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May 2008
   

Clarence E. Anthony Branch Library Grand Reopening on May 3

5/8

What Is the Summer Loan Period?

5/5 Customer Satisfaction Survey 5/5

April 2008
    Reopening of the Clarence E. Anthony Branch Library 4/21

Congratulations to Mary C.

4/18

Life with Down Syndrome:
Beyond The Memory Keepers Daughter

4/17

Clean Air Month @ Your Library

4/17

Battle of the Books!

4/16
Memorial Day Closings 4/16

Hey Teens! What Are You Doing this Summer?

4/16

Festival de Cine de Brasil

4/15 Brazilian Film Festival 4/4

March 2008
Hey Teens!  Meet the Authors Night 3/25

Working to Reduce Medication Errors
Medication Safety Week April 1 - April 7

3/20

It's Easy Being Green!

3/20

April Is National Poetry Month

3/18

Genealogical Society Library Moves
into the Main Library

3/18

Read Together Palm Beach County
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

3/18

February 2008

National Library Week Celebration!  "THAT PUPPET GUY!" Lee Bryan presents Aesop's Fables!

2/29

Chase's Calendar of Events

2/26

English Exchange

2/26

Lovin' the Lake Worth Lagoon: Stewardship and the Future of an Urban Estuary

2/25

National Craft Month

2/25 Libraries Closed on Sunday, March 23 2/22
Patron Survey 2/7

HAPPY 104th Birthday Dr. Seuss!

2/6

Teens Tune In @your library

2/6 Vote now - Ask a Librarian You Tube Contest ! 2/4

January 2008
Music @ your library
Hungrytown in Concert
1/31 Free Tax Assistance 1/14

Celebrate Black History Month with African-American Authors

1/18

Valentine's Day Quiz

1/17
Presidents' Day Closing 1/16 Groundhog Day: February 2 1/16
Celebrate the Spring Festival:
The Chinese New Year @ Your Library
1/16 A Holiday by Any Other Name is Still Presidents' Day 1/15

December 2007
Libraries Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 12/27

Resolve to Use Your Library!

2/20

New Downloadable Audiobook Service Available @ your Library

12/19

Presidents & their First Ladies, Dramatically Speaking:
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt

12/19

November 2007
    Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New West Boca Branch Library 11/29
Downloadable Audiobooks
@ your libraryT
11/29 Come to the Circus! 11/27

Library Use Value Explained

11/20 Personal Savings Calculator 11/20
Best Bargain in Town 11/20

Being an Educated Health Care Consumer

11/15
December Holiday Library Closings 11/15

Did You Know that in FY07
(Oct. 2006 - Sept. 2007) we:

11/14

Talking Books for the Blind & Physically Disabled

11/14

Photos from Children's Book Week 2007

11/13
My Rules for Online Safety 11/09 For Faster, More Informative Library Notification: Choose E-Mail 11/09

Holiday Help for the Harried @ Your Library

11/09 Fear of Flying 11/09

October 2007

New Fiction & Nonfiction Book Lists Available

10/26

Talking Turkey

10/23
Wild about Reading!
Visit the Zoo Free with your Library Card
10/23

The Presidents and their First Ladies, Dramatically Speaking January, 2008

10/23
Libraries Closed for Thanksgiving 10/22 Libraries Closed for Veteran's Day 10/22

Celebrate Children's Book Week Nov. 11-17, 2007 With "Families Reading Together"

10/22

All the Buzz...The Palm Beach County Library System Participates in Literacy Fundraiser

10/12

Friends Annual Meeting - 2007

10/2

Magical Masks

10/2

September 2007

Literacy*Americorps Volunteers Needed

9/21

One Voice Becomes Many Vote

9/21

Teen Read Week: October 14 - 20
LOL! (Lots of Laughs!) @ your library

9/18 Sense of Place
Adult Book Discussion Series
9/11

Mes de la Herencia Hispana
A Month Long Celebration of Hispanic Culture

9/04

From Shelf to You:
The Journey of a Book on Hold

9/04

August 2007
  8/30

Library Expansion Program Update - August 2007

8/22

Ronald McDonald Fun!

8/21

Photos from Library Night at Roger Dean Stadium

8/21

National Library Card Sign-Up Month Activities!

8/15 Meet an Adult Literacy Project Tutor- Have a Goal - 8/15

July 2007

Marvelous Mysteries

7/24

Happy 17th Birthday to the World Wide Web!

