by: Gayla Duvall

What’s new at the Clinton County Public Library. www.clintoncountypubliclibrary.org.

The Clinton County Public Library has been awarded a Books For Children grant. The library must receive $350 in donations from local businesses, clubs or patrons. The amount can be anything from $1 to $350. The total must be $350. The library will receive $1,050.00 worth of books from the Libri Foundation. This is a really good grant. We have received it twice in the past. Please try to donate to this grant.

Inferno by Dan Brown; 12th of Never by James Patterson; The Hit by David Baldacci; Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz; Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts; Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson; American Guns by Chris Kyle; The Duck Commander Family by Willie and Korie Robertson; Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox; The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson.

Dr. Thomas G. Barnes will be at the Clinton County Public Library on July 16, 2013 at 5 p.m. He will be speaking on his book “Wildflower Myths and Realities.” Please try to attend. It looks to be a very good program.

The library now has a subscription to Ancestry.com. It is free for library users.

The July reading program started on July 2, 2013. Children in grades K-4 must read five books per week. If in grades 5-8 they must read one book per week on their reading level. They must have their list turned in each Saturday by 11 a.m. to be in the drawing.