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Blood Drive

BLOOD DRIVE WITH CAPE COD HEALTHCARE

Wednesday - June 8, 2011

Time: 10am - 4pm

All blood donated at this drive will be used on Cape Cod.

Please call
508-86BLOOD
(508-862-5663)to make an appointment.

Walk-ins are welcome too.

Taste of Dennis

“TASTE OF DENNIS” AND AUCTION SUNDAY, JUNE 12
The tickets for the Taste of Dennis are now on sale at the library. All tickets are $25.
For those of you off Cape who would like to reserve your tickets, please call the library. You can then send your check to West Dennis Library, Taste of Dennis, PO BOX 158 West Dennis, MA 02760.
Don’t forget this is an Auction too!
There is something for everyone at the auction. Here are just a few of the items up for grabs: Red Sox tickets, an autographed Red Sox baseball, an autographed Bruin’s hockey puck from Milan Lucic, a Jane Pope Lamp, art, jewelry, a professional portrait sitting, and this fully rigged 14’ O’Day Sail Boat. Plus a 50/50 raffle.
So come for the food, come for the fun and take something home (maybe even the boat!) to get your summer off to a great start!

Father's Day Program

The Ultimate Tea Party

 On Saturday, the West Dennis Graded Schoolhouse filled to the brim with mother's and their children of all ages for the ultimate tea party.  Everyone dressed in their best, and some wore fabulous hats, to the envy of this author, to dine together on finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and desserts galore.  Let me tell you about those desserts.  They included baklava, eclairs, chocolate dipped strawberries, and more!  Ladies sipped tea while Mairead Doherty strummed her harp surrounded by a lush garden provided by the Green Spot.  The Friends of the West Dennis Library organized a wonderful afternoon, enjoyed by all who attended and coveted by all who did not get their tickets in time.  No worries, Tea will be served again . . . next May!
Thank you to the Friends and volunteers who cooked, baked, and carried tables tirelessly, to our business supporters, and to the attendees.

Amazon to Allow Library Lending of Kindle Books

New program will integrate with all existing ebook catalogs offered through OverDrive

"Library patrons across the United States will soon be able to borrow ebooks from over 11,000 libraries using Amazon's Kindle reading device.
Long a missing link in the library lending chain, Amazon's announcement today that it will offer, sometime later this year, Kindle library lending is likely to create a flood of demand, since many patrons have long been puzzled and librarians irritated by the inability to use the market-leading device to access library books.
The lending will be available for all generations of the Kindle as well as Kindle reading apps, and it will integrate with all the existing ebook catalogs in the United States powered by OverDrive. In other words, the libraries—including schools, colleges and public libraries—will not have to add a new format, and the ebooks now available on the OverDrive sites will be immediately integrated with the Kindle, Dan Stasiewski, a marketing associate with OverDrive, told LJ. . ."(follow the link for more)
Michael Kelley Apr 20, 2011

My Library Story

I will never forget the day, when I was in first grade, that I discovered an amazing place to visit. To this day I still visit them where ever I am living. My little friend from school had me over to her house after school. On the way home, she took a slight shortcut in her usual route walking home. I had to rush home to share my new experience with my mother that night!!
"Mom, Mom!! I found a building today in town that is filled with shelf after shelf of books to read. You can even have a card stamped and kept at this place they called a Library! They keep the card that says what book or books I had, and when to return them. They LET you borrow them to read. You don't pay anything, unless you return the book late. Then you have to pay a fine. Can you believe it, Mom? Have you ever seen such a place?"
Mom was noticeably biting her lip, trying not to laugh. She knew of this place, and had used it herself! I asked her to take me there when I finished the books I had checked out! She was totally saying, "Yes, Dawn, I will take you there whenever you want to go." Wow, I loved my Mom extra big that day!!
Dawn Morea