The Whitehall Township Public Library is having a Basket Silent Auction Fall Fundraiser this week and it will end at noon on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Bidding will run through noon Saturday, Sept. 27. The winner need not be present to win but must pay in cash or by check by Saturday, Oct. 4, to claim the basket or the prize reverts to the next highest bidder.

Patrons can register at the front desk and receive a bid number and a copy of the rules. Patron must be 18 years or older to participate.

There are 40 baskets available with a variety of themes, including pasta, Josh Early candy, barbecue, back-to-school backpacks, Pennsylvania travel, New York Yankees, cooking and kitchen utensils, scrapbooking, museum passes, "I need a Drink" (coffee, tea and hot coca basket), a basket of mohair yarn and autographed books by authors like Debbie Macomber, Robin Carr, Linda Lael Miller and Carolyn Hart, to name a few.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Health will offer free blood pressure screening at the library on the first Friday of each month, from 10 a.m. to noon.

The next screening will be Friday, Oct. 3, in the library community room.

No registration is needed and it is open to the public.

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Join us for our monthly book discussion in October when the book is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.

We offer the book talk twice during the month. One is 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, and the other is 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7. Each discussion covers the whole book, so you do not need to come to both (though you are certainly welcome to do so). Just pick whichever time is more convenient for you.

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All of our programs are free and open to the public. Call me at the library for more information on any of our programs. We have the newsletter and calendar on our website and at the front circulation desk. For more information, call 610-432-4339.