Booked for Lunch - September 3, 2015

The Pioneer Memorial Library held its opening Booked for Lunch for the season on September 3, 2015.  Melany Wilks, Library Director spoke on two books: "Girls of Atomic City," by Denise Kiernan and "Pandora's Box," by Brian VanDeMark.

The "Girls of Atomic City," brought up discussions of secrecy of the work being done by so many women and men in this specially located place.  The difficult living conditions were highlighted for many who lived in the place.

Wilks also discussed the difficult decisions the scientists had to make regarding creating an instrument of mass destruction and the knowledge and problems it would bring to the future of our world. She pointed out that the scientists believed that if the this technology was to be discovered and implemented by a fascist nation, the world would be in deep trouble.

We're a Family Place Library!

We officially became a Family Place Library^TM on Thursday September 4th! This comes after a two year process of offering parent-child workshops and  re-energizing the libraries' focus concerning young children and their parents.

The Family Place Library^TM concept is to strengthen libraries in their role as a resource, not only for early literacy and learning, but also for healthy child development and family support because all families need access to resources, information and support, especially in their efforts to raise healthy and productive children.