a subject that just fills you with enthusiasm and makes you want to share your views with everyone? Then come join the Zine Scene, a series of free workshops to help you improve your writing and give you the skills and knowledge to create your own fanzine, newsletter or comic! The first workshop will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, and ages 12 and up are encouraged to join us!

Don't forget that we have a great story time every Wednesday at 4 p.m.! Kids can listen to a story or two, and then do a fun craft project that they can take home with them. It's a wonderful way to encourage creative fun!

Want to celebrate Library Lovers' Month and Black History Month at the same time? Well, the easiest way is to come to the library, where we have a lot of books on black history just waiting for you!

Now, on to the books!

PROTECT AND DEFEND by Vince Flynn. Mitch Rapp is our country's top counterterrorism agent, and after an Israeli raid leaves a radioactive crater in the middle of Iran's second-largest city, he sees an opportunity where everyone else sees only the threat of Iran launching retribution.

THE ALL-NATURAL DIABETES COOKBOOK: THE WHOLE FOOD APPROACH TO GREAT TASTE AND HEALTHY EATING by Jackie Newgent, RD. Most diabetic cookbooks rely on artificial sweeteners or substitutions that just don't taste right to cut fat, calories and sugars. This one, though, focuses on naturally delicious fresh foods and whole foods to create all natural, totally healthy meals that taste great and are even better for you!

Links to the following cool sites can be found at www.sjrls.org or at sjrls.blogspot.com:

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)

Website for this Washington, D.C., museum (the building for which has not yet been constructed) "aspires to tell the story of America's history through an African American lens." Features an interactive diagram of selected people and places of African American history and culture, personal memories, images from exhibitions, classroom materials, family activities, children's literature list, a timeline of African American history and other material related to black history. From the Smithsonian Institution.

FDA Releases Recommendations Regarding Use of Overthe Counter Cough and Cold Products

Material about the January 2008 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendation "that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold products should not be used to treat infants and children less than 2 years of age because serious and potentially life-threatening side effects can occur from such use." Provides a press release, public health advisory, and questions-and-answers for consumers. From the FDA.

Library quote of the week: "A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them." ~Lemony Snicket

Well, that's it for now - see you at the library!