Young Scientists’ takeand- make kits, immensely popular with Castro County youngsters, returned to us this week here at Rhoads Memorial Library, courtesy of Felice Acker, local agent with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service. September 2023’s kits’ featured theme is “Up in the Sky!”
Geared toward youngsters from 3-10 years old, the kits are available on a first come, first serve basis. New, different kits will be available on the first Tuesday of each month through May 2024.
As for the adults in our area, remember that feeling when well-intentioned family members gave you some newfangled device such as a computer, tablet, cell phone, etc. and then left town, expecting you to figure out how to use it? Or, maybe you would like to be able to use social media, such as Facebook, effectively, or learn how to send an email? Perhaps we can be of assistance.
We are considering offering a tech session periodically to assist you with this new technology. Actually, all we would be doing is offering our meeting room as the place where you could visit with David Nelson of DTN (Dimmitt Technology Networks). He graciously volunteered to help adults solve their problems/questions with such matters.
Sessions would be free to adults and would last for an hour. We are looking at a 10 a.m. start time, although that is negotiable. We are soliciting your input as to what day would be best (Tuesday through Friday.) You can express your preference by calling us at 806647-3532. Depending upon interest, the sessions could be offered weekly, every other week, or monthly.
Newly released books that have arrived and are ready for checkout include: -”Dead Mountain” (a Nora Kelly novel) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; -”Rock Bottom” (a novel) by Fern Michaels; -”North of Nowhere” (a thriller) by Allison Brennan.
The last book on the list, “North of Nowhere,” follows siblings Kristen and Ryan McIntyre as they run from their murderous father, Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family. They have spent the past five years in hiding, raised in a small Montana town.
Upon locating them, Boyd sends kidnappers to retrieve them, only to have the youngsters escape in a small plane piloted by the man who has been raising them. But when the kidnappers shoot at the plane, rupturing the fuel line, the plane crash lands in the Montana wilderness. The siblings hike deep into the woods, searching for safety, unaware of the severity of an approaching blizzard. Meanwhile, their aunt Ruby, contacted about the crash, is searching for them, as is Boyd and a rancher. Assuming the youngsters survive the incoming blizzard and natural predators, who finds them first could determine if they live or die.
Until next week, Happy Reading!