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Jay County Public Library and Arts Place, Inc. are partnering to bring Indiana author and Quaker pastor Philip Gulley to Portland in two special events on October 2, 2012. Each event is free. Copies of one of Gulley’s titles are available to purchase at a discount at each location. Gulley will sign books during his visit.
Booklist compares Philip Gulley to Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Wendell Berry and Kathleen Norris. “He writes as cleanly as they, and perhaps with greater range, encompassing the tooth fairy, cheap shoes, middle-age spread, chairs, and simplicity.” The library owns many of Gulley’s books—novels, essays, memoirs, theology— and can request more copies through Evergreen. Learn more about Gulley at his website.
Jay County Public Library Board of Trustees, Director, staff, and community users are deeply grateful for the ongoing and recent support from Elizabeth Starbuck. An undesignated bequest of $5,000 and a contribution of $135,000 to the Jay County Public Library Endowment at The Portland Foundation will enrich programs and activities of the library to better serve the community. We are honored to have been a recipient of her generosity.
The Cookbook Club is back from summer break and ready to try out some “End-of-the-garden concoctions.” What delicious meals can you pull together from those last remaining veggies?
Come back each month to trade recipes and try new foods. Audience: teen/adult Come to the Crochet Club at the Jay County Public Library on Tuesday, September 25th. Drop in to the Friends Study Room any time from 5:00 -7:00pm. Bring your own hooks and yarn. Bring along projects to show off, patterns to share, or problems to solve too! For beginners and experts, whether adults or teens.
Beginner's Internet September 12th, 10:00 am to noon (register by September 11th)
Email: The Basics September 19th, 10:00 am to noon (register by September 18th)
Call 260-726-7890 to register. Questions? Ask for Molly.
Need help figuring out your eReader or tablet? Schedule an appointment with Molly for a one-on-one help session. She’ll show you how to use your library card to checkout ebooks and audiobooks from the library and will give you troubleshooting tips. Call 260-726-7890 or stop by the library to schedule a session.
EVERGREEN INDIANA UPGRADE
Beginning at closing Friday, September 14th, Evergreen Indiana will undergo a system upgrade. Plan ahead for some limitations in service during the upgrade procedure.
15 years ago - The Friends of the Library held a Celebrity Auction fundraiser offering autographs on paper, in books, and even on basketballs from Gene Keady and Bob Knight. 10 years ago - In celebration of the library’s centennial, a special event was announced for October featuring Brown County (by way of London and Chicago) author Sallyann Murphey. 5 years ago - The Book Reading group had a “choose your own title” month in anticipation of author Jacquelyn Mitchard’s visit in October. Any of Jackie’s books were fair game for discussion at the September meeting. WANTED: Your Help at the Library Can you help us out with these current needs?
Do you have copies of the 1968,1969 and 1971 of the Typhoon to donate? Or perhaps you could bring them long enough for copies to be made of the pages needed to replace those that were damaged. Contact Shirley at the library.
Contact Linda at the library.
 Friends of the LibraryThe next regular meeting will be Tuesday, September 18th at 6:30 p.m. Come hear how the book sale went and what the Friends have planned for the rest of the year. Did you find a bargain at the book sale? Are you curious about what else the Friends get up to? Are you an old Friend who needs to renew your friendship? If you’d like to become a Friend, stop by the library and fill out a membership form ($10.00/individual, $20.00/family). Welcome to our latest new FriendJoy Scotten.
Get your hands on a copy of The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James Morrow and join the September 17th book discussion.
Is this job too good to be true?
The group meets the third Monday of each month. Discussion starts at 7:00 p.m. New members welcome!
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Spend Time with Author Philip Gulley 
Bring your concoction to share, copies of your recipe to hand out to your fellow cookbook aficionados, and your own table service to the Community Room on Monday, September 10 at 6:15 pm. 
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