Check Out a Cake Pan at the Library!

Thanks to a recent donation from Deb Netherton and Gabby Trautman the library is trying something new. You can now check out a cake pan at the library! Apparently this is all the rage at a few select libraries and now with a dozen different specialty cake pan shapes available, we are now offering this service.

Cake pans come with instructions and may be checked out for two weeks, just like a book. We have a few seasonal shapes like an egg or lamb for Easter and pumpkins and bells for Thanksgiving and Christmas. There are also children's themed pans like Yogi Bear, Mickey Mouse, Superman, Raggedy Ann and Strawberry Shortcake.

New Books

New books recently added to the library's collection include Big Girl by Danielle Steel, Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons, More Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins, Rebecca's Choice by Jerry Eicher and Winter's Awakening by Shelley Shepard Gray.

Other new books are Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith, Fortunes of War by Stephen Coonts, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson, Dawn's Prelude by Tracie Peterson and Losing It and Finding It by Valerie Bertinelli.

Fundraiser a Great Success!

Thanks to all the Friends of the Melvin Public Library who helped to make the March 14 fundraiser at community hall a great success by donating material and working at the event.

Thanks to Dennis & Donna Lee, Pat & Ralph Denault, Vicky Beck, Linda Moody, JoAnn Althouse, and Ed & Sheila Hinthorn. Thanks also to the Steve and Kaye Swearingen and Darrell and Sherrill Dunahee Families for cash donations made to the fundraiser.

And very special thanks go to a dedicated and generous group of individuals and their families for help at this and all the fundraisers on behalf of the library. Thanks to library trustees Cheryl Kurtenbach, Judy Schall, Alora Ford, Donna Courtright, Diane Dawson, Lynn Duke and Helen Curtis and to their families for all they do to bring quality library service to your community!

Fundraiser at Community Hall

Mike Porter and the Panther Creek Band will be playing at Melvin Community Hall on Sunday, March 14, 2010 beginning at 2:00 p.m.

The doors will open at 1:00 p.m. and a fundraising luncheon served by Friends of the Melvin Public Library will be available all afternoon.

Come out and support the library and have a delicious barbeque or chicken salad sandwich plus homemade pie, coffee, lemonade or ice tea while you enjoy the music!

Read Across America Day

Pick up a book and join other participants in NEA's Read Across America Day! Today is Theodor Geisel's birthday and he of course wrote under the pen name of Dr. Seuss. What better time to read If I Ran The Zoo or Hop on Pop, Horton Hears a Who! or Oh, The Places You'll Go! Celebrate reading today!