It’s the time of year when we wish we were kids again…summer
reading! We envy the young ones who are
encouraged to read over the summer.
Unfortunately we grown-ups still have bills to pay and are not given the
summer off! The next best option is to
work at the library and run a year-long reading challenge for adults. We consider it a blessing that this is our
job!
This month we will have tons of programs for children and
teens (which you can read all about on our website http://decatur.lib.al.us/YS/ ). Adults are not left out, however. This month we have a poetry writing workshop
and local author meet and greet on Thursday, June 15th, a couple of
lunch and learn events on the 28th and 30th, and a
Friends After Hours event on the 29th featuring Julia Roth. We hope
you find time to join us for some of the events we have planned for this month.
The released tasks this month are:
The first task this month is the read a book about dinosaur fossils or the people who look for them.
Why is this a task? During the Gilded
Age of American History there was an intense passion for fossil hunting that is
sometimes called the Bone Wars or the Great Dinosaur Rush. Paleontologists made
some great discoveries at this time in the American West. Unfortunately the two
most prominent were in an intense competition that caused them to find new lows
in the bid to best one another. In the end, they sparked an interest in
paleontology that lasted long after their feud and made many contributions to
science and paleontology.
The second task is Rodeo.
This sport has its origins in the lifestyle of cowboys who worked cattle on the
open range and their Spanish and Mexican predecessors. The first rodeos were
informal competitions between cowboys at the end of the cattle drives and
round-ups. These informal events have since become a multimillion dollar
business. Read any book that features a rodeo.
Happy Reading!
StephRhonda’s June Schedule
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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1.
9-5:30
Book Club 12-2
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2.
9-5
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3.
Not Available
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4.
Not Available
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5.
11-5:30
10am Library Tour
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6.
9-12
3-5:30
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7.
9-5:30
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8.
1-5:30
10am Camp Decatur
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9.
9-5
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10.
Not
Available
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11.
Not Available
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12.
9-5:30
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13.
1-5:30
10am
Camp
Safe Haven
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14.
9-2
Afternoon Meetings
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15.
9-2
2-6 Poetry Workshop & Meet & Greet
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16.
12-4
3rd Friday
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17.
Not Available
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18.
Not Available
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19.
9-5:30
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20.
1-5:30
10am Camp Safe Haven
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21.
9-2
Afternoon
Meetings
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22.
9-5:30
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23.
9-4
Movie Extravaganza
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24.
9-5
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25.
2-5
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26.
9-5:30
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27.
1-5:30
10am
Camp
Safe
Haven
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28.
9-11
12pm Lunch and Learn
Afternoon
Meetings
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29.
9-5:30
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30.
9-11
12pm Lunch and Learn
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Phone: 256-353-2993 ext. 106
