Here's Some Other Dates For Your Calendar

We sat around here the other day with the Director and planned our calendar for the year. If we don't do that, we can be "dead-in-the-water" at some of the most important times. (Sailboat owners know about being "dead-in-the-water"; of course, some other people may have a different explanation for the saying.)
Our calendars that are provided for us have all the national holidays included. They're the kind of calendars given out by banks, funeral homes, and realtors. The nice thing about them is the huge square for each day, big enough for us to write all our daily events.
Even though most of the things we write on our calendars are what we need to do at the library at a certain time, there are a few times when we post fliers to let you know the dates our doors will be closed.
It's those dates you need to add to your calendar. So, here they are:
January - Of course, that's gone, but we did reopen after the holidays on January 4th. And we were closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the 18th.
February - Mark Monday, February 15th, down as Presidents' Day when we're closed.
May - We're closed on Monday, May 31st, for the observance of Memorial Day.
July - Another Monday we're closed...July 5th to observe Independence Day.
August - Every year we close for Inventory Week. This year it will be Monday the 2nd through Friday the 6th. We'll reopen on Saturday the 7th.
September - Monday the 6th, we're closed for observance of Labor Day.
November - Thanksgiving holidays when we're closed will be Wednesday the 24th through the 27th. We'll reopen on Monday the 29th. (Of course, we're closed on the 28th, because we're always closed on Sundays.)
December - January - For the Christmas holidays, we'll be closed Monday, December 20th, through January 2, 2011. We'll reopen on Monday the 3rd.
Also, if you're interested, we have a few more very important dates you can add to your calendar.
Our Friends of the Library meet the last Monday of every month, except when we're closed for holidays.
Beginning Tuesday, February 2nd, through Tuesday, April 13th, the AARP Tax Aide Volunteers will be in the auditorium to help taxpayers file their taxes. Also on the Tuesdays of February 9th and 23rd, the CRMC Corporate Health Nurses will be here to do blood pressure checks. That's a great thing to have done before or after you file your taxes!
On May 22nd, the library and the R. J. Taylor Foundation will sponsor a "Genealogy Writing and Publishing Workshop." On the 27th, the library's third annual "Books & Bites" authors' event will take place.
And on Friday, November 12th, the annual Veterans' Coffee will be held in the auditorium.
We hope this list will help you know when the library is closed, and also help you mark those important events you'll want to be part of. It's great fun planning for our patrons. We try to make your library-life an interesting one.
Let us know if there are other dates you think we should include on the library calendar.