7/24

Eureka! It's National Inventors' Month

7/24

Evaluate Your Treasures with Price It! Antiques & Collectibles

7/17

The Best School Supplies Are @ Your Library!

7/17

Magic & Storytelling by Jon LeClair & Kuniko Yamamoto

7/17

Wellington Branch Library to Reopen July 21

7/11

For Teens Only!

7/10

June 2007
Libraries Closed for Independence Day 6/29 Glades Literacy Recognition Dinner 6/28

Hogwarts Fun!

6/28

Entertaining with Ease

6/28

Hey Teens! Chill in the Sun with Some Library Fun!

6/15

Find Treasure @ Your Library:
Adult Summer Reading Club
June 11to August 4, 2007

6/15

May 2007
Planes, Trains or Automobiles: 
Don't Leave Home Without It
5/22

Read Down Your Fines

5/22

Summer Reading Program Kick-Off Parties

5/16

Hey Teens! What Are You Doing this Summer?

5/16

Parkinson's Disease

5/3

For Faster, More Informative Library Notification: Choose E-Mail

5/3

What Is the Summer Loan Period?

5/3    

April 2007
Find Treasure @ Your Library:
Adult Summer Reading Club
4/30 Read All About It!
Join the Summer Reading Program
4/27

Cómo comenzar un negocio en la Florida
(How to Start a Business in Florida - a Spanish program)

4/26

Mission: Organization or
Mission: Impossible?

4/19

El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Celebrate Children/Celebrate Books

4/13 Library Fiesta En Tu Biblioteca 4/13
Starting Your Own Small Business 4/13    

March 2007

April is National Poetry Month

3/29

National Library Week, April 15-21, 2007

3/29
Volunteer Luncheon 3/28 Get Creative @your library 3/13
Glades Appreciation Luncheon 3/05 Teen Tech Party 3/01

February 2007
Library Expansion Program Update 2/26 2007 Author Luncheon with Tami Hoag 2/20
Why You Love Your Libraries! 2/15    

January 2007
The FCAT Is Coming! 1/31 Black History Month Quiz 1/31
Romance for Men 1/29 Reserve Your Seats Now for Tami Hoag! 1/12
Library Breaks Ground for
New Branch in West Delray
1/11 See You at the South Florida Fair January 12 - 28
"Dreams, Screams, Chills & Thrills"
1/5
Libraries Closed for Martin
Luther King Jr. Day
1/5 January Happenings 1/1

December 2006
Presidents & Their First Ladies, Dramatically Speaking:
James & Dolley Madison
12/28 Open Longer to Serve You Better! 12/22
December Holiday Library Closings 12/18 The Friends Present - Tami Hoag
Friends' Author Luncheon February 12, 2007
12/14
A Fantastic Success 12/14 Free @ Your Desk 12/5
Kids Become Heroes! Caring Fields Animal Sanctuary 12/04 December Happenings 12/1

November 2006
Savvy Holiday Shopping 11/27 From "Travels with Charley" to "Marley & Me" 11/17
Libraries Closed for Thanksgiving - 2006 11/13 Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction? 11/8
Friends Annual Meeting 11/6 Libraries Closed for Veteran's Day - 2006 11/3
November Happenings 11/1    

October 2006
Celebrate Children's Book Week
- Nov. 12-18, 2006
10/31 Libraries Closed for
Veteran's Day - 2006
10/31
Library Helps Citizens Become Informed Voters
Midterm Elections 2006
10/19 Reading is Fun in any Language 10/19
Teen Read Week: October 15 - 21
Get Active @ Your Library
10/13 Jumbled Jargon: United Nations Day Quiz 10/13
Loula V. York Branch Reopens in Pahokee 10/4 Teens, Don't Blow It - It's Your Money! 10/2
October Happenings 10/1    

September 2006
American Yesterdays 9/28 Annual Literacy
Recognition Dinner - 2006
9/25
Being an Educated
Health Care Consumer
9/18 Celebrate Your Local Heroes 9/11
Hispanic Heritage Month
El Mes de la Herencia Hispana
9/7 Get Carded @ your library during
Library Card Sign-Up Month
9/1
September Happenings 9/1

August 2006
Library Closing in Preparation
for Tropical Storm Ernesto
8/29 Labor Day Closing 8/28
Nonfiction Reading Lists 8/28 "The Little Engine That Could"
Story Times
8/22
Library Helps Citizens Become
Informed Voters
8/17 Our Kids Are Busy Reading! 8/16
Homework Headache Relief
Is Just a Click Away
8/10 Library Offers Free Computer Classes 8/4
Back to School 8/2 August Happenings 8/1

July 2006
New Library Database Offers
Legal, Business Forms
7/28 Interlibrary Loan Services Available 7/21
Cooking on the Grill 7/18 Edit Your Holds 7/14
Summer Boredom Blues 7/7 Read the Movie First @ your library® 7/5
July Happenings 7/1

June 2006
Friends Provide the
Best Bang for Your Buck
6/28 Libraries Closed for
Independence Day
6/28
Genealogy Research @ your library 6/26 A History of Fireworks 6/26
Glades 2006 Literacy
Recognition Dinner
6/19 Explore the Undersea World of Michael Patrick O'Neill 6/16
The Reading Show with John Cesta 6/12 Internet Safety for Kids 6/8
Father's Day Quiz 6/8 June Happenings 5/1

May 2006
How to Place an Item on Hold 5/29 Join "Book Feast" Eight Weeks
of Summer Reading Fun
5/29
Unlocking the Da Vinci Code 5/22 Memorial Day Closing 5/18
Great Beach Reads 5/17 What Is the Summer Loan Period? 5/16
Libraries Closed for
Annual Training Day
5/10 Meet the Author - Palm Beach Past 5/10
Mother's Day Author Quiz 5/5 May Happenings 5/1

April 2006
Happy Birthday, Talking Books! 4/28 Programas Para la Comunidad Hispana 4/27
A Brand New Bookmobile Stationed in Wellington 4/24 Please Welcome our New Director
John J. Callahan III
4/15
Libraries Closed on Sunday, April 16 4/11 Join Us for Very Special
 Read Together Programs
4/10
Bilingual Services @ your library 4/10 12th Annual Volunteer
Recognition Luncheon
4/6
Foro de la Lengua Española
(Spanish Language Forum)
4/1 April Happenings 4/1

March 2006
A Fond Farewell to Jerry Brownlee 3/29 Foro de la Lengua Española
(Spanish Language Forum)
3/28
Wellington Branch Library Closing Soon for Expansion 3/21 Read Together Palm Beach County
Library System Programs - April 2006
3/20
Career Research @ Your Library 3/14 Spring Break - 2006 3/14
Erin Go Braugh! 3/8 Don't Be Caught by Spyware 3/6
Women's History Month Quiz 3/2 March Happenings 3/1

February 2006
Business Services @ Your Library 2/21 Natural Medicine: Finding Trusted Resources 2/21
Design a Bookmark Contest Winners! 2/15 Presidents' Day Closing 2/8
Start a Relationship @ Your Library 2/8 The United States Presidents: Test Your Knowledge 2/8
We Have a Winner! 2/1 Friends Author Luncheon - 2006 2/1
Groundbreaking Held for Wellington Library Expansion 2/1 February Happenings 2/1

January 2006
Library Assists Community Foundation 1/24 Downloadable Audiobooks 1/23
BookLetters 1/23 Sports Information @ Your Library 1/17
See You At The Fair 1/17 New Year, New You 1/12
Libraries Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday 1/5 Cyber Security - Protect Your Computer 1/4
Meet the Author @ Your Library
The Fascinating Lives of the First Ladies
1/4 January Happenings 1/1

December 2005
Bookmobile II 12/26 Dramatically Speaking:
Herbert & Lou Hoover
12/26
Winter Break Blitz '05 12/13 December Holiday Library Closings 12/13
Newspaper Databases:
Crossing the World's Borders,
Reaching into the Past
12/8 NoveList: Helping Kids Find Lexile Books 12/5
December Jazz 'Round the Holidays 12/5 December Happenings 12/1

November 2005
Gone Fishin' . Florida 11/23 Friends' Big Book Bonanzas in December 11/23
Last Week to Vote 11/18 Homemade Gifts for the Holidays 11/18
Friends of the Library Annual Meeting 11/14 Children's Book Week Photos 11/9
Jewish Literature Month 11/7 Hurricane Wilma Recovery Update 11/7
7th Annual Children's
Book Week Celebration
11/3 Easy Gardening for South Florida 11/3
Libraries Closed for Veteran's Day 11/3 Legal Thrillers @ your library 11/2
November Happenings 11/1

October 2005
Hurricane Wilma Update 10/31 It's Time to Vote! 10/17
Get Real! @ your library® during
Teen Read Week, October 16-22, 2005
10/12 Scary Stories 10/12
Glades Family Literacy Fun Night 10/12 Columbus Day Closing 10/4
October Happenings 10/1

September 2005
Adult Book Discussion Series
October 2005
9/29 Something for Everyone @ Your Library
Adult Book Discussion Series - October 2005 to March 2006
9/29
New Item Limits 9/29 Music/Música @ your library®
Sounds of the Americas/Sonidos de las Américas
9/17
Literacy and Learning Month
Celebrates 20 Years of
Libraries and Literacy
9/14 The Gift of Giving - Charity Information
 @ your library®
9/9
Nuevo tutor interactivo 9/6 The Smartest Card in Your Wallet 9/1
September Happenings 9/1

August 2005
Jane Stratten and her Musical Puppets 8/29 Libraries Closed for Labor Day 8/29
Library Closing in Preparation for Tropical Storm Katrina 8/25 Read Together Palm Beach County
It's Up to You!
8/22
Back To Space! - Great Books on NASA 8/16 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
A Book Discussion for Adults
8/16
Library Night at Roger Dean Stadium 8/9 Fido or Fluffy?
Thinking About Getting a New Pet?
Let the Library Help!
8/8
Back to School With Your Library 8/1 For Faster, More Informative Library Notification: Choose E-Mail 8/1
August Happenings 8/1

July 2005
Fast Meals for Busy People 7/22 Last Chance to Join the Summer
Reading Program
7/22
Your Home Is Your Castle
(or at least it seems to cost that much)
7/15 Palm Beach County Library System
Has New Assistant Director
7/12
Hooray for Harry Potter 7/5 Mmmm . Cookies 7/5
July Happenings 7/1

June 2005
Tall Tales and Flights of Fancy
with Mr. Funnybones
6/29 Libraries Closed for Independence Day 6/27
Happy Independence Day!
A Fourth of July Quiz
6/24 North County Regional Library Anniversary 6/20
"Black Jupiter: The Untold Stories" 6/14 Parenting Books for Dad 6/13
Glades Literacy Recognition Dinner 6/10 Perfect Timing: Landscape Workshop 6/2
La Esquina Hispana 6/2 June Happenings 6/1

May 2005
Palm Beach County Kids Can
"Read Around Florida"
5/24 Library Expansion Project
Update - May 2005
5/16
MyPyramid - Steps to a Healthier You 5/16 Calling All Journalists 5/12
Library's Closed for the Staff's
Annual Training Day
5/12 Award-Winning Science Fiction @ your library® 5/7
Brown Bear & Friends to Visit Libraries 5/7 Be a Summer VolunTeen 5/2
May Happenings 5/1

April 2005
Your Library Card Revealed! 4/23 KidsPost Articles
- Kids Writing for Kids
4/23
Dia De Los Ninos/Dia De Los Libros
= Children's Day/Book Day
4/16 Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon & Awards 4/14
A Farewell to Our Assistant Director 4/8 Celebrate National Library Week 4/4
Stories are Magic 4/4 April Happenings 4/1

March 2005
Laugh out Loud @ your library 3/25 A Behind the Scenes
Look At Story Time
3/21
Nine Steps to Search
the Web Catalog
3/19 Author Entertains with
Secrets of a Biographer
3/12
Employment Resources
@ your library
3/11 Read Together Florida:
Hootenanny Family Day
3/7
Library Receives Book Donation
at Genealogy Convention
3/7 March Happenings 3/1

February 2005
Hans Christian Andersen
Visits the Library!
2/28 Library Expansion Project Update - February 2005 2/28
Two Friends' Big Book
Bonanzas in March
2/28 Living History - Langston Hughes 2/22

Design a Bookmark
Contest Winners!

2/10 FCAT Help at the
LearningExpress Library
2/10
"Legal Research" @ your library 2/10 President's Day Closing 2/10
February Happenings 2/1

January 2005
The President is Dead -
FDR and the 1944 Election
1/29 Friends Author Luncheon 2005 1/24
Savvy Online Shopping 1/19 35th Anniversary Bash
Photos and Videos
1/10
Office Depot Donates to the Wellington Library 1/10 Visit Us at the South Florida Fair
January 14-30
1/5
Libraries Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/4 January Happenings 1/3

December 2004
Come One - Come All for our
35th Anniversary Bash!
12/29 Presidents and Their First Ladies,
Dramatically Speaking:
John Quincy and Louisa Adams
12/29
Museum in a Library 12/16 Winter Break Programs @ your library 12/16
Gardening with the Library 12/14 December Holiday Library Closings 12/13
December Jingle Jazz Concerts 12/4 Photos from Children's Book Week 2004 12/4
Holiday Wreath-Making with a Twist 12/1 December Happenings 12/1

November 2004
A Fortunate Event for Children
Who Love the Lemony Snicket Books
11/22 Friend's "Book Bonanza" 11/22
Tellabration: Tales to Talk About 11/15 Clases de Computadoras en Español 11/10
Libraries Closed for Thanksgiving 11/12 Families Reading Together
The Colors of Us
11/8
Libraries Closed for Veteran's Day 11/3 Children's Book Week 2004 11/1
Friends Annual Meeting 2004 11/1 November Happenings 11/1

October 2004
Reading Is On Target @ your library 10/25 Hocus-Pocus: Magic @ your library 10/20
Some Libraries to Close November 2
as Staff Assist with the Election
10/18 Teen Read Week 2004 10/18
"Best Health Information Program in Florida" 10/15 Community Health Information Awareness Week 10/12
October is Computer Learning Month 10/4 Libraries Closed for Columbus Day 10/4
October Happenings 10/1

September 2004
Got Amendments?  Understanding the Proposed Legislative Issue on the November Ballot 9/24 Library Closing in Preparation of Hurricane Jeanne 9/24
Reel Books - Adult Book Discussion Series
October 2004 - March 2004
9/20 La Biblioteca Pública:
Una Fuente de Información al Alcance de Todos
9/20
35th Anniversary Bash and Friends Book Sale Postponed 9/13 Library Closing in Preparation of Hurricane Frances 9/2
September Happenings 9/1

August 2004
Join Us at Our
35th Anniversary Bash!
8/31 September is Library Card
Sign-Up Month
8/31
KidsPost - The Newspaper For You 8/17 Your Library is Working to Make Your Vote Count! 8/16
Break Into Print 8/10 August Happenings 8/1

July 2004
Summer Olympics @ your library 7/30 August Movies @ your library 7/30
Time is Running Out!
Summer Reading Program
7/22 Sometimes You Feel Like A Book ... Sometimes You Don't! 7/9
Another Friends' Big Book Bonanza Is Coming! 7/9 July Happenings 7/1

June 2004
Wedding Planning @ your library 6/25 Parents! Keep Your Kids
Reading This Summer
6/25
Libraries Closed for Independence Day 6/23 Read Around Florida - Summer Reading Program 6/10
Diving for Sunken Treasure 6/10 Library Expansion Project Update - June 2004 6/2
June Happenings 6/1

May 2004
Glades Literacy Recognition Dinner 5/27 Libraries Closed for Memorial Day 5/26
Fractured Fairy Tales @ your library® 5/24 Coming Soon to a Library Near You!
Reel Books: Adult Book Discussion Series, 2004-2005
5/18
Libraries Closed for Annual Training Day 5/14 10th Annual Volunteer
Recognition Luncheon
5/6
On Display in May @ your library® 5/4 May Happenings 5/1

April 2004
Look It Up! @ Your Library® 4/26 Literacy Annual Recognition Meeting 4/20
The Magic Of Your Library Card
National Library Week
4/16 National Poetry Month 4/16
Loquacious and Bodacious: the Life and Times of Zora Neale Hurston 4/2 Read Together Palm Beach County - Campaign Finale 4/2
Not in Google - Only @ your library ® 4/2 April Happenings 4/1

March 2004
Thank You To Our Donors 3/30 Libraries Closed on Sunday, April 11 3/30
The Life and Times of Zora Neale Hurston 3/20 Mousing Around - Our Online Mouse Tutorial 3/13
Unlock the Da Vinci Code @ your library ® 3/13 Library Presents Amnesty Check to United Way 3/13
Chapman Stick Virtuoso
Bob Culbertson in Concert
3/5 Friend's "Book Bonanza"
Great Books at Bargain Prices
3/3
Dr. Seuss Birthday Card Winners 3/1 March Happenings 3/1

February 2004
The Library Has Comic Books 2/27