Thursday, October 25, 2007

Upcoming Events at HPL Date Description Oct 1- Oct 31 Write for Fright!: Scary Story Contest Monday, October 01, 2007 Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. Enter Write for Fright!, HPL’s scary story contest. Anyone in grades K-6 can join. Bring your stories and poems to the Library by October 31. Each year the scariest stories are printed in a Write fro Fright! Book and distributed through schools and libraries. Winners are honored at an Author’s Night Award Program, 7 PM Wednesday, November 14. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. Oct 15- Nov 10 Teen Trivia Contest Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For grades 6 and up. Teens--Test your Trivia Know-How! - entry forms in the Teen Books area - Each week we’ll post several questions to ponder on topics such as Harry Potter, Hackley Library, Muskegon Football and more. Correct answers will earn raffle tickets for movies, gift certificates, ITunes Gift Cards, and other cool stuff. Game begins Teen Read Week, Oct. 15th and ends November 10th. For more information call 231-722-7276. Oct 27 2:00 pm Hackley Halloween - Come in Costume! Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. Scary stories, a costume contest with funny prizes, the Cupcake of Doom game, and a Glow in the Dark art project. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. Oct 29 11:00 am Toddler Times Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together. The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Oct 29 7:00 pm Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Oct 30 6:30 - 7:30 pm Big Ten Book Discussion Julia Hackley Room, Hackley Public Library. Author and freelance sports writer Todd Mishler chronicles the Big Ten's greatest football rivalries in a new book from Big Earth Publishing. Mishler interviewed dozens of former players and coaches to capture the flavor, both on and off the field, surrounding arguably college football's best and most historic conference. Scores, statistics and highlights cover the teams from the series beginnings in the late 1800s to the showdown between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan in November 2006. For more information call 231-722-7276. Oct 30 6:45 pm Toddler Times Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together. The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 1 11:00 am Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 3 9:00 - 11:30 am Hands-On Genealogy Workshop Hackley Public Library, Local History Department. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 5 11:00 am Toddler Times Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together. The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 5 7:00 pm Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 6 6:30 - 7:30 pm Mysteries and Histories beneath the Inland Sea with Valerie van Heest Julia Hackley Room, Hackley Public Library. Thousands of ships rest on the bottom of the cold clear waters of Michigan's Great Lakes, which unlike any other body of water holds them in a nearly timeless state. The harrowing and often fateful tales of many lost vessels will be told as well as the daunting work that goes into discovering and documenting a lost ship, and preserving it for future generations. The program will focus on vessels lost off the shores of Western Michigan and will include stunning slides and video images of newly discovered Michigan shipwrecks. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 6 6:45 pm Toddler Times Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together. The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 7 6:30 pm Ghost Mountain Boys Hackley Public Library. James Campbell will be talking about his new book, "Ghost Mountain Boys". The book is about the 32nd Division’s Ghost Mountain Boys, who "were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: march 130 miles over the rugged Owen Stanley Mountains and protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna on New Guinea’s north coast." Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 8 11:00 am Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 5:09:06 PM     New Links on our web for the week of October 25, 2007 Colleges and Careers College Navigator "This source for college information allows you to search for U.S. colleges by name, location, type of institution, and programs/majors. Provides material about expenses, financial aid, enrollment, admission, athletics, and more. Include multiple institutions on a "favorites" list to see side-by-side comparisons. Also includes links to material about applying for financial aid and careers. From the Institute of Education Science (IES) National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education." (LII) Health Autism Speaks "Website for this organization "dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism." Features material about organization's activities and policies, and background about autism including how to cope, how to grow with it, and video clips "to help parents and professionals learn more about the early red flags and diagnostic features of autism spectrum disorders (ASD)." Access to videos requires free registration." (LII) Homework Learn Spanish online Free interactive lesson Leisure NeighborWorks America "Website for this "national nonprofit organization created by Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts." Features news, case studies, and reports on subjects such as aging in place, disaster preparedness, foreclosure solutions, home equity protection, manufactured housing, predatory lending, and refinancing. Also includes materials about campaigns, such as its free telephone consultation service on foreclosure solutions. Includes listings of local NeighborWorks member organizations." 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