Marble Hill Happenings

Bollinger County Library 7-8-09
Movie Night will continue on July 10th here at the Bollinger County Library. The movie will be starting at 8 pm with the Christmas in the Foothills running the concession stand. Please come and join us for our summer family movie!!
Summer Reading is going right along we have three more weeks of story and arts for the young ones! We will then have the big Summer Picnic on July 29th at the Twin City Airport. The summer picnic is always a favorite with us due to seeing all the kids running around enjoying water activities and getting prizes. It means a lot to see their smiling faces after a fun filled summer of reading!
The Wii Day is moving right along on Fridays. The Wii is open to play all day every Friday until the end of August. Please come and see our selection of games and learn from our teens on how to maneuver the controls and play!
The Bollinger County Library would love to hear suggestions about activities that would interest you. We would also like to hear from people that would like to do a Wii fit program and when it should be held on a weekly basis. The librarians can come up with a million programs but without your input, all is lost. So please let us know what you think! Call us at 238-2173

Marble Hill is Moving Right Along!!

Hello Everybody, I am always curious if other librarians are out their going through the same drama summers bring on that we go through! Kids in and out, vampire books flying in and out, little ones parents checking out 25-50 books at a time and we wouldn't want it any other way! I personally though am so ready for a day off to read, read and read some more! Summer though brings days off that sends my mind spinning with WHAT TO DO with all these young ones. The answer though I am finding lies within the kids. I have found when I ask them they have great ideas, I have less stress, more kids participate and everyone is happy!!! Have a great day!!

Life in a Rural Library

Oh my goodness the kids keep rolling in like waves! School is out the Summer Reading Program is on its third week and we are running wild. We have done more crafts than I can imagine! The MAC (Missouri Arts Council) granted us a matching grant for art supplies which is making all art and story hours spectacular with 35 kids at the last one at 10 am this morning. If you live in a rural area besides church dinners you rarely ever see 35 children in one spot! It has been amazing! We have also been learning a lot about online job hunting and resumes. I am lucky because I have had previous experience in this area but I am finding so many people are lost out their never having been in a situation to look for work outside asking family and friends. I have dedicated many computer classes on this subject and see many more classes in the future! I personally take my children to our local museum which is amazing in our small area with the Missouri dinosaur and as you can imagine my children believes their is no bettetr than this. I am going to the Cape Conservation this Saturday with my young ones which is free and AMAZING in every way! I am thankful my family lived with little and taught me how being a family is true happiness not materials at a store or food delivered by a stranger! PLEASE VISIT A LOCAL LIBRARY TODAY!!!!

Online Environmental Games (Energy Games, Pollution Games, Recycling Games, Forest Games)

I think this site is awesome I have found a few links broken but overall it is in good shape. The games are more for middle age school kids but as an adult I have also learned quite a bit on some of these environmental games!
Online Environmental Games (Energy Games, Pollution Games, Recycling Games, Forest Games)