YAB - YA Blog Indy Public Library

Only Two Computers?

GreatStories Club

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Learn the Art of Journaling @ the Library

Register to Vote ! ! !

TIDAL WAVE

T.G.I.S

Wii @ the LIbrary

Musicovery...Check this Out!

Starting January 30th Wii will be @ the Library!

TIDAL WAVE is coming!

Read Read Read for Presents Presents Presents

Photo Album: Prom 2007

Photo Album: @ Our Library

Photo Album: Just Funny

Photo Album: Some of my Favorites

Custom List: Change the World

Blog list: Fav Blogs

Custom List: Words Sweet Words

Custom List: Journal Ideas

Custom List: Nice Sites

Book List: Book List

Custom List: Joy

Custom List: GO HERE!

YAB - YA Blog Indy Public Library

Only Two Computers?

GreatStories Club

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Learn the Art of Journaling @ the Library

Register to Vote ! ! !

TIDAL WAVE

T.G.I.S

Wii @ the LIbrary

Musicovery...Check this Out!

Starting January 30th Wii will be @ the Library!

TIDAL WAVE is coming!

*Read *Read *Read for *Presents *Presents *Presents

Photo Album: Prom 2007

Photo Album: @ Our Library

Photo Album: Just Funny

Photo Album: Some of my Favorites

Custom List: Change the World

Blog list: Fav Blogs

Custom List: Words Sweet Words

Custom List: Journal Ideas

Custom List: Nice Sites

Book List: Book List

Custom List: Joy

Custom List: GO HERE!

Read Read Read for Presents Presents Presents

TIDAL WAVE is a program for TEENS ONLY ages 12-17

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th at 3:00 - 4:00 PM

"If my girlfriend looks at my cell phone to see who I have been calling, is that dating abuse?"

"If my boyfriend tells me what to wear, is that dating abuse?"

Come to the next TIDAL WAVE and find out!

SNACKS PROVIDED... ALONG WITH LOTS OF FUN!

TIDAL WAVE is a program for TEENS ONLY ages 12-17

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th at 3:00 - 4:00 PM

"If my girlfriend looks at my cell phone to see who I have been calling, is that dating abuse?"

"If my boyfriend tells me what to wear, is that dating abuse?"

Come to the next TIDAL WAVE and find out!

SNACKS PROVIDED... ALONG WITH LOTS OF FUN!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:06:39 GMT

Whats Up? Why Only Two Computers for Kids Under 18?

Well, we have had kids driving us crazy...loud, not listening to staff, rude, abusive, destructive...

If you have a better idea on how to keep things under control we are all ears!

Too bad a few kids ruin it for all the rest!

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:42:00 GMT

GreatStories Club

Summer Program for Teens Ages 13-17

Includes Lunch!

You Get to Keep the Books!

Get Free Swimming Passes to Riverside Beach!

Ending with a Pizza Party!

Fun Activites withMelinda Jones and LaKisha Myrie!

Friday, June 27th

Noon-2:00PM

Book Discussion: Tyrell by Coe Booth

Tyrell can't get a break. He is living in a shelter with his mom and little brother, his father is serving time in jail. He is desperate to find a way out of this mess.

Friday, July 11th

Noon-2:00PM

Movie: Step Up

Rated PG-13

Friday, July 25th

Noon-2:00 PM

Book Discussion: Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos

The author tells how he was able to rise above an arrest for smuggling drugs and doing time in jail and became an acclaimed writer for teens and children.

Friday, August 8th

Noon-2:00PM

West Side Story

Rated PG-13

Friday, August 22nd

Noon-2:00PM

Book Discussion: Sold by Patricia McCormick

Thirteen-year-old Lakshimi is sold into prostitutuin in Calcutta when her Nepal village is hit by a monsoon. Drugged, raped, and beaten, she must find a way to escape.

