“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

FOML author event

with local educator and

writer,

Karen Potter-Hughes.

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Programs this month - new

and old! See Pgs. 4, 6, & 7

Check out the new

online curriculum

for children now

available on our

website!

See pg. 3

New 8-week JOB CLUB

Session starts September 15th

at the Middlesboro Library

Are you looking for a job??

Do you need an ally in your job search?

Come to JOB CLUB at the Middlesboro

Library on THURSDAYS at 1:00 p.m. and

expert advisors will help you create a game

plan, link you with quality employers,

improve your job-interviewing skills, perfect

your resume, ease your job-search stress,

connect weekly with other supportive job-

seekers and prepare you to launch into

employment!!

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity!

SEPTEMBER 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th

October 6th, 13th, 20th, & 27th

www.ekcep.org/ www.jobsight.org/jobseeker/support_groups

Good Reads!! Good News!! B e l l C o . P u b l i c L i b r a r y D i s t r i c t ~ ~ S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6

Fall Book Sale and Quilt Show! The Friends of the Middlesboro Library

(FOML) invite you to the book sale /quilt

show on the following dates:

Thursday, Oct. 6th

- 9:00 – 6:00

Friday, Oct. 7th

- 9:00 - 6:00

Saturday, Oct. 8th

- 10:00 - 4:00

If you would like to display a special quilt,

bring it to the library before the sale dates.

The Middlesboro & Pineville Public Libraries

& the Bookmobile will be CLOSED on:

Monday, September 5, 2016 – Labor Day

(No items will be marked due on these dates.)

“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

NEW: ADULT FICTION

One way or another / Adler, Elizabeth

You will know me : a novel / Abbott, Megan E.

Die like an eagle / Andrews, Donna

Autumn bride : a year of weddings novella

collection

Miss Dimple and the slightly bewildered angel /

Ballard, Mignon Franklin

Crowned and dangerous : a royal spyness

mystery / Bowen, Rhys

Can you survive the zombie apocalypse? /

Brallier, Max

Highway to hell : can YOU survive the zombie

apocalypse? / Brallier, Max

Sting / Brown, Sandra

The Selfless Act / Brunstetter, Wanda E.

Among the wicked / Castillo, Linda

The girls : a novel / Cline, Emma

A time of torment : a Charlie Parker thriller /

Connolly, John

Insidious / Coulter, Catherine

Survivors will be shot again / Crider, Bill

The commodore / Deutermann, Peter T.

Curious minds : a Knight and Moon novel /

Evanovich, Janet

Knit your own murder / Ferris, Monica

Three sisters, three queens / Gregory, Philippa

The book that matters most / Hood, Ann

Night and day / Johansen, Iris

Sweet tomorrows / Macomber, Debbie

Arrowood : a novel / McHugh, Laura

After you : a novel / Moyes, Jojo

Someone always knows / Muller, Marcia

Claiming Noah : a novel / Ortlepp, Amanda

White bone / Pearson, Ridley

When the music's over / Robinson, Peter

Foreign agent : a thriller / Thor, Brad

The woman in cabin 10 / Ware, Ruth

Family tree : a novel / Wiggs, Susan

Smooth operator / Woods, Stuart

NEW : ADULT NON-FICTION

Called for life : how loving our neighbor led us into the heart of the Ebola epidemic /

Brantly, Kent

Freedom: my book of firsts / Dugard, Jaycee

Lee

Kian & JC : don't try this at home / Lawley,

Kian

Missing man : the American spy who vanished in Iran / Meier, Barry

Big book of brain games : 1000 playthinks of art, mathematics & science / Moscovich,

Ivan

Statesman : George Mitchell and the art of the possible / Rooks, Douglas

NEW : YOUNG ADULT FICTION

The worst night ever / Barry, Dave

Dark secrets 1 / Chandler, Elizabeth

The scandal / Grisham, John

This is the story of you / Kephart, Beth

The unexpected everything / Matson, Morgan

Rescued / Schrefer, Eliot

Fallen 1 : The fallen and Leviathan /Sniegoski,

Thomas E.

