Another Happy Birthday To:

Fellow Pennsylvanian W.C. Fields!

To learn a little about this talented man whose career spanned vaudeville and films go here: http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/pa_wcf.htm .

Many people remember him for his comedy but he got his show business start with juggling...and he was AMAZING!
Don't believe me? Check out the YouTube video below. (He makes it look Sooooooooo easy!)

W.C. Fields Juggles

Happy Birthday To:

Jackson Pollock!
Just in case you don't know who this major force in the abstract expressionist art movement was you can go here to find out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock .

And just for fun try your hand at virtual painting in Pollock's style here (trust me, it's fun) :
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Note: You will see a blank page.....just move your cursor to get started.....clicking the mouse changes the color.
Now Peeps...... go be creative!!!!

AFL's National Day of Service Report

We are happy to report that we took in over 500 lbs. of food for our local Food Bank. This food drive was in response to President Obama's (actually President-Elect at the time) call for Americans to participate in a National Day of Service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As we didn't have much lead time for this event it's amazing the amount of food we took in. Thanks to all the wonderful folks in our communities that participated. Just like most of the things we do here at the library we couldn't have done it without you! (Stay tuned next year as we are considering making this a yearly event.)

Inauguration News & A Vicki Sighting!!!

So... did all of you see our young adult librarian, Vicki Gingrich, being interviewed by WGAL at the inauguration last week? (If you know Vicki you are not surprised that out of the thousands of people there she's the one that landed on TV.) It was an awesome day & we had our library TV broadcasting the events for our patrons. Here are some of Vicki's photos of the day:

Greetings from the circulation Desk!

For those who don’t know me, my name is Paula La Flame. I started working at the library mid-November. It has been a pleasure getting to know members of the community. I appreciate everyone’s patience while I have been learning the library’s system. I would also like to thank the Library staff for all the help they have given me. The Annville Free Library is a wonderful place to work. Stop in and say hello!

An Annoying Song in Honor of our New Blog

Go ahead.....judge for yourself just how annoying this is. (Personally, I find it more annoyingly funny than just merely annoying.) Let me know what you think.
Just click on Lloyd!

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