Library kicks off summer events

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Mountain Home Public Library will be closed Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, due to the Independence Day holiday.

The library will reopen at 10 am on Monday, July 6, which also will be the first day to give book reports for the Summer Reading Program.

Sign ups for the Mountain Home Public Library's Summer Reading Program currently are underway. Registration will continue throughout the program so that children whose families go on vacation will still have the opportunity to participate.

The theme for this year's reading program is "Be Creative @ your library."

There are some new twists to this year's program.

Monday and Thursday will be Movie Days, Tuesday is Technology Day, Wednesday is Craft Day, and Friday is Science Day. All of the events for those special days will be held at 2 p.m. Parents are reminded that children must be pre-registered for Craft Day and Science Day no later than the Monday of the week they wish to participate.

"Family Nites" will be held on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:30 p.m., beginning July 14.

To attend those programs individuals must have a library card. If you do not have a library card call the Mountain Home Public Library and the staff will assist you.

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With "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" movie coming out on July 15, the library will be showing the first five movies beginning Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10, beginning at 10:15 a.m. each day in the library meeting room. On Friday, July 10, following the fifth movie, everyone is invited to go to Carl Miller Park and play Quidditch with the librarians.

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Mountain Home teens will have a chance to win a trip to WWE's SummerSlam in Los Angeles this summer by taking part in the "SummerSlam Reading Jam."

The Mountain Home Public Library is part of a pilot project sponsored by World Wrestling Entertainment and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).

Starting June 24, Mountain Home public library will give out posters featuring WWE Superstars Rey Mysterio, Evan Bourne, Beth Phoenix, and Eve to the first 25 patrons between ages 13 and 18 who check out two books. Posters, each of which is numbered, are available until July 16, or as long as supplies last.

On July 17, WWEkids.com will post the winning and alternate numbers from the numbered poster. Teens with the winning and alternate numbers must take their posters to the librarian at the Mountain Home Public Library to confirm they've won or are an alternate.

Two grand prize winners will win airfare to Los Angeles for two, a two-night stay in a hotel, two tickets to the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event and $200 spending money. Ten first-prize winners will win copies of the WWE Encyclopedia.

Contact Robin Murphy at Mountain Home Public Library to learn more about the program. The program is designed by WWE and YALSA to encourage teens to read for fun throughout the summer.

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For more information about library services or activities, or to print out a summer reading schedule, visit the library website at: www.mhlibrary.org.

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