Library News
By Sharon Blank

We're winding up for the big Vacation Reading finale! That's right, Friday, July 11, is the last day of the summer reading program, and if your kid or teen is participating, they'll need to bring in their reading record before then!

Mind you, that doesn't mean we aren't going to have quite a bit of fun before that! This afternoon, (Wednesday, July 2,) at 2 p.m., we'll have our last "Movie Evolution" program. It's a great time for your teen or 'tween to watch "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and get a free copy of the book the movie was based on, thanks to a grant from Planters EMC!

Before that, we'll be celebrating the Fourth a couple days early with a special Independence Day program at 11 a.m.! It'll be a real blast of patriotic fun, so make sure to get here at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2!

Friday, July 4, we will be taking a day off to enjoy all the Fourth of July fun with you! The library will be open again Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., as usual.

Next Wednesday we'll have another special program as the butterflies we've watched grow up in the library are set free at 2 p.m.!

Friday, July 11, is our final Vacation Reading day! At 11 a.m. we have Barry Mann's Bug-a-Boo, Bug-a-Zoo program, with lots of funny stories, songs, and even buggy poems to share the Reading Bug fun. Please join us for our big finale!

The Jenkins County Memorial Library Board will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16. The Screven-Jenkins Regional Library Board will be meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 24. The public is invited to attend.

Now, on to the books!

LONG TALL TEXAN LEGACY by Diana Palmer. Two tales told under the hot Texas sun - but the passion flaring to life between these two couples puts even a Texas summer to shame!

Links to these cool sites can be found at www.sjrls.org or at

sjrls.blogspot.com.

GA Health - Go Local! Need to find out how many dentists there are in our area? Want to know who's got a good reputation as a doctor? Does the hospital here in town treat your particular problem? The answer to all those questions is at GA Health - Go Local!

Epicurious: Seasonal Cooking

Collection of resources for seasonal and local cooking, including seasonal ingredients, a peak season ingredient map for the U.S., visual introductions to foods such as peppers and mushrooms, farmer blog, and recipes. From Epicurious.

Water Calculator

This site helps you calculate residential water use per day. Covers source of water supply, and water use in the bathroom, kitchen and outdoors (including landscaping, washing a car and swimming pools.) Results include suggestions for reducing water use. Also includes links to water conservation tips and related material. From the National Wildlife Federation.

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