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August 2018 Volume 13 | Issue 8

Coming Soon to MCPLS!

Join us at the Marion County Public Library now through the end of August for an exhibit by WV Artist Eddie Spaghetti! Eddie Spaghetti uses woodcut printmaking (carving a slab of wood, then inking the surface) on homemade paper to create his intricate works of art! For more information about Eddie Spaghetti, visit www.eddiespaghettiart.com! This exhibit is part of Fairmont Arts week! Visit facebook.com/Fairmontarts for details and events.

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August New Releases Find more new releases at http://bit.ly/2z8HAbe

Series DVDs

Black Lightning Season 1 Dragonball Z Seasons 6-8 Emergency! Complete Series Golden Girls Complete Series A Haunting Season 7 The Magicians Season 3 Mum Season 1 Paw Patrol: Summer Rescues Stargate Atlantis Seasons 4-5 Stranger Things Season 2 This is Us Season 2 The Walking Dead Season 8

New DVDs

American Animals Avengers: Infinity War Bad Samaritan Book Club Breaking In Deadpool 2 Disobedience Life of the Party God’s Not Dead: Light in Darkness Kid Like Jake Kings On Chesil Beach Overboard Padman Revenge The Rider Shock an Awe Show Dogs Super Troopers 2 Upgrade Woman Walks Ahead

New to us DVDs

Author’s Anonymous Fast Times at Ridgemont High Flight 7500 Frontier House Hostel Part 3 Junior Kill Switch King Solomon’s Mines Last Stand Leatherface Manor House Night Shift The Siege on Firebase Gloria Some Kind of Wonderful

Fiction

As the Tide Comes In by Cindy Woodsmall Avalanche by Mercedes Lackey Born of Blood by Sherrilyn Kenyon The Breakers by Marcia Muller Deceived by Iren Hannon Echoes in the Walls by V.C. Andrews Feared by Lisa Scottoline Firefly Cove by T. Davis Bunn The Goodfellas by Carl Weber The Hope Jar by Wanda Brunstetter The Incendiaries by Ro Kwon The Lady of Tarpon by Judith Miller The Money Shot by Stuart Woods Murder in Paradise by James Patterson Pale as Death by Heather Graham Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter Privateer by Margaret Weis

Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carringer Safe and Sound by Fern Michaels A Simple Singing by Leslie Gould Springfield 1880 by William W. Johnstone Stygian: A Dark Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon Tailspin by Sandra Brown Texas Free by Janet Dailey Texas Ranger by James Patterson ‘Til the Boys Come Home by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles The Usual Sacrifices by Yvonne Navarro Walking Shadows by Faye Kellerman The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Non-Fiction

The 37th Parallel by Ben Mezich Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures, & Truth by Stephen Spignesi The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel Common Good by Robert B. Reich Death of a Nation by Dinesh Dsouza Directorates by Steve Coll Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Otherworldly Encounters by Normar Stevik A Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena A Princess Saves Herself by Amanda Lovelace Russian Roulette by Michael Iskoff See Life Through Rose Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline Trump’s America by Newt Gingrich

Graphic Novels

Amazing Spider-man: Family Business Bleach: Vol 52-69 Dark Nights: Metal Hit-Girl 1: In Colombia InuYasha: Vol 5 Justice League of America: Surgical Strike (Vol 4) Ms. Marvel 9: Teenage Wasteland Sailor Moon Pretty Guardian: Vol 1-12 Spill Zone 2: The Broken Vow Wonder Woman/Conan

Juvenile Fiction

Gabby the Bubblegum Fairy by Daisy Meadow Lost! (Survivor Diaries) by Terry Lynn Johnson Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson Shelley the Sugar Fairy by Daisy Meadow

Audio Books

Feared by Lisa Scottoline God Has a Plan for Your Life by Charles F. Stanley How to Let God Solve Your Problems by Charles F. Stanley Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Ella Macneal Serentine by Laurell K. Hamilton Shot by Stuart Woods Stygian: A Dark Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon Tailspin by Sandra Brown The Money Shot by Stuart Woods Texas Ranger by James Patterson Walking Shadows by Faye Kellerman

Large Print

Her Fear by Shelley Shepard Gray The Hope Jar by Wanda Brunstetter In Dreams Forgotten by Tracie Peterson Keturah by Lise Bergren The Lady of Tarpon by Judith Miller A Measure in Darkness by Jonathan Kellerman Pale as Death by Heather Graham Paradox by Catherine Coulter Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter Texas Ranger by James Patterson

