Much ado in May

Things are always busy in the library - so busy in fact that April went by without having a chance to keep you updated on what has been going on...

May is here and there is still plenty happening. As well as our regular monthly events we have some extra special activities in the library this month:

* Thursday 13th, 5 pm - All primary school children are invited to a magical time with Kids Klub.

* Thursday 20th, 10 am & 12 noon - the Law Week Road Show will be here conducting sessions for families and seniors. Topics being discussed include family relationships, planning ahead for your retirement and victims rights.
There will also be an evening session with a local solicitor to talk about wills.

* Friday 21st, 1 pm - An afternoon of trivia fun with the friends of Leeton Library. Everyone is welcome.

* Wednesday 26th, 11 am - bring the kids along to National Simultaneous Storytime. We will be joining libraries all around Australia reading the same book "Little White Dogs can't Jump" by Bruce Whatley.

Grab a calendar or newsletter next time you are in to keep you up to date with all our 'goings-on'.

Attention all young artists...

The Leeton Shire Youth Committee has received funding to organise a mental health project and has decided on an art competition, titled Express Yourself, with entries closing during National Youth Week.

Express Yourself is open to youth within Leeton Shire, with two categories for 12-16-year olds and 17-25-year olds. The competition closes on 12 April at 10am and entries will be displayed at an exhibition to be held on 14 April 2010.

Entrants have the chance to win some of the $500 worth of prizes on offer by entering an original artwork relating to the theme of ‘Express Yourself – Depression, Anxiety and Mental Health Issues Facing Local Youth’.

The project has come about through beyondblue, the national depression initiative, teaming up with the New South Wales National Youth Week 2010.

Youthbeyondblue’s main messages for young people are to:
• LOOK for the signs of depression and anxiety
• LISTEN to your friends’ experiences
• TALK about what’s going on
• SEEK HELP together.

Following the exhibition, the artwork will be photographed and contribute to a booklet which will include local mental health contacts and support services.
For more information about Express Yourself contact Leeton Shire Council Community Services Officer Jackson Goman on 6953 0955 or jacksong@leeton.nsw.gov.au

For more information on youthbeyondblue, see www.youthbeyondblue.com

It was a Wild Summer at the library

Our summer reading programme concluded with the beginning of Autumn last week. We were really pleased with the level of participation this year and congratulate all the kids who took part. Lots of books were read and all participants were entered into our Wild Summer competition with prize winners rewarded at a little ceremony in the library last Thursday night.

The Competition
The competition was run over the Summer period. Entry into the competition was by either;
• Watching “Where the Wild Things Are” and borrowing a book from the Leeton Library
or
• By completing a reading log of five books.
Each entrant received incentive prizes and at the conclusion of the competition five random entries were drawn by the Friends of Leeton Library (FOLL) members.

The entries
The Library received 51 entries into the competition.

The Winners
• Chelsea Gleeson
• Sophie Norman
• Molly Shelton
• Abbey Snell
• Samantha Pianca

What they got
The winners received a library bag containing various items including vouchers from local businesses.

What they read
Books that were read included titles such as;
• The boy who was raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
• The penultimate peril by Lemony Snicket
• Miss Spider’s tea party by David Kirk
• Black dog by by Pamela Allen
• After the Storm by Lauren Brooke

Catch You Later Leeton

Leeton Shire Council would like to remind residents that the Catch You Later Leeton program is still running on Friday and Saturday nights up to the end of January. The program provides discounted taxi fares and $5 vouchers for drinkers at participating licensed premises in Leeton.

Road Safety and Traffic Officer, Sandra Robinson explains, “the program was developed to encourage people that were going to drink to leave their cars at home so that they don’t have the temptation to drink and drive.”

“It works by users paying their full taxi fare to the licensed premises and then receiving a voucher from the taxi which entitles them to a return fare of just $1 plus a $5 discount voucher at the participating pub, club or hotel.”

“It’s great value and can save you more than just a taxi fare, it could save your license or your life.”

Catch You Later Leeton participating licensed premises are Hydro Tavern, Leeton Hotel, Yanco Hotel, Wade Hotel, Leeton and District Bowling Club, Chan’s Hong Kong Restaurant and Chung Hing Chinese Restaurant.