Sponsored by IPL, ALA, YALSA, Four County, Crisis Resource Center of SEK. Ash Youth Center, Oprah's Angel Network

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:30:35 GMT

OPEN MIC NIGHT

mONdAY aPRil 28th

6-8 Pm

@ INdepENdeNCe pUBliC LiBRarY

ReCITe, SiNG, rEAd, bRINg A gUitAR OR a bOnGO DRuM...sHARe yOUR tALenT...

oR jUSt COme ANd eNjOY THe sHOw...

sPEcIALTy cOFFeE And lOtS OF jUnK fOOd WIll bE SeRveD...

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:43:18 GMT

We will create beautiful journal pages with words and art...

Monday February 25th 6:30-7:30

Monday March 10th 6:30 - 7:30

Everyone is welcome to come, just bring a journal or spiral notebook and whatever art supplies you would like to use or share....

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:50:21 GMT

If you will be turning 18 Years Old before the November 4, 2008 Election

You Can Register to Vote

Print a Registration form from this link:

http://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/voterregistration.pdf

Then mail form to:

MONTGOMERY CO.

217 E Myrtle, Box 446 Independence KS 67301

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:42:06 GMT

TIDAL WAVE

Wednesday, February 13th

3:14 - 4:15

"How Drugs and Alcohol Can Affect Your Ability to Make Good Decisions"

Teens Only Ages 12-17

FUN & FOOD

Teens discuss issues they are interested in...No Adults Allowed

Sponsored by the Montgomery Crisis Center

If parents have any questions call the library and ask for Julie: 331-3030

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:52:34 GMT

Thank Goodness It's Saturdays @ the Library

The Friends of the Library have given a gift to our community by offering a matching grant that gives us the money to open on Saturdays for six months! So from February through July we will open from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm!

Thank you Friends!

http://www.iplks.org

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:54:58 GMT

Get ready for the Wii @ the Library!

We have starting Wednesday, Jan. 30th

Future games include Guitar Heros, Dance Dance Revolution, Various Mario Brothers games, and more!

For more info ask on the second floor at the information desk...

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:18:48 GMT

Do you like music?

Do you like to listen to FREE music?

Pick your mood...

Pick the type of music you feel like listening to...

Pick the decades you want to include...

Musicovery is an interactive radio website that allows you to choose music according to your mood. You can then narrow your search by music decade or music type. Your search results show up as a kind of funky selection web, then you can choose what song you want to listen to from there. It also provides additional suggestions according to the artist being played. Have Fun : )

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:09:58 GMT

Wii @ the Library

January 30th

3:00-6:00

Sign up at the second floor Information Desk

Don't miss the fun!

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:56:40 GMT

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:06:30 GMT

Read Read Read for Christmas Library Bucks!

You can use the Christmas Library Bucks on Saturday, December 8th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM to buy presents for your friends and family! There are so many great items to choose from! Some are on display at the library, come check them out.

To qualify, read any book (from school, from home, or from the library), Nov. 1st to Dec. 8th, fill out a bookmark from the library, and bring it in for your Christmas Library Buck. Collect them to buy great presents during our Christmas Tree Lighting Festival on Dec. 8th at the Independence Public Library.

There will be lots of fun things going on that night...The Indy Ensemble will perform, Santa ans Mrs. Claus will be there, lot of homemade Christmas cookies to eat, the lighting of our new SIXTEEN FOOT Christmas Tree, Christmas stories, Christmas carols, Book Signing by local authors, and much more! Don't miss this chance to earn gifts for your friends and family!

If you have any questions please call the library at 620-331-3030... See you at the library!

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:11:54 GMT

Prom 2007

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Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:18:37 GMT

@ Our Library

Sisters

Chelsea Laswell @ the Library

At the LookUp Station

Harry Potter Party

Silly

Writting a Story

Movies at the library

Becky Learning How to Use a Fire Extinguisher

John Learning How to Use a Fire Extinguisher

Theresa T - Magician @ the Library

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:24:19 GMT

Just Funny

More Photos...

