National Coupon Month

September is National Coupon Month!!
Look in local papers and online for great savings.
Harris Teeter will triple coupons up to $0.99 face value until 9/22/09!
At BFR we have 2 coupon boxes on our tables with clipped coupons you can take to any local store and receive discounts.

Coupon Clubs meet at the following libraries:
Hickory Grove Branch- Every other Tuesday @ 6:30 PM (704-416-4400)
North County Regional- Every Thursday @ 11 AM (704-416-6000)
Morrison Regional- 9/22, 10/27 @ 3 PM (704-416-5400)
Mint Hill- 10/5 @ 6 PM (704-4165200)

The Free Library of Philadelphia Closing!

The Free Library of Philadelphia will be closing on October 2, 2009 due to lack of funding. Please check out the website above for more information. This could happen to any library system without adequate support by legislators and the community. Hopefully the senate will pass a bill allowing for more funding to enter the city and provide for the library. We will keep you posted!

2009 Fall Fashion Show

This special tribute to the late great Michael Jackson will feature traditional dress for school, work and going out on the town with a special flair. Models will also receive special training by Studio 12 instructor Mr. Russell Brown.

Saturday September 19, 2009

3:00 pm @ Beatties Ford Road Library

To be a part of this event, please call the library at 704-416-3000.

Pimp My Bookcart

Every year the creative minds at Unshelved present "Pimp My Bookcart." Now, librarians know what a bookcart is. It is simply the cart we use to reshelve materials.
Pimp My Bookcart shows the artistic side of a profession largely believed to stick to the uniform order of Dewey. Check out some of these carts and let us know if they don't make you smile.
Perhaps next year, our very own Beatties Ford Road will throw in our hat to compete against these fine bookcart designers.
Pimp My Bookcart

Early Voting Rocked!

Early voters came out November 1 for an amazing 4 hour wait to cast the ballot. We are proud of all of our voters! The line wrapped around the building. Between the band in the front lawn and the impromptu kids' football game in back, we had a community event.

New Favorite! LibraryThing

LibraryThing can help you organize your list of books! For those of us who choose to use the public library on a regular basis, we can have a difficult time remembering which books we already read. This can be especially helpful when requesting titles without seeing the cover.

All you have to do is create a username and account and start loading in titles that you have read. My favorite part is that I can note which books in a series I still need to read. It is all right there added in by people in LibraryThing.
Check it out!

Teapots!

In preparation for our Mother Daughter Tea in May, we are organizing a display at our library featuring different types of teapots.

If you live in the Beatties Ford Road area, or the Charlotte/Mecklenburg area and would like to share your tea accessories with us, please contact us at 704-336-2882 and ask for Sally. All shapes and sizes are welcome!

Word of the Day

Cacophony- noun 1. harsh discordant mixture of sound. 2. dissonance; discord.

-Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus 2nd. ed.

The great cacophony of arguments over the future of libraries made many book lovers anxious of the technological advancements.

Word of the Day

Antediluvian-1. of the time before the Biblical Flood 2. very old or out of date.

-Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus 2nd. ed.

How very antediluvian a person would have to be to not know who Bill Gates is!

Check back tomorrow for another word of the day!

Spring Break

As many librarians know, Summer and Winter Break pale in comparison to Spring Break for the students of CMS. Some venture in to research colleges, others starting to apply for summer jobs. MySpace.com and Facebook will be the other crazy popular reasons to come to the library. As mature individuals with the ability to go unchaperoned, they will make their decisions accordingly as to how they spend their time.

For parents who are unfamiliar with MySpace, we invite you to MySpace for Parents. This class will examine just what MySpace is and what dangers your young adult may face.

MySpace for Parents

April 24th @ 10:00 AM

Call 704-336-2882 to register