Tomorrow: Take Your Child to the Library Day includes festivities such as a Chinese New Year Celebration and more! See below.
Monday: The Library Board of Trustees meet at 7 p.m.
Tuesday: Textile Tuesdays take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the community room of Town Hall. Book Buddies meet at 10:30 a.m. Books Alive! rehearsal is held at 3:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Wallkill Reformed Church. Read to Sadie is offered at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: Mommy and Me meets at 10 a.m., followed by Toddler Story Time at 11 a.m. The Kinder Art Club meets at 2:15 p.m. The Teen Anime Club gets together at 3:30 p.m. Books Alive! rehearsal is held at 3:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Wallkill Reformed Church.
Thursday: The Knit and Crochet Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
Friday: LEGO Building as well as the Nintendo DS Game Club meet from 4-5 p.m.

 

There will be activities for all ages during Take Your Child to the Library Day tomorrow!
Miss Carolyn will host a Chinese New Year Celebration at 11 a.m. A story, snack, and Year of the Horse project will be included!
At 1 p.m., a Card Recycling Workshop will be offered. Bring in your old holiday cards and re-purpose them into gift tags, boxes, ornaments, and more.
Finally, from 12:30-2 p.m., a LEGO Build-a-Thon will finish off the day. Architects of all ages are invited to bring in a bin of blocks and a partner for this annual event.
And while you're at the library, don't forget to check out the latest  in book and DVD releases to keep you entertained for the rest of the weekend!

Last Saturday's snow showers didn't keep scores of nature fans from showing up for Bill Robinson's Birds of Prey and Reptiles presentation.
Audience members oohed, aahed, and - in some cases - ewwwed during the hour-long show, as the wildlife expert brought out his live exhibits. Children and adults alike watched in awe as a falcon, owl, alligator, snake, and more were lured out of their traveling cases, sometimes with the help of (what's to them) tasty morsels like dead rodents.
Hopefully Bill will be back to visit us soon - his shows are always a hit!

 

The Wallkill Woman's Club is teaming up with the Wallkill Public Library to present an exhibit and reception for the Wallkill Senior High School Student Art Show.
The reception will be held Monday, Feb. 10, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the library.
The annual exhibit is an opportunity to showcase the work of the creative and talented local students at the high school. The pieces will remain on display at the library for a month.
All are invited to attend the show! Refreshments will be served.

 

A chicken dinner fundraiser will be held Sunday, March 2, from 5-7 p.m. at the Wallkill/Shawangunk Clubhouse, located at 200 Birch Road in Wallkill.
This is part of the Troop 76 Eagle Scouts' efforts to benefit the Wallkill Public Library.
Tickets are $15 each (ages 5 and under are free) and are available at the library, or by calling Donna at 742-8461, or John at 742-0723.

The following is a letter from Robert Hubsher, executive director of the Ramapo Catskill Library System of which Wallkill and 46 other libraries are a part:

Good afternoon all,

As many of you already know, Governor Cuomo released his 2014-2015 executive budget on Tuesday, January 21.  We were shocked and disappointed to find that he had reduced state aid to library systems and libraries by $4 million compared to last year (a reduction of 4.7 percent). This cut represents a loss of $83,944 for the Ramapo Catskill Library System. 
The governor's action breaks a years-old precedent of retaining,