Join us at the kick-off meeting for the Books for Boys Book Club and the Mother Daughter Book Club on Thursday, September 13, 2018 @ 6:30 p.m. where you will receive your official super-sonic lanyard, as well as all the instructions you’ll need to play online!
You can win prizes and pins for your lanyard by earning book points for every book club book you read and by completing three extra challenges that match it.
If you read all the books and earn at least 28 book points, you are eligible to become a super-sonic reader and will receive a special prize at our final Tween Book Club meeting on May 9, 2019! So let’s take off, start reading, and have a blast!
If you played our online version of Summer Reading, you can use the same login you created then.
August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018
Senator John McCain passed away this last Saturday. He had been fighting brain cancer since last year.
Known as the Maverick of the Senate, McCain made a name for himself with his sometimes abrasive demeanor; however, most recognized that his politics, whether agreed with or not, came from a deep-seated integrity and honest attempt to do what he felt was best for the country.
Members of both political parties counted him as a friend. His two rivals for the office of president, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, will both speak at his funeral.
Recognizing his time was short, Senator McCain released a poignant final statement, which reads in part:
“Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
“We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.
“Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Farewell fellow Americans, God bless you, and God bless America.”
Kid and Tween Crafts
All supplies are provided – these are free events for teens ages 12 to 17.