News
Show only
The Penn State Extension, will be offering a Cooking for Crowds course led by Extension Educator Lynn James MS, RD, LDN, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 at The Public Library for Union County, 255 Reitz Blvd., Lewisburg.
Training topics include: foodborne illnesses; preventing conditions that lead to foodborne illnesses; safe purchasing, storage, preparation and service for crowds; monitoring and record keeping; cleaning and sanitizing and more.
Click the link below for the Cooking for Crowds brochure with the registration form attached. Please fill out the registration form and send with payment to the Penn State Extension Sunbury Field Office at 443 Plum Creek Road, Sunbury, PA 17801.
If you have questions or would like additional information call the library at 570-523-1172.
Diet, nutrition and fitness will be the focus of the Libraries for Health Expo slated for 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 at The Public Library for Union County.
This all-age event will feature something for the entire family with story time, child fingerprinting by the Buffalo Valley Regional Police and live demonstrations including cooking, yoga and Tai Chi.
Evangelical Community Hospital will provide body composition screenings which include body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentages. A registered dietician will be available for risk counseling.
Geisinger Health System will be offering blood pressure screenings through the Lewisburg community practice clinic and cancer screening information in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Center. Through a grant from Kohl’s Cares for Kids, Geisinger will also sponsor children’s activities, including Nintendo Wii Fitness and a raffle for a children’s bicycle and helmet.
The Special Olympics from Union and Northumberland counties will be showing off their Bocce ball skills, while the Penn State Extension will be offering healthy cooking demonstrations, with a special focus on diabetes. For children, the Extension will offer “Color My Plate” activities.
The Union-Snyder Community Action Agency will offer information on providing healthy food for families, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the WIC program, a special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children.
Along with the live demonstrations there will also be health and wellness information and representatives from area organizations including the Union-Snyder Agency on Aging, Inc., Donald Heiter Community Center, Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA, the Girl Scouts and more. An additional raffle of a healthy foods basket, donated by the Natural Food and Garden Store, Ltd. will also be held.
The Libraries for Health Expo is a project of the Union County Library System—The Public Library for Union County, Lewisburg; Herr Memorial Library, Mifflinburg; and the West End Library, Laurelton—in conjunction with the Union-Snyder Agency on Aging, Inc., Evangelical Community Hospital, Geisinger Health System, and the Penn State Extension. The Libraries for Health group was formed in 2010 to improve and expand health materials in the libraries’ collections through a $20,000 LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) grant received by the library system.
For more information on the Libraries for Health Expo, visit the library at 255 Reitz Blvd., Lewisburg or call 570-523-1172.
Helpful tax resources such as contacts for and links to federal, state and local tax information and links to filing taxes electronically are available. If you are new to PA and need to also file taxes in another state, you’ll find a link to out-of-state tax forms. Visit any of the Union County libraries’ web sites: publibuc.org, herrlibrary.org, westendlibrary.org and unioncountylibrarysystem.com. Go to “Find an Answer” in the left-hand menu and select “Taxes and Voting.”
The Union County libraries offer downloadable audiobooks and eBooks for people on the go, like you! The libraries downloading site listentobooks.org is now called eBranch2Go. The name has changed but all the easy-to-use features remain the same. To borrow audiobooks and eBooks online, you will need a library card from one of the member libraries – the Public Library for Union County, the Herr Memorial Library and the West End Library. Some devices require free software before you download an audiobook or eBook (available at eBranch2Go). Information about downloading audiobooks and eBooks and about compatible devices is available on the site. Go to Getting Started for more information or call the Public Library for Union County at 523-1172.
The three libraries in the Union County Library System can now lend eBooks for the Amazon® Kindle.
“This addition helps public libraries accelerate their drive to become the first online stop for eBooks, where visitors can browse, discover, and sample new and popular titles and authors in virtually all subjects,” said Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive, a leading digital distributor of eBooks and audiobooks.
Through a North Central Library District contract with OverDrive the three members of the UCLS — The Public Library for Union County, the Herr Memorial Library, and the West End Library — are able to offer many works in electronic form. Ebooks can be downloaded to desktop and notebook computers, as well as to smartphones and eReaders.
The process for borrowing a public library eBook for Kindle is similar to the process for other devices. Most eBooks already in the libraries’ catalog are compatible with Kindle, so users simply browse or search for “Kindle Book,” check out a title with a valid card from the UCLS libraries, and then click “Get for Kindle.”
Access to the Kindle Book will occur at Amazon’s website after the user signs in and selects delivery to a Kindle device or any of the free Kindle reading apps. As with all of the libraries’ eBooks and other digital content, titles are available 24/7 and incur no late fees because they automatically expire at the end of the lending period.
In addition to Kindle, OverDrive provides support for all major desktop and mobile devices, including Windows®, Mac®, iPod®, iPhone®, iPad®, Sony® Reader, NOOK™, Android™, BlackBerry® and Windows® Phone. A complete list of compatible devices is available online.
To get started, eBook users should have a valid Union County Library System card ready and click on the “Look for Books & More” or “Online Resources” buttons on the left side of any of the following websites: www.unioncountylibrarysystem.com, www.publibuc.org, www.herrlibrary.org, and www.westendlibrary.org. More information about how to proceed is available online.
Also, a dedicated station for downloading audiobooks is available at The Public Library for Union County, 255 Reitz Blvd. in Lewisburg. For more information, call (570) 523-1172.
