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Pecans are on the Way to the Libraries! Submitted by: Cherry B. Waddell, Paulding County Library Services Coordinator The Holidays are fast approaching and time for preparing your favorite casseroles and desserts. Have you noticed that the best tasting recipes call for pecans? The Friends of the Paulding County Public Libraries are hosting their second annual pecan sale to benefit the libraries. The pecans are fresh, this year’s crop and much better than you can buy in retail stores. They freeze very well. So plan to stock up for the 12 months until next year’s sale. They also make g

Don't forget the libraries are closed tomorrow.

All four of the Paulding County Libraries will be closed on Saturday the 25th due the libraries having a booth at the "Trick or Treat" village. This is a long standing tradition for the library having a booth there. Be sure to come by the booth at Paulding Meadows and say hello!

Remember apply before 5pm!

If anyone is looking for a part-time job there is an opening at the Hiram Library. Friday 10-10-14 is the last day to apply. See link: http://www.paulding.gov/Jobs.aspx

Did you know you can checkout FREE “E-Books and E-Magazines” from the library? You need a valid library card with numbers that begin “2105” and a four digit pin. You don’t have these you can obtain it from the following libraries. Crossroads, Dallas, Hiram or New Georgia. The E-Magazines are in full color and include Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Readers Digest and many more! Go to www.wgrl.net for more information!!

SEPTEMBER AT NEW GEORGIA PUBLIC LIBRARY Saturday Sept. 6th 12pm - "Coupon Swap". Bring coupons you don't use and exchange them with people. Monday Sept 8th 5pm - "Lego Club" Kids build with LEGOS! Wednesday Sept 10th 3pm "Recipe Exchange" Grown ups bring your favorite recipe to swap. Tuesday Sept. 16th 10:30am "K-9 Unit" Children can meet the Paulding County Sheriff Dog and a Deputy! Thursday Sept. 18th 10:30am "Fire Truck" Children and meet a real Fireman and see the truck! Tuesday Sept. 23rd 4pm "Volcano" Children can come and see a demo on making a volcano!

Thursday Sept. 4th 10:30am - "Grandparent's Day" at Storytime. Grandparents bring the pre-school children! Saturday Sept. 6th 12pm - "Coupon Swap". Bring coupons you don't use and exchange them with people. Monday Sept 8th 5pm - "Lego Club" Kids build with LEGOS! Wednesday Sept 10th 3pm "Recipe Exchange" Grown ups bring your favorite recipe to swap. Tuesday Sept. 16th 10:30am "K-9 Unit" Children can meet the Paulding County Sheriff Dog and a Deputy! Thursday Sept. 18th 10:30am "Fire Truck" Children and meet a real Fireman and see the truck! Tuesday Sept. 23rd 4pm "

Just a reminder that all 4 Paulding County Libraries will be closed on Labor Day.

Don't forget the book sale.

Come to New Georgia Library on Saturday August 23, 2014 from 10am-3pm. Friends of the Library will be hosting a used book sale! Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and more! The library is located at 94 Ridge Rd. (across the street from Publix). Call 770-459-8163 for more information.

An Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Informational Workshop will be held at New Georgia Public Library on August 13, 2014 at 3pm. Nykita Scott, the University of Georgia Navigator for Coweta County will be conducting this workshop. Please bring any and all questions you may have about the new healthcare law. Feel free to contact Ms. Scott at 770-254-2620 or at nbscott@uga.edu. You can also call the library at 770-459-8163 and ask for Miss Gwen.

New Georgia Public Library will have "Kid's Craft Day" Saturday the 9th from 9am-4pm. Kids will make "paper jewelry". Call 770-459-8163 for more information.

New Georgia Public Library will have a Lego Club for kids on August 11 at 5pm. Call 770-459-8163 for more information.

New Georgia Public Library is starting "Little Girls Book Club". This is for girls ages 8 to 10 years old. The first meeting will be Thursday September 25th at 4:30. For more information call 770-459-8163 and ask for Miss Lisa.

Remember the parking lot tomorrow

New Georgia Public Library will be open Thusday HOWEVER we are having repair work on the parking lot. You will not be able to drive up but you could park over at the former garden center and walk over. Sorry, I know it's a pain.

It’s Now or Never Kids!! The Maude Ragsdale Public Library (aka Hiram Library) has a few currently in stock that are on the School Reading List. Call 770-439-3964 in you want us to hold a book until you get here. The ones we have in are: The Old Man and the Sea Alas Babylon The Giver Ishmael Double Identity Number the Stars Numbering all the Bones My Brother Sam is Dead Hatchet Between Shades of Gray Among the Hidden The River Between us Forgotten Heroes Edith Hamilton’s Mythology

The Dallas Public Library will be closed this week due to the repaving of the parking lot. But remember you can use the same library card at Hiram, New Georgia and Crossroads. Also in Carroll, Douglas, Harrelson and Heard Counties.

Saturday July, 26 bring your kids to Maude Ragsdale Public Library. From 2pm-5pm there will be games, prizes, food and a kid's "jumping house". The library is located at 1815 Hiram Douglasville Hwy (also known as Hwy 92). The library is near the intersection of Nebo and 92. Call 770-439-3964 for more information.

The week of July 28-August 1 the Dallas Public Library will be closed. The parking lot is being repaved. But you can still come to Hiram, New Georgia and Crossroads libraries.

Remember to apply before 5:00 this afternoon!!!!

When we do movies it is just a dvd played on a tv. We give the kids popcorn. All the kids have a good time.

The show will be about an hour (give or take). After the show there will be refreshments for the children, so you will be there til a little after 12 if you stay for the treats. All library events are paid for with the taxes people pay .

Hey Kids! Get your mom or granny to bring you to the Hiram Library tomorrow at 10:30. The library is located on Hwy 92 near where Hiram Sudie runs into 92. The show will be very fun!