Wolfman to teach memoir writing class
Local author and educator Judy Wolfman will teach a memoir-writing class on eight consecutive Monday evenings, beginning Oct. 6., at Martin Library
Local author and educator Judy Wolfman will teach a memoir-writing class on eight consecutive Monday evenings, beginning Oct. 6., at Martin Library
York County Library System is embarking on a county-wide membership campaign to encourage first-grade students to get and use a library card.
The initiative, Grade One At the Library: Shoot for the GOAL, runs today through Oct. 3.
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Martin Library will be open on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. from Sept. 21 through Dec. 21.
The library, 159 East Market St. in York, will provide all services on Sundays, including free Internet. Also, parking is free in York on Sundays.
Some Sunday events planned:
Sept. 21 -- Story time with Mouse from "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., live music from Mark DeRose, and a cake decorating demonstration from Brown's Orchards and Farm Market at 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 28 -- Hispanic heritage celebration.
Oct. 5 -- First grade membership welcome party with appearances by Lyle Lyle Crocodile.
Oct. 19 -- Cartoon Flashback Extravaganza and meet Corduroy.
Oct. 26 -- "Step into now" makeover contest reveal.
For details, call 846-5300 or visit www.yorklibraries.org
By BETH VRABEL
For the Daily Record/Sunday News
Area libraries are challenging readers to trade the muggy, late-summer days of central Pennsylvania for the bitter cold of winter in the Adirondacks as part of the annual One Book, One Community program.
This year's book selection, announced Wednesday afternoon at Pequea Valley Public Library in Intercourse, Lancaster County, is "The Grace That Keeps This World" by Tom Bailey.
Finish reading 'One Book: "The Grace That Keeps This World"' »East Berlin Community Library will hold its annual book sale during Colonial Day, Sept. 13, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sale tables will be set up outside the library at 105 Locust St. Parking will be available behind the library for $3 a car.
The Mason-Dixon Public Library will hold a sale of new and nearly new books from noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 5 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 6 at 250 Bailey Drive, Stewartstown. This is a special sale of mostly hard-covered books, with most priced at $2. Proceeds will go the library's building fund. For details, call the library at 993-2404.
Local author John Coulson will sign copies of his new book, "Hanover Raiders: Minor League Baseball in Hanover, Pennsylvania," from 6 to 8 p.m. July 31 at Guthrie Memorial Library-Hanover's Public Library, 2 Library Place.
To read more about his book, click here: http://www.yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/2008/07/hanover.php .
As part of my campaign to visit every York Library, I checked out the books on tape section at the attractive and easily accessible Red Land Community Library.
See see what I found there and to see a little library history to boot, visit York County libraries offer serendipity - and have done so for decades at York Town Square blog.
Calling all gardeners!
Have you ever wanted to keep track of what you grow and how well it does in your garden so you know what to do next year?
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If your child has just started to learn to read, or if he could use a little encouragment to read, Pippa, Buster and Jackson can't wait to hear a good story!
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Allyson A.W. Lyga will show how comics foster literacy and model graphic-novel lessons connected to national and state standards at 7 p.m. May 15 at Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., in Dillsburg.
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Winners of the Your Voice contest that was part of Street Lit, Hip-Hop, Reading and Writing @ Martin Library are:
Keyona Bennett, 15, Hannah Penn Middle School, for “Starting Pains.”
Joshua Pagan, 16, William Penn Senior High School, for “Like a Cloud.”
Jarayssa Johnson Punter, 18, William Penn Senior High School, “My Angel.”
Cateisha Fells, 16, West York Area High School, “You Don’t Know Me.”
Latisha Murray, 17, William Penn Senior High School, “To Those Who Love Not.”
This summer the East Berlin Community Library is looking for responsible teens to give 2 hours of their time each week to volunteer in the library.
Finish reading 'Teen volunteers needed' »A student's view of comics and a professor's view of graphic novels will be the last two programs in Dillsburg Library's "Comics From the Classics to the Graphix" series.
Finish reading 'Comics and their kin' »By MEGAN ERICKSON
For the Daily Record/Sunday News
Alex Martin is an Eagle Scout and is interested in astronomy and physics. The 15-year-old sophomore at Susquehannock High School is currently working on a 30-square-foot hand-drawn maze, and hopes to attend college for astrophysics.
And there’s another accomplishment he’s got in the bag — he’s a published author.
“Shadows: The Narlan Wars” is the first of four books in the “Shadows Cycle.” Alex said the book is science fiction, along the lines of “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings.” He first became interested in writing a book when the “Eragon” series by Christopher Paolini came out in 2003. Paolini himself was a young writer, and Alex was inspired by him.
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Devotees of line-drawn literature will share their enthusiasm for the genre during Dillsburg Area Public Library’s “Comics From the Classics to the Graphics” program.
All sessions are scheduled for 7 p.m. at the library, 17 S. Baltimore St.
Robin Brande, author of "Evolution, Me and other Freaks of Nature," will be the featured speaker for the 4th Annual Teen Read Week Kick-Off from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover.
The program is for ages 13 to 18 only.
Schedule of events:
5 to 5:30 p.m. -- Play human scavenger hunt
5:30 to 6 p.m. -- Presentation by Robin Brande
6 to 7 p.m. -- Teens will break into small groups for craft activities, including a project by Sheila Zent, the author of "Sew Teen Improv"; bead working and the T-shirt machine. There also will be food, including a chocolate fountain.
7 to 7:30 p.m. -- Improv with the A-OK players
7:30 to 7:45 p.m. -- Door prize drawings.
Local author Judy Wolfman will lead an intensive one-day seminar, Get the Creative Jucies Flowing, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at Martin Library, 159 E. Market St., York.
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