Writing contest- you could win money!!!

The Minnesota Humanities Center, along with local co-sponsors the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, invites Minnesota’s fourth through 12^th grade students to enter the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature essay contest.
National Level Judging. Prizes will also be awarded to the 2nd and 3rd place winners.

On each competition level, a panel of national judges for the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress will select six (6) National Winners (2 per Level of Competition) and twelve (12) National Honorable Mention Winners (4 per Level of Competition). The National Winners will receive a $500 Target GiftCard, plus each will secure a $10,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant in their name for his or her community or school library so that others can experience personal relationships with authors and the stories they tell. The National Honorable Mention Winners will each receive a $100 Target GiftCard, plus each will secure a $1,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant in their name for his or her community or school library.
click here for more info!

TAB meeting info

People in grades 6-12 are invited to join TAB- the library's TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.  Besides helping the library serve teens better it looks GREAT on college and job applications!  We meet one night a month and have some special stuff coming up. 

1.  September's meeting is on Mon. the 13 (not Labor Day the 6th) *6:45 to 8

2.  October's meeting has to be moved to Oct. 11 it was originally scheduled for Oct. 4th but--Garrison Keillor is coming that night!! Really!

3.  The Friends of the Library Spelling Bee is Thursday, Oct. 7th- do we still want a team???

4.  MEA break is Oct. 21-22 Halloween is the next weekend (Sunday) So... when, if, how will we do the Haunted Library????

5. Have a nice start of the new school year and please consider joining TAB.

*NEW MEETING START TIME since the library closes at 8 now.

Pictures from Casino Night! We had a good time!

The people who came got 1000 worth of chips to gamble with, Brandon finished with the most chips when he bet the entire stack on 21 and got it in 2 cards!The TAB members did a great job preparing and cleaning up the evenings festivities!

Giant Game night was fun!

Check out this site for teen books!

http://www.supportlibrary.com/nl/getlink.cfm?x=740

Ever wonder how to make a candy wrapper item? Try this!

http://candywrappercrafts.blogspot.com/

The TAB members ready for the start of the mini-golf event!

Chen, Wes, Irene, Seth, Ryan, Faith, Elizabeth &  Johanna. 

Not pictured- Kyra and Allison who came right after the picture was taken!

Enough of this snow & cold- it's time for golf!

Check out the TAB meeting pics on FB!

Another magnificent Winter Walk and model trains at the library!

TAB members did another AWESOME JOB!

For the Winter Walk the TAB members created a cool gingerbread (like) castle for the Polar Express Train.  For a TAB fundraiser they also sold train cookies & stickers.  The cookies were made and donated by the Sayner family!  THANK YOU!