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:38:55 GMT

Some of my Favorites


hay	Fawn in Park	Cliffside	Farm Wife
Hens	Rake		Jess at Dance Camp
Bloom	Don't Touch!

More Photos...

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:36:01 GMT

Change the World

Smile
Have a positive attitude
Join a group that does good in your community
Donate to a good cause
Send words of encouragement
Adopt a homeless animal
Spay/Neuter your pets
Spread laughter
VOTE!
Don't be in such a hurry
Nix the Road Rage
Plant a tree and a garden
Be a good example!
Learn new things
Ignore Stupid People

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:27:22 GMT

Fav Blogs

Yarn Abuse
Terrific Knitting Blog
YAB - YA Blog @ Indy Library
YA Blog @ Blogspot for the Independence Public Library
Teen New Book List @ Independence Public Library
New Young Adult Book List
YALSA
The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to this population.
Veronica's Book Lounge
"I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exhaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
Caughters of Catastrophe
S. P. Miskowski's Mostly Literary Blog
Loily's Book Tryst
just a few personal notes about the books I've read recently - new, old, bought, borrowed, found, discovered.. more to be added when I can tear myself away from reading! (& work & life)
Great Reads!
Great Reads brings you book reviews on books you need to read from such great authors as Garth Nix, Clare Dunkle, DJ Machale and many more!
Book Nut
YA Fiction
Reading Life
Days with Cats and Books
The Goddess of YA Literature
pearls from the goddess
teenreads.com
The Best Teen Blog
Manga Reviews
Reading Rants!
Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!
YA Authors Cafe
Come on in, fill up your cup and let's talk teen books!
A Chair, A Fireplace & a Tea Cozy
All I want: like Buffy, I want a chair. A fireplace. A tea cozy. And to talk about stories. Pull up a chair, have a cup of tea.
JHunt Award for Young Adult Literature
How the JHunt works... The nominations, selected from works published during the year, are presented to the Adbooks group in the fall. Passionate discussions, alliances, and covert strategy sessions ensue, culminating each week as group members vote one
Virtual YA Index
Public Libraries with Young Adult Web Pages
Alternative Teen
The Alternative teen services blog is maintained by teen librarians who share ideas, resources, and advocacy about serving teens. By sharing our ideas in a fun and supportive environment, we will gain perspectives that improve our library services to teena
Teens Read Too
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
Teens Read Too
Website

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:08:26 GMT

Words Sweet Words

"If logic tells you that life is a meaningless accident, don't give up on life, give up on logic."
Shira Milgram
"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart."
Erma Bombeck
"Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encournter every day."
Marie Von Elsner
"We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly."
Mother Teresa
"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."
Gloria Anzaldu
"If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are."
Mother Teresa
"You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought."
Lauren Becall
"If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves."
Maya Angelou
"There is no perfect time to write, there's only now."
Barbara Kingsolver
"If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger."
Muriel Rukayser
"Some of us have great runways already built for us, so if you have one, take off. If you don't grab a shovel and build one."
Amelia Earhart
"We can tell our values by our check book."
Gloria Steinem
"It is not me who is dancing too fast, it's the violins that play too slowly."
Marie Duplessis
"But a child's sob in silence curses deeper than the strong man in his wrath."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"If you find it in your heart to care for someone else, you will have succeeded."
Maya Angelou
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment."
Margaret Meade

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:07:20 GMT

Journal Ideas

A Day When Everything Went Wrong
Your Favorite Childhood Toy
Your Worst Christmas
What One Thing Someone Can do that will Truly Break Your Heart
What a Friend did that was Selfless
Your Favorite Book and Why
A Life Changing Event
What You Would do with a Million Dollars
What One Thing You Wish You Could Change About Yourself
Something You Wish You Would Have Bought
When You Felt the Most Betrayed
The Stupidest Thing You Ever Tried
Your Favorite Meal
When You Laughed the Hardest
What You Like About Yourself
The Person You Most Admire and Why
Your Best Summer
Your First True Love

