Welcome to 2017! We are getting ready for our adult winter reading program that will begin Jan. 16 and run until March 25. The theme this year will be “Reading in Paradise.” Stop by the front desk to register starting Jan. 16.

This year’s adult winter reading program will be a little different. There will be extra points for completing the game board and for reading books that have keywords dealing with the theme “Reading in Paradise.”

The wrap-up party will be 1 p.m. and/or 6 p.m. March 27.

See the handout at the desk for more information. Think warm tropical islands this winter in Pennsylvania!

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Join us for our third Monday open mic and jam night 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Thank you to Rocking the Valley Online Radio for broadcasting live from the library!

Entertainers interested in performing three songs or a 15-minute set are asked to sign up just before 6:30 p.m. Musicians, singers, poets, comedians, actors, writers, storytellers, etc., come show off your stuff! We also welcome you to come and just be part of the audience.

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Our third Tuesday movie night will be 6:15 p.m. Jan. 17. The movie for January will be “Middle School - The Worst Years of My Life” (PG-rated). Come to the library to watch a movie!

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The library is proud to announce we have our new closed-circuit television (CCTV) ready to go! It’s the Optelec Clear-View with speech for our visually impaired patrons. This was purchased with funds donated and raised by Whitehall Lions Club and other community sponsors. Please stop in and see the unique visual machine.

The Lions Club raised money by having a duck derby in September 2016. The library has this unit open to the public and free to use by folks with visual problems.

The library board, staff and patrons would like to thank Whitehall Lions Club and the other community supporters for helping in the purchase of the CCTV.

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Did you know even on snow days you can access our databases from your home computer? Just have an updated, active Whitehall library card and a PIN, and you can use any of the databases on the right side of our site.

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Are you looking for a way to help your library? Here is a wish list of items: gift cards to any store, art supplies, colored printer paper and birdseed.

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See information in our newsletter or on website, whitehallpl.org. Copies of the newsletter are available at the front desk as well. For other information, call the library at 610-432-4339.