Thanks for your participation!

Another Summer Library Program season has come to an end.  We started off with a fantastic kickoff party featuring Magic Man Dorian LaChance.

That was followed by two movies, a marshmallow construction challenge, a duct tape workshop and a mystery engineering challenge!

We hope everyone who joined in had a great time and will join us again next year!

A Couple of Louis L'Amour Story Collections

Louis L'Amour is, by far, the most recognized writer of Westerns anywhere. The library maintains a large collection of the writer's works and, to that end, we now present two collections of his stories for our Western-loving readers.

The first is The Man From Battle Flat: A Western Trio. In the title story, Krag Moran is a range rider who becomes entangled in a range war between ranchers and new settlers. This conflict leaves a town divided and, when the first shots are fired and the death toll rises, Krag is going to have to answer to the wrong people. In"Mistakes Can Kill You," Johnny O'Day was a sick child who was taken in and nursed back to health by a young couple. Growing up, he harbored nothing but resentment for their natural child, Sam. When Sam finds himself in a heap of trouble, however, Johnny must stand between him and a pair of gunman.  Finally, in "The Rider of Ruby Hills," twenty-seven-year-old Ross Haney is broke, armed, and ready to settle down. When a feud breaks out between two of the biggest landowners in Ruby Hills, Ross decides to put an end to the fighting that threatens to tear apart his new home. He may have been a loner before, but now he has allies and a plan.

Nine stories make up the second collection titled, Mistakes Can Kill You. These selections highlight some of L'Amours earlier short stories (sometimes written under the pen name Jim Mayo) that demonstrate the ambiguous morality of the best Western writing. For example, in "Black Rock Coffin-Makers," two men who readily kill over ownership of a ranch get more than they bargain for when a stranger gets caught in their crossfire. Other stories include, "The Nester and the Piute"; "Law of the Desert Born"; "Ride, You Tonto Raiders!"plus five more tales. As always, L'Amour's characters come vivaciously to life and the rough-and-tumble spirit of the Wild West leaps from the page.

July is National Culinary Arts Month!

 Celebrate National Culinary Arts Month by looking over our large selection of cookbooks featuring everything from soups and appetizers to desserts.  Every day favorites or specials occasions, find a new twist on an old family favorite or try something new!

Most of our cookbooks will be found in the 641 section of the Adult Nonfiction, but we also have cookbooks for junior chefs in the Childrens Nonfiction section which include both regional and seasonal selections.

New Cozy from Miranda James

Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James is the newest Cat in the Stacks Mystery featuring Charlie Harris and his Maine coon, Diesel. Charlie finds himself as the acting director of the Athena College Library and he's under the added pressure of hosting an academic library convention. Charlie's worries aren't limited to the convention, however. His son-in-law has received a job offer in Virginia and is poised to take Charlie's daughter and their unborn child. Poor Diesel is feeling all the stress surrounding Charlie and is trying his best to help.
Charlie learns that the keynote speaker at the conference is Gavin Fong--Charlie's library school rival--he's less than thrilled at having to socialize with the man even though it's been thirty years. It becomes quite clear that Gavin hasn't changed after all these years, so when he turns up dead, there is no shortage of suspects. When a heated argument with Gavin moves Charlie to the top of the list, he and Diesel must work extra hard to solve the case or he may have to move his office to the county jail.