Library News
By Sharon Blank

It's Teen Read Week, and we're having a blast! From the daily prize drawings to our great book club, we have a lot of stuff going on for the teens and 'tweens here at the library! We're also recruiting teens to help us understand what they want in the library so that we can better serve their needs, so if you're a teen, please join our Teen Advisory Board! Want more information? Call Sharon at (912) 564-7526.

Don't forget about our great Wednesday story times! Every Wednesday at 4 p.m., we have a special story time for the little ones. They can listen to a fun story and then do an adorable craft or art project. It's a ton of fun for the little ones, so don't miss it!

Thursday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m., the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library Board will be meeting at the Screven County Library. Interested people are welcome to attend.

Thursday, Oct. 30, we'll be having a costume contest all day! Just bring in your little (or not so little) ones and we'll take a picture of them in costume. On Friday, Oct. 31, we will announce the winners!

Now, on to the books!

YOUNGER NEXT YEAR FOR WOMEN by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge. Harry's Rules are a way of life, one that tells you how to avoid 70 percent of the usual problems of aging and eliminate 50 percent of illnesses and injuries. It's a program of exercise, diet and maintaining emotional connections that is natural to women and just what you need to keep yourself feeling younger longer.

SUPREME COURTSHIP by Christopher Buckley. President Donald Vanderdamp is having a little problem with Congress lately. Every time he tries to nominate a new Supreme Court justice, they shoot him down. So he's picked the one judge that they won't dare reject: popular TV judge Pepper Cartwright. But can Pepper survive the nomination process, her fellow justices and a constitutional crisis? And almost as importantly, can her love life?

Links to these cool websites can be found at www.sjrls.org or at sjrls.blogspot.com.

Absentee Voter Guide

"This guide contains all the information college students need to vote by absentee ballot from school." Click on the interactive U.S. map to view absentee voting details for each state, including deadlines, dates and contacts. Also available as a downloadable document. From the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

The Public Library of Law (PLoL)

Free access to selected U.S. legal materials. Includes cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Circuit Courts back to 1950, state courts back to 1997, federal statutes, codes from all 50 states and more. Includes tutorials on finding a case and searching for statutes. Requires free registration to view cases. Additional material available for a fee. From an online legal research provider.

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