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The Word’s Out

A Note from the Director

In the new year we are looking forward to breaking ground for our expansion of the community room and work area at the McKell Branch. Plans are to make this a complete facelift for our South Shore Branch with new paint and carpet throughout. Community response has been ever increasing in program attendance and daily use of the library often with program attendance overflowing or limited attendance because of space. The Greenup County Libraries are consistently disproving the myth that libraries are obsolete. Example: New York Times article from September 18, 2017 “How Libraries Are Changing to Meet the Needs of a Community-”More than just books””

The staff and community volunteers would like you to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

A Christmas tradition continues with a new addition...Santa. Santa will be here this year from 5:30pm to 6:00pm to visit with the children while they decorate their cookies. Then at 6:00pm we will show “The Polar Express”. Come in your pajamas and bring blankets and pillows and enjoy this holiday family favorite. Sign-up is required so we know how many to expect. Sign-up began on December 1st. Greenup will be on Monday December 11th and Flatwoods will be Thursday December 14th. Please contact the library to sign-up.

Miss Vicki also continues the tradition of reading “The Polar Express” to the Raceland Preschool in front of the fireplace at the Greenup Branch.

Dr. Seuss Celebration

Join us for Green Eggs & Ham as we celebrate the wonderful Dr. Seuss! Come dressed as your favorite character for a costume contest. There will be food, fun, games and prizes for all ages. Greenups is on Monday February 26^th @ 6:00pm, Flatwoods is Thursday March 1^st @ 6:00pm and McKell is Saturday March 3^rd @ 11:00am. Signup is not required but preferred so we can have an idea to be sure we have enough for everyone. Please contact the library to sign up or for more information.

Storyhour Christmas Party

Santa will be here to visit with the children. Check the calendar for the dates and times for each location. Please bring a wrapped gift (around $5.00) with your child’s name on it for Santa to pass out. You can drop it off ahead of time at the circulation (checkout) desk for us to put in Santa’s bag. If you have any questions please contact Miss Vicki at the Greenup Branch.

Artwork painted by local artist Carol Terry from Lloyd on display at the Greenup Branch.

Help us fill our drawers until January 1st. By donating new underpants!

One-Room Schools

There will be an organizational meeting for One-Room Schools at the McKell Branch on Tuesday January 30^th @ 2:00pm. This will be a meeting to plan a reunion for those who taught at or who attended a One-Room School. You are invited to attend and bring in photographs or other information you may have to help us get this project started. If you have any questions or would like to help contact the McKell Branch. Please note, if weather is bad the meeting may be rescheduled. So please call or check our Facebook page for any changes.

Digital Content

Some of you who are familiar with e-books know that wait times can be fairly lengthy…Try Hoopla…No wait ever. And for Overdrive users we have a collection just for you…The Advantage Collection…It is for Greenup County users only. We have added the newest James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Janet Evanovich, Rick Riordan, Karen Kingsbury, and Wanda Brunstetter. And for those that enjoy reading magazines don’t forget about RBDigital. All of these services are free with your library card!!

Crochet Club @ Greenup

Do you like to crochet? Would you like to learn? Well then we have the answer for you-Crochet Group at the Main Branch of the Greenup Library System. For the dates and times or more information please contact the Greenup Library.

Rook Club @ Greenup

Have you ever wanted to learn to play Rook or do you love playing it? Then come to the Main Branch of the Greenup Library System from 6:00pm-9:00pm every other Saturday beginning on December 2^nd. Please contact the Greenup Library for more information.

Girls Night Out @ McKell

There will be no Girls Night Out in December but will meet at the regular time beginning in January. Come and join us on the 4^th Thursday of each month @ 6:00pm. For more information please contact the McKell Branch.

Book Clubs

We have book clubs that meet once a month at the Greenup and McKell Branches. Famished For Fiction Book Club at Greenup Branch meets on the 1st Friday each month at 1:00pm. They just finished “The Blessing Way” by Tony Hillerman in November and the selection for December is “Madam Belle” by Maryjean Wall. The McKell Book Club meets the 3rd Wednesday at 11:00am. They are currently reading “Skipping Christmas” by John Grisham and their selection for January is “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks. Contact the Greenup or McKell for more information.

Speaking of book clubs American Library Association has an online book club called Book Club Central with Sarah Jessica Parker as the celebrity sponsor. Their first selection was “No One is Coming to Save Us” by Stephanie Powell Watts.

And Yes, Oprah’s Book Club is still alive online with many suggestions. The most recent pick is “Behold the Dreamers” by Imbolo Mbue. She also has list after list of not only best books but books into movies, author interviews and more.

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