Highly illogical behavior / Whaley, John Corey

The last star : the final book of the 5th wave /

Yancey, Richard

NEW: JUVENILE FICTION

Where are you going, baby Lincoln? /

DiCamillo, Kate

Cody Harmon, king of pets / Mills, Claudia

Every single second / Springstubb, Tricia

Poison is not polite / Stevens, Robin

Hilo : saving the whole wide world / Winick,

Judd

The haunting of Falcon House / Yelchin,

Eugene

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“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

NEW: JUVENILE & YOUNG ADULT

NON-FICTION

Votes of confidence : a young person's guide to

American elections / Fleischer, Jeff

Bubonic panic : when plague invaded America / Jarrow, Gail

Being Jazz : my life as a (transgender teen) /

Jennings, Jazz

Gorillas up close / Nippert-Eng, Christena E.

Star Trek : Starfleet Academy

NEW: EASY FICTION

Lion lessons / Agee, Jon

Thunder Boy Jr. / Alexie, Sherman

This is our baby, born today / Bajaj, Varsha

Bedtime for Batman / Dahl, Michael

Bob the artist / Deuchars, Marion

Walter's wonderful web / Hopgood, Tim

Steamboat school / Hopkinson, Deborah

More-igami / Kleber, Dori

The forgetful knight / Robinson, Michelle

Giraffes ruin everything / Schulz, Heidi

Emerson barks / Woodruff, Liza, author

NEW: EASY NON-FICTION

Dwight D. Eisenhower : the 34th president /

Aronin, Miriam

The blobfish book / Olien, Jessica

RECENTLY ADDED DVDS

NEWER RELEASES

The Angry Birds Movie

Batman : The Killing Joke

Batman V Superman : Dawn of Justice

The Boss

God's Not Dead 2

Hello, My Name is Doris

Race

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

RECENTLY ADDED DVDS

OLDER TITLES

Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning

Carolina Moon

Descendants

Do You Believe?

Everest : 50 Years on the Mountain

I Saw the Light : the Story of Hank Williams

Kung Fu Panda

The Lion King 2. Simba's Pride

Meet the Parents

Michael

Midnight Lace

The Proposal

Sense and Sensibility

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Star Trek: First Contact

Underdogs

When Calls the Heart : Heart of the Family

You Bet Your Life: Best of Groucho

ABCmouse.com

Age of Learning's award - winning online curriculum for young children is now available at

the Bell County Public Libraries. A great big thanks to Age of Learning for providing ABCmouse free to public libraries everywhere.

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“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

Children & Youth Programs

MIDDLESBORO BRANCH

Story Time

WEDNESDAYS,

Sept. 7th, 14th & 28th

4:00pm – 5:00 p.m.

Ages 5 – 10

Stories & Crafts

Toddler Time

THURSDAYS,

September 1st, 8th, 15th & 29th

@ 10:30am

Ages 18 mos. – 5 yrs.

Stories & Crafts

TEEN MOVIE NIGHT SEptember 19

th!

TBA 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

AGES 13-18

We will provide popcorn, drinks and candy!

4-H Make, Mingle & Munch (Middlesboro)

We will meet on Tuesday, September 20th @ 4:00 p.m.

for an afternoon of history, food prep, and a craft! Come celebrate Autumn!

PINEVILLE BRANCH

THURSDAYS

Morning Story Time @ 11:00 a.m. Afternoon Story Time @ 4:00 p.m.

Story and Crafts

Drop-In Craft Day

Friday, September 16th

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

All Ages

Come by the library any time during the

day to make a craft that you can take

home. Invite your friends and family!

Enjoy a free movie, popcorn and

refreshments on Saturday,

September 10th at 12:00 p.m.

(noon) in the Pineville Library

Community Room. Watch for more

info about the movie title.

(for all ages)

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“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

Library Happenings...

Middlesboro Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program “Exercise Your Mind” ended in August,

and several participants won prizes. Left to right: Sherry Skaggs, Barbara Day and Kathy Paynter.

Other winners not pictured: Angela Cosby and Betty Maddox.

The Friends of the Middlesborough

Library (FOML) sponsored an

Author Event on Tuesday, August

23rd

in the Beverly Greene

Community Room. Karen Potter-

Hughes, long-time educator and

newly published author, talked

about her new novel, Deserter,

which follows the story of her

great-grandfather, Preston Martin.

