Library News
By Sharon Blank

Teens, are you tuned in? Do you love anime, prefer listening to your books rather than reading them, and seek to master the art of Google-fu? Then come to the library for a celebration of Teen Tech Week, Monday, March 3, through Saturday, March 8. We have a massive release of brand new DVDs like Evangelion, Macross and Chrono Crusade, our new Playaway MP3 audiobooks, and at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, we will have a workshop on Google-fu: the art of tracking down the best web resources for all your needs!

As if that wasn't cool enough, we have a whole lot of children's books coming in over the next few weeks, courtesy of a grant from The Libri Foundation, a group dedicated to making sure that children in even the smallest and most rural of towns have access to quality children's books at their local library. Come into the library and check out some of these great kids books!

If you're a writer 12 years old or up, (and adults, this means you too,) come join us for the Zine Scene, our great series of workshops that will teach you how to create your very own magazine, newsletter or fanzine while helping you improve your writing skills! The next workshop is at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 12.

Now, on to the books!

SIZZLE AND BURN by Jayne Ann Krentz. The Arcane Society returns - but Raine Tallentyre isn't too happy to hear that. Not because she's afraid of their powers, since she has her own, but because the society betrayed her family long ago. There's just one thing that's keeping her from writing the society off completely: handsome investigator Zack Jones, who wants to join forces with her to track down the criminal who left a young woman bound and gagged in the basement of Raine's family home.

HARDSCAPING: HOW TO USE STRUCTURES, PATHWAYS, PATIOS AND ORNAMENTS IN YOUR GARDEN by Keith Davitt. One of the most gorgeous gardening and landscaping books to cross the library's circulation desks in a while, this book is chock-full of explanations of how best to combine plantings with hardscaping elements to make the most of your outdoor space, whether it's a tiny terrace or a grand garden.

A link to this cool site can be found at www.sjrls.org or at sjrls.blogspot.com

Election 2008: Vote by Issue Quiz

This quiz helps you "[l]earn about the [2008 presidential] candidates through their platforms, not their personalities. [It] features some of the issues that have gained traction this campaign season." Also includes an "Election Issues" section (top menu, once you enter the quiz) with candidates' statements about health care, immigration, energy, Iraq, abortion and other issues.

Library quote of the week: "The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments." - 2 Timothy 4:13, KJV Bible

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