Welcome 2010!

I have seen that we have been forgetting our blog. Is it because we are on facebook now? Look us up: Morrisville Public-Library on facebook and friend us!

Lots of things are happening at the library! We have a new programmer, Laura Jones, and she is grinding out the fun programs for kids, teens and adults! Be sure to check out our events from our home page: wwww.midyork.org/morrisville.

Stay tuned for more exciting news in the near future! :-)

Summer Reading 2009

We had 84 kids sign up and 50 graduate this year! The theme was Be Creative at your Library and we had TONS of fun!!! The kids read 1053 hours but next year they are going to try and read over 2000 hours! If they do, Joe will get a mohawk and color it purple! If they can only read 1500 hours, he will just get a mohawk. The theme next year is all about water so it should be alot of fun!

Budget Vote

The library would like to remind all patrons that Tuesday May 19 is the 2010 library budget vote. The vote will take place at Edward R. Andrews Elementary School between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm. It is very important that the budget pass, so that the library can continue to provide excellent services.

About seventy-five percent of the taxpayers will experience an average increase of $12 per year. If you break it down, this increase works out to be 23¢ per week or 3¢ per day. It is a very small price to pay for such a wonderful library.

The benefits of passing the 2010 budget are numerous. First, the library will purchase more books and DVD’s. Second, the library will offer more computers with high speed Internet access for public use. Third, the library will increase library hours to 50 hours per week. Fourth, the library will provide more educational programs for children and adults. Lastly, the library will improve building facilities through restoration and repair.

If you would like to learn more about the budget you may visit our website or stop in during library hours. Please vote yes for your library on Tuesday May 19!

Lucky is the Lizard

Hey there! The name of the Lizard is Lucky...check out his webpage: http://www.midyork.org/Morrisville/lizard.html

Library Closing

The Library will be closing early at 4pm on Friday May 22 and will reopen on Tuesday May 26 at 10am for the holiday weekend. Be sure to check out enough materials to get you by until we reopen. If you want to return items, we do have the bookdrop to the left of the front door. We wish you all a great Memorial Day weekend and look forward to seeing you when we reopen on Tuesday!

Name of our Library Lizard is....

Well, we have decided we got so many great names for the little guy that we need your help. Do you like Dewey, Louie, Lucky, Echo or Bookmark? Stop into the library now until 4pm on Saturday May 2 and cast your vote. People can only vote ten times and the winner will be announced at our Lizard Party on Wednesday May 6 at 6:30pm.

Library Lizard!

Well the adults won the winter reading contest by reading 40 more books than the kids. So the kids were bummin for a bit until they learned that more adults had voted for the lizard than anything else. So we were still getting the library lizard!!!! YAY!!!

Now,we need a name so there is a contest going on now to name our new lizard! Submit your name today!! If we choose your idea you will win a $25 gift card to Wal-mart!!! You can enter more than one name in the contest.

Stop in to the library for the entry forms or email the Library Manager at mforward@midyork.org with your idea for the lizard's name and your name and phone number.

Good luck!!!! :-)