Thank you for voting for the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Harrisburg Magazine's Simply the Best contest this year. We are delighted, thrilled, and honored to announce that your votes resulted in us receiving the Simply the Best award in the Library category. THANK YOU for your votes and your support. We appreciate your confidence in us! Sue Erdman
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Diener's Dine OutWednesdays in August, 7:00 am - 1:00 pm Dine at Diener's Restaurant and support the Friends of the Simpson Library! Enjoy a great meal at Diener's Downtown with your family and friends and 20% of the cost of your meal will be donated to the Friends of the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library! Pick up your dine out flyer at the Simpson Library today or download one online. Complete the form and give to your server.
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Run For Reading Saturday, August 13, 8:30 am
Join us on Saturday, August 13, for our 10th annual Joseph T. Simpson Public Library Run for Reading 5K Run and 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk! The fee to register is $25. This is a great family event and proceeds benefit children's programs and services at Simpson Public Library. We hope to see you there!
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Sunday, September 18, 12:30 pm Join us for our Simply Simpson Library Luncheon and Fashion Show on Sunday, September 18. Located at the West Shore Country Club in Camp Hill, this event features a delicious lunch and a fashion show with fashions by Little Black Dress and children's clothing from Snazzy Giraffe. The cost to attend is $50 and payment is due at the time of the reservation. Reservations must be made by September 7.
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Tuesday, August 2, 6:00 pm Join us on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6:00 pm to play your favorite board games. Meet other board-game enthusiasts in the community and exercise your mind! Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite games to play with others, but the library will provide board games and snacks. Bring a friend or two along as well! If you're interested in attending, please contact Club President Peggy Long at peggywilsonlong@yahoo.com.
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Teen Movie Night Thursday, August 4, 6:30 pm Teens are invited to come and watch a movie about a boy who is taken to battle school to save the human race from a technologically superior alien race. There will be a quick prize drawing at 6:30 pm and then we will show the movie. Popcorn and drink are provided. Register at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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Coloring for Adults Friday, August 5, 12:30 pm Coloring for adults has been very popular at Simpson. We now meet the 1st Friday of every month to relax and enjoy a couple hours of creative bliss! Bring what you are working on or find something new from our collection of coloring pages. We will supply the pictures, pencils, markers, and music for this event. Light refreshments will also be available. Grab a friend and spend a lunch hour in the library. Register at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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Wednesday, August 10, 7:00 pm What do you do with a ton of tomatoes, a zillion zucchini, and a mountain of mint? You preserve it of course! Explore how to preserve food using the oldest method of food preservation, dehydrating. Many people are familiar with canning and freezing but dehydrating is simple, easy for anyone to do, and allows you to provide delicious food and treats for your family. Register at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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Teens are invited to come and watch a Mystery Skit. Between the scenes of the play, enjoy appetizers, pizza, and dessert. During dessert, teens will complete a form stating who they think is the murderer and why. There will be a prize drawing from those forms with the correct answer. Registration is required so we will have enough food. Register at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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Remember “PLAY”? No contests, no stress, no timing, no need to prove something – that is what this night is offering. We will be supplying an extensive collection of Legos (Why should kids have all the fun?), jigsaw puzzles, card games, origami paper, board games, coloring supplies, music, and snacks (coffee and biscotti, the adult version of milk and cookies!). Join us for this fun evening of taking a break from “adult”. Register at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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Operation Brick Build Saturday, August 20, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Teens will be able to build LEGO creations based on categories and exhibit them to the public. There will be a special build from the PENN LUG group of adult LEGO builders and attendees to the exhibition will be able to guess how many pieces were used to make the build. The person with the closest guess without going over the correct answer will receive a prize. There will be a free building time in the Tutoring Room on the upper level of the library. Exhibits will be set up on Friday afternoon from 2:00-5:00 pm. Register at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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For a complete list of Simpson Library's programs and events, please visit our Events Calendar.
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Our second session of PowerPoint will build on the basic skills introduced in the beginner session. Learn techniques such as creating slide transitions, drawing and resizing shapes, adding animation, adding 3-D effects to a shape, and inserting movies and sounds. In this class, you will be introduced to the basics of turning on a computer and navigating the desktop using icons, buttons, menus, and windows. You will learn how to acccess the computer's built-in help features, startup, and use Windows 10 to access files and applications. Finally, you will learn to navigate the Internet using web browsers and search engines. In this class you will learn the difference between Windows 10 and Windows 8. Find out if upgrading to Windows 10 is right for you and your computer. You will learn the basics like the new Start Menu, the Edge browser, Cortana, multiple desktops, the Action Center, and Tablet Mode. We will also cover navigating the desktop, searching and working with files, and adjusting your settings. These classes are free, but registration is required and limited to 8 attendees. Register now at the library or by calling 766-0171.
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Mad About Mysteries Wednesday, August 10, 7:00 pm This month we're reading reading Taken by Robert Crais. When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike and they soon determine that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the professional border kidnappers. Fortunately, the kidnappers don't yet know who the boy is, but when Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, he himself is taken. Now it is up to Pike to retrace Cole's steps, burning through the hard and murderous world of human traffickers . . . before it is too late.
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This month we're reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth. Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge.
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Beginning August 1, stop in and see some great items in our lobby display case that will be part of the 4th Annual Friends of the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library Online Auction. The online auction begins August 15 and ends on August 24. Bookmark www.simpsonlibraryauction.org which is where you’ll find the auction items, registration information, and bidding instructions. Bid early and bid often between August 15 and August 24 and support this fundraising event! Thank you to our presenting sponsor, PinnacleHealth, for their support of the Friends of the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library. You’ll find a wide variety of items including gift cards for local restaurants, handcrafted items, event tickets, gift baskets, artwork, and more! Website registration opens on August 10 at 9:00 am. Bidding begins on August 15 at 9:00 am and closes on August 24 at 9:00 pm. Join the fun and support the Friends of the Simpson Public Library.
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Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) was launched in 2013 as a portal to the digital collections of museums, libraries, and archives in the United States. These unique collections offer a fresh perspective on history, culture, and literature for teachers, historians, genealogists, and the curious! You can search DPLA by timeline, map, institution, subject matter, and more. Check out the Digital Public Library online or find it in the list of databases under the “Collections and Services” menu on our website.
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The Joseph T. Simpson Public Library has an eyeglass donation container in the library's lobby. The Mechanicsburg Lions Club empties the canister and refurbishes, repairs, and refits glasses for people in need both locally and globally. If you've got old eyeglasses and prescription sunglasses that you no longer need, bring them in on your next trip to the library and deposit them in the Lions Club container.
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The Friends of the Simpson Library support the library with fundraising activities, community activities, library programs, and advocacy for quality library service. _________________
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New Items _______________________
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Support Simpson _______________________
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If you shop at Amazon, use AmazonSmile, select Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, and .5% of your eligible purchase prices will be donated to Simpson Library. ________________
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Faxing Services Simpson Library offers faxing services (sending only) for a flat rate of $1 per page! __________________
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Simpson Library Hours ____________________
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Upcoming Library Closings _______________________
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Featured Items __________________
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Mission Joseph T. Simpson Public Library is a community center for learning and leisure. __________________
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PA Forward is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Library Association designed to increase awareness of the vital role libraries play in the well-being of their communities. ________________________
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