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The August Display of the Month at Rhoads Memorial Library features Castro County 4-H photos. Felice Acker, Castro County AgriLife Extension agent heads up the project and helper Karen Grado.
It is amazing how a few cents here, a few cents there, can add up to a significant amount. Throughout July, we have been collecting spare change here at Rhoads Memorial Library with the goal of sending it to the tornado-ravaged towns of Perryton and Matador, who suffered damage in June and July, respectively.
The total we received was $153.74. Of that amount, $55 was in the form of folding money, while the remaining $98.74 was in the form of coins. We have deposited the money into funds set up for both towns. Thank you, donors, for making this possible.
Our August Display of the Month features photographs by some Castro County 4-H members. Felice Acker, local agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, is their supervisor.
Tuesday, Sept. 5, is the date tentatively set for English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to resume, according to leader Gloria Hernandez. She plans to host the classes in our meeting room on Tuesdays and Thursdays, probably at 7 p.m. A definite time will be announced soon; watch this space.
I often wonder how to properly pronounce some authors’ names, and Google has proven useful for that purpose. Proper pronunciations of some of our patrons’ favorite authors are: David Baldacci: bahl-DAHCH-ee Jennifer Chiaverini: shev-er-EE-nee Michael Crichton: KRYtuhn Diana Gabaldon: GABull- doan John Lescroart: leh-SKWAH Debbie Macomber: may-KUM-bur Jodi Picoult: pee-KOE Lisa Scottoline: skawtuh- LEEN-ee Newly released books that have arrived and are ready for checkout include: -”After Death” (a thriller) by Dean Koontz; -”Bad Hombres” (a Slash and Pecos Western) by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone; and -”Honey Drop Dead” (a Tea Shop mystery) by Laura Childs.
Until next week, Happy Reading!