IT’S HEEERE! The longawaited eighth and final installment in the “Seven Sisters” series has arrived here at Rhoads Memorial Library and is ready for checkout. “Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt” by Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker. We ordered two copies as we anticipate they will be in high demand.
If this book, or any book for that matter, is checked out, let us know that you want it and we will put you on a hold list. That means that when the book is checked in, a note pops up on the screen of the handy computer that alerts us, noting the patron’s name and phone number of the person wanting the book. We will then call you and hold it for you.
Two Rocketry Camps will be held soon in Castro County, according to Felice Acker, local agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.The Expo Building in Dimmitt will be the site of the June 20-21 camp while the KC Hall in Nazareth will host the Nazareth camp set for July 5-6, 2023. Camp times for both are 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; launch time for both is 7 p.m. on the second day, weather permitting.
Open to current 2nd through 7th graders; cost per child is $10. Acker noted that both camps are the same, just held at different locations and days. Youngsters will learn with hands-on activities and launch a rocket. Important deadlines to consider: May 30 is the deadline to sign up for the Dimmitt camp while June 15 is the deadline for the Nazareth camp. Call the Extension office at 806-6474115 to sign up.
As for entertainment for the adults in our area, newly released books that have arrived here and are ready for checkout include: -”The Way of the Bear” (a Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito novel) by Anne Hillerman; -”The Wedding Planner” (a novel) by Danielle Steel; -”The 23rd Midnight” (A Women’s Murder Club thriller) by James Patterson; -”All the Days of Summer” (a novel) by Nancy Thayer.
Another new release is “Strawberry Lane” by Amarillo author Jodi Thomas, which is billed as a “touching Texas love story.” The book’s blurb notes: “In a small Texas town where most families go back generations, four strangers meet and unite as they bury a father none of them has ever seen and begin slowly to piece together a bond that will not only change them, but the community for the better. Yet they learn that having family is one thing, but learning to love them is another....
Here’s a reminder we will be closed Saturday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 30, at 9 a.m. which is when registration opens for Castro County youngsters’ Summer Reading Club! Registration continues into the next day, Wednesday, May 31, with the annual reading club starting June 1.
Until next week, Happy Reading!