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If you’re tired of cooking the same old dishes for supper, it’s time to join the Cook Book Club at Jay County Public Library.
The club meets the second Monday of each month at 6:15 p.m. to share recipes. They also have food theme nights and guest speakers.
The next meeting is September 13  in the Community Room and will be a potluck,  so bring a dish to share.
For more information, call Shirley Ping at (260) 729-2787 or Bev Pyle at (260) 726-2070.
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The Fall Reading Program “Read S’more Books!” begins Sept. 13 and continues through Oct. 23. Five hours  of reading time has to be completed to receive each layer of your s’more and five hours to toast it, for a total of 20 hours of reading to receive a campfire treat.
Visit the library at 315 N. Ship St. in Portland for more details.
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Participants in the summer reading program for adults read 162,540 pages and listened to 9,812 minutes of audio books.
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The Goodrich Family Foundation gave a $500 gift that will be used toward the expenses of the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten project.
Children in the program receive a canvas book bag with a binder to record books in, small gifts and a CD of nursery rhymes or songs for each 100 books read and a hardbound book upon completion.  
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Story times, for preschool age children, will be held Monday, Sept. 13, 20,  27, Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25 and Tuesday, Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26. Story times will be at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. on these days.
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After school specials are held the first Friday of each month from 2:45 to 4 p.m. for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
The first one is Sept. 3 and registration is necessary by calling the library at (260) 726-7890. The next one is Oct. 1.
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After school specials for middle school students will meet the third Friday of each month from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. There will be books discussed, crafts, music, snacks and time with friends.
The first special will be Sept. 17 and the next on Oct. 15.
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Mother Goose and Me begins Friday, Sept. 17, from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. and will continue each Friday for children infant through age 5.
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Entry forms are available at http://www.constitutionfacts.com/ for a Constitution Day Poster Design Contest. Click on Constitution Day 2010 tab and scroll down to poster contest.
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The book discussion club is reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hossein. The meeting is Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
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