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Be sure to come to our “CORN-a-Licious Tasting Contest” at the library this Wednesday, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.! Recipe submitters may enter their recipe into the contest for $2. Tasters may sample all the recipes for $1 and vote for their favorite. People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice winners will be awarded a cash prize! Example of a serving size to bring: 9 x 13 pan (cut in 1″ x 1″ samples).
Stop by the library to check out our “Scary Reads” and “Fall Into a Good Book” displays! These displays will definitely help get you into the fall and Halloween spirit!
Be sure to come to the November 5th (Mon.) Pinterest Party at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room!
The project for the evening will be “Vinyl Decor”! If possible, please sign up for the class by the Friday before. Everybody’s welcome!
Celebrate your freedom to read during “Banned Books Week” this week! It highlights the value of free and open access to information. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The books featured have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. Examples of banned/challenged classic books include: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger,“The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
Please join the library and the Nebraska Dept. of Labor in bridging the connection between the job seekers and employers using the latest technology- NE works!
Edit your resume, conduct a job search, research employers, and find a new job.
Stop by anytime between 1:00-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 10th.
Employers are invited to join us anytime between 10:30 a.m.-noon that same day, for an Employers Workshop. Employers can learn how to: Navigate NEworks, post jobs, search online resumes, attract quality candidates, and find and use labor market information.
Learn how to etch glass with ease at the October Pinterest Party at the library!
Join us each month at the library to learn a project from Pinterest!
To see what’s planned each month visit the library, check this website,
our Facebook page www.facebook.com/centralcitypubliclibrary or
our Pinterest page www.pinterest.com/centralcitypl
If possible, please contact the library to let them know you’ll be coming by the Friday before. Some classes will have a fee. If you have ideas for Pinterest projects, please bring them to a monthly Pinterest gathering. 🙂
So you can be planning ahead to November.. here is the information on November’s “Vinyl Decor” project! 🙂
Just in today… “The Number One Ladies Detective Agency” books (for the October 11th special mystery reading event at the library at 7:00 p.m.)! Be sure to stop in and check out a copy! Anyone who enjoys mysteries is welcome to participate. 🙂
FREE Computer classes will be offered at the library in October (coordinated by Central Community College-Columbus).
*How/Where do you save your files and how do you find them?
Tuesday, October 2, 6-8 p.m., Debb Wolfe, Extended Learning Services Computer Instructor
Prerequisites: Previous hands-on computer.
Learn how to save your files and how to open them back up to view or change them. Students will gain the skills to be able to add (upload) pictures to a website (Facebook, Ebay, Email, etc).
* How do you compose a letter on the computer?
Tuesday, October 9, 6-8 p.m., Debb Wolfe, Extended Learning Services Computer Instructor
Prerequisites: Previous hands-on computer:
Learn how to compose a basic letter, and how to add a few special effects (font style and size, uppercase/
lowercase, bold, italicize, underline and change color) to make your letter personal using Microsoft Word.
* What is the Internet and how do you use it?
Tuesday, October 16, 6-8 p.m., Debb Wolfe, Extended Learning Services Computer Instructor
Prerequisites: Previous hands-on computer:
Learn the basic terminology and screen layout. Learn how to search for information, and how to maneuver through a web site.
*Introduction to eBay
Saturday, October 6, 1-3 p.m.
If you have computer experience and an interest in learning about
ebay, then this workshop with Rae Osenbaugh is for you. Rae will cover the basics of ebay so you can become comfortable
navigating the site. In this class you will learn how to sell an item on ebay.
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“This project was supported in part by the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA), Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), funded by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment ACT (ARRA), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as
administered by the Nebraska Library Commission.”
The library is serving as one of the web video recording locations for “2012 Campaign Connection Voter Voices”. A unique election year project of NET News (Nebraska Public Television & Radio), in partnership with the NE Library Commission. NET News is gathering your thoughts, perspectives and questions to share with the U.S. Senate candidates (and the rest of Nebraska) on television, radio, web and social media. Be sure to stop by to record your video! It’s really easy to do. 🙂