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SUMMER NEWS!
   There is an ongoing book sale upstairs in our library.  All books are half price. Hardcovers are .50 cents and paperbacks are .25 cents.  Come see the new additions to the sale! We have added VHS movies to the sale! Also, the Library Board will meet on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 7:00 at the library.  The public is welcome to attend. 
      Our knitting and crocheting club meets every Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00 at the library.Wheel chair and walker bags are currently being made for the nursing home residents. 
      Our Adult Bunco Club usually meet on the last Wednesday of the month at 6:00 in the evening.
       Also,the Bridge Class will comtinue for the summer months.  They meet on Mondays at 12:30.
STORY HOUR
Our Summer Reading Program and Story Hour are now going on.     The children are doing crafts, reading books, and participating in games. On July 22nd at 10:00, the 4-H members will put on a show for the children.  Come join the fun at the Ashland Public Library!!!
LIBRARY FUNDING UPDATE
     In Govenor Rendell's new state budget, libraries in Pennsylvania will see a large decrease in revenue. Please contact Gov. Rendell and ask him to reconsider his budget cuts concerning libraries.

     We encourage all patrons to support any fundraisers or any drive appeals made by local libraries.

     If you would like to voice your opinion to Govenor Rendell or any of your representatives contact them at the address below:


                         The Honorable Edward Rendell
                             Governor of Pennsylvania
                              225 Main Capitol Building
                                Harrisburg, PA 17120
                                     (717)787-2500
                               
[email protected]
MEMORIALS








In Memory of Patricia Hillis
By: Linda & Dave Gerlott

In Memory of Marcia Miller Hornung
By: Sparky's Kids: Linda, Sharon, & Bill

In Memory of Francis A. Sapp and in Honor of His Family
By: The Charles Hampton Family
  Book Donated "A. Sapp's Fables-The Political Plumber"

In Memory of Grace Hepler
By: Madeline Kerrigan

In Memory of Betty Helwig
By: Irene Kaufman & Family

In Memory of Audrey & Victor Klinger
By : Anne Lorady, Mary & Rich Ludwig

In Mempry of Daris (Bracey) Hosler
By: Barbara & Bob Nestor

In Memory of George & Ellen Stefovic
By: Linda Gerlott

In Memory of Marvin Smink
By: Wade & Virginia Goyne,Olga Feudale, Margaret Mary Brown, Frances Barnabe, Susan Klinger

In Memory of Ethel Yeager
By: Ann & Arthur Baumann, Carol & William Petrusky,Kathryn Owen, Joe & Susanna Misstishin, Joseph Shoup, Patti,Gee,Mike & Jim, Aunt Jean & Uncle Jim, Pekera & Artz Family, Jr. & Dot Hinkle, The Fisher Family

In Memory of Ethel T. Lane
By: The Ashland Library Staff: Ann H., Betty, Ann Mc.,Rene, & Beverly, Irene Kaufman & Family, Peg Scott, Mr. & Mrs. James Stepanchick, Chris Brennan & Family, Anne Lorady, John G. Devine, Nathaniel A. Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. Tom Dempsey, Bud & Pat Medlinsky, Jim & Mary Ann Kulenguskey, Kent & Inez Lane, Mr. & Mrs. John Youskites, Andrew & Daniel Procopio, Peggy Burke, Blanche & Marcia Ossman, Helen Wolfgang, Edward & Catherine Moyer, Rosemarie K. Noon, The Democratic Club of Ashland, Margaret Mary Brown, Shirley A. Winters, Ann Hood, Louise & Carl Imm Cooper, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D'Auria

In Memory of Helen Kull
By: Mr. & Mrs. Richard Berger

In Memory of James J. Tedesco
By: April & Ed Wytovich and Family

In Memory of Charles W. Remaley
By: Ruth & Louis Swatski

In Memory of Dale D. Heckman
By: Ruth & Louis Swatski

In Memory of Germaine Cole
By: Patti Wesner & Family

In Memory of Alvin Rickert
By: Mr. & Mrs. Louis Swatski

In Memory of Violet Grant Derr
By: Terry Szott

In Memory of Dorothy Fritz
By: Ann Helwig

In Memory of Karen Weyman
By: Ruth & Harold Geist, Heather & Omar Nokta

In Memory of Stanley Leonard
By: The Flannery/Chapek Family, Mr. & Mrs. Ron Boucher, Edward R. Lavelle, Leslie & Jim Connelly, Eva Martel, Daryl & Marianne Swade, Bill Hunter, Tim & Mary Leonard, Employees and the Yarn Spinners of the Ashland Public Library,The Family of Stanley Leonard

