FALL 2010 IN THIS ISSUE - Palmer Township

Palmer Branch
Library News
Palmer Adult Book Group:
Are you looking for a New Year’s Resolution? Love
to read? Consider joining the Palmer Adult Book
Group. Meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of every
month (except December) from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
New members are always welcomed.
No Book Group meeting for months of November
and December.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011, Half Broken Horses by
Jeannette Walls.
On Tuesday, September 7, we were honored to have
Maria Heaton, a Palmer resident and author of Dusting
Off the Ashes, for a book discussion and signing.
Maria’s book tells the story of William Curtin’s journey
dealing with post traumatic stress syndrome. Bill
Curtin was an eyewitness to the devastating attack
on September 11, 2001, at Ground Zero.
Children News:
What a summer we had this year at the Palmer
Branch! We had 674 children signed up ~ the most
ever!!!! The staff of the Palmer Branch would like
to thank all our children for reading and helping the
Easton Area Public Library and its branches reach
the goal of reading 5,000 books this summer. We
were able to adopt Ariel, a Manatee from Homosassa
Springs Wildlife State Park, Florida.
Along with the many programs, prizes, craft sessions
and book talks, we would like to thank the
businesses in our community that helped make this
year’s program so enjoyable for our children as well
as all the volunteers that helped us throughout a
very busy summer. It is the generosity and support
of our community that helps make our summer reading
program the success that it has become.
Young Adult Book Group (ages 12-15) meets
every other month on a selected Saturday at 2:00
p.m. New members are always welcomed. Call the
library for the upcoming book to be discussed.
Mother/Daughter Book Group (ages 11-14)
meets bimonthly. Our next book will be “I Am
Regina” by Sally Keehn. The group will meet at the
Fowler Family Center in Bethlehem on December
11, at 10:30 a.m., to hear the author discuss the
story of Regina Leininger. Although the book is fiction,
it is based on a true story. Pre-registration is
required at the Fowler Center to attend this program.
Please call the library at 610-258-7492 for
more details.
Pre-School Story & Craft Session:
We are currently offering our Holiday story & craft
session. We offer 7 story times throughout the week.
If you have a preschooler and are interested, please
call the library for availability.
Word from the North Pole!!!
Santa will be visiting our library on Saturday,
December 4, at 10:00 a.m. PRE-REGISTRATION IS
REQUIRED.
Signups will begin on November 20.
Holiday Giving Tree:
Once again the Palmer Branch will be offering a
“Giving Tree.” To date, a family/organization has
not been chosen. Thank you for your continued support
with this project. Your generosity in the past has
been very heartwarming.
Holiday Hours:
The Easton Area Public Library and its Branches will
be closed on the following days:
Thursday, November 25, Thanksgiving
Friday, December 24, Happy Holidays
Saturday, December 25
Monday, December 26
Friday, December 31
Saturday, January 1, 2011, New Year’s Day
Library Information You May Not Know…
State public library funding has taken another hit
in the 2010-2011 budget. After sustaining a 20%
decrease in last year’s budget, public libraries must
now deal with another 9% cut in the 2010-2011
state appropriation.
How will this affect you as an Easton Area Public
Library patron? We’re just beginning to consider
cuts, but a few have been decided. One is in the
number of copies of new best sellers purchased. You
10 T O D A Y ’ S P A L M E R Fall 2010