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Barton Library offers summer reading program Brooke Burger
June 4, 2014 Volume 10 – No. 15 WANT MORE?
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This summer the Barton Public Library will combine the joys of reading with the excitement of science in this year’s “Fizz, Boom, Read!” summer reading program, which opened registration today, June 4. According to youth and teen services librarian Laura Cleveland, public libraries have always made an effort to pick up where schools leave off in the summer months. “We attempt to make our programs educational and entertaining,” Cleveland said. She added, laughing, “If it’s not fun, I don’t want to do it!” In addition to the interactive programs, all participants can sign up for the reading challenge, which will chart the books each youth reads throughout the summer. For each book, the participant will receive a coupon that can be used to collect prizes at the end Library Fun: Barton Public Library
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youth and teen services libarian, Laura Cleveland cleans up in the
children’s area June 4. Cleveland will lead the summer reading program.
Beat the bugs this summer – p. 6
More than a dozen artists to be featured at local exhibition New discoveries abound as 15 artists from across the south coast return to the Merkle and Price galleries of the South Arkansas Arts Center for the new exhibition, “Tides and Currents: Contemporary Art Along the Gulf Coast.” The collection will be on display through June 28. An artist reception will be hosted by the SAAC Visual Arts Committee from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 28 at the Arts Center. The exhibition marks the return of many of the artists to SAAC’s galleries with new creations that explore various mediums and the versatility of art. The exhibition includes works in acrylics, assemblages, encaustics, graphite and ink on wood, handmade papers, pottery, sculpture, textiles, and watercolor. The award-winning artists included in the exhibition are Annette Blocker, Susan Carranza, Kat Fitzpatrick, Kerr Grabowski, Mary Hardy, Carol Hutcherson, Adele Lawton, Ellen Ellis Lee, Trailer McQuilkin, Bill Myers, Vicki Niolet, Mary Pickard, Joey Rice, Peggy Tilley and Jessie
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— Brooke Burger / South Arkansas Leader
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