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:39:42 GMT

Nice Sites

Art.com
Great Artwork
Stephane Guillot's Cool Web Site
One of my favorite web sites
Tazo Tea
Nice Flash Web Site!
Learn Flash
Nice Products!
New YA Book List @ Indy Public Library
New Young Adult books at the library
YAB - Blogspot @ Indy Library
Blogspot @ Indy Public Library for Teens
ALA Teen Book Lists
American Library Association's Teen Book Lists
Dictionary.com
Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Multilingual Dictionary, Translator, Word Games, Grammar Help, Word of the Day in English and Spanish
Independence Public Library
Our Library Website
AwesomeStories.com
Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources, IN CONTEXT, within each story. The first eight chapters of every story are available
Simply the Best Fonts
Download Free Fonts
Free Printable Certificates

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:59:55 GMT

Dana Reinhardt: A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life
But you can tell what really makes Simone different just by looking at her: she doesn't resemble anyone in her family. She's adopted. She's always known it, but she's never wanted to know anything about where she came from. She's happy with her family just
Jay McGraw: Closing the GAP
Jay McGraw is the ideal person to write a book for both parents and teens. He introduces a new plan for both teens and their parents to work through the issues that divide them and, in the process, rediscover the love that initially defined their relations
Charlie Price: Dead Connection
Dead Connection twists and turns with multiple points of view. A gripping and suspenseful story by a compelling new voice in teen literature.
Cecily Von Ziegesar: Gossip Girl Series
Available at the library
Meg Rosoff: Just in Case
Watching Justin Case is like watching a train wreck. He's impossible. He's irresistible. He's convinced Fate is out to get him; And he's right.
Justin Richards: The Death Collector
Suddenly on the run for their lives, Eddie and George join forces with budding actress Elizabeth Oldfield to escape the clutches of a depraved genius - a man who needs the secret to carry out a terrifying plan. In this heart-stopping race against time, Edd
Chris Wooding: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Thaniel, just seventeen, is a wych-hunter. Together, he and Cathaline - his friend and mentor - track down the fearful creatures that lurk in the Old Quarter of London.
Celia Rees: The Wish House
From Celia Rees, acclaimed author of Witch Child and Sorceress, comes another atmospheric and engrossing novel, this time one that plays out in the mystical borderlands between art and reality - and innocence and betrayal.
Nigel Richardson: The Wrong Hands
Could answering this e-mail be an amazing opportunity, or the biggest mistake of this life? In Nigel Richardson's suspenseful and magical debut novel, Graham finds his world suddenly, thrillingly complicated - and his secret harder and harder to conceal.
Scott Hunt: Twice Told
Readers and writers all have their choice when art is the inspiration. Twice Told is a collection of original short stories inspired by fine-artist Scott Hunt's haunting charcoal drawings. Eighteen authors, each one a standout voice in young-adult fiction

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:37:50 GMT

Joy

A Childs Giggle
Fireflies
Seeing Comments on my Blog
Sunset over the prarie
Feeling healthy and rested
Being lost in a good story
Being outside on a glorious day
Fresh juicy fruit
Avocado and mango together
Creating something really great
Going to an auction
Sitting by a fireplace with a book
Playing in the snow
Cooking a great meal
A Root Beer Float
Reading/Seeing Something Funny

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:36:06 GMT

GO HERE!

Peta
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
GoVeg
Learn about Health Issues
isketch
My favorite internet game!
IDA
In Defense of Animals
The Elephant Sancturary
Working for better conditions for captive elephants and conservation of elephant habit
Lifesavers
Horse Rescue
Greepeace
Join in the struggle for a green & peaceful planet.
Amnisty International
Protecting Human Rights Worldwide

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