Happy 2nd Birthday Library North!

Library North is celebrating their second birthday!

Everyone is invited to stop by the library December 1-5 during operating hours and help them celebrate their Terrific Two’s!

December Calendar is up!

Check out the calendar tab for the December Calendar of Events for both the Main Library and Library North.

You can download a copy of the event flyer on this page too!

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

 

The library will be closing at 5pm on Wednesday November 25 and be closed Thursday & Friday November 26 & 27.

We are thankful for our library patrons!  We hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Event @ Casey Jones Village this weekend

Christmas Homecoming:  An Open House

Friday, Saturday & Sunday November 27th, 28th & 29th, 2009

Casey Jones Village   Jackson

Come home for the holidays this weekend to the “Christmas Homecoming ~ An Open House” with festivities planned throughout Casey Jones Village at Brooks Shaw & Son Old Country Store, Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum and the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 27th, 28th & 29th. Enjoy live bluegrass music, visits with Santa Claus, door prizes, a book signing, specials, tastings, Granpa Cratchet’s Puppetmobile, beautiful decorations and more!

Music…Merriment…& Memories with your friends at Casey Jones Village in Jackson.

Visit www.caseyjones.com for more information and note the schedule below:

Friday, November 27th:
Santa will be visting all the good girls and boys from 10 am to 2 pm
1 pm:  A Book Signing of Madison County with Linda J. Higgins at the

Old Country Store Ice Cream Parlor
6 pm:  Live music with “Shades of Grass”

Daily specials, tastings and door prizes

Saturday, November 28th:
10 am to 4 pm:  Santa Claus
10:30 am to 1 pm:   Live music with “Wildwood Express”
5 pm:  Live music with “Jargon”

Daily specials, tastings and door prizes

Sunday, November 29th:
2 pm to 4 pm: Live Music with “Cane Ridge”
Santa Claus will be with us Sunday afternoon

Daily specials, tastings and door prizes

Look for Granpa Cratchet’s Puppetmobile during the weekend at the Open House

and a few other surprises along the way. Y’all come!

–information from press release sent by Casey Jones Village–

LANA Holiday Festivities

The Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association (L.A.N.A.) is busy preparing for the annual Holiday Home Tour weekend, which will begin on Friday, December 4 and end on Sunday, December 6.

Festivities will begin on December 4 with the LIGHTING OF THE LAKE at Campbell Lake in Midtown Jackson from 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be served, and Santa Claus will pay a visit.  No ticket is required.

Following the Lighting of the Lake, a CANDLELIGHT HOME TOUR will take place from 7-9 p.m. The tour, which will feature nine homes, will continue on Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 pm. On Saturday and Sunday the home tour will start at Varnell-Jones Hall (faces Lambuth with circle drive). Programs, information, tickets with maps, and refreshments will be available during tour hours of 1-5 pm Saturday and Sunday. L.A.N.A. cookbooks and “Images of America” Madison County” books by Linda J. Higgins and Scott Parish will be sold.

Tickets for the home tour are $10 in advance and $15 after the tour begins. Tickets are on sale now and will be available until noon on December 4 at the following locations: Two Doors Down Florist and Gifts at 210 East Main Street (410-6977); Will’s Goods and Antiques at 57-C Carriage House Drive (554-8600); and at Varnell-Jones Hall at Lambuth University December 5 and 6 from 1-5 p.m. Tickets will also be sold at the Lighting of the Lake event.

On Saturday, December 5 a HOLIDAY LUNCHEON will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Clayton Hall at the Downtown First United Methodist Church at 200 South Church Street. A delicious meal, prepared by Heather Morrow of The Concierge; musical entertainment by Lambuth University and Jackson State Community College; a presentation by Katie Pace, executive director of the Jackson Downtown Development Corporation; and  door prizes are features of the luncheon.

Luncheon tickets for the reservations-only event are $15. For reservations or more information on the luncheon, contact Carol Clement at (731) 616-8256 or e-mail Carol at carolc@bellsouth.net (THIS EVENT SELLs OUT EARLY!)

On Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. a TRADITIONAL CANDELIGHT SERVICE featuring the Lambuth University Choir, under the direction of Carrie Prewitt, will take place in Lambuth’s Womack Chapel. The public is invited, and there is no admission fee or ticket required for the weekend finale event.

