July is here and Summer Reads is
going strong at Decatur Public Library. The library will be closed on Thursday, July 4th,
for the holiday but will re-open at
10:00 am on Friday, July 5th. The next week is packed with fun and we
hope you can join us for some of the programs. We will have Story Time with
Barbie (who appears courtesy of Magical Memories, AL) on Tuesday, July 9th,
at 10:30 am; Book Babies on Wednesday, July 10th, at 10:30 am;
FYI Series: Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia on Wednesday, July 10th,
at 12 noon; Lu’au Day from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 11th,
and the Speakeasy Book Club on Thursday, July 11th, at 12 noon. If
you prefer to be outdoors, we have a StoryWalk® installed on the Atkeson
Cypress Trail at the Visitor’s Center on the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. If you are looking for something to do next
week that won’t break your budget, join us for a library program. We have
programs for every age and everybody!
If you are taking part in the
Adult Reading Challenge this year, or would like to be part of the Challenge,
please join us for the Speakeasy Book Club. We will meet in the Training Center
Thursday, July 11th, from 12 noon until 2:00 pm. We will discuss books we have read in the
last month and the clues and tasks the books work for on this year’s Roarin’
Reads Challenge.
The 1920s saw a dramatic increase
in the number of women cutting and styling their hair and in the use of cosmetics
by both sexes. This translated to a steady increase in beauty shops over the
course of the decade. At the beginning
of the twenties most beauty shops would not bob a woman’s hair. The determined flappers,
did not take no for an answer, instead they went to the barber shop to get their locks
sheared. As the trend gained popularity, more beauticians starting offering the
hairstyle. The July task is to read a book that has a beautician as the main
character. The book must be partially set in a beauty/barber shop or
the character must be using their skills as a hair stylist or salon worker in
order for the book to work for this task.
Happy Reading!
