When You Think of Do-It-Yourself Projects, What Comes to Mind?
Tiling, gardening, and painting are common household projects, but have you ever thought of reloading?
Reloading your own ammunition has become very popular due to the rising cost of brass. Many hunters and shooters collect their own expended shells at the shooting range, take them home, and reload them with fresh gunpowder and bullets. The cost savings can be significant, up to 75% in some cases.
Are Our Brains Getting Bigger While Our Electronic Devices Get Smaller?
Can anyone out there remember punch cards and punch card readers?
If so, you can likely just as vividly remember the frustration of a deck of 50 or more of those little demon cards flying out of your hands while trying to get them fed into the reader. Or, you remember the feeling of victory if you could just get the complete deck read through the machine without any "card jams."
Anyone under 40 is probably scratching their heads wondering what on earth we’re talking about, but rest assured, these behemoths were the granddaddy to your favorite handheld devices.
Our branch would like to wish our manager, Brandi Blankenship, a fond farewell. Brandi is making a move to Washington State to join a library system on the coast.
Brandi has been a real "Jack of all Trades" in her time here. Whether attending various meetings at Headquarters, representing the system with pride on the Book Cart Drill Team, or guiding us through changes here at the branch, she has been an inspiration.
Here's one I bet you didn't know; October is National Squirrel Awareness Month. How did I find this out? From Chase's Calendar of Events, the much touted book for us library displayers and bloggers. Just browsing through this book, you can find some really interesting events. There is a website, as well; squirrelloversclub.com is the name of this site. Now, some people don't appreciate squirrels like these folks. But, it was a fun website to visit.
When I was growing up, the way you listened to music was to tune your dial to the two or three different stations offered on the radio. Nowadays, you can get music from virtually any electronic device.
The Farmer’s House Market just opened in April of 2012, and the word is slowly getting out about the quaint country-type store. It resides in what was formerly known as Vaughn’s Country Store located on Hwy. 273 on the way to Weston. The store was part of the Vaughn Farm, which had been worked by five generations of family. With the retirement of the Vaughn family from farming, The Farmer's House initiative was born.
