Teen

Creeks, streams and rivers flow through a variety of landscapes from highly altered urbanized centers to scenic rural lands. Areas next to streams are particularly challenging because of their susceptibility to flooding, scouring and erosion. In this presentation, we will look at native plants as some of our best streamside planting choices, for their ornamental qualities as well as their ability to support biodiversity and protect stream channels.

Warwick Valley High School sophomore Faith Wilkins will sign copies of her new book, Wacko Academy. Join us for a reading from the book, aQ & A with the author, as well as a fun contest to win a signed copy!

The Library is interested in beginning a chess club for children. We need parents and other interested adults or teens to help us get a chess club started. This program will teach you about the game and give you the skills to teach it to others. We hope that this program will inspirevolunteers to begin a weekly or bi-weekly chess club here. This program will be hosted by Michael Kusen, a chess master and author. He belongs to Chess for Teachers. This program is intended for families, and children who attendmust be in Kindergarten and up.

Create a video for Banned Books Week! Come in and read a short passage from your favorite banned or challenged book. Need some ideas? Here are the ALA's Top 10 Frequently Banned or Challenged Books of 2010:

Learn how tocheck outand download e-books from the Library's website.

This is a club organizational meeting for the Truth Seekers 4H Club.

Find out how your Library can help you with your research papers. Discover new tricks to make your research fast and easier. Learn how to access our databases from home, too!
Bring your own laptop or request to use on of ours in advance at the Help Desk.

Do you have a potato dish that outshines the Potato Peel Pie mentioned in The Guernsey Litarary and Potato Peel Pie Society? Enter our Potato Recipe Contest. Bring in a batch of your favorite potato recipe to be judged by local chefs and the audience at our showing of Bed Knobs and Broomsticks. Winners will be announced at the conclusion of the film. 2 prizes: Chef"s Choice and People"s Choice.
Entry Forms and contest rules are available at the Help Desk. Entry form and written recipe must be returned to the Help Desk on or before October 12.