The Watauga County Public Library will be CLOSED on Friday, May 10 for staff training and Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day
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Watauga County Public Library                                          May 201 9
 
Thank you to VITA Tax Volunteers
 
Pictured at an appreciation lunch are Dr. Mary Ann Hofmann, Accounting Professor at ASU, Monica Caruso, County Librarian and her son Vincent, Christian Britt, VITA Site Coordinator, Sam Raburn, Assistant Site Coordinator, and Rao Aluri, Past Site Coordinator and Post Season Tax Preparer. Other volunteers not pictured were Cathy Miners, Sydney Carter, Kayla Keener, and Gregory Cole Dixon. 
Thanks to this crew, 224 returns were prepared here yielding $236,680 in refunds.
VITA is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year!
For five decades, partners and volunteers have assisted low-and moderate income taxpayers with the preparation and filing of their returns.  They have provided individuals and families with a valuable service at no cost, while also identifying the credits and deductions to which they are entitled. 


Thanks so much to the Friends and the IRS for their support with this important service to our community.
Tweetsie's 100th Birthday
toy-train.jpg Celebrate Tweetsie's 100th Birthday on Friday, May 3 from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm.
*Train-themed crafts for kids at 4:00 pm
*Presentation with Dr. Plaag
*"When the Linville River Railway Came to Town" and screening of the film
*"Take a Ride Inside the Linville River Railway" following
*Walking Tour through Downtown Boone at 6:30 pm
Author Visit
     On Wednesday, May 8 at 6:00 pm, author of Flower Dog Man: A Primer, Kirk Abner will speak. 
     Kirk Abner's life was normal. Aspirational, even. His childhood was enjoyable. His parents were loving and successful. He attended private school, and by the time he finished college, some of his work was recognized by President Ronald Reagan. But what looked like happiness on paper couldn't be further from the truth. By the time Kirk turned forty-one-years-old, he was overwhelmed. Life was not what he hoped it would be. Disappointments led to frustration which fueled anger. After months and years of the same, it turned to depression. Finally, he became suicidal.
    While Kirk courageously persevered from a state of despair to overcome his suicidal disposition, his experience begs the question: How does a person with a strong and healthy upbringing reach such a drastic conclusion - to commit suicide?
    Kirk confronts this critical question in Flower Dog Man - and offers compelling answers that can strengthen any persons resolve to live, and live meaningfully.
Author Visit
High Country Writers welcome John Guzlowski, poet, holocaust speaker, and author of the mystery Suitcase Charlie as our speaker for the regular program meeting, Thursday, May 9. Meetings are from 10 a.m. to noon. Programs are co-sponsored by the Library, and the public is invited.
 
His most recent novel, "Suitcase Charlie," from Kasva Press, is a noir crime thriller about the murder of a young boy whose dismembered body is found in a suitcase. Set in Chicago in 1956, Guzlowski was inspired by a series of murders that horrified his city in 1955.
Guests are welcome.
For more information about HCW, visit the website: www.highcountrywriters.org .
Free Movie
Join the High Country Lifelong Learners for the movie, Monsoon Wedding (2001) on Monday, May 13 at 2:00 pm. 

A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding.  The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lost of music and even a new romance for the wedding planner Dubey with the housemaid Alice...
This film is included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die."

All are welcome!  Bring a chair cushion and a non-alcoholic beverage, if you wish.  High Country Lifelong Learners will provide popcorn.
Friends of the Library
For the April 2019 newsletter for the Friends, click here.
Thank You Donors
Barbara Perry-Sheldon ~ Adult Books
Kirk Abner ~ Book donation titled "Flower Dog Man: A Primer" by Kirk Abner
Judith Geary ~ Book donation titled "The Elephant in the Room" by Tommy Tomlinson
In This Issue
Children's Programs
Family Story Time
Stories, songs, and crafts 
Daily at 11:00 am

Alphabet Ready by 5
Celebrate a different letter of the alphabet on Thursdays

Baby Laptime
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 am

Awesome Alphabet Activities
  Friday, May 3
9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Full Steam Ahead
 Saturday, May 4
drop in from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Star Wars Challenge
"May the Fourth Be With You"

Lego Club
All ages welcome!
Wednesday, May 8
3:30 pm

Dungeons and Dragons
Saturday, May 11
at 1:00 pm

Coding Club
Ages 10-12
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm

Dungeons and Dragons
Saturday, May 25
at 1:00 pm

May Scavenger Hunt:
Butterflies 

Look for Story Walks at Blowing Rock Memorial Park and Tot Lot!
Adult Programs
Friends of the Library Meeting
Wednesday, May 1
1:30 pm

Watauga County Public Library Board
Thursday, May 2
1:30 pm

JFK Assassination Theories, 56 Years Later
with area resident
Mr. Michael Pardue
Saturday, May 4
1:00 pm

Cook the Books!
Mystery Book Club Discussion:

 Broken Harbor by Tana French
Tuesday, May 7
 4:00 pm

Next Chapter Book Club
Wednesday, May 8
4:00 pm
 
Legal Aid N.C. Clinic:  Custody
Tuesday, May 14
2:30 pm

Book Brewers Discussion of The Lost Book of the Grail by Charles C. Lovett at Pepper's Restaurant
Wednesday, May 15
6:00 pm

Legal Aid N.C. Clinic:
Divorce
Thursday, May 16
2:30 pm

Genealogy Gathering
Tuesday, May 21
10:00 am
Guest Speaker Eric Elliot from the Moravian Archives in Winston Salem to share how to use the resources at his archive for genealogical research

Next Chapter Book Club
Wednesday, May 22
4:00 pm

Book Bunch Book Club Discussion:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Tuesday, May 28
1:30 pm
Western Watauga Branch Programs and Events
Book Club Discussion of The Ore Knob Mine Murders by Rose M. Haynes
Wednesday, May 8
2:30 pm

Dementia Support Group

Tuesday, May 28
3:00 pm

For more information about programs, contact Jackie Cornette at
(828) 297-5515
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