Dear library patrons and history buffs:
Local history has never been so accessible!!
Our Digital Watauga collections are increasing as more is contributed for digitization!
See the link below and be transported to another time:
Here is a photo from the collection taken in 1957.
"Pageant Parade," Digital Watauga, accessed June 27, 2017,
http://digitalwatauga.org/items/show/2984.
The project began with an LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) federal grant two years ago and is running strong due to community contributions, the support and expertise of the Watauga County Historical Society, and Appalachian State University.
Funding in part is provided by a grant from the Legacy Fund, which is administered by the North Carolina Community Foundation.
Press Release
Save the Date... Thurs., August 3 at 4:30 pm for a Home Movies showing night. More information will be forthcoming in July!
~ Monica Caruso, County Librarian
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Summer Reading Program
Thanks to the Friends of the Library
for their support!
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WATAUGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS
Monday, July 10th at 11:30 am
Art, Books and Children with Ms. Pegge Laine
Tuesday, July 11th at 1:00 pm
Polymers and Putty Science
Tuesday, July 18th at 7:00 pm
Look Up to the Stars with Kevin Manning
**Thank you to the Community Grant from Blue Ridge Energy which makes the Look Up to the Stars program possible.**
Wednesday, July 19th at 4:00 pm Sciencetellers: Pirates
COMING IN AUGUST:
Wednesday, August 2nd at 10:00 am and 11:00 am
Game Truck (Two Sessions - Please sign up - Tweens and Teens)
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Western Watauga Branch
Summer Reading Events
Thanks to the Friends for their support !
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Wednesday, July 5th at 10:30 am
Flow Circus
Tuesday, July 11th at 3:00 pm
Hands on Museum: Polymer Science- Silly Putty
 Wednesday, July 19th at 10:30 am
Art, Books and Children sponsored by the Turchin Center (Picnic Shelter- Old Cove Creek School)
Wednesday, July 19th at 1:00 pm
Science Tellers
Thursday, July 20th at 7:00 pm
Look Up to the Stars
COMING IN AUGUST:
Wednesday, August 2nd at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm
Game Truck
(Two sessions - si
gn up required)
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 Thank you to Ms. Judith for all the hard work she has done to make the Butterfly Garden an added beauty spot to our library! The library entrance looks spectacular.
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Annual Reading Challenge
Congratulations to Laura Minnich for winning the second quarterly drawing for the Aunnual Reading Challenge! The prize for this quarter's drawing was a $25.00 gift certificate to Pepper's Restaurant. We're very grateful to Pepper's for their support of the Annual Reading Challenge. Thanks to everyone who submitted books to the Annual Reading Challenge website.
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MindKare Kiosk pictured in back of library
How are you feeling lately?
The MindKare kiosk, a program of Vaya Health, offers a quick, anonymous assessment for treatable conditions like depression, anxiety, and more, as well as information about treatment resources in the area. It makes checking in on your mental health as easy as checking your blood pressure.
Press Release
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Find Waldo in Downtown Boone!
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This July, Foggy Pine Books will be hosting an exciting month-long scavenger hunt to find Waldo in twenty-five participating local businesses. Throughout the month, there will be prizes awarded to the players. Please stop in at the library to participate!
Where's Waldo in Boone
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Through a grant from the High Country Watermedia Society and funding from the DBDA, the Watauga County Public Library was able to purchase an art display system and is now able to participate as a venue for First Friday Art Crawls! On July 7th, from 5:00-6:30, the library will be hosting art generated by the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum's Afternoon Art and Doodlebug Club programs. The public is invited to attend.
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Pillowcase Project coming in August!
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The Pillowcase Project, sponsored by Disney, is a preparedness education program for grades 3-5 that teaches students about personal and family preparedness and safety skills, local hazards, and basic coping skills. Red Cross volunteers lead students through a "learn, practice, share" framework to engage them in disaster preparedness and survival skills. Upon completion, students receive a sturdy pillowcase in which to build their personal emergency supplies kit.
Please make plans now to attend on August 1st at
11:30 am.
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Family Story Time
Stories, songs, and crafts!
Daily at 11:00 am
Baby Lap Time
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 am
Lego Club
All ages welcome!
Wednesday, July 5th at 3:30 pm
Alphabet Ready by 5
Celebrate a different letter of the alphabet on Mondays....coming soon!
Scavenger Hunt
Search for a new title each week this summer!
Leo Visits!
Monday, July 3rd at 11:30 am
Monday, July 17th at 11:30 am.
Coding Club for Tweens Coming in August!
EBOB Book Club
The meetings will resume in September with the book discussion of
Blue by Joyce Moyer Hostetter.
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Legal Aid N.C. Clinic: Expungement
Wednesday, July 5th at 2:30 pm
Genealogy Gathering: Frency Canadian and Acadian Ancestry
Thursday, July 6th at 2:00 pm
High Country Lifelong Learners Movie: "Chinatown"
Monday, July 10th at 2:00 pm
Cook the Books Mystery Book Club:
Think of a Number by John Verdon
Tuesday, July 11th at 4:00 pm
Friends of the Library Meeting
Wednesday, July 12th 1:30 pm
High Country Writers
Thursday, July 13th
10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Library Board Meeting
Thursday, July 13th
1:30 pm
Endowment
3:00 pm
Kids and Cornbread Cakes
Tuesday, July 18th at 2:00 pm
The King Bees Blues Duo - "The Blues and History"
Saturday, July 22nd at 2:00 pm
Book Bunch: The Green Road by Anne Enright
Tuesday, July 25th at 1:30 pm
High Country Writers
Thursday, July 27th
10 am - 12:15 pm
Stock Market Timing: Proof that it works
Saturday, July 29th at 1:00 pm
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