Over 30 people came to hear her

describe her writing and publishing

processes and read an excerpt from

the book.

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“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

Beginner Computer

Classes

@ the Pineville Library

Wed., September 7th, - 11:00 a.m.

@ Wilderness Trail Manor

Thurs., September 15th

- 11:00 a.m.

Get the basics of computers and the Internet

in a relaxed, workshop environment.

(Pre-registration is required.)

Mystery Loves Company

Book Club

Friday, September 9th

@ 11:00 a.m.

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

by Tom Franklin

Next Month: October 14th

The Burglar on the Prowl

by Lawrence Block

Book Bunch Book Club Wednesday, September 28

th,

@ 11:00 a.m.

"Your Favorite New Book"

Next Month: October 26th

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah

(Pre-registration is required for both.)

Adult Outreach Program

@the Horizon Day Care Center

Tues., September 14, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Horizon BOOK CLUB

@ the Horizon Day Care Center

Wed., September 14, 2016

@ 11:00 a.m. Love Takes Wing by Janette Oke

The Year to Learn a New Skill Check out the Bulletin Board and Book

Display in the Pineville library and try

something new this year. For SEPTEMBER,

try your hand (or mind) at some Math &

Writing Skills!

Adult Programs @ your library

Pineville Branch

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Pick up an Autumn Coloring page (1 per person) any time during the month of September and return it to be entered

into a drawing.

Coloring

Contest

for

Adults

“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

Beginner

Computer Classes

Wed. & Thur., SEPT. 21st & 22nd

@ 10:30 a.m.

Learn the basics of using a computer

and the Internet.

Call Bonnie Banks at 248-4812 to register.

Banned Books to Movies September is Banned Books Month – to help

celebrate we will be showing movies made from some of these books.

Fridays, 10:00 a.m.

September 9th - Bridge to Terabithia

16th - The Da Vinci Code

23rd - The Outsiders

30th - The Hunger Games

Monday’s R Murder Book Club

Mon., September 19, 2016

@ 10:00 a.m.

In honor of the 100th

Anniversary of the

National Park Service, for our first meeting

we will be discussing the Anna Pigeon series

mystery books by Nevada Barr, which take

place in National Parks around the country.

Come by and pick up one of her books – ask

at the front desk.

Time for Tea & Thee

Book Club

will start in October!

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

@ 10:30 a.m. Ash Grove, by Wanda Fries

Friday Afternoon

Coloring for Adults Discover the therapeutic benefits of coloring at these drop-in programs.

Relax, reduce stress, and leave feeling restored!

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Fridays

Sept. 9th & 23rd

Adult Programs @ your library

Middlesboro Branch

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Cooking is Healthy for Every Body Come and learn some simple solutions to help

you eat better for less at this program brought to

you in conjunction with the Bell County Extension

Office SNAP-Ed Department. Our first meeting

will be on Monday, September 12, 2016 at 1:00

p.m. at the Middlesboro Library.

Upcoming programs will be on Mondays @

1:00 p.m.:

Oct. 17th

Nov. 7th

Dec. 9th

Call Christy Blevins at the Bell County Exten-

sion Office, 337-2376, or the Middlesboro Library

at 248-4812 to reserve a seat.

“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson

SEPTEMBER 2016

Middlesborough-Bell County

Public Library 126 S. 20th Street / P O Box 1677

Middlesboro KY 40965-3677

Telephone: 606-248-4812

606-248-8766 (fax)

Hours: M-F 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Pineville-Bell County

Public Library 214 Walnut Street / P O Box 1490

Pineville KY 40977-1490

Telephone: 606-337-3422

606-337-9862 (fax)

Hours: M-F 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Our Web-Address

Some of the bleach dyed design shirts that were made at the drop in craft day in Pineville.

http://www.bellcpl.org

Bell County Bookmobile:

We are in the process of interviewing for a new Bookmobile/Outreach Librarian. More information will be

available soon. If you have any bookmobile items still checked out, please call 337-3422 or 248-4812. Thank you

for your patience.

8 Ice-Cream Party Fun during Toddler Time and Story Time at the Middlesboro Library in August!