The Friends of the Niobrara County Library will host a Foam Party on Tuesday, August 6 at 5 p.m. – part of 5th Street will be closed for this fun event. Attendees are encouraged to wear clothing that can get wet and Root Beer Floats will be served as well. Plan to attend!
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Access Wyoming specific legal forms by going to https://niobraracountylibrary.org and scrolling down to Gale Legal Forms. Your library card number and PIN will give you access to download forms that can easily be filled in – forms include everything from arbitration to deeds and leases to wills and trusts. You can also easily access Wyoming’s Equal Justice and the Wyoming Judicial Branch for other forms.
Also check out Mometrix eLibrary by going to https://gowyld.net and selecting Test & Skills Preparation. Mometrix offers study materials for over 1,500 standardized exams including college entrance, graduate school, finance, nursing and medical, civil service, K-12, teacher certification exams and many more!
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“The Lost Letters From Martha’s Vineyard” is the title of a novel by Michael Callahan. In 1959 Mercy Welles, far removed from her Nebraska roots, has crafted herself into a glamorous Oscar-nominated actress engaged to an up-and-coming director. Then she vanishes without a trace. Sixty years later Kit O’Neill is packing up her recently deceased grandmother’s attic only to discover a box of souvenirs that reveal her grandmother was the mysterious Mercy Welles. Kit is determined to solve the riddle of her grandmother’s missing life. The trail leads her to Martha’s Vineyard – and the letters Mercy wrote the summer she disappeared.
Other new books include “Riding With the Pack: a Western Short Stories Collection” by Peter Brandvolt and others, “The #1 Lawyer” by James Patterson, “The Summer Escape” by Jill Shalvis, “Conflict of Duty” by James Chandler, “The Forty-Niners” by William W. Johnstone, “The Housemaid is Watching” by Freida McFadden, “Still Waters” by Matt Goldman and “Clete” by James Lee Burke. “Promise Boys” by Nick Brooks is among new young adult books.
“The Situation Room: the Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis” by George Stephanopoulos and “Voices From Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, Memoirs From the Greatest Battle of the Civil War” by Allen C. Guelzo are now on the new non-fiction shelf.
The Lenna Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new chapter books “The Mona Lisa Vanishes” by Nicholas Day, “Nugly” by M.C. Ross and “The Secret Explores: 3 Books in 1” by S. J. King. Among the newer picture books are “Dalmartian: a Mars Rover’s Story” by Lucy Ruth Cummins, “Waiting in the Wings” by Julie Andrews, “Hornbeam Gets it Done” by Cynthia Rylant, and “The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat” by Em Lynas.
“Summer Olympics” is the theme for Storyhour on August 6, 2024. Storyhour is held from 10 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday throughout the year for preschool-aged children. Call 307-334-3274 anytime to hear a recorded story! Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Have you visited the library’s website? Go to: http://niobraracountylibrary.org and click on Historicals or Genealogy to browse Niobrara County history! Check it out today!
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.