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Pre-Three Story Time in November

Seward Memorial Library will provide an opportunity for the little siblings who feel left out during regular Story Time by offering a program designed just for them. On November 8, 9, and 10 the library will host a Pre-Three Story Time at 10 a.m. Children who are under the age of three are invited to come with a caregiver for the 30-minute interactive session. Pre-school siblings may also attend. Registration is required and

may be done by stopping in the library, calling 402-643-3318 or visiting the library website.

Family Hockey Night with the Lincoln Stars Mark your calendar for a special Family Hockey Night in the library with the Lincoln Stars on Thursday, November 10 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Members of the team will be at the library and there will be games, activities and giveaways. See page 6 for more details!

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The Library will be CLOSED on

Friday, Nov. 11 to observe Veteran’s Day

The Library will be CLOSED on

Thursday & Friday November 24 & 25

to observe the Thanksgiving holiday

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Holiday Treats Available

If you are looking for local chocolates for you or your friends, stop at the library. Seward Memorial Library has holiday bags of delicious Baker’s milk chocolate, dark chocolate and a limited supply of dark chocolate mint available for purchase. Each holiday bag contains 20 individually wrapped pieces of chocolate which is made in Nebraska. The proceeds

go to Southeast Library System Friends. You can support the work of libraries and answer your chocolate craving for only $3.00.

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“...a dream catcher.” – Frank McCourt

Christmas Arrives in Seward

Watch for Santa’s highly anticipated arrival on Saturday, November 26. He will ride in the lighted parade in the evening as well as spend time in his house on the Courthouse Square earlier in the day. The community will be celebrating the Christmas Festival all day. Seward Memorial Library will host a “Holiday Sing-Along” featuring the Firehouse Five+ and Paul Soulek at 1:30 p.m. Join in singing carols with live music and enjoy refreshments. Seward Memorial Library will also host a “Come-and-Go Craft Time” in the west meeting room at 4 p.m. Stop in during the one-hour holiday program and take something home with you.

Mid-Week Movies Take a break from your busy day and relax in the lower level of Seward Memorial Library in front of the big screen. Seward Memorial Library will be showing newly released DVD feature films on Thursday, November 3 and on Wednesday, November 16. Come at 1:30 p.m. Watch an Oscar winning story of a true scandal cover-up on November 3. The second movie is a drama involving a Jewish boy from New Jersey who attends a small conservative college in Ohio during the 1950s. For specific titles and other questions, please contact the library at 402-643-3318. Bring your favorite snack and a friend. We hope to see you at the movies!

Celebrate Seward’s 150th birthday!

The library has S150 mugs and ornaments

for $10 each.Ask at the front desk.

Preserving Seward County’s History

With your help, our newspapers can

be digitized before Seward and Seward

County finish celebrating their

150th anniversaries in 2017! Learn more at www.sewardlibraryfoundation.org!

HolidaySing-Along

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New Fiction Books Coming Soon

Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson

The Award by Danielle Steel

Better Late Than Never

by Jenn McKinlay

Chaos by Patricia Cornwell

The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer

The Chocolate Bunny Brouhahaby JoAnna Carl

A Christmas Message

by Anne Perry

Conclave by Robert Harris

Cross the Line by James Patterson

El Paso by Winston Groom

Faithful by Alice Hoffman

The Fate of the Tearling

by Erika Johansen

The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell

I’ll Take You There by Wally Lamb

The Inheritance by Charles Finch

The Kid by Ron Hansen

Lovers & Newcomers by Rosie Thomas

The Mayakovsky Tapes

by Robert Littell

The Mistletoe Secretby Richard Paul

Evans

Moonglow by Michael

Chabon

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New Fiction Books Coming Soon

Moral Defense by Marcia Clark

Night School by Lee Child

No Man’s Land by David Baldacci

Odessa Sea by Clive Cussler

Oliver by Sheila Norton

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

by Anne Rice

Ruler of the Night by David Morrell

Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Shadow of Victory by David Weber

The Sleeping Beauty Killer

by Mary Higgins Clark

The Spy by Paulo Coelho

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer

To Capture What We Cannot Keep

by Beatrice Colin

Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich

The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay

Unhonored by Tracy & Laura

Hickman

When All the Girls Have Gone

by Jayne Ann Krentz

The Whole Town’s Talkingby Fannie Flagg

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly

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New Non-Fiction Books Coming Soon

Absolutely on Musicby Haruki Murakami

Between Two Worlds

by Tyler Henry

Beyond Earth by Charles Wohlforth

Born a Crimeby Trevor Noah

The Complete Book of Essential Oils

and Aromatherapy by Valerie Worwood

Eleanor Rooseveltby Blanche

Wiesen Cook

Ghostland by Colin Dickey

I Loved Her in the Movies

by Robert J. Wagner

Iron Dawnby Richard Snow

Just Getting Started by Tony Bennett

Losing Isn’t Everything by Curt Menefee

One Toss of the Dice by R. Howard Bloch

Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders

The Platinum Age of Television

by David Bianculli

Scrappy Little Nobody

by Anna Kendrick

Settle for More by Megyn Kelly

Superficialby Andy Cohen

Talking As Fast As I Can

by Lauren Graham

Thank You for Being Late

by Thomas Friedman

Wonderlandby Steven Johnson