Sometime in the upcoming year everyone will have a new website to look foward too.

Stay tuned............................

This group meets the first Monday of each month at 2:00 to discuss a mystery book that has been selected the previous month.  These books are usually fiction and always exciting with the descussion led by Barbara Johnson.

JANUARY - "NEW TRICKS" by DAVID ROSENFELT

FEBRUARY - "PLUM LOVIN'" by JANET EVANOVICH

MARCH - "DAMAGE CONTROL" by JA JANCE

APRIL - "LIVE TO TELL" by LISA GARDNER

With tighter budgets, both in the home and in the Poland town government, your library building is beginning to suffer. People have generously donated the money for new ceiling tiles and just recently the Friends of the Library provided the money for a new vacuum cleaner. We realize that times are hard and it isn't always possible to give financially, and we also realize that if we draw upon the funds of the Friends for simple maintenance then there will be fewer funds for programming such as the Summer Reading Program.

Do you like art? Do you like a variety of art? Maybe you like art, but, like many of us, can't afford to continually buy new pieces? If that's so, then the library has the answer! Thanks to the generous donations of many people, the library has several pieces of art available for two week loan. Yes, they go out just like books!

As a courtesy to all the daycares in the Poland area, one of our volunteers, Suzie Stover, will come to your daycare and do a Storytime! This Storytime includes the reading of several stories appropriate for the preschool age and a craft also appropriate for the preschool age. If you are interested in having Suzie come to your daycare, either for a single visit, or on a regular basis, please call us at 998-4390. This service is only offered from September to May, and is not available during June, July, and August.

Ricker Library now has Kill-A-Watt Energy Detectors available for loan. These wonderful little devices can be used to determine how much energy the electronic devices in your house are using. In essence: IT WILL HELP YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN CUT YOUR ELECTRIC BILL AND SAVE MONEY! We have two Kill-A-Watt Energy Detectors and they are available for a one week loan. They must be returned in one week. There is a $1 fee for every day they are overdue.

We at the library understand that not all who want to come are able to come, so we have started an Outreach Service.  Through the Outreach Service Poland residents who are not able to come to the library will be able to rent printed books, audio books (both cassettes and CD's), music, and videos (both VHS and DVD). The items you rent will then be delivered to your home and picked up when you are finished with them.To join the Outreach Service Program simply call the library at 998-4390 or fill out the following form and send it to us at:

Calling all little ones and their parents/ grandparents/ guardians! Join our Storytime Lady, Carolyn, Tuesday mornings for an hour of riveting stories, can't - put - down crafts, music and even a toy time! All children of preschool age are welcome to join us every Tuesday morning at 10:00, following the school calandar. Please remember that this an opportunity for children and parents/ grandparents/ guardians to play together; parents/ grandparents/ guardians are therefore encouraged to stay.