Hallstead-Great Bend Branch Library

PHEAA will be hosting a free virtual financial aid seminar on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. explaining how students can go about applying for financial aid as w...ell as addressing any financial aid questions that parents or students have. If you are interested in attending this seminar, you can register by visiting https://pheaaconf.webex.com/pheaaconf/onstage/g.php.

Make sure to have your children write their letters to Santa and drop it off in our mailbox. This is only available for a couple of weeks so don’t wait!

Congratulations to Helen Ten Hoeve who had the closest guess to the correct number of materials in our library. And no, we’re not going to tell you how many things there are. We may want to have another contest.

Why do I read? I just can't help myself. I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and to be motivated. I read to understand things I've never... been exposed to. I read when I'm crabby, when I've just said monumentally dumb things to the people I love. I read for strength to help me when I feel broken, discouraged, and afraid. I read when I'm angry at the whole world. I read when everything is going right. I read to find hope. I read because I'm made up not just of skin and bones, of sights, feelings, and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm also made up of words. Words describe my thoughts and what's hidden in my heart. Words are alive--when I've found a story that I love, I read it again and again, like playing a favorite song over and over. Reading isn't passive--I enter the story with the characters, breathe their air, feel their frustrations, scream at them to stop when they're about to do something stupid, cry with them, laugh with them. Reading for me, is spending time with a friend. A book is a friend. You can never have too many. By Gary Paulsen