Looking for a free, reliable resource for information? What could be more trustworthy than the World Book Encyclopedia? Get the right facts, fast with World Book Online. You’ll find thousands of articles, interactive maps, multimedia, reviewed Web sites and more. Separate interfaces for preschoolers, elementary students, middle and high school students, adults and Spanish language learners make it the primary resource for all ages. Connect to World Book Online from the library’s Online Resources page.
The three member libraries of the Union County Library System - Public Library for Union County, Lewisburg; Herr Memorial Library, Mifflinburg; and West End Library, Laurelton – will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24th. Herr Memorial Library will be CLOSING at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23rd.
Books may be returned that day in the book drops provided at each of the libraries. The Public Library for Union County also has an AV drop where movies, music and audiobooks may be returned.
Patrons who have created an online account may renew books online.
Have a question? Need homework help? Chat with a live librarian at Ask Here PA, Pennsylvania’s 24/7 reference service for fast answers to your questions. Click on: Ask a Librarian for help.
The three member libraries of the Union County Library System – The Public Library for Union County, Lewisburg; the Herr Memorial Library, Mifflinburg; and the West End Library, Laurelton – will be closed for Veterans Day, Friday, November 11th.
Books may be returned that day in the book drops provided at each of the libraries. The Public Library for Union County also has an AV drop where movies, music and audiobooks may be returned.
Have a question? Need homework help? Chat with a live librarian at Ask Here PA, Pennsylvania’s 24/7 reference service for fast answers to your questions.
The three libraries in the Union County Library System can now lend eBooks for the Amazon® Kindle.
“This addition helps public libraries accelerate their drive to become the first online stop for eBooks, where visitors can browse, discover, and sample new and popular titles and authors in virtually all subjects,” said Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive, a leading digital distributor of eBooks and audiobooks.
Through a North Central Library District contract with OverDrive the three members of the UCLS — The Public Library for Union County, the Herr Memorial Library, and the West End Library — are able to offer many works in electronic form. Ebooks can be downloaded to desktop and notebook computers, as well as to smartphones and eReaders.
The process for borrowing a public library eBook for Kindle is similar to the process for other devices. Most eBooks already in the libraries’ catalog are compatible with Kindle, so users simply browse or search for “Kindle Book,” check out a title with a valid card from the UCLS libraries, and then click “Get for Kindle.”
Access to the Kindle Book will occur at Amazon’s website after the user signs in and selects delivery to a Kindle device or any of the free Kindle reading apps. As with all of the libraries’ eBooks and other digital content, titles are available 24/7 and incur no late fees because they automatically expire at the end of the lending period.
In addition to Kindle, OverDrive provides support for all major desktop and mobile devices, including Windows®, Mac®, iPod®, iPhone®, iPad®, Sony® Reader, NOOK™, Android™, BlackBerry® and Windows® Phone. A complete list of compatible devices is available online.
To get started, eBook users should have a valid Union County Library System card ready and click on the “Look for Books & More” or “Online Resources” buttons on the left side of any of the following websites: www.unioncountylibrarysystem.com, www.publibuc.org, www.herrlibrary.org, and www.westendlibrary.org. More information about how to proceed is available online.
Also, a dedicated station for downloading audiobooks is available at The Public Library for Union County, 255 Reitz Blvd. in Lewisburg. For more information, call (570) 523-1172.
Dr. Donald Kraybill, who is nationally recognized for his scholarship on the Amish and other Anabaptist groups, is the author or editor of more than 25 books and dozens of professional articles. His 2007 non-fiction book “Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy” with Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-Zercher examines the Amish understanding of forgiveness and explores how and why they responded to the 2006 killing of Amish school children at Nickel Mines in Lancaster County with grace.
On Thurs., Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. Dr. Kraybill is scheduled to give a presentation in the Weber Chapel Auditorium at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove. Doors will open at 6 p.m. There is no reserved seating.
The free public event is presented as part of the 2011 Read Across the Valley project “Living Simple, Living Plain.” A cooperative effort of one academic and 13 public libraries, the Read Across the Valley project encourages exploring regional cultures, reading, and building a sense of community by encouraging residents to talk about what they read.
Member libraries are: Beavertown Community Library, Degenstein Community Library, Herr Memorial Library, James V. Brown Library, McClure Community Library, Middleburg Community Library, Milton Public Library, Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library, Priestly-Forsyth Memorial Library, The Public Library for Union County, Selinsgrove Community Library, Blough-Weis Library of Susquehanna University, Thomas Beaver Free Library, and West End Library.
The National Endowment for the Humanities and numerous private foundations have supported Dr. Kraybill’s research projects, and he is the series editor of “Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies” published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
His presentation is the final of four Read Across the Valley presentations in 2011. Kevin Williams, editor of “The Amish Cook” column and co-author of several “Amish Cook” books, spoke in Sunbury in July. Marta Perry, author of a series of Amish suspense books, spoke in Sunbury in August. Tamar Myers, prolific author of two mystery series, spoke in September in Williamsport.
“Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy” and Dr. Kraybill’s 2010 book will be available to purchase at the event, and Dr. Kraybill will be available to sign materials after the presentation.
The author’s presentation is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities’ “We the People” initiative. Additional Read Across the Valley sponsors include Kohl’s, Sam’s Club, Sunbury Broadcasting Corp., and the Wal-Mart Foundation.
For more information about the Read Across the Valley project, follow the organization on Facebook or visit www.readacrossvalley.org