Each year drink driving is identified as a factor in around 18% of all fatal crashes in NSW, resulting in an average of around 105 deaths per year. In country areas this figure rises to around 32% of all fatal crashes.

Every year around 20,000 drink driving offences are committed and around 15,000 of these are at middle or high range.

The summer holidays go "Wild"

There's plenty happening at the library in January to ward off the school holiday boredom. It's going to be wild....
. Enter our "Wild" Summer competition by participating in our "Read on the Wild Side" Summer Reading Program. Reading logs and entry forms are available at the library.
. You can also enter by picking up an entry form with your ticket when you go to see "Where the wild things are" which is screening at the Roxy on January 13 and 15.
. Our regular school holiday activities are running as well -
Yoga for Kids on Wednesday 6
Scrapbooking on Wednesday 13
Mask making on Thursday 21
Bookings are essential so call us on 69530945 for details and to put your name down.

Christmas Greetings

All of us here at Leeton Library would like to wish everybody a happy and peace-filled Christmas.
We will be closing early on Christmas Eve - at 4 pm, and will reopen at 10 am on Monday January 4.
So come in and stock up on reading material or DVDs for the Christmas/New Year break.

New books for teens

Good news for our younger readers...
we have lots of new books for you. We have been building up our Junior Fiction and Young adult collections lately so come in and have a browse. You're sure to find something you'll like.
Here are a few of the new books we have for the teens :

Vampires, fantasy and science fiction

Melissa de la Cruz Revelations : a Blue Bloods novel
When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by Silver Bloods in Rio de Janeiro, the Blue Bloods need Schuyler Van Alen on their side, even though they question her blood legacy.

Christine Hinwood Bloodflower
Caught between duty and desire, between farm and castle, between the comradeship of men and the love of women, Cam struggles to find where he belongs while others strive to win his restless heart. A timeless story of conflict, identity and love in all its guises.

Kirsty Murray Vulture's gate
One girl - could she be the last girl alive? One boy, pursued by reckless men who have kidnapped him from his fathers. Bo and Callum go in search of a safe haven, a place to call home. But where can they turn and who can they trust? When every stranger is a threat, does their only hope lie in reaching Vulture's Gate? They must discover how to survive alongside runaway boys and crazed religious terrorists, in a world with an uncertain future.

…and these series:

Vampire academy by Richelle Mead
Blood promise
Just days before graduating from St. Vladimir's Academy, guardian-in-training Rose travels to Siberia to drive a stake into the heart of the boy she loves, the monstrous vampire Dimitri.
FrostbiteWhile on a school skiing trip, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose and some of those closest to her into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and love.
Shadow kissWhile Rose is coping with the darker effects of being shadow-kissed, her relationship with Dimitri is finally taking off, and when he disappears during a Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir's Academy, she must make a terrible choice.

The mysteries of the Septagram by Paul Bryers
Avatar Jade is the Avatar. Snatched from her home and plunged into a world of snow, mystery and virtual reality. But what is real and what is imagined? And what if she no longer knows who she really is?

Mirrorscape trilogy by Mike Wilks.
Mirrorscape - Book 1
MirrorStorm - Book 2

Horror High by Caroline B. Cooney.
Toxic beauty book 1
Killer instinct - book 2

Girl Stuff

Meg Cabot Airhead
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.

Isabelle Merlin Cupid's arrow
It's been a while since 16-year-old Fleur Griffon has had one of the weird and scary dreams that used to plague her childhood. So when she and her bookseller mother travel to Bellerive Manor, near the ancient French town of Avallon where she meets a handsome, mysterious boy called Remy Gomert it seems to be love at first sight, beautiful as a dream. But Fleur's nightmare is just about to begin...

Liz Rettig My dating disasters diary by Kelly Ann
Kelly Ann is a total tomboy. She loves football and computer games and has no idea why anyone would want to bother with soppy romantic stuff and stupid crushes on boys. Her best mate is Chris, the boy next door, and he's not into that stuff either, is he?

…and these series:

A year in girl hell by Meredith Costain.
Dumped
Burned
Crushed

Girlfriend fiction
Mo Johnson Something more Penni Russon Little bird
Thalia Kalkipsakis What supergirl did next
Melaina Faranda Big sky
Kate Constable Winter of grace