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Do you need something to do with others? The library's Virginia Swartz community room (located in the lower-level of the library) holds several programs each month. The programs vary and meet many of the needs and interests in our community. The community room is handicap accessible; access is available from the main entrance of the library via steps or the lower-level parking lot (no steps.)
Here are some of the main programs held at the library and a little bit about them:
Zumba class (Saturdays from 9:15 – 9:45 a.m.): Zumba is dance fitness classes that are fun, energetic, and make you feel amazing! Join in our lower-level community room. Learn more at https://www.zumba.com/en-US/p/jennifer-hund/1606650.
TIU Adult Education/GED classes (Thursdays from 12:30 – 3 p.m.): The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit (TIU) can help you earn your high school diploma and more. Join in our lower-level community room.
Alcoholics Anonymous (Fridays at 6:30 p.m. for men and 8 p.m. for women): Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who come together to solve their drinking problem. It doesn't cost anything to attend A.A. meetings. There are no age or education requirements to participate. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem. A.A.'s primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety. Join in our lower-level community room.
Book Club (2nd Monday of the month from 6 – 7 p.m.)
Kiwanis Club (2nd Thursday of the month from 10 – 11 a.m.): The Kiwanis Club is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Their local chapter meets in the lower-level community room.
Juniata County Stamp Club (Every two months on the 2nd Wednesday from 1:30 – 4 p.m.)
Visit www.juniatalibrary.org or call the library at (717) 436-6378 for more details.
Book of the week!
If you are going to read one book, give this one a try...
The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
(New adult fiction: thriller, action, suspense) ~ 380 pages
In a nutshell: Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair.
It is important to note that this is not an average Koontz book. Nope. It's clean, as if it was written for youngsters. The main characters are in their early 20s instead of their mid-to-late 30s, as in most Koontz books. Not college educated, not ex-military, and so many other nots.
Benny is not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn't know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time. How strange–though it's a blessing, his uncle promises. Stranger yet is what's inside the crate. He's a seven-foot-tall self-described 'bad weather friend' named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world. Spike will take care of it. He'll find Benny's enemies. He'll deal with them. This might be satisfying if Spike wasn't such a menacing presence with terrifying techniques of intimidation. In the company of Spike and a fascinated young waitress-cum-PI-in-training named Harper, Benny plunges into a perilous high-speed adventure, the likes of which never would have crossed the mind of a decent guy like him.
Bottom line: My fellow Shippensburg University grad has a new book that is a fast read and a bit different from his usual works.
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Vince Giordano has been the librarian and director of the Juniata County Library since 2015.