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Special
Programs and Events
Library Façade Crumbling
The library will be closed on Friday,
September 10th.
The library will open at noon on Saturday, September 11th.
Twenty-one years and persistent heavy rains during the 2010 spring thaw
combined to create conditions that cracked the brickwork atop the library
façade. The lovely brickwork weighs approximately 3,000 pounds and is
contributing to continual, gradual, uneven sinking of the façade.
Thankfully, the façade is decorative only. The brick that is crumbling and
falling is not directly attached to the main structure.
On September 10th, the top layer of brick will be removed from the façade.
During the process of gathering bids and opinions, the Library Board was
prudent in making certain that the “Towanda Library” portion of the sign
will remain. Options available for the future include replacing the lovely
lines of the top structure of the façade with a lighter weight wooden
replica and/or replacing the rain gutters with wider ones to alleviate
further sinking in overly wet conditions. All of this is being handled by
the Library Board with an eye toward preserving precious resources for the
best possible library service.
Voter Registration at the Library
Register to vote in the November 2nd
election at the library. From now through October 5th, people may
register to vote in the upcoming General Election. Bring two forms of ID
with you to register during weekday business hours.
Wii for Fwii at the Library
Tuesday evenings 4:00 to 6:30:
Play Wii games with your friends.
Friends of the Library
The next FRIENDS meeting will be
Wednesday, September 22 at 6:00pm at the home of a member. Call
the library at 728-2176 for location and directions.
TOWANDA READS Book Club
TOWANDA READS meets Wednesday,
September 22 at 7:00pm at the home of a member. Call the library
at 728-2176 for location and directions.
The group will will
discuss
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan.
Pre-School Story Hours,
11:00am weekly during the school year
Pre-school Story Hours run from
first Monday after Labor Day to the Monday prior to Memorial Day.
Pre-schoolers may participate in the
Summer Reading Program on Wednesday mornings during the summer.
Mondays
each week during the school
year, preschoolers
learn the “joy of reading”. Youth Services Librarian Tommie Crouthamel reads to
children ages 3 through 5 and leads them in educational activities.
Younger brothers and sisters may listen to online, animated TumbleBooks or
enjoy board books with parental supervision. Open enrollment allows
children to enter the program whenever they turn three.
Topics:
9-13 First Day of School
9-20 All About Me
9-27 Autumn Leaves
10-4 Apples
10-11 Explorers
10-18 Pumpkins
10-25 Halloween Stories
Economize at the Library
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Magazines can be checked out
free-of-charge.
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There is no charge for DVD and video rentals.
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Summer Reading and other programs are
free.
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Books on Tape and MP3 Play-a-Ways
are free.
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Wireless access to the internet is free -
on our computers or on your laptop.
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Copier and Fax are available for a small
fee.
Buying children's books as gifts?
You can help support the
Towanda Library by purchasing your books through the Friend's of the Library
online book sale at
Usborne Books. A percentage of each sale will go to
benefit the library. Click on
Friend's of the Towanda District Library page at Usborne Books
to see and purchase books.
Towanda History
The Towanda
District Library has partnered with the Towanda Area Historical Society to
document and display Towanda Area History on the web at
towandahistory.org.
A new feature of the Towanda District
Library is a History Corner, with books, displays, and archives
of Towanda area history. Following is a list of history binders contain
information researched, compiled and donated to the library by Nancy J.
Miller of Bloomington:
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Census records for 1860,
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
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Civil War Soldiers from
Money Creek Township
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Towanda in the Black Hawk
War - 6/3/1832 - 8/3/1832
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History of Elizabeth
'Mattie' Stephenson (1853-1873) of Towanda, Proclaimed a Heroine by Citizens
of Memphis, Tennessee
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Miscellaneous Collection of
Newspaper Articles on Towanda, 1850 - 2008
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Section 33 and Landowners
in Money Creek Township
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History of the William R. Duncan Family and Descendents,
1818 to 2008
Library delivery service
If you
have difficulties getting to the library due to age or health issues,
please call us and we can bring library materials to you. We have two
very dedicated volunteers ready to deliver books and other library
materials to your home monthly. Right now they only have one customer and
they want more! A staff member at the library will select items
based on your requests. Please call the library at 728-2176 and ask for
Karen.
Book Sales
The ‘Friends of the Library’ runs a book sale at
the 4th of July flea market. There are also donated used
books for sale at the library year round.
Please donate
your no longer needed books, videos, CDs, DVDs and audio books in
condition appropriate for resale.
Books appropriate for resale include:
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Only books published since 1985
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Hardcover
fiction books
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Up-to-date non-fiction items (ex., travel, medical and
science items less than five years old) or non-fiction items that will
never be out-of-date (ex., how-to’s, biographies, history, etc.)
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Paperbacks in good condition (clean, bright
pages, sturdy spines only)
WE DO NOT ACCEPT
textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, “book club edition”
books, encyclopedia sets of any kind, musty books, yellowed books or books
in poor condition because these items can’t be put in our collection nor
do they sell at our book sales and we do not have the resources to pass
them on or recycle them.
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You can order books from any of the
libraries in the Alliance Library system. (Place a 'Hold' on the book and it
will be delivered to the Towanda District Library for you to check out.)
Bloomington:
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