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6/18/13: Basic Word
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6/19/13: Summer Reading - Elementary
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6/19/13: Summer Reading - Preschool
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6/19/13: Summer Reading - Toddler
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Wondering how the new healthcare law will affect you? Here are some great resources to help you find the answers.
Navigating the marketplace to find insurance coverage for you and your family: http://www.healthcare.gov/
Health coverage and your taxes: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Affordable-Care-Act-Tax-Provisions
Consumer information for employees: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/contactEBSA/consumerassistance.html
SCPL is ready to kick off the 2013 Summer Reading Program for the summer! SRP 2013 is from Monday, June 3 until Saturday, July 27. We’re whipping up some summer fun with a Summer Reading Bingo card that you can fill out with the books that you’ve read. Our SRP 2013 mascot is Sally Squid, who will be making various appearances during the program around the library and sharing them on Facebook.
To participate in SRP 2013, pick up a form from any branch in the Starke County Library System to receive your bingo card. Just fill in a square with the title of the book you read. The minimum number of books for the program is five to qualify for prizes and a grand prize drawing at the end of the summer.
When you finish Summer Reading Bingo, you will have your choice of one of two gifts:
1. $5.00 certificate toward fine forgiveness. You can use it all at one time or throughout the year. You must keep track of the coupon as we cannot.
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2. You will be first on the holds list for the book of your choice.
Along with one of these two choices, your name will be entered into a grand prize drawing, which includes a giveaway of our summer mascot, a stuffed replica of Sally Squid, as well as many other prizes from area businesses.
We are starting an outreach program for Starke County Library patrons who are unable to come into the library due to extended illness, injury or disability. At this time we are limiting delivery to within the city limits of Knox. All items except fiction dvds are available with the service. Deliveries and pickups will be every two weeks. The requested items will be delivered in a red and white cloth bag with library logo on and an inventory sheet showing what is being delivered. The patron will sign the sheet after making sure all items are there. The inventory sheet will stay with the bag and be signed again at time of pick up.
In order to participate, one needs to fill out a short form and talk with either Mary Wharton or Nancy Barton. For further information you may call the library at 574-772-7323 and ask for either Nancy or Mary, or stop by and talk with one of us.
Zinio from Starke County Public Library brings free magazines to your computer or web-enabled device! Zinio is an unlimited, simultaneous-use digital newsstand. This high quality service is the same as that used by many consumers to access magazines in their digital form, but is now available for libraries through Recorded Books Digital.
Readers can view the magazines on a variety of devices, including smartphones, tablets, and e-readers. You can even download the magazine so that it can be enjoyed for offline reading. Visit the Starke County Public Library digital downloads page at www.starkecountylibrary.org/zinio for more information, and to start enjoying these wonderful magazines!
The Moving Starke County Forward coalition wants to improve the health of local residents one step at a time! The coalition is sponsoring a “Moving Starke County Across America” walking challenge to collectively encourage residents to walk, bike or run 3,000 miles between Memorial Day and Labor Day. There will be prizes and raffle drawings after the challenge wraps up in September.
You can sign up at any Starke County Public Library location. Pick up your form today, and start moving forward!
