New Book by Lee Child – The Affair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-wyC33jE2I&feature=related
Have you ever taken a Sporcle quiz?
Sporcle is a fun website that offers quizzes on all forms of trivia. Here is a quiz where you have to name the rest of the title of well-known books. See how many you can remember.
New Computers
Here at the Sargent Library we have 4 new computers thanks to a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grant. This is exciting for our community because it means that we now have 6 computers for the public to use. As more and more business is transacted online, it becomes essential that everyone have access to the internet. Now that the library has a sufficient number of computers, there should never be any wait time. You won’t have to worry that someone else will come in and make you get off the computer. You can work all day without any interruptions. Be sure to stop in and try out the new computers. Remember, we also have black & white and color laser printers. If you need help setting up an email account or just general help with using a computer, the librarian is always here to help you.
It’s Good to Be Back
I have been sick for the past week, and it feels good to be back at the library today. Thanks to Jess and Joann for taking over for me. They did a good job. I’ve just unpacked 11 new books. It may take a few days to get them processed and on the shelf, but they look like some good ones.
One of Our Newest Books
Come in and check out the newest book by Jeffrey Archer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=988_eMa8wQs
Library Girl
New Books in August
The Eighty Dollar Champion – Elizabeth Letts
In the Garden of Beasts – Erik Larson
A Stolen Life – Jaycee Dugard
Happy Birthday – Danielle Steel
Escape – Barbara Delinsky
Save Me – Lisa Scottoline
One Summer – David Baldacci
Carte Blanche 007 – Jeffery Deaver
Fallen – Karin Slaughter
Bel-Air Dead – Stuart Woods
Sixteen Brides – Stephanie Grace Whitson
The Silent Girl – Tess Gerritsen
Sisterhood Everlasting – Ann Brashares
Split Second – Catherine Coulter
Shelter – Harlan Coben
Sargent Area Homesteaders
Here’s a famous picture taken by Solomon Butcher of the Sylvester Rawding family. The image is deceiving because it appears that the cow is standing on the roof of the house. Apparently Sylvester Rawding was also a deceiver and an expert at tall tales. Mr. Rawding claimed that a large bump on his head was from a Civil war bullet lodged in his forehead. You can read the rest of his story at the Nebraska Historical Society’s website.
School Yearbooks
Do you recognize any of these people from 1965? The library has a number of school yearbooks from the past – ranging from 1915 to the present. Come on in and search through the memories.
Pioneer History of Nebraska
It’s fun to read about the pioneers that first settled this land. I find it especially interesting to read about Custer County history. The Sargent library has a number of Nebraska history books. Here are some of the most interesting ones.
Pioneer History of Custer County Nebraska – S. D. Butcher
Sargent, Nebraska 75th Anniversary Celebration 1958, Sargent Centennial 1883 – 1983, Sargent’s Quasquicentennial (125th) Celebration
No Time on My Hands – Grace Snyder (Custer County pioneer, biography)
When You and I Were Young, Nebraska! – Berna Hunter Chrisman (autobiography)
The Ladder of Rivers: The Story of I. P. Olive – Harry E. Chrisman
A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore – Roger L Welsch
Battlefields of Nebraska – Thomas D. Phillips
Mollie – The journal of Mollie Dorsey Sanford in Nebraska and Colorado Territories
The Children’s Blizzard – David Laskin
Nebraska: An Illustrated History – Frederick C. Luebke
Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen – Bob Greene