There are plenty of crafts to do this week!

Monday, August 2nd: Make a pirate-inspired bracelet with your initials on it at 2:30 pm at the Dinwiddie Library.

Tuesday, August 3rd: Join us at the McKenney Library Tuesday, August 3rd @ 7:00 pm as we begin to wrap up our Summer Reading Program with a NIGHT of GAMING. We’ll bring the Wii, Rock Band and other games and YOU bring your best gaming skills.

Wednesday, August 4th: Paint your own Sea Life sun catcher at the Carson Library today at 2:30 pm.

Thursday, August 5th: The library has gone to the dogs… AGAIN! Join us at the Hopewell Library Thursday, August 5th @ 3:30 pm as the Clever Canines present: “The Dog Days of Summer”. Representatives from Clever Canines (including therapy dogs) will demonstrate dog training tips, talk about therapy dogs and share safety tips. Stick around after the program to meet the dogs!

Friday, August 6th: Come to the Hopewell Library at 2:30 pm for the LAST craft of our Summer Reading Program. We’ll be making wooden fish magnets in the HMA room so stop by and let your creativity shine.

Please join us to discuss Heart full of Lies on Monday, August 2nd at 3:00 p.m. in the Hopewell Library.

An idyllic Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome, athletic Chris Northon, an airline pilot, a confirmed bachelor-turned-devoted family man; and Liysa, an acclaimed surf photographer, loving mother, and aspiring Hollywood screenwriter. But few, including Chris, had seen Liysa’s other side — her controlling behavior and dark moods, her insatiable hunger for money and property. And no one anticipated the fatal outcome of a family camping trip in an Oregon forest. Liysa soon revealed herself as a victim of domestic abuse that culminated at the campsite, where she shot Chris in self-defense, but crime scene evidence led detectives to wonder if Liysa was a killer, not a victim. Her controversial trial stunned all who thought they knew her. A lifetime of sociopathic manipulations and lies had been expertly hidden behind her facade of perfection — as was her rage to destroy any obstacle to her ultimate happiness, even if it was the man she vowed to love forever.

Contact Joan Fleshman at jfleshman@arls.org or call (804) 458-6329 for more information.
This event is part of the Water Your Mind READ Adult Summer Reading Program. Only four more chances to qualify for the $100 grand prize!

Walls are up with the roofing started this week. Onlookers will recognize the cafe area with the view of Scott Park. The children’s area beyond the meeting room still lacks the round silo detail but is otherwise progressing. The meeting room itself is well underway. The bright purple walls are a temporary but colorful feature of the building this week.

Get crafty with the Appomattox Regional Library System!

Wednesday, July 28th: Drop by the Dinwiddie Library to make a wooden fish magnet at 2:30 pm.

Thursday, July 29th: Make a pirate-inspired bracelet with your initials on it at 2:30 pm at the Disputanta Library.

Also: don’t forget to stop by the Hopewell Library Thursday night at 7:00 pm to hear author Michelle Young-Stone talk about her book The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors.

Friday, July 30th: Create your own pinwheel at the McKenney Library at 2:30 pm.

Ms. Young-Stone will be discussing her debut novel The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors. It’s a fresh and creative story that does include people struck by lightning, along with many, many other things. Librarian Chris Wiegard reviewed her book earlier in the year, which you can read here on our Library Blogs. Copies of her book will be available for sale at the event for your convenience. Or, of course, you may check out a copy to read from the library!

To learn more about Ms. Young-Stone, visit her website at www.micheleyoung-stone.com.

 The depot and caboose continue to draw patrons even from outside of Virginia. The caboose and the branch feature train memorabilia and a collection of train related books. The staff, Veronica Bright and Jewel Mobley, notes that travelers will come just to see the caboose, but their local patrons are also loyal visitors.

We’re excited about Nonprofit Learning Point’s upcoming 14^th Annual Conference on September 8 featuring keynote speaker, Peter Brinckerhoff. His topic will discuss working across the generations. Mr. Brinckerhoff is the founder of Corporate Alternatives and author of several highly acclaimed books on the nonprofit sector including Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime, which was awarded the Terry McAdam award for “Best Nonprofit Book” by Alliance for Nonprofit Management. Get to know Brinckerhoff better prior to the conference by reading Generations and several of his other titles we hold here at the Nonprofit Resource Center. Check them out!

We will be having pizza and gaming after-hours in the HMA room of the Hopewell Library.

Your ticket to enter is your “Make Waves” T-shirt.

Don’t have a T-shirt? Well, make sure to sign up for our Teen Summer Reading Program and read for 7 1/2 hours to earn the shirt. There’s still time, so stop by your local ARLS library to sign up!

More exciting changes, as the walls start to go up. The cafe walls take shape with large window areas left exposed. Patrons will be able to sit at the counter and view the park. To the side that is facing the court house, work continues on the meeting room.

The building is still open air, without a roof. The walls going up will have a brick and siding finish as work progresses.

Still to come: more walls, roofing, paths and landscaping.

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