Holy Smokes! Kent Memorial Library Was Hot This Summer!
Climatologists say it was the hottest summer on record and the staff at the Kent Memorial Library agree. The Library’s summer reading statistics soared above last year’s figures. 411 adults registered to read each week over the summer, so that they could win a chance to win artfully decorated baskets put together by Lois, Sabine, and Lisa. Not to be outdone, the Children’s Library also recorded higher attendance than last year. 291 kids participated in the Summer Reading Program, and each week around 60 teens also participated. Prizes, baskets and summer programs for the entire library were funded by the Friends of KML and area businesses. Thank you to all who donated and participated. It was a hot summer indeed!
The Stock Market Game – Sign Up Now!
Ka-ching! Middle School and High School students can sign up to play the Stock Market Game. The game starts on Monday, October 3 and ends Friday, December 9. The Connecticut Stock Market Game is sponsored by SIFMA (Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association). Students can work individually or form teams to spend $100,000 in virtual money to build a diversified investment portfolio of stocks. Students enter their stock picks on the internet via the computer or a smartphone. Trades happen in real time so students experience how real-world events impact the capital market. Participants will be given information sheets describing the stock market and its components. Help is also available from experienced investors. A prize will be awarded to the top team. Please register for this free program by calling the library at 860-668-3896 or registering on-line at www.suffield-library.org
Suffield Players
Sometime in September the Suffield Players will present a reading, sponsored by The Friends of KML, at the Suffield Senior Center. The date or the reading has not been set yet.
Spell Me a Scary Tale Writing Contest
The Kent Memorial Library is looking for lots of short and shivery original stories, written by Suffield residents, from 1st grade through adult. Here are the rules for the contest:
Original, unpublished short stories containing 1,000 words or less, written by Suffield residents, will be accepted for the contest at the Kent Memorial Library, 61 Ffyler Place, from Monday, September 19 until Saturday, October 15. One entry per person. Class submissions are welcome, but each submission must be unique.
All short stories must be attached to an application form available on the library’s website and at the library.
Entries must be typed, single-spaced in a 12 point font.
1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded by The Friends of Kent Memorial Library in 5 groups: Grades 1-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and Adult.
Prizes
1st prize $25
2nd prize $10
3rd prize $5
Winners will be asked to read their stories at a special program sometime in October.
Book Discussions in September
Thursday, September 8 at 12:30 p.m. The Alchemist, by Paul Coehlo. This inspiring story dazzles in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom. It, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids.
Thursday, September 15 at 7 p.m. Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
Sixteen-year-old Miles’ first year at Culver Creek Preparatory 7 School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. Winner of the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association.
Tuesday, September 27 at 2 p.m. in the Phelps Hatheway House parlor: The Widow’s War by Sally Gunning. In the late 1700’s when Lyddie’s seafaring husband dies at sea, she finds her property and rights are now legally in the hands of her overbearing son-in-law. Challenging the law and custom, she discovers the price of her bold “war”.