No, sorry, John McCain and Sarah Palin aren't visiting this week.  But we will have information on them both at the library!

The Jackson District Library has more new music; what a great source for all kinds of entertainment and information! Visit this week to try out some really hot new music, such as these:

There are new music CD's available for checkout at the Jackson District Library! Among them is a nice selection of discs by country singers, including Alan Jackson, George Strait, and more.

For further information on foreclosure prevention, try these links:

Central Michigan 211 http://www.centralmichigan211.org/

Community Action Agency http://www.caajlh.org/jaxprograms.html

Foreclosure Scams 101 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS2HsaBA5No

The Jackson District Library is working with community organizations to help those in danger of foreclosure.  If this applies to you or someone you know, pick up the Foreclosure Prevention packet we prepared in collaboration with the Community Action Agency.  

Also, the following resources are available at the library:

Many of us are looking for new ways to budget, and one area people can look at is food.  Right outside are plentiful sources of nutritious and tasty foods just waiting to be gathered or sown.

Heralded on Amazon as the best of June, creeping up the NYTimes bestseller list to number 6, this story of a boy and his dog by David Wroblewski was not what I expected.  After reading the author's comments about wanting something with "the uncynical Midwestern sense of heart," I am even more at sea.   

Summer travel?  Maybe you can only dream about it this year, but maybe you're still going…and these books might help!

       Prepare to step back in time. Back to the days when a privateer could sail the ocean blue without ever leaving the Hollywood studios. Back to the days when people enjoyed watching actors pretend the rapier went straight to their gut, when really they are hiding it under their arm. Back to the days when a pillager could become as upright and desirable as the town mayor. Ah, yes, those were the days. He grabs and kisses her, she bites him, he knocks her flat, but by the end of the movie she will defend him in the face of any danger or indignity.