November 2022 Newsletter

The library will be closed on November 11th for Veterans Day.
The library will be closed from November 24th through the 27th for Thanksgiving.
Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, November 6th. Set your clocks back an hour!
Election Day in November 8th.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a nonprofit organization that promotes creative writing around the world. Writing starts at 12:00 AM on November 1st and ends at 11:59:59 PM on November 30th. Novels must reach a minimum of 50,000 words in order to win. The aim is to get people to start writing, using the deadline as an incentive to put words to paper. Since 2006, nearly 400 NaNoWriMo novels have been published via traditional publishing houses and over 200 novels have been published by small presses or self-published.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is observed on November 20th as a day to memorialize those who have been murdered due to transphobia. A TDoR memorial can include reading the names of those who lost their lives in the last year and may include candlelight vigils, church services, marches, art shows, and food drives. Rita Hester was a transgender Black woman who was murdered in November 1998. Grief and anger led to a candlelight vigil attended by about 250. The community struggled to see Rita's life and identity covered respectfully by local papers and it inspired the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and the TDoR. Scholars and activists highlight the importance of seeing transphobic violence as inherently connected to race, gender, and class, as reflected in the disproportionate violence against trans women of color.
(via Wikipedia)

October Recap!

Elmo, a dinosaur, and a dragon gave out candy at the city's Fall Carnival!

On Halloween, Kimberly was at the Boardwalk handing out candy as a pirate!

At the children's Halloween party, the kids got to trick-or-treat all through the library!

Food Drive

For the month of November, the library will be hosting a food drive. Bring your non-perishable donations in to benefit Catholic Charities.

Puzzle Exchange

The library now has a Give One/Take One Puzzle Exchange located on top of our Western and Spanish language collections. There is a limit of taking only one puzzle at a time.

University of Alabama

Hannah Seay from the University of Alabama will be at the library on November 9th from 3:30 to 5:30 PM to answer questions about the school as well as the college application process. For more information, contact Hannah at 334-357-9054 or [email protected]!

Medicare 101

Join Christopher Cardinal on November 9th at 2:30 PM for Medicare 101. This is a free, unbiased, educational seminar. He will be presenting the basics of Medicare eligibility, costs, and important factors to consider when selecting Medicare coverage. Light refreshments will be provided.

The Big Library Read

The Big Library Read is November 2-16! Use the Libby App to borrow A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger with no waitlists or holds and use #biglibraryread on social media for a chance to win Libby swag, a tablet, and a blanket. Nina is a Lipan girl who still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters, cast from home. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists, but a catastrophic event and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. Get it at: https://panhandle.overdrive.com/panhandle-okaloosa/content

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