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Note: the Juniata County Library's Board of Trustees meeting has moved from the first Monday of the month to the second Monday of the month. Their meetings are open to the public, held in the Virginia Swartz Community Room at 7 p.m.
Do you need to fax something or make a copy? I don't know of anywhere else in the area that offers a fax machine. Come to the Juniata County Library.
Here is a rundown of the many office services we offer:
Faxing: $1.25 per page. We can send or receive a fax on your behalf.
Copying: 35¢ per side in black and white or $1 per page in color.
Scanning: Free. Your documents get scanned as a PDF file to your email or a flash drive.
Notarizing: Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Most notarizations are $5 or less.
Laminating: $1 per page.
Shredding: $1 per pound or $20 per box.
Public computers: Free to use while at the library.
Our hours are Mondays 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reach us at (717) 436-6378 or at 498 Jefferson St., Mifflintown, PA 17059, or online at www.juniatalibrary.org.
Book of the week!
If you are going to read one book, give this one a try...
Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane by Lindy West
(New adult nonfiction: biography, self-help, humor) -- 336 pages.
In a nutshell: A well-realized, candid memoir that reveals an unconventional approach to life.
The author of a memoir (Shrill, 2016) and two essay collections tackles big subjects here. Beset by spiraling self-esteem, to say nothing of having to wear the corrective dental apparatus of the title, West has a gift for making metaphors of her situation: "Our teeth are floating, each loose and alone in tissue," she writes, and alas, so are we, too, capable of being pushed together "if we're willing to move through the pain of it."
A second issue is that West is "fat," her word, in a society that worships slenderness, revealing that "here's the truth: Sometimes I feel bad in my body." For all that, West manages to extract humor in the many odd moments she finds herself in while taking a restorative drive from Seattle to Key West, Florida, and back again. She lampoons the stereotype of her Washington home as being half granola types and half "agitating to become part of Idaho."
Memorably, she writes that a campground bathhouse "looked like a serial killer's toy box." Amid the humor, though, are moments of great insight, many clearly born of keeping a careful eye out while passing through "this ludicrously large country."
Bottom line: West's relatable and kind book is sure to leave readers with a newfound openness toward their own hearts, minds and bodies.
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Vince Giordano has been the librarian and director of the Juniata County Library since 2015.