Young Adult Awake by Natasha Preston Dark Nights by Scott Snyder Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy Isan by Mary Ting Lost by Kristin Cast The King of Average by Gary Schwartz The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold

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CDs

Bigger by Sugarland Deadpool 2 Soundtrack F.T.F.O.M.F. by Shaggy 2 Dope High As Hope by Florence + the Machine Kod by J. Cole Last Man Standing by Willie Nelson The Mountain by Dierks Bentley Now That’s What I Call Country 11 Now That’s What I Call Hits & Remixes Now That’s What I Call Music 66 Project Baby Two by Kodak Black White Friday by Yo Gotti Youngblood

Launchpads

A Closer Look at Space (Ages 5-7) Are We There Yet? (Ages 8-10) Count on It! (Ages 3-5) Game Night (Ages 10+) Game the World (Adults) In the Think Tank! (Ages 8-10) Jump, Jelly, Jump! (Ages 10+) Jump Up and Party! (Ages 3-5) Mighty Math Power! (Ages 3-5) Mind Builder (Ages 5-7) Stuffed with Science (Ages 5-7) The Thrill of It A Wild Run! (Ages 8-10)

Children

5 Minute Avengers Stories 5 Minute Spider-Man Stories Albie Newton by Josh Funk Frozen: Ghost Hunt I just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon It’s Your First Day of School, Busy Bus! by Jody Jensen Shaffer Nella the Princess Knight: I Love Queen Mom Peeps at School Lego Ninjago :School for Crooks Disney Princess Palace Pets: Treasure Vamprina at the Beach What’s Your Favorite Bug? by Eric Carle

Community Events We’ll be at these events…See if you can spot us!

First Friday: August 3 Join us in August for our first "Sundae Night" First Friday! This event will take place on Monroe Street. This event is all about the kids, so bring them down for a night of fun. There will be plenty of activities, including: ice cream, FSU Academy for the Arts, games, scavenger hunt, a "drive in" movie, food trucks, face painting, and more! Friday, August 3: 6 pm –8 pm.

Fairmont National Night Out: August 7 On the night of Tuesday, August 7, 2018, citizens of Fairmont are being invited to join forces with thousands of communities worldwide for our National Night Out crime and drug prevention event from 6-9 P.M. at Veteran's Square Plaza. Fairmont PD will be hosting the community event so Fairmont residents, business owners, and guests can get to know each other better as we celebrate fun events and promote public safety. Free food, informational materials, and children's activities is just some of what you'll find there! This is a community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships to make our neighborhoods a safer, better place to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while elevating a true sense of community and provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.

Save, Sip, Stories, and Shred!: August 10 Our newest Bookmobile stop, the Gateway Connector branch of the Fairmont Federal Credit Union, is hosting this event, featuring the Bookmobile, the Sip Station, and a shredding truck! We’ll be there from 10 am—12 pm.

Arts for Kids Day: August 12 Join us at Palatine Park on Saturday, August 12 from 2 pm—5 pm for Arts for Kids Day, part of Fairmont Arts Week! Local businesses and organizations will have free art projects that kids can make! Food vendors will also be set up.

WV PopCon: August 25, 26 WVPopCon is the biggest and best popular culture and comic book convention in West Virginia! Join MCPLS on August 25 and 26th at the Mylan Convention Cen-ter for exhibits, creators, and panels on the latest and greatest of Comics, Movies/TV, Toys, Anime, Manga and Games. Entry charge applies.

Movie in the Park: August 25 Brought to you by MCPARC and MCPLS! Join us at dusk for free popcorn and a great movie! This month's movie is Jumanji: Welcome the Jungle. "Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars (Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan). They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!" -Amazon

Movie in the Park: September 22 Brought to you by MCPARC and MCPLS! Join us at dusk for free popcorn and a great movie! This month's movie is A Dog’s Purpose.

Fairmont 321 Monroe Street Fairmont, WV 26554 304-366-1210

Friends Book Sale Join us Saturday, August 4 at 9 am for this month’s Friends of the Library Book Sale! This month’s deal is buy 2 bags of books, get 1 free! Open 9 am—1 pm.

Story Hour Sign Ups The Story Hour bell is ready to chime and ring in another great year of Story Hour. Join us for another weekly fun filled adventure of wonder. Each week will have its own theme incorporating books, audio visuals, hands on activities, crafts and more make an engaging hour of early childhood development and learning. The Story Hour program is open to children of preschool age (generally 2 ½ -5 years old). Story Hour will begin the week of September 10. Please contact Christian Cox at ccox@mcpls.org or 304-366-1210, extension 113 for more information!

Baby Time/Toddler Time Sign ups for Baby Time (0-18 months) and Toddler Time (18-36 months) will begin in September! Please contact Julie Mike at jmike@mcpls.org or 304-366-1210, extension 118 for more information!

‘Tween the Pages Students in grades 5-8: We’ll be meeting Monday, August 20 at 3:30 pm to discuss Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly. Stop by the front desk to check out a copy today!

Told from four intertwining points of view, the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero). -Amazon

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Awesome Readers Club We’ll be meeting Monday, August 20 at 5 pm to discuss Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Stop by to pick up a copy today! “In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional

reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must com-pete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't.” -Novelist

Book It We’ll be meeting Tuesday, August 21 at 6 pm to discuss Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls!. So if you would like to read outside your comfort zone, as well as have some great conversation and tasty treats, pick up your book and register today!

Painting Class Fairmont Native Gloria McClain will be hosting a sunset painting class on Friday, August 17 at 5 pm! Sign up is required. Visit www.mcpls.org or follow this link to register! http://bit.ly/2AavP4q Part of Fairmont Arts Week.

Leaning Tower of Pasta (STEM) Students in grades 1-8 are invited to take the challenge...the marshmallow challenge! In Leaning Tower of Pasta, participants will use marshmallows and pasta to see who can create the tallest tower! It is brought to you by WVU Marion County Extension Service’s 4-H Youth Development Department on Monday, August 6 at 2 pm. This event, which focuses on the Engineering portion of STEM education, is limited to 20 people. Please sign up at www.mcpls.org or by following this link: http://bit.ly/2uWfN9u

Discover: Sewing Patrons ages 10+ can join us August 14 to make a DIY Plastic Bag Organizer! Please bring your own dish towel, all other supplies will be provided. Participants ages 10-13 should be accompanied by an adult. Each class is limited to 6 people, so registration is required!

Visit www.mcpls.org or follow these links to register! 4:30 pm: http://bit.ly/2JYwplA 6 pm: http://bit.ly/2LCoLSH Part of Fairmont Arts Week! For more information on Fairmont Arts Week, visit "Fairmont Arts" on Facebook

Yarn Guild Love knitting or crochet? We're looking for a tangle of people who love working with yarn! Join us on Monday, August 20 at 5 pm for "Yarn Guild"! By popular demand, the Yarn Guild is a place for anyone who enjoys yarn work to gather with like minded individuals. Open to people of all skill levels! Visit www.mcpls.org or follow this link to sign up!: http://bit.ly/2vgv2cu

Fairview 500 Main Street

Fairview, WV 26570 304-449-1021

If You Give a Child a Cookie…. It’s heeerrreee… To kick off registration for the fall semester of children’s programming, we are once again presenting our “Cookies, Bookies, and Milk” program where we provide games, crafts, stories, and cookies and milk to our preschool aged patrons who are signing up for the fall edition of “Storytime.” Space is limited for this program so participants must register with the library in order to attend. This year, you can choose either the 11 am session or the 1:30 pm session, both held on August 28. During this time, parents can register children ages 12-24 months for “Toddler Time” and children ages 3-5 years for “Story Hour.” These classes are available on a limited first come, first served basis so call or stop by the library for more details. Registration will continue until September 7 or until classes are filled.

This is a Real Puzzler

Also being offered this month is the summer installment of “Cook-a-Book.” We’re featuring a giant word search, design-your-own jigsaw puzzle, and tanagram snack centered around the theme, “This Is a Real Puzzler,” on August 7. This program is available to children ages 6-12, and registration is required for either the 11 am or 2 pm sessions. For fans of our monthly coloring pages, we want you to “Get Fired Up for Reading” this month.

