Adults

New PA Career Guide

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The 25th edition of the Pennsylvania Career Guide has been released by the Department of Labor & Industry and is available online.  The information within is meant to be a helpful resource for people who are preparing either to continue their education or enter the workforce.

An interest assessment and information on PA CareerLink services and apprenticeships can help job seekers to get started. It also contains the Pennsylvania-specific employment, wage, and job outlook data for 250+ occupations found in the Occupational Data Bank. For those planning to continue their studies, a month-by-month checklist for a senior year of high school and post-graduation plans can be a great resource.

The Pennsylvania Career Guide is available online or in printed copies by CWIA via email at workforceinfo@pa.gov or by phone at 1-877-493-3282.

From The Compendium, News for Pennsylvania Libraries – May 19, 2017

Consumer Reports Online

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Do you need product recommendations for your DIY kitchen makeover or want to read about the best and worst new & used cars? With your WAGGIN library card, you have FREE access to ConsumerReports.org and their expert, independent, nonprofit organization that  has been testing products for you since 1936!

Just visit our library website, go to the eResources tab and select eResearch from the drop-down menu. Scroll through the list of helpful resources and select Consumer Reports. You will be prompted to enter a Patron ID which is the barcode on your WAGGIN card preceeded by the letters pt. You will be able to search for products A-Z or read about featured products and services recently tested. You will also have access to the most recent issue of Consumer Reports magazine or visit their archive with issues going back to January 2012 – all FREE with your WAGGIN library card! You’re welcome!

LWV Distributes Facts for Citizens 2017

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The League of Women Voters of Washington County is distributing the newest edition of its popular free print publication, Facts for Citizens. The brochures are available in municipal offices, public libraries, and the Washington County Department of Elections. The information is also available on the League’s website at washingcountypalwv.org.

For many years the League has published Facts for Citizens to encourage informed and active participation in government. While the internet makes finding details about some levels of government easier now than it was in the past, current local government information can still be difficult to track down, especially for some of the county’s smaller municipalities.

Facts for Citizens 2017 provides meeting times and contact information (addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email and web addresses when available) for the county’s 66 municipalities and 14 school districts as well as contact information for county, state and federal officials. Elected board members and term expiration dates are included.The conveniently-sized brochures are published in ten different regional editions, each with a contiguous group of municipalities and the school districts that serve them. County residents should look for the edition that covers their municipality and school district.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, political organization which encourages informed and active participation in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Membership is open to men and women. Local League activities are carried out entirely by volunteers. The Facts for Citizens publications are funded by the League of Women Voters Education Fund, the Observer Publishing Company, and Masters Ink.

For more information about Facts for Citizens, email lwvwashingtoncounty@gmail.com or call the project manager at 724.344.3464.

New and Notable in Non-Fiction

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Mary Kipling and her crew from our Tech Services Department have added several new books to the non-fiction collection. The books are located on the 1st floor on the New Books shelves. If a book is already checked out, you can select the Place Request button in the library catalog or ask the Circulation Desk staff to place a reserve request on any title you are interested in.

The new books include:

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson (Pulitzer Prize, History, 2017)

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar (Pulitzer Prize, Biography/Autobiography, 2017)

Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses and Citizens can Save the Planet, by Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste, by Bianca Bosker

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, by Dan Egan

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, by Frances Fitzgerald

Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste, by Tom Nealon

A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA, by Joshua Kurlantzick

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann

To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death, by Mark O’Connell

Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation, by Alan Burdick

Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World, by Benjamin Reiss

Money for College

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As part of our Thinking Money programming in April, we will be offering Money for College on Saturday, April 29 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Register online or call 724.941.9430 #1.

Positioning your child to be a prime candidate for scholarship money for college can start as early as 4th grade! At Money for College, Rebecca Bowman will show parents how to take advantage of opportunities to “find” money. She will look at the significance of building a student resume and keeping records, the importance of having a disciplined plan, and the power of building a portfolio.

Rebecca Bowman is a McMurray business owner whose children attended the Peters Township School District, college, and graduate school. She is both a professional civil engineer and an attorney, currently serving on both the Construction Appeals Board and the Peters Township School Board. She lectures internationally and is a published author.

Amateur Photography Contest

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Your library, in cooperation with the Western Pennsylvania Lensshooters, will again be hosting an amateur photography contest. Three categories will be judged; photos of people, landscape and animals. The 1st prize in each category will be $25.00; 2nd prize will be $15.00, 3rd prize will be $10.00 and Honorable Mention will receive a certificate. All winners will receive a free one-year membership to the Lensshooters Photo Club. Deadline for entries to be submitted is Friday, April 21, 2017.

There is a $3.00 fee per entry and a maximum of three entries per person. Photographic prints must be no smaller than 5” x 7” and no larger than 8.5” x 11”. Prints should not be framed or mounted and can be delivered to the library’s circulation desk. Each entry must have a completed entry form (available at the circulation desk) along with the $3.00 fee. Winning photographs will be on display at the library from April 27 through May 10. Entrants wishing to pick up their photographs may do so between May 11 and 20.

Contest restricted to amateur photographers. Members and family members of the Western Pennsylvania Lensshooters are not eligible for this contest. For more information, email Jim McNutt at jpgh1001@yahoo.com.