National Library Week!

It's National Library Week! Time to get out and appreciate your favorite library (and librarians!) and check out lots of items, and don't forget to enter the raffle for books or your choice of items from the sale cart.

I did a cartoon tribute to NLW here at the Six Chix website and blog: www.thesixchix.com check it out plus you can read about what the other Chix have been up to!

Tyler Durham and Tim Smith Programs

I just wanted to take the time to publicly thank the two wonderful speakers we hosted over the last couple of weeks.

Tyler Durham from D Acres in Dorchester, NH, bicycled 70 miles to Farmington and gave a great program about organic gardening, transition towns, and how to live more self sufficiently. He brought a slide show that gave a good example of changes people could put into effect to positively impact their lives.

A week later, Tim Smith, from Jack Mtn. Bushcraft, gave another terrific program, another take on self sufficiency, he addressed issues such as how people could keep themselves warm and fed if we were hit with another unexpected weather event like the ice storm, and how in general you can live more simply. He brought some interesting low tech tools including a solar oven and a rocket stove, a small, portable wood stove.

The audience attending these events asked a lot of questions and came away inspired and ready to try some of the ideas that were shared.

I would highly recommend these two speakers to any library or school looking for something different!

Poetry Competition Deadline!

Poets, We NEED YOU! The deadline for our annual poetry competition is this Friday, April 10th at closing or 5:00 PM.

Remember, you can win book gift certificates to Fox Tale Books in New Durham. What could be more fabulous than that? 3 prizes will be awarded in 3 categories: Adult: ages 19 and up, Teens: ages 13-18, and Children: ages 6-12.

Download the entry forms from our website at: http://www.goodwinlibrary.com/or stop by and pick them up at the library.This is our biggest event of the year! Be part of the action. Fame and prizes could be YOURS, so...enter, enter, enter!!!