Calling all artists, ages 8-11. IGM Accounting, LLC and the Strasburg Community Library are sponsoring a poster contest celebrating the meaning of Cinco de Mayo. Click here for full details!

Join us at the New Market Area Library on Sunday, March 12 at 2:00 pm as we host author Coe Sherrard, who will discuss his latest novel (written as E.A. Coe) "Pedaling West." This program is free, and no registration is required. For more information, click here.

LEGO Club is held on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month at 4:30 PM. As always, this program is free and all materials are provided. We recommend this program for brick builders ages 5+.

The Strasburg Community Library is pleased to announce that Knit & Knatter now will meet twice a month! Join us every first and third Thursday at 1:00 pm for a group work session of knitting and crocheting! Contact the library directly for more information. 

Join us at the County Library on Thursday, March 16 at 4:30 for another Nintendo Switch tournament. This time we'll be playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate. As always, trophies and gift cards will be awarded to the finalists, and pizzas and drinks will be available to all! Register in-person by visiting the County Library or use our online registration form. This program is open to players 18 years of age and younger. 

The New Market Area Library will be starting monthly programs for preschoolers in September, 2022.  Books and Babies will be held the first Friday of each month through May at 10 AM for ages birth to three.  Preschool Storytime will happen the third Friday of each month through May at 10 am for ages three to five.

September's Books and Babies theme will be “Getting to Know You!” Books and Babies programs feature short stories, songs and rhymes.

The theme for September's Preschool Storytime program will be “Welcome to the Library!”

Leaping leprechauns! Join us at the Basye-Orkney Springs Community Library on Saturday, March 11 for a great St. Patrick's Day celebration. Enjoy stories, music, and crafts. You may even win a prize! No registration is required for this free event.

It's tax time again. Click the link below for information on downloadable tax forms and free tax preparation assistance. Please note: Such preparation assistance is not available at the County Library.

Downloadable Forms, Instructions, and Information

Internal Revenue Service

Virginia Tax

Shenandoah County Treasurer (Online payments only; no downloadable forms available).

Tax Preparation Assistance

AARP Tax-Aide Locator

VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

We invite children and their caregivers to join us for our weekly storytime programs! Preschool Storytime meets Tuesday mornings at 10:30 AM and appeals most to children ages 2-5. We check on our puppet friend, Hedgie, read books and sing songs.
The County Library offers a weekly School-Ager Story Time every Wednesday morning at 10:30 AM. School-aged kids, approximately ages 5-10, are invited to join us for longer read-alouds, great nonfiction titles, and even chapter book recommendations! This program will appeal to homeschoolers, preschool storytime graduates, and public school friends on holiday breaks.
Books & Babies meets Thursday mornings at 10:30 AM and is designed to engage infants 24 months and younger with their caregivers. At Books and Babies we read one short book, sing many songs, recite nursery rhymes, and play with puppets. At all our storytimes we make some noise and move around!
 
All children and their families are welcome at our storytime programs.  Call the library at (540) 984-8200 if you have any questions.

The Strasburg Community Library offers weekly story time programs year-round. Wednesdays at 10:00 AM the library hosts Baby Rhyme Time. On Thursdays at 10:00 AM join us as we enjoy stories, songs, and crafts at Preschool Story Time. For more information on our themes for September monthly themes, download our monthly flyer. 

­“Aunt E and Classmates,” Labeled Photographs, 2 of 2, Moses Getz Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. 

Highlights from the Truban Archives

 
This photograph shows Edythe Getz (later Hepner) and a group of her classmates, most likely from Mt. Jackson High School, in downtown Mt. Jackson sometime around 1920.
 
Edythe was born February 7, 1904 in Shenandoah County’s Lee District, near Solomon’s Lutheran Church and the Forestville community. Her parents were Moses Getz and Elizabeth Pence Getz. While it is uncertain where she attended primary school, it appears her family was able to send her to attend High School in Mt. Jackson. At the time, students were required to pay to attend school beyond Grade 7 and would have needed to either board or travel daily to one of the town high schools were these opportunities were provided. She would have graduated from High School around 1922. 

This photograph was taken around the time she graduated along Main Street in Mt. Jackson. Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church is visible in the background. 

After graduating, Edythe lived with her family on their farm until she married Wynne Earl Hepner on June 8, 1935. They then lived in Washington DC where he worked as a Police Officer. She died in 1991 and is buried at Solomons Lutheran Church. 
 

We are wrapping up our Annual Fund Drive but there's still time to contribute! The funds we bring in through this drive help support our Community Libraries, enhance our technology services, and provide a balanced collection of resources for all ages.

You can send your donation by mail to 514 Stoney Creek Blvd. Edinburg, VA 22824. You can also contribute online, no need to use a stamp!

The March March Bestsellers are starting to come in. Place a hold by logging in to your account online, or give us a call at 540-984-8200. Keep up with your favorites, or find a new one this month!

You can see a list of past month's authors and titles on our Multicopy Fiction page.