Seymour Branch Library
It’s Raining Books at the SCPLS: Spring is Here Story Time!”
Children can enjoy favorite spring stories at the Seymour Branch Library at 317 W. Macon Lane. The story time will start at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 7, 2008 at the museum. For more information about story time programs, please call Kelly at 573-0728.
READ “VILLAGE CENTENARY” WITH THE SCPLS FIRESIDE BOOK CLUB
Miss Read’s novels telling the stories of the Chronicles of Fairacre including “Village Centenary” will be the focus of the next Sevier County Public Library System (SCPLS) Fireside Book Club. The group meets monthly to discuss a variety of books. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Fort Sanders Sevier County Senior Center at 1220 West Main Street in Sevierville.
Miss Read’s story line depicts the simple look at village life when the key milestone event of the One Hundred Anniversary of the town is set to occur. Many debates and arguments occur in planning for the preparation of the village’s momentous event. For more information about the SCPLS Fireside Book Club or to borrow a copy of the novel, call Virginia Borrelli at (865) 453-3532.
SCPLS SEYMOUR BRANCH INSPIRATIONAL READING CLUB
The Seymour Branch, Sevier County Public Library System (SCPLS), continues their Inspirational Reading Club in April 2008. The featured author for April is Francine Rivers. Ms. Rivers is known for “Redeeming Love,” a retelling of the biblical story of Gomer and Hosea set during the time of the American Gold Rush. This novel has held a spot on the Christian bestseller book list for nearly a decade.
She has also written several popular novels including And the Shofar Blew, The Scarlet Thread, The Shoe Box, The Atonement Child among others. Her series include the Lineage of Grace series and the Mark of the Lion series
The SCPLS Seymour Branch Inspirational Reading Club will meet on Wednesday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and join others interested in inspirational authors for a time to meet, discuss and review the chosen author or the month. “The Last Sin Eater,” a novel to movie production will be shown free of charge at the Seymour Branch Library at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
For more information about the SCPLS Seymour Branch Library Inspirational Book Club and accompanying movie events, please call Tony Krug at (865) 573-0728.
NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY SYSTEM
Adult Fiction
· The Appeal by John Grisham (Main) (Seymour) (Kodak)
· Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper (Main)
· Mine till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (Large Print) (Kodak)
· 7th Heaven by James Patterson (Seymour) (Kodak)
· Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell (Main)
Adult Non-Fiction
· Faces of Freedom (Main)
· Losing It – And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time by Valerie Bertinelli (Kodak)
Juvenile & Young Adult
· Experiment with Science: Backyard Laboratory (Seymour)
· The Usborne Complete Book of the Human Body: Internet Linked by Anna Claybourne (Juvenile Reference) (Kodak)
· American Girls: Julie’s Journey by Megan McDonald (Main)
· Experiment with Science: Fantastic Phenomena (Seymour)
· National Geographic American Histories by Marfe Ferguson Delano (Juvenile Reference) (Kodak)
GOING GREEN WITH THE SEVIER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Sevier County – Each year, according to statistics provided from Recycling Appeal USA, “almost eight cartridges per second are thrown away in the United States alone” and each inkjet, toner, laser, and printer cartridges adds “approximately 3 pounds of waste to our landfills” in the United States.
Oil, an increasingly expensive resource as we all know, is used in each of the cartridges produced. An inkjet cartridge is produced with 2.5 ounces of oil and 3.5 quarts of oil are used in each laser cartridge. The cartridges also contain plastics, steel, aluminum and rubber that all add up quickly in the landfills. These materials do not biodegrade and only accumulate in our soil and water systems. A single cartridge alone can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade. More printer cartridge facts can be found at http://www.recyclingappealusa.com/whyrecycle/printer_fact.asp.
To help curb the destruction and pollution of our natural resources, the Sevier County Public Library System is continuing to be a discard drop-off point so these items can be recycled. So, the next time your laser, inkjet or toner cartridge is depleted, please drop the used cartridge off at the Sevier County Main Library at 321 Court Avenue in downtown Sevierville; the Seymour Branch Library at 317 W. Macon Lane in Seymour; or, the Kodak Branch Library at 319 West Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak.
The cartridges will be recycled and any proceeds from the recycling process will go directly to the SCPLS Library Foundation to help fund the new Sevier County Main Library. For more information about Going Green with the Sevier County Public Library System, please call Delores Vess at (865) 774-6033 or email at dvess@sevierlibrary.org.