Library
Burlington Community

Burlington Community Library will hold its annual Summer Reading Program on Thursdays, June 5 through July 3. Look for complete details in the next few weeks.

Would you like to see the library offer Saturday hours? Volunteers are needed to work a three-hour shift one Saturday every several months. For more information, contact the library at 765-566-3166.

New books are always being added to the shelves. A large selection of audio, large print, fiction, non-fiction and children's materials are available, as well as several classic family videos available for check out.

Burlington Community Library serves the town of Burlington and surrounding areas. There is no membership fee required. Just stop in, fill out a membership card and you are free to check out materials. It's that easy!

Camden Public

Camden Public Library held a party for its "Winter Into Spring" Reading Club last Wednesday. Jan Newton, manager at Walden's Book Store in Logansport, presented a book review of "The Parting" by Beverly Lewis.

Nancy Klinker read the most books, 34. Second highest reader was Twila Wertz with 11. They both received a gift certificate from Walden Bookstore.

Plans for the Summer Reading Program will be announced soon.

Delphi Public

The May 15 Cinema Night will feature "Dan in Real Life" starring Steve Carrell. The story is about a single parent struggling to raise three precocious daughters. The heartfelt film will show at 7 p.m. with refreshments and discussion to follow.

The May 23, 9 a.m. Morning Book Club, starting with refreshments and social time, will discuss "The Kindness of Strangers" by Katrina Kittle. The story is a shocking look at how the tragedy of a single family in a small town can affect so many. Several copies of the book are now available at the library.

Plans for the Summer Reading Program, "Catch the Reading Bug!" are underway. Children's librarian Marcia Sledd is visiting local schools to recruit participants for the six week summer program. Special programs are in the works, such as an "American Girl Club," "Boys Only Club," a magic and puppet show, "Guitar Hero" battles, and a "Teen Amazing Race."

The library will be closed May 26 for Memorial Day and will reopen May 27 with summer hours: Mon. through Thurs. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Flora-Monroe Township

The summer reading program's grand kickoff was at Carroll Elementary School this morning (Wednesday) with Silly Safari's "What's Buggin' You? Bug Show," featuring Alligator Aaron.

Kids got to see bugs and the animals that eat them. Students learned all the parts of various live bugs, like cockroaches, and compared them to non-insect creepy crawlies such as live scorpions, millipedes, spiders, and more.

The library would like to thank Principal Carolyn O'Connell for hosting the event at school.

This year's summer reading theme is, "Catch the Reading Bug." Registration begins May 27.

Just in time for spring there are new art displays from the fifth grade art enrichment classes at Carroll Elementary School. There are wildlife drawings, color wheels, and shoe sketches. The classes are taught by Grace Woodruff.

Mrs. Woodruff will also be teaching free art classes at the library this summer for ages preschool through adult. Sign up for the classes during summer reading registration.

The theme of the next storytime will be, "Good Food to Eat." Growing veggies in the garden, strawberry patches, and lots of yummy stories to munch on! Storytime fun is Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m.

Listen to stories any time day or night by calling the library's Dial-a-Story, 967- 3814.