You can make a contribution to the library through your paypal account or with a credit card! Our fund drive is still going on, or you can make a memorial or honor contribution. If you're contributing to the honor or memorial funds, please let us know the details in an separate email. You can also donate to our mortgage fund through paypal, too! Call the library for more info.
Come see the Curve play the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and help to restock Blair County Libraries' arts and crafts shelves. Glue sticks, crayons, markers, felt, tissue paper, water colors, etc. will be collected at the gate. The first 200 donors receive a reusable cloth tote bag!
Judith Redline Coopey, author, historian, genealogist and a graduate of WHS will be at the library on August 26 from 3-5 PM to sign copies of her new book,
Redfield Farm ~ A Novel of the Underground Railroad. It's the same night as the Farm Show Parade, so stop in on your way.
Join us on October 14 for a delicious Clem's BBQ dinner! Pork BBQ Sandwich or a Chicken BBQ Sandwich with potato salad and cole slaw $7.50 donation; Rib and Chicken Combo dinner with potato salad, cole slaw and a roll $9.50 donation; Half Rack of Ribs with potato salad, cole slaw and roll $11.00 donation. Take out only. Pick up at Zion Lutheran Church in Williamsburg. Tickets available soon!
We're now taking orders for the 2009 Christmas Ornaments. The ornaments feature the Penelec Plant and they are yellow with black lettering. If you like to order one, please call the library.
Beginning November 2, we will have new hours. They are
Monday 1-8
Tuesday 1-8
Wednesday 10-5
Thursday 1-8
Friday closed
Saturday closed
Sunday closed
Pennsylvania public libraries received a 20% cut in this year's budget. Power Library and Interlibrary Loan were also affected. Because of the cuts, we will be changing our hours.
A new budget for next year will be presented in the next few months. Please continue to lobby your local legislators and the governor for more public library money. Your efforts with this budget took us from a 50% cut to 20%, so you were heard! Thanks!
Governor Ed Rendell
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html
Our friend Jack has created a Blair County History website called Live Blair County. He's partnered with the library to post some of our historical items online. Check out the site for photos of the Children's Home Fire in 1975.
We have new books and DVD's for summer. Find the list here .
Just for fun, we host a daily online trivia tournament. Click here to join!
(There are no prizes, except maybe bragging rights.)