In Memory of Jean L. Sener
By: Donna & Bob Cress

In Memory of Inez Gensel
By: Irene Kaufman & Family, Margaret Mary Brown, Fran & Dave Mitten

In Memory of Jack Chappell
By: Dave & Linda Gerlott

Im Memory of John C. Fickinger
By: Louis & Ruth Swatski

In Memory of Catherine H. Gross
By: North Schuylkill Faculty and Staff Members, Madelin & Lee Krah

In Memory of Harry Strouse
By: The Board of Directors of the Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society

In Memory of Frank Johnston
By: The Lucky Dawgs

In Memory of Roy Dengler
By: John & Mary Ann Wolfgang & Family

In Memory of Pauline Bensinger
By: Clyde Bensinger, Irene Kaufman & Family

In Honor and Memory of the teachers of the Butler Township Class of 1946
By: The Butler Township Class of 1946

In Memory of Helen Cannon
By: Tom & Carol Green & Daughters

In Memory of Fay C. Ossman
By: The Class of 59'

In Memory of Hazel D. McGinley
By: Irene Kaufman & Family, Tom & Carol Green and Family, William & Carol Petrusky

In Memory of Dorothy Gushen
By: The Ashland Area Municipal Authority, The Ashland Borough Council, Laurel & Michael Scicchitano, Lawrence & Deanna Shuey and Family, Chris & John Deromedi, Joseph Hanna, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wetzel, Ellen DeAngelo,The Saukaitis Family, The Union National Bank-Mt. Carmel, Paula Kodack and Dot Gressens, Betty Sue Puglia, Anne Leonard, Betty Neumeister, Dorothy A. McCormick, Patty Kimsal

In Memory of Mary Bolich
By: Irene Kaufman & Family, Ann Beck,  CASA Trucking Inc., John Hogan

In Memory of Gloria Chiaretti
By:  Patti, Alex & Leann Wesner

In Memory of F.George Kenney
By: Dave & Linda Gerlott

In Memory of Edward Dougherty
By: Michael & Bonnie Yanuskiewicz, Charles & Susan Yourshaw, The Library Staff: Ann H., Betty, Ann Mc., Rene, & Bev, Mr. & Mrs. Wade Goyne, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Holowaty, Mike & Peg Grigalonis, Mary Umlauf, Jeanne Dougherty
 
In Memory of John "Smokey" Boylan
By: Anne & Don Felker, Donna & Bob Cress

In Memory of Diana Rodick
By: The Schuylkill County Council for the Arts, Inc.

In Memory of Janet Dembinsky
By: Mr. & Mrs. Louis Swatski

In Memory of Joan Zangari
By: Dave & Linda Gerlott

In Memory of Esther Skocik Wagner
By: The Skocik Family Memorial

In Memory of Thomas Alexander
By: Donna & Bob Cress

GIFTS AND HONORS



A signed copy of the book "Amelia Rules! When the Past is a Present" was given as a gift by the author Jimmy Gownley

In Honor of Ginny Goyne's 60th Birthday
By: Joann Woodward, Margaret Mary Brown, and Kathy & Gary Glessner, Val & Clyde Hornberger

A Book was given as a gift to the library by Amy Susan-"The Librarian of Basra"-A True Story From Iraq", by Jeanette Winter

A book "Jekka's Complete Herb Book" was presented to the library by the Fishing Creek Herb Guild

                A book "Snow Place Like Home" was presented to the library in honor of Mark Jiannino By: Aunt Rene

In Honor of Val & Clyde Hornberger's 40th Wedding Anniversary
By: Wade & Ginny Goyne




































               




































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