For the third consecutive year a LIGHT UP LANA! exterior lighting contest will be held. “This event will offer an opportunity for Midtown residents to show off their exterior holiday lighting skills,” said Scott Parish, president of L.A.N.A. A list of participants in the lighting contest will be posted on the L.A.N.A. Web site: www.lana.tn.org. The list and a map will also be distributed at the Lighting of the Lake event on December 4. Area residents may tour the L.A.N.A. neighborhood to see the holiday lights and vote for their favorite display from December 4 through 6. Prizes are awarded the winners.

For more information on the weekend festivities, contact Abbie Hinton, chair, at (731) 394-0960 or e-mail her at ahinton@aeneas.net       L.A.N.A. is a 501©3 non-profit organization. Home tour tickets and donations are tax deductible. For more information on L.A.N.A., visit the Web site: www.lanahome.org

–Information from LANA press release 11/23/09–

Letters for Soldiers 2009

Our Letters for Soldiers Campaign will begin on November 21 and run until November 25 at 5pm.  Stop by either library or any branch of the Leader’s Credit Union to participate.

We will have supplies at the libraries, all you have to do is come in and write a quick thank you note to our military serving our country overseas.  Or, drop off a letter you wrote at home!  (The only restriction is NO GLITTER.)

Letters will be delivered to our military men and women through the organization http://www.amillionthanks.org.

We sincerely hope you come by and participate in this special event.  Bring the whole family!  It’s a wonderful way to our THANKS during this week of Thanksgiving!

Finally!

The New Moon movie is finally here!

Is anyone going to go see it this weekend?

Let us know what you think of the movie…was it better than the first?

Oh, and if you are seeing it in Jackson, click here for a link to the Hollywood 16 Cinema website listing the schedule and also a link to buy tickets online.

Sun Snippers- Coupons Cut Grocery Costs (time change)

Please join us

Saturday, December 12 and at 12 noon

for a Sun Snippers FREE Coupon Seminar

Take a shopping break, bring your lunch and learn while you eat. Great money-saving tips about using coupons to get the most value for your dollar. We’re not talking about cents-off…we’re downsizing expenses with dollars off while stocking up and helping others to Snip Hunger. It’s about double coupons, matching prices, e-coupons, organizing and more.  Carol Dix has presented this program to several business groups and everyone learns something new!

More info about Carol Dix and the Sun Snippers:

Carol organized the Sun Snippers Consumer Group to help others make smarter buyer decisions and use coupons to cut their grocery expenses. She has “couponed” for over thirty years. Carol posts updates every Wednesday on jacksonsun.com with grocery specials and is on The Evening Edition radio show every Friday on Good News 93.1 at 5 pm.

Carol has been the Executive Assistant at The Jackson Sun for 11 years. She handles administrative work for the offices of the President/Publisher and the Executive Editor, as well as the database for the Community Calendar on their web site at jacksonsun.com.

She is a Certified Administrative Professional and past-president of the Jackson chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals.

Carol has served on the board of Leadership Jackson Alumni Association and is the 2008 recipient of the Harbert Alexander Servant Leadership Award.  She serves in various laity positions at Northside United Methodist Church, has helped build five Habitat for Humanity homes and is a Master Gardener.

Current List of Quick Picks at Main Library

Hi everyone! Our Quick Pick shelf is growing and I thought it would be helpful to give you all a list of what titles are currently offered as Quick Picks (at the Main Library). Next time you are in the library be sure to check out the Quick Picks bookshelf next to the New Book wall!

Published in September 09

There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler

The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Maccomber

The Spire by Richard North Patterson

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods

Rough Country by John Standford

Published in Oct. 09

13 1/2 by Nevada Barr

Intervention by Terri Blackstock

Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly

Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn

Blood Game by Iris Johansen

Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman

The Missing by Beverly Lewis

Locked In by Marcia Muller

The Professional by Robert B. Parker

A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry

Angel Time by Anne Rice

Southern Lights by Danielle Steel

Published in Nov. 09

True Blue by David Baldacci

The Wrecker by Clive Cussler

Ford County by John Grisham

Ice by Linda Howard

Under the Dome by Stephen King

I, Alex Cross by James Patterson

Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb

The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

Coming Soon:

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

Breathless by Dean Koontz

Crochet Club @ Library North

 

Library North’s Crochet Club will be meeting Friday, November 20th, 3:30-4:00 p.m. The club is open to all ages and levels of experience.

As this will be our last meeting before Christmas, we’ll be making tree ornaments. Patterns will be available for

                       Stockings
                       Wreaths
                       Bells
                       Gingerbread houses

Please bring a size H hook (or larger) and some holiday colored yarn.

For more information, contact Miss Bridget.