Programs
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Children's
Story Hour
Several
branches of the Northeast Regional Library offer weekly pre-school
story hours. Stories, songs, games, and crafts are offered for children
aged three to five. Special arrangements may be made with an individual
branch to bring pre-school, kindergarten, or school-aged children
for a class visit. Below is the schedule of story hours throughout
the Region.
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BRANCH
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DAY
|
HOURS
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PHONE
|
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BOONEVILLE
|
TUESDAY
|
10
- 10:30 A.M.
|
662-728-6553
|
|
CORINTH
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THURSDAY
|
10
- 10:30 A.M.
|
662-287-2441
|
|
IUKA
|
3rd
THURSDAY SEPT - MAY
|
9
- 10:30 A.M.
|
662-423-6300
|
Summer
Library Program
Each
summer, the Northeast Regional Library sponsors a Summer Library Program
to encourage children to continue to read while they are out of school
for the summer. The program has a theme which celebrates reading and
which ties in with summertime activities that interest children. Past
themes have been "Super Sports Summer", "Thrills and
Chills", "Get a Clue @ Your Library", and "Paws,
Claws, Scales, and Tales". The Mississippi
Library Commission coordinates the reading program in Mississippi
and distributes free training and manuals for implementing the theme,
bookmarks, reading logs and certificates, and other promotional materials
which the child may keep after completing the program. The multi-state
Summer Library Program is conceived and implemented by the Collaborative
Summer Library Program.
Book
Discussion Groups
The
Corinth and Iuka libraries hold monthly book discussion groups that
are open to anyone who would like to participate. Corinth holds its
discussion group on the third Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m.
in the library's conference room.
Iuka
holds its discussion group on the second Tuesday of each month at
noon.
Friends
of the Library Programs
Friends
of the Library support an individual library by holding book sales,
hosting programs, and helping to publicize activities being held at
the library.
Friends
of the Iuka and Booneville Libraries host "Lunch Breaks"
for anyone who wishes to attend. Lunch Breaks provide lunch and a
one hour program which varies from month to month. Past programs have
included authors, antiques dealers, florists, and a variety of topics
of interest.
The
Friends of the Iuka Library holds a Lunch Break every other month,
from September through May, at 12 noon. The cost is $2 and includes
lunch and beverage.
The
Friends of the George E. Allen Library in Booneville holds a Lunch
Break on the first Monday of each month, October through June, at
12 noon. The cost is $4 and includes lunch and beverage.
Friends
of the Library Groups
Baldwyn
Friends
of the Anne Spencer Cox Library
Paris Osmondson, President
Booneville
Friends
of the George E. Allen Library
Cathy Dunaway, President
Corinth
Friends
of the Corinth Library
Lucy Duffy, Secretary/Treasurer
Iuka
Friends
of the Iuka Library
Nancy Brown, President
