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Evening Book Discussions
The evening book discussion group with Amy Garrett meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. September through April.

Alternates:

Copies of the books will be available approximately four to five weeks before the date of discussion and will be held at the Information Desk. If we do not own enough copies of a book, we will try to Interlibrary Loan the material. Please call Amy Garrett at 330-688-3295 for more information.

Morning Book Discussions
The morning book discussion group with Chris Caccamo meets the second Friday of the month at 10:00 a.m. Sign up is not required. Please call Chris at 330-688-3295 if you have any questions.

Computer Use
Computers for use by adult and teen patrons are in very high demand! This is a reminder that you may reserve a computer ahead of time. Just call the Information Desk at 330-688-3295 to reserve a computer for a one-hour time limit. Computers may be reserved up to one week in advance. All adult patron computers are now available by reservation only.

Computer Training
The library offers classes for beginning computer users and more advanced users. They include Introduction to Computers, Introduction to the Internet, and training in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Classes are offered both day and evening at no charge. The class calendar can be viewed at www.smfpl.org/calendar.htm. The class schedule for February will be released Monday, January 30. Please call 330-688-3295 if you have any questions.

Computer Volunteer
Computer volunteer Tom Labbe is available to help patrons with computer questions during the following hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1:00 - 2:30. He is available at the Adult Information Desk.

Local History

The Local History Room is looking for "a few good people." Volunteers are needed to staff the Room on afternoons or evenings once a week. The Local History Room is a unique resource for the community, providing access to Stow's 200-year history via books, maps, news clippings, photo albums and more. Volunteers will welcome visitors and help them find information, as well as perform tasks to further organize the collection. If you are at least 18 and like to sleuth out the occasional mystery, please call Bridget Hair at 330-688-3295.

Teen Services Book Blog
Join other teens who like books by reading their reviews and posting your own. Link to the blog from the Teen Services Book page at www.smfpl.org/tsbooks.htm.

Yu-Gi-Oh
Saturday, January 14 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Chess Club
Tuesday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m.

For further information on Teen programs please go to the Teen Services web page at www.smfpl.org./TS.htm.

Storytimes
Storytime registration for 2006 has begun. Please call 330-688-3295 for further information.

Keyboarding I and II
The Children's Department will be holding keyboarding classes Monday, January 16 and Friday, January 20 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Library Catalog Searching
Monday, January 16 and Friday, January 20 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Science
Join Professor E for Saturday Science on January 21 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Do you enjoy playing with the magnet board in the Children's Department? Professor E will be showing you how to attract and repel other objects, pick up an object with a balloon, make a water molecule out of a gumdrop, and make a lava lamp.

Chinese New Year
Saturday, January 28, all day. Stop by the Children's Department and make a craft for Chinese New Year. No registration necessary.

For further information and to see a complete list of Children's programming, please go to the Children's Department web page at www.smfpl.org/CS.htm.

Pick 5 Bestsellers Club
How would you like to automatically be placed on the reserve list for five of your favorite popular authors? Join our Bestsellers Club and that's exactly what will happen! Just pick up a form at the Circulation Desk and join over 300 satisfied members. Are you already a member, but would like to change an author or two? Ask for an "add/delete" form at the circulation desk. It's just that easy!

Honorees
Arabica gift certificates have been awarded to the following patrons visiting Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library recently: Debbie Luchka, the 700,000th checkout of 2005, Etta Brooks, the 25,000th window checkout of 2005, Connie Stowers, the 26,000th window checkout, and Lindsey Hunt, the 5,500th registration of 2005. Congratulations!

Cardholders have their privileges at Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library!

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Corner Gallery
During January the Corner Gallery features the quilts of fiber artist Leigh McDonald. Leigh has been quilting since 1990 and began teaching quilting in 1995. Her classes are based on traditional techniques, and emphasize color, inventiveness and imagination. She is a member of Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Studio Art Quilt Associates, American Quilt Society, Contemporary Fiber Artists, International Quilt Association, and is a founding member of The Artists Network of Kent. To learn more about Leigh McDonald, please go to her website at www.adventuresinquiltinq.com.

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The Friends, one of the largest organizations in Stow, is a citizen support group for Library services and activities. They sponsor booksales as well as the annual Needlework Show and other activities. Friends meet the third Tuesday of every month (except December and July) at 2:00 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room. Friends membership is currently at 450 members.

If you are interested in joining Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Friends of the Library you may call the library at 330-688-3295 for further information, or you may go to the Friends page on the library website (www.smfpl.org/friends.htm) for an online application.

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     Many books on teen health topics are located with other books on health in the 613 to 616 section of the library. Books which cover the social aspects of certain issues are in the 300s. Topics cover a wide range of issues such as asthma, eating disorders, learning disabilities, diabetes, depression, cancer, and smoking. Teens will also find books on teen health concerns in the Teen Department non-fiction section. Books written especially for Teens are marked with a yellow sticker. To find books on a particular topic, use title keyword on the library catalog.

    Some new titles purchased during the past year include Eating Disorders Information for Teens and Learning Disabilities Information for Teens, both edited by Sandra August Lawton; Suicide Information For Teens: Health Tips About Suicide Causes and Prevention; Including Facts About Depression, Risk Factors, Getting Help, Survivor Support, and More edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon. Titles written for parents include Healthy Teens, Body and Soul: A Parent's Complete Guide to Adolescent Health by Andrea Marks and Betty Rothbart; Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens - From Middle School to High School and Beyond by Debra W. Haffner; and The Teen Health Book: A Parents' Guide to Adolescent Health and Well-Being by Ralph I. Lopez.

    Parents and Teens can also find health and medical information online, including the website of Akron Childrens Hospital at www.akronchildrens.org. Go to "For Patients and Visitors" and click on "For Teens." Topics covered range from food and fitness to diseases and conditions to school and jobs. Q&A helps answer some of the questions teens may have, but are not comfortable asking. Family Doctor at http://familydoctor.org, sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, has a section for teens under the "Parents and Kids" link. Don't forget to check the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Teen Page for links to sites on teen health topics at www.smfpl.org/teenhealth.htm.

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January's staff pick is Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, recommended by Public Service Assistant Elizabeth Frisina. This book is a companion piece to the very popular novel, Wicked. The story follows Liir, who may or may not be the son of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, as he sets out to find a missing girl who may be his half-sister. Fans of the first book will not be disappointed. Even after a gap of ten years between the books' publications, the writing is just as vibrant the second time around.

Place a hold on this book by going to the library's online catalog at http://www.smfpl.org/catalog.htm.

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Website for the month of January is GovBenefits at www.govbenefits.gov. Are you elegible for government benefits? Find out by going to this website. Fill out a confidential, online questionnaire or search by benefit program categories. This site consolidates hundreds of benefit and assistance programs and matches the user with benefit programs that meet their needs. Benefits programs include child care/child support, disability assistance, disaster relief, healthcare/living assistance, and more. Locate benefits by state also.

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