What Do You Know About That? Trivia Contest Adults and teens: are you smarter than a fourth grader? Then prove it by joining us on August 30

anytime from 9 am –

4 pm for the “Back to School Edition” of our “What Do You Know about That? Trivia Contest.” Patrons ages 14 and up are eligible to participate, and the person with the most correct answers wins.

Who’s Your (Sugar) Daddy? Take your best guess in the “Who’s Your (Sugar) Daddy?” guessing jar at the Circulation Desk. If you think you know how many Sugar Daddies are in the jar, be the closest without going over and win!

Speaking of Books Our monthly book club, “Speaking of Books,” meets on August 28 at 4 pm to discuss The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls. “Abandoned by their artist mother at the age of 12, Bean and her older sister, Liz, are sent to live in the decaying antebellum

mansion of their widowed uncle, where they learn the truth about their parents and take odd jobs to earn extra money before an increasingly withdrawn Liz has a life-shattering experience.” -Novelist

Good Reads from Goodreads

If you’re looking for something different to read but aren’t sure where to start, check out our “GoodReads’

Great Recommendations” display. Titles such as A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan, We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas, Best Boy by Eli Gottlieb, and The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler are all novels read and reviewed by readers just like you who belong to the Goodreads readers’ advisory and make recommendations based on their impressions of these books and many others.

Adult Crafternoon Are you an adult patron who has a spare evening to get some crafting done? Then join us on August 7 at 5:30 pm for our “Photo Tinting & Paint Chip Picture Frame Crafternoon.” You provide us with a 5” x 7” black and white photo, and we’ll provide the materials for photo spot color and a custom mat for your picture frame. Space is limited for this event so be sure to register!

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Mannington 109 Clarksburg Street

Mannington, WV 26582

304-986-2803

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Saturday Morning Movie @ The Library Saturday Morning Movie @ the Library, August 25, 11:00 am, featuring: SHOW DOGS (PG); a family comedy about the unlikely pairing of a human detective (Arnett) and his canine partner (voice of Chris “Ludacris" Bridges), who has to go undercover at the world's most exclusive dog show to solve his biggest case yet. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED

Van Gogh and Goodies

What to do with a worn paperback book? Please plan to join Carol on August 27 at 3 pm (teens) or 5 pm (adults) and learn how to make a book page pumpkin; start

crafting now and you could have a pumpkin patch by fall.

Fiction Addiction Fiction Addiction is taking a break for the summer. If you are interested joining this teen book club, pick up a copy of Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake join us in September for discussion, crafts, and FOOD!

Friends of the Library A good vacation book must meet certain criteria: It should be leisurely enough to read in the sunshine, entertaining enough to get you through long trips, and include characters and places you want to spend lots of time with. Find yours at the Friends Book Sale open every week Friday 10-4 and Saturday 9-1.

Cover2Cover Pick up your copy of Honey from the Lion by Matthew Neill Null at Mannington Library and join the “Cover 2 Cover” book club on Thursday, Aug 16 at 1:30 p.m. “After fleeing his childhood farm in the wake of scandal, Cur Greathouse arrives at the Cheat River Paper & Pulp Company’s Blackpine camp, where an unlikely family of sawyers offers him new hope. But the work there is exacting and dangerous with men’s worth measured in ledger columns. Whispers of a union strike pass from bunk to bunk. Against the rasp of the misery whip and the crash of felled hemlock and red spruce, Cur encounters a cast of characters who will challenge his loyalties: a minister grasping after his dwindling congregation, a Syrian peddler who longs to put down his pack and open a store, a slighted Slovenian wife turned activist, and a trio of reckless land barons. Cur must accept or betray the call to lead a rebellion and finally reconcile a forbidden love.“

Toddler Time and Story Time Registration

Help your child get ready to read. Learning to read begins before children start school. From the time they are infants, children learn language and other important skills that will help them learn to read. Developing early literacy skills makes it easier for children to learn to read once they begin school. Fall sessions set to begin in September “ Toddler Time” a program for children up to 3 years of age that meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 am, and “Story Time” a program for children 2-5 years of age that meets on Wednesdays at 10:30 am. You may register when you are visiting the library, by calling 304-986-2803, or online at mcpls.org/library-events. We thank you for letting us know if you are coming, so we can be prepared for you!

Looking for a great beach read? We have plenty in our window display. Of course these books are best enjoyed on vacation and at your leisure. However, even if you’re not traveling, we still have plenty of beach-set books that will transport you.

MCPLS Bookmobile

Monday Monongah Park Trailhead: 11:00-12:00. Monongah Hutchinson: 1:30-2:00. Woodlands Assisted Living Tuesday The Arbors: 10:00-11:00. 410 Cleveland Avenue [1st & 3rd Week] Bunner Ridge: 1:30-2:30. Sagebrush Roundup [1st & 3rd Week] Rivesville: 3:00-4:00. Marion Independent Baptist Church Lot [1st & 3rd Week] PACE: 11:30-12:30 Big Lots Plaza (Country Club Road) [2nd & 4th Week] Disability Action Center: 2:30-3:30. 102 Benoni Ave. [2nd & 4th Week] Wednesday White Hall: 9:00-10:00. Middletown Mall NASA IV & V: 12:00-1:00. Back Parking Lot [1st & 3rd Week] Thursday Rock Lake: 2:00-3:00. Community Center [1st & 3rd Week] Colfax: 3:30-4:30. Community Center [1st & 3rd Week] Friday Miller School Apartments: 11:00-12:00. 2 Pennsylvania Avenue [1st & 3rd Week] Fairmont Federal Credit Union: 11:00-12:00. Gateway Connector [2nd & 4th Week]

The Bookmobile also visits the following locations: Sunbeam Early Learning Center, Stepping Stone Inc., and Kidz Connection, as well as a variety of head starts, day cares, Boys and Girls Club locations,

and more during the school year. For an up-to-date calendar of Bookmobile and Digital Bookmobile events, please visit www.mcpls.org/bookmobiles

Hello All! August has arrived with the promise of a fun filled school year ahead! Until the busses arrive there are still a few more weeks of summer fun to be had. The library has lots of items to help you enjoy the final days in the sun with book, movies, music and more! We had a blast this summer celebrating “Libraries Rock!” for the summer reading program. Thank you to all who participated, we hope you enjoyed all the fun activities as much as we did. We look forward to seeing all the smiley faces for our children’s programming and events! Be sure to check out all the family fun events planned for this year!

Marion Libearian, the town librarian

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Fairmont August 1-31: Eddie Spaghetti Art Exhibit August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Wednesday Night

Tabletop Game Group August 3: First Friday Monroe Street August 4: Friends Book Sale August 6: Leaning Tower of Pasta August 7: National Night Out 6-9 pm, Veteran’s Square August 10-18: Fairmont Arts Week August 12: Arts for Kids Day 2-5 pm, Palatine Park August 14: Discover: Sewing August 17: Painting Class (Adults) August 20: ‘Tween the Pages Book Club Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly August 20: Awesome Readers Club Scythe by Neal Shusterman August 20: Yarn Guild August 21: Book It Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls August 25, 26: WV PopCon Mylan Park Expo Center August 25: Movie in the Park– Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Palatine Park September: Story Time, Baby Time, Toddler

Time sign ups begin September 22: Movie in the Park– A Dog’s Purpose, Palatine Park (Dusk)

Fairview August 7: Cook-a-Book August 7: Adult Crafternoon August 7, 14, 21, 28: Tuesday Nite Knitters August 12: Arts for Kids Day 2-5 pm, Palatine Park August 25, 26: WV PopCon Mylan Park Expo Center August 25: Movie in the Park– Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Palatine Park August 28: Cookies, Bookies, and Milk August 28: Fall Registration begins August 28: Speaking of Books Silver Star by Jeannette Walls August 30: What Do You Know About

That? Trivia Contest

Mannington August 1-31: Story Time Sign Ups August 1-31: Toddler Time Sign Ups August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: Friday Friends

Book Sale (10 am—4 pm) August 4, 11, 18, 25: Saturday Friends

Book Sale (9 am—1 pm) August 12: Arts for Kids Day 2-5 pm, Palatine Park August 16: Cover2Cover Book Club Honey from the Lion by Matthew Neill Null August 25: Saturday Morning Movie @ the

Library Show Dogs August 25, 26: WV PopCon Mylan Park Expo Center August 25: Movie in the Park– Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Palatine Park August 27: Van Gogh and Goodies

Teens: 3:00 pm Adults: 5:00 pm

Check out our online calendar to register for events and get the most up-to-date information! Follow the QR code, or visit: http://bit.ly/2uydBHl