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e are really looking forward to 2022 here at the library with the return of some favorite programs and some big changes on the horizon for our building. Story Time returns on Thursday mornings at 9:15 a.m. starting Jan. 13. This program is geared toward kids ages 3-5 and their parents or caregivers. Each week Felicia will read stories and have an easy craft for kids to participate in. This program is great for getting kindergarten ready, but also for some good old fun. For the littlest library patrons, we have Mother Goose programs each Monday at 9:15 a.m. in the library meeting room.
and will also introduce This program is for baparticipants to other rebies, toddlers and their sources the library has for parents or caregivers and researching your family includes stories, nursery tree. Watch for technolorhymes and songs. This gy programs is a great each month opportunity at the lifor parents to brary. meet and kids We have to play. Older been trying siblings and friends are to tell everyAbbi Dooley, always welNorth Lake County Public one about Library District all of the come. great digital Join Sierra resources the library ofon Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. for our first technol- fers, but we aren’t seeing a lot of usage on some ogy program of the year of them. We are due to entitled, “Get Started renew our Freegal subwith Genealogy: Using scription soon and need the Ancestry website to your input. Freegal is an research family histoad-free music streaming ry.” Sierra will walk you service at no cost to lithrough how to use the Ancestry Library website brary cardholders. With
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our renewal we would get unlimited streaming and continue our five free downloads per week. Freegal offers some of today’s new music (like Adele’s new album) as well as millions of old favorites. If you want us to keep Freegal, please take just a minute to complete our survey on our website or Facebook page today. Felicia was doing a little new year tidying up and found a couple of LeapPads that still work. They’ve got new batteries and are seeing a new life in the library. These are available to checkout for 14 days along with books and cartridges too. These are great learning tools for young children.
Did you know we still offer curbside service? Curbside delivery is a permanent feature available to all patrons for “holds” pickups. Just pull up in front of the library, give us a call and tell us the last five digits of your library card number. We will get your holds checked out, bagged up and delivered to your vehicle. We can even do contactless delivery to your trunk. The library will be closed on Monday, Jan.17, for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The library is open Mondays – Fridays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday and Friday reserved as a high-
MT state senators call for ‘Convention of States’ I
n August of 2020, we wrote not fix everything, own everything, or control everything. We an opinion opposing Modern Monetary Theory (or MMT, warned that printing unlimited quantities of money despite the “too good to be true” idea that the federal govdeficits would be inflationary, and that ernment can spend other countries that unlimited amounts Rep. Terry Moore, of money, regardhave gone down this Sen. Tom McGillvray path have destroyed less of revenue, in order to benefit their economies and currencies. (German currency the country and the economy). became worthless and Germans We disagreed with MMT on the strongest terms. Since that lost everything due to hyper-intime, the federal government has flation from 1920 -1923). The numbers are now in. Noadded $8.4 trillion dollars to our national debt, which now stands vember consumer price inflation checked in at 6.8% while proat $29.2 trillion. We appealed to the common ducer price inflation is pacing at 9.6% annualized. Used cars are sense that the government can-
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up 31% year over year, energy is up 33%, and housing prices have increased 18.6%. Food items like meat and eggs are up 14% and 11% respectively. To exacerbate the inflation problem, supply has been decreased due to government regulation related to the pandemic and otherwise. Labor productivity has fallen at the fastest rate recorded in the past 60 years, and farm productivity is down. An accelerating supply of money chasing after fewer goods and services presents a horrifying inflation scenario. We are sorry to report that the fiscal 2022 federal budget continues to accelerate long-term Valley Journal
deficit trends and spends $6 trillion dollars despite a $4 trillion income. These numbers do not include the potential “Build Back Better” plan. For fiscal year 2022, entitlement spending is expected to be $3.9 trillion. Interest on the debt is projected at $.3 trillion. An alarming 100% of revenue is spent on entitlements (Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, childcare payments, unemployment, etc.) and interest on the debt. This means that to pay for national defense or infrastructure, we must borrow from foreign nations or just print money
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