Newport Library News
Volume 7,Summer
2016
June ~ August 2016
Summer Reading Fun
at the
Library
!
“Getting in the
game”
at the
library!
Harry Potter Book Release Party!
On Monday, August 1, Newport Public Library had a party to celebrate the release of the new Harry Potter
book. 60 Harry Potter fans attended, dressed as their favorite character from the Harry Potter books, paying
an admission “fee” of one pair of New socks in memory of Dobby, the House Elf . The socks were donated to
the St. James Matthew 25 fund. Contests were held, magic wands were made, door prizes were given out and
a great time was had by all. Three lucky readers won a copy of the new book. The party was sponsored by
the Friends of Newport Library.
Children’s / Young Adult Corner
Summer Calendar for Kids... and Scooby Doo!
Summer reading wrap-up!!!
On Your Mark, Get Set...Read!
The summer reading program has come to an end! We had 132 children signed up for the program this year and together they read almost
500,000 minutes!! Awesome job! The child that read the most read
over 5,000 minutes. SRP parties were held on August 8th, 9th, and
10th. Those who completed the program and turned in their minutes
received lots of fun prizes like whiffle ball bats, jump ropes, sports
rockets and coupons for free food. Our sponsors this year are Dick’s
Sporting Goods, Wal-Mart, Taco Bell, Subway, Buffalo Wild Wings
and the Friends of the Newport Library and we greatly appreciate them
all for helping us have a great reading summer!
The first day of school is August 29th. For the remainder of August, Scooby is dressed
we will read and talk about going back to school. Crafts will include
up, has his backmaking a school bus, paper plate apples and writing our names with
pack and is ready to
glitter and glue. We will also begin learning the sign language alphastart school!
bet.
“Get in the Game, Read!”
Young Adult Summer Reading Program
This summer we had 28 young adults signed up for our YA SRP. 9 completed the program by turning in reading logs and book reviews. Matthew
Pfaff read an amazing 133 books!
Children’s Programs:
Big Wheels (Special Needs group, all ages)
Monday, 3:30 pm
Read-to-Me (Preschool, ages 2-5)
Tuesday, 10:00 am
Book Worms (6th-8th grades)
Tuesday, 3:30 pm
Book Buddies (K-5th grades)
Wednesday, 3:30 pm
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Attention All Adult Summer Readers!!!
Meet the Staff
Alice Chavez ~ Head Librarian
Robin Kanuck ~ Adult Acquisitions &
Publicity, Circulation
Victoria Requarth ~ Children’s Programs, Circulation
Kathy Hand ~ Reserves, Circulation
Tesha Wichtl ~ Circulation
Evenings and Saturdays:
Jeanne Greene - Circulation
Judy Thompson - Circulation
Substitutes:
Ann Luthy
Summer reading prizes aren’t just for the children!
We had 42 adult readers this year, our biggest year ever, and
they turned in 192 book reviews to be eligible for the drawing.
On August 5, 10 of our lucky readers won a $25 gift certificate
to “The Book Shop” of Morehead City. Happy shopping to the
winners and a big thank you to all the adult readers who took
part in the program! And an extra big thank you to “The Book
Shop” for being our sponsor. Looking forward to next summer
already!
Display Case Alert!
Each month our glass display case features a different theme and we welcome our patrons to take part. If you have a special collection you would like to share with the library community, please let us know! Call Robin at 223-5108, Wednesday ~ Friday, to
reserve the case for your display.
Want to help your library? Newport Library offers several opportunities to do just that with the following programs:
Adopt-A-Book is a wonderful way to honor or memorialize an individual
or group while supporting your local library. A bookplate will be placed
in the front of all adopted books in acknowledgement of the gift.
Don’t forget our Friends
Book Sale!
3rd Saturday of the month
Adopt-A-Shelf is a perfect way for youth to help the library and earn community service hours. The sign-up sheet is at the front desk and you will
need written permission from a parent or guardian. This program is for
both middle school and high school students.
Adult volunteers are also welcome to come and straighten shelves. Applications are available at the front desk.
9 am ~ 1 pm
Friends Corner
“Twice Read Tales” Book Shop
Our Friends meet on the fifth Tuesday of the month at 4:00 pm
at Newport Town Hall.
203 Howard Blvd.
Newport, NC
V O L U M E 7, S U M M E R
New members are always welcome! Sign-up sheets are at the
circulation desk.
Please volunteer your time to support Your town library!
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The Newport Public Library is a branch
of the Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional Library system. The library has
been serving the citizens of Newport
Newport Public Library is happy to be a member of since 1961, beginning in the Newport
Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional Library
We are located at:
210 Howard Blvd.
P.O. Box 727
Newport, NC 28570
Phone: 252-223-5108
Fax: 252-223-6116
www.cpclib.worldcat.org - To access our catalog
www.carteret.cpclib.org - To access our website
Newport Public Library will be
closed on Monday,
September 5
for the Labor Day holiday
Elementary School band room and then
relocating to the Newport Fire Department. The present facility was dedicated
November 1, 1987 and currently has an
inventory of 28,000 books.
Special Thanks to our SRP sponsors!
The Book Shop, Morehead City
Friends of the Newport Library
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Wal-Mart
Taco Bell
Subway
Buffalo Wild Wings
Your library offers you the world of reading and so much
more!!!
Books, Magazines, Newspapers, CD’s, and DVD’s
Children’s programs
Copies and scanning ~ .15 per page
Fax Service ~ $1.00 per page
Computers for public use and free wireless internet access during
library hours
Regional access to Craven, Pamlico and Carteret libraries