Wrestlemania Reading Challenge: Interested???

About the Challenge
The WrestleMania Reading Challenge, sponsored by YALSA with support from World Wrestling Entertainment, is a program designed to encourage teens in grades 5-12 to not only continue their reading beyond Teen Read Week, but to earn a reward for doing so by offering chance to win prizes donated by WWE.

Teen and tween participants can win a trip to WrestleMania 25 in Houston! Librarians who registered can win $2,000 for their libraries.

The goal of this program is to reach reluctant readers and get more teens reading beyond Teen Read Week by implementing a reading incentive program that provides prizes from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a reward.

Registration
Register for the 2009 Challenge, which begins Oct. 12 and runs through Jan. 12, 2009 when your library registers for Teen Read Week.

2008-2009 Contest Details

• The program will be implemented in participating libraries Oct. 12, 2008 thru Jan. 12, 2009. Registration is open via the Teen Read Week web site's registration page. All libraries who register by July 31 will receive a free promotional poster to hang in their library featuring WWE Superstars Layla, Matt Hardy, Mr. Kennedy and MVP.
• The 2008-2009 program is for tweens and teens in grades 5-12.
  All tweens & teens will be challenged to read 10 items in their free time between Oct. 12 and Jan. 12 and keep a log of what they read.
• There are two levels of teen participation: 1)Teens can read 10 items and keep a log. When they submit the log to their librarian, they will get a free subscription to the new WWE Kids Magazine. You do not need to submit the reading logs to YALSA. 2) Teens can read 10 items, keep a log and enter the bookmark contest. Bookmark winners at the local level will win a DVD from WWE. Fifteen regional bookmark winners (five each from grade categories 5&6, 7&8 and 9-12) will win $2,000 for their library and a trip to Houston to see WrestleMania 25. The grades 7&8 and 9-12 regional winners will also get the chance to compete to be the WrestleMania Reading Challenge National Champion.
• Each library will judge their bookmarks and pick one winner from each grade category to advance to the WrestleMania Reading Challenge Regionals. Each of your three winners will receive a DVD from WWE. The winning entries are sent to YALSA no later than February 2, 2009. From all the local winners YALSA will choose fifteen finalists, three each from 5 regions of the country (one from each grade category).
• In order to participate in the National Championships, regional winners will be required to read a book and answer questions about it at the competition. The book will be announced by July 15, 2008.
• In Houston the ten national finalists in grades 7-12 will compete for the National Reading Challenge Title and a ring-side seat at WrestleMania.
• This event is sponsored by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).

To learn more, you can also visit WWE's WrestleMania Reading Challenge Web page. Watch the 2008 WrestleMania Reading Challenge video from WWE!

Did you miss Gaming @ Your Library Day?

Hey, did you know that on Tuesday, July 8th, the Bossier Parish Library's Information Technology Department partnered with your local GameStop to sponsored a day of gaming.

Well, in case you missed it, it was held at the Bossier Central Library from 10a-4pm and GameStop brought the XBox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PS3 along with Donkey Kong for Wii, Rachett & Plank for PS3, and Guitar Hero for XBox360.

If you missed it this time, that's okay! We'll gonna do it again in October, so stay tuned here.

NBA Champs!

The NBA season is finally over and there is a new champion. The Boston Celtics are your new NBA Champs. They beat the LA Lakers in 6 games. The final score to game 6 was Boston 131 and LA 92. Before this year, the Celtics waited 21 years for another championship.

Kobe Bryant, LA's best player and arguably the best in the league, was shut out, while Kevin Garnet, Paul Perice, and Ray Allen, the Big Three, took control of the game. They dominated the Lakers in the second half on their way to the Celtics 17th NBA Championship; the most in the league.

Fashion Plate 2008 @ Aulds Library

Personal Development & Elegance

Fashion Plate 2008!

For ages 8-13

Wednesdays, June 18 - July 2 @ 10am @ Aulds Library

Topics covered: Business Etiquette, Fