Battle of the Books 2006

The regional battle is tomorrow at Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls. The program starts at 1pm, and Esopus will be competing in the second battle. Snacks and t-shirts will be for sale (all proceeds to benefit BOB 2007). Come out and support your library team!

Teenage Rebellion

By request, an after school program has been organized for teens. We will be meeting Wednesdays from 3:30-5:30 in the Burroughs Room. You will decide what we will be doing each week, so all ideas are welcome. The schedule so far is as follows.

Sept 20--Monopoly
Sept 27--Discuss The Chocolate War by Cormier
Oct 4--Designer T-shirts
Oct 11--Reading Recommendation List
Oct 18--Speed Stacking Competition
Oct 25--Movie TBA

Free Concert--Black Eyed Peas!

The Black Eyed Peas will be performing Friday, September 15th at 7am on the Rockefeller Center Stage in NYC as part of the Today Show. Admittance is on a first come, first served basis, so get there early. Fergie will also be performing solo for part of the three hour venue.

Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter

Australian environmentalist, zoo owner, and television personality, Steve Irwin (aka The Crocodile Hunter) died Monday off the coast of Australia while filming an underwater documentary. He was stung in the heart by a stingray barb, and died moments later. Scientists attribute this unusual death to the location of the sting. Irwin was working on a telelvision special with his 8 year old daughter Bindi when the accident occured (his daughter was not on location). The Crikey Fund has been established to help support the zoo Irwin owned with his wife, along with the education of his two children, Bindi and Bob (age three). Animal Planet will be presenting a marathon of Irwin's television work on Sunday, September 10th. For more information check out http://animal.discovery.com/ .
photo: www.kcci.com
info: http://news.nationalgeographic.com

Dunked!