SOME NEWS ABOUT THE BIG SALE!!!!

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DON'T FORGET!

RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY IS CLOSED AUGUST 27, 2010

LIBRARIES HOUSE HUMANITY'S ACCOUNT OF ITSELF

Treasured Shelves

Take me! Take me! I

Hear from the library shelves as

Students seek knowledge, pleasure

Time's treasures await claiming by

Serious reading students to seek, find

Books of today,

Yesterday that invite

Them to fulfill their desires.

Religious beliefs, art's accomplishments

History's telling, biography greats

Science's discoveries, music's variety

Literature's enjoyment, all await choosing as

If time were timeless eternity to

Be fitted in a moment of decision.

Libraries house humanity's account of itself

Generation after generation leaves its

Best for posterity, we have but to

Seek, learn, enjoy treasures that are ours

Awaiting our discovery.

such a beautiful perspective....thank you Sr. Mary Agnita Coakley for touching our lives.

SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS - AT THE LIBRARY

CHECK OUT UPCOMING ADULT PROGRAMS

Summer is coming to an end and so too are the trips to the beach - so plan to attend some great programs at the library!

FIRST NOTICE - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

September 25th is the townwide garage sale in Red Bank

The Friends of the Red Bank Public Library, together with RedBankGreen, will be supporting this event. Registration takes place at the library. (Dates and details to follow so check back!)

At the same time, the Friends will be holding their Book Sale Extravaganza - Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Bag Sale).

Don't miss this great event the last weekend in September!!!

A POEM FROM A DEAR PATRON

Sr. Mary Agnita Coakley, a long time patron of the Red Bank Public Library and a revered member of the community of Red Bank and St. James Parish, passed away recently. Not until her death did I realize she was a published poet - and that she wrote several poems about the joys of the library! I feel some regret that I didn't get to tell her how much I am enjoying her poetry. Here is just one of her poems

LIBRARY QUESTERS

Row on row books stand waiting, inviting
All who come, discover between
Covers every kind of treasure, would
You be a sleuth seeking to solve a mystery
A captain on a ship tracking down pirates
Explorers of space and beyond going
Between planets, moons, comets, stars
Seeking an answer to the origin of life,
An archaeologist trying to unlock ancient
Mysteries that have defied solutions,
A romanticist seeking tales of love tried, true
A would be traveler seeking foreign ports, places
Beckoning, intriguing, must be seen first hand,
A scary story reader before bedtime,
A ghost story teller to frighten unsuspecting listeners,
A teller of folk tales giving glimpses into the past.

For those who would uncover its riches by
Expanding knowledge, enjoying flights of fancy, a
Visit to the library is the present touching the past
Meeting the future in ways yet unknown, all this and
More await questers who would seek its treasures

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