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Change the World



Ignore Stupid People

Learn new things

Be a good example!

Plant a tree and a garden

Nix the Road Rage

Don't be in such a hurry

VOTE!

Spread laughter

Spay/Neuter your pets

Adopt a homeless animal

Send words of encouragement

Donate to a good cause

Join a group that does good in your community

Have a positive attitude

Smile

Journal Ideas



What You Like About Yourself

When You Laughed the Hardest

The Person You Most Admire and Why

Your First True Love

Your Best Summer

Your Favorite Meal

The Stupidest Thing You Ever Tried

When You Felt the Most Betrayed

Something You Wish You Would Have Bought

What One Thing You Wish You Could Change About Yourself

What You Would do with a Million Dollars

A Life Changing Event

Your Favorite Book and Why

What a Friend did that was Selfless

What One Thing Someone Can do that will Truly Break Your Heart

Your Worst Christmas

Your Favorite Childhood Toy

A Day When Everything Went Wrong

Joy



Reading/Seeing Something Funny

A Root Beer Float

Cooking a great meal

Playing in the snow

Sitting by a fireplace with a book

Going to an auction

Creating something really great

Avocado and mango together

Fresh juicy fruit

Being outside on a glorious day

Being lost in a good story

Feeling healthy and rested

Sunset over the prarie

Seeing Comments on my Blog

Fireflies

A Childs Giggle

Nice Sites



Free Printable Certificates

Simply the Best Fonts Download Free Fonts

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

Independence Public Library Our Library Website

Dictionary.com Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Multilingual Dictionary, Translator, Word Games, Grammar Help, Word of the Day in English and Spanish

ALA Teen Book Lists American Library Association's Teen Book Lists

YAB - Blogspot @ Indy Library Blogspot @ Indy Public Library for Teens

New YA Book List @ Indy Public Library New Young Adult books at the library

Learn Flash Nice Products!

Tazo Tea Nice Flash Web Site!

Stephane Guillot's Cool Web Site One of my favorite web sites

Art.com Great Artwork

Book list



The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

The Death Collector by Justin Richards

The Wish House by Celia Rees

Twice Told by Scott Hunt

The Wrong Hands by Nigel Richardson

Closing the GAP by Jay McGraw

A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt

Dead Connection by Charlie Price

Just in Case by Meg Rosoff

Gossip Girl Series by Cecily Von Ziegesar

Blog

July 03

Only Two Computers?

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!

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May 27

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

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April 11

OPEN MIC NIGHT

OPEN MIC NIGHT

mONdAY aPRil 28th

6-8 Pm

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Learn the Art of Journaling @ the Library

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....

February 06

Register to Vote ! ! !

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

February 04

TIDAL WAVE

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

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February 01

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

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Words Sweet Words



"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment." Margaret Meade

"If you find it in your heart to care for someone else, you will have succeeded." Maya Angelou

"But a child's sob in silence curses deeper than the strong man in his wrath." Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"It is not me who is dancing too fast, it's the violins that play too slowly." Marie Duplessis

"We can tell our values by our check book." Gloria Steinem

"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

"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

"There is no perfect time to write, there's only now." Barbara Kingsolver

"If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves." Maya Angelou

"You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought." Lauren Becall

"If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are." Mother Teresa

"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react." Gloria Anzaldu

"We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly." Mother Teresa

"Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encournter every day." Marie Von Elsner

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart." Erma Bombeck

"If logic tells you that life is a meaningless accident, don't give up on life, give up on logic." Shira Milgram

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