Myra Wilson's blog

CAR REPAIR GOT YOU DOWN?

carDo you need some help with car repairs? The Library can help you with that. You have access either from home or in the Library to the Chilton Online Auto Repair Manuals using your library card number and your four digit PIN code. These manuals give current automotive repair data including diagrams. Just go to our website www.hcpl.net and click on Databases and Automotive.

SAVE MONEY ON SUBSCRIPTIONS

magazine displayDid you know that the La Porte Community Library can save you a bundle of money on magazine subscriptions? We have a large selection of magazines which you can check out. Then just return them and you get to skip the step of having to store them, throw them away or recycle them. What a deal!

GAME TIME UNPLUGGED

Did you know that every Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 we go "old school" at La Porte Community Library? That is when we have Afterschool Game Time. You and your friends can play a selection of board games and find out who can dominate with the roll of the dice instead of a handheld controller. All are welcome to try their hand at checkers, chess, Monopoly or many more games. Join us.

HISTORY ON MICROFILM

History buffs  and students this blog entry is for you. La Porte Community Library is a repository for back issues of the old Houston Post and the Houston Chronicle on microfilm. We have the Houston Post from January 1, 1976 through April 18, 1995. We have the Houston Chronicle from January 1, 1976 through May 23, 2000. You may view any of these issues on the microfilm reader/printer which was donated to the Library by the Friends of the La Porte Library. The Library also has the local newspaper Bayshore Sun on microfilm from March 22, 1962 through December 30, 2007.

MEET LA PORTE'S TEEN WINNER

Kayli PerryThe La Porte Teen winner of a $20.00 gift card to Barnes & Noble for participating in and completing the Teen 2009 Summer Reading Program is La Porte Junior High 7th grader Kayli Perry. Kayli enjoyed last year’s Summer Reading Program so much she decided to join this summer. Two of her favorite books are The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Snail Mail No More. She attended several summer programs. Her favorite was the ceramic birdhouse craft.

Meet La Porte's ReaderNation Winner

ReaderNation WinnerThe La Porte winner of a $50.00 gift card to Amazon for participating and completing the Adult Summer Reading Program is Leveta Allen. Ms. Allen is a weekly visitor to the La Porte Community Library where she finds a range of books to enjoy. She was thrilled to be selected our winner and says she will be asking her granddaughter for guidance on using the Amazon gift card.

Where do you find public postings?

One of the perhaps unknown services the La Porte Community Library offers is as a site for public display of industry permit applications and environmental impact documents. The various surrounding plants are diligent in providing this information to the public. If you wish to read any of this important literature, stop by the information desk and a librarian will guide you to it.

We the People Bookshelf

La Porte is one of several branches to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association. Look for our display of a collection of 17 books on the “Picturing America” theme. These books are designed to encourage people of all ages to read great literature while exploring themes in American history. 

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