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The West End Library Board of Trustees recently presented Dahle Bingaman with a plaque and the award of Board Member Emeritus 2011 for his service to the West End Library.
Dahle D. Bingaman was recently named Board Member Emeritus 2011 and presented with a plaque for his service to the West End Library. He is pictures here with board member Helen Klauger.
The Penn State Extension, will be offering a Cooking for Crowds course led by Extension Educator Lynn James MS, RD, LDN, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 at The Public Library for Union County, 255 Reitz Blvd., Lewisburg.
Training topics include: foodborne illnesses; preventing conditions that lead to foodborne illnesses; safe purchasing, storage, preparation and service for crowds; monitoring and record keeping; cleaning and sanitizing and more.
Click the link below for the Cooking for Crowds brochure with the registration form attached. Please fill out the registration form and send with payment to the Penn State Extension Sunbury Field Office at 443 Plum Creek Road, Sunbury, PA 17801.
If you have questions or would like additional information call the library at 570-523-1172.
Are you interested in homeschooling your children, but not quite sure where to start? Come out to the West end Library at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, for a discussion with Scott Zimmerman, Mifflinburg Intermediate School Principal and Homeschool Coordinator, and parents who currently homeschool their children. Ask questions of families already involved in homeschooling, examine sample curricula and student portfolios; and find answers to the laws and regulations governing homeschooling in Pennsylvania.
For more information on this program, stop by the library at 45 Ball Park Road, Laurelton, or call 570-922-4773.
Diet, nutrition and fitness will be the focus of the Libraries for Health Expo slated for 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 at The Public Library for Union County.
This all-age event will feature something for the entire family with story time, child fingerprinting by the Buffalo Valley Regional Police and live demonstrations including cooking, yoga and Tai Chi.
Evangelical Community Hospital will provide body composition screenings which include body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentages. A registered dietician will be available for risk counseling.
Geisinger Health System will be offering blood pressure screenings through the Lewisburg community practice clinic and cancer screening information in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Center. Through a grant from Kohl’s Cares for Kids, Geisinger will also sponsor children’s activities, including Nintendo Wii Fitness and a raffle for a children’s bicycle and helmet.
The Special Olympics from Union and Northumberland counties will be showing off their Bocce ball skills, while the Penn State Extension will be offering healthy cooking demonstrations, with a special focus on diabetes. For children, the Extension will offer “Color My Plate” activities.
The Union-Snyder Community Action Agency will offer information on providing healthy food for families, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the WIC program, a special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children.
Along with the live demonstrations there will also be health and wellness information and representatives from area organizations including the Union-Snyder Agency on Aging, Inc., Donald Heiter Community Center, Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA, the Girl Scouts and more. An additional raffle of a healthy foods basket, donated by the Natural Food and Garden Store, Ltd. will also be held.
The Libraries for Health Expo is a project of the Union County Library System—The Public Library for Union County, Lewisburg; Herr Memorial Library, Mifflinburg; and the West End Library, Laurelton—in conjunction with the Union-Snyder Agency on Aging, Inc., Evangelical Community Hospital, Geisinger Health System, and the Penn State Extension. The Libraries for Health group was formed in 2010 to improve and expand health materials in the libraries’ collections through a $20,000 LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) grant received by the library system.
For more information on the Libraries for Health Expo, visit the library at 255 Reitz Blvd., Lewisburg or call 570-523-1172.
The West End Library in Laurelton will resume its regular business hours beginning Saturday, March 3.
The library will be open from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays; and from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. The library is closed Wednesdays and Sundays.
For more information about the West End Library call 570-922-4773 or stop by at 45 Ball Park Road, Laurelton.
The Mary Todd Lincoln visitation at the West End Library that was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. this evening, February 16 has been postponed due to inclement weather. This event will now be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 27. Please register to attend. For more information or to register, call 922-4773.
Both Herr Memorial Library and the West End Library took part in the VOICE (Volunteer Opportunities in Community Endeavors) Speed Volunteerism Event on February 2 in Mifflinburg. This event is designed to bring potential volunteers together with community organizations to hopefully make a successful match. Over 45 matches were made at this particular event and it was a huge success. Check out this video by The Daily Item http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=90296&sitesection=ditemln_oth&VID=23567549
The Union County libraries offer downloadable audiobooks and eBooks for people on the go, like you! The libraries downloading site listentobooks.org is now called eBranch2Go. The name has changed but all the easy-to-use features remain the same. To borrow audiobooks and eBooks online, you will need a library card from one of the member libraries – the Public Library for Union County, the Herr Memorial Library and the West End Library. Some devices require free software before you download an audiobook or eBook (available at eBranch2Go). Information about downloading audiobooks and eBooks and about compatible devices is available on the site. Go to Getting Started for more information or call the Public Library for Union County at 523-1172.
The three libraries in the Union County Library System can now lend eBooks for the Amazon® Kindle.
“This addition helps public libraries accelerate their drive to become the first online stop for eBooks, where visitors can browse, discover, and sample new and popular titles and authors in virtually all subjects,” said Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive, a leading digital distributor of eBooks and audiobooks.
Through a North Central Library District contract with OverDrive the three members of the UCLS — The Public Library for Union County, the Herr Memorial Library, and the West End Library — are able to offer many works in electronic form. Ebooks can be downloaded to desktop and notebook computers, as well as to smartphones and eReaders.
The process for borrowing a public library eBook for Kindle is similar to the process for other devices. Most eBooks already in the libraries’ catalog are compatible with Kindle, so users simply browse or search for “Kindle Book,” check out a title with a valid card from the UCLS libraries, and then click “Get for Kindle.”
Access to the Kindle Book will occur at Amazon’s website after the user signs in and selects delivery to a Kindle device or any of the free Kindle reading apps. As with all of the libraries’ eBooks and other digital content, titles are available 24/7 and incur no late fees because they automatically expire at the end of the lending period.
In addition to Kindle, OverDrive provides support for all major desktop and mobile devices, including Windows®, Mac®, iPod®, iPhone®, iPad®, Sony® Reader, NOOK™, Android™, BlackBerry® and Windows® Phone. A complete list of compatible devices is available online.
To get started, eBook users should have a valid Union County Library System card ready and click on the “Look for Books & More” or “Online Resources” buttons on the left side of any of the following websites: www.unioncountylibrarysystem.com, www.publibuc.org, www.herrlibrary.org, and www.westendlibrary.org. More information about how to proceed is available online.
Also, a dedicated station for downloading audiobooks is available at The Public Library for Union County, 255 Reitz Blvd. in Lewisburg. For more information, call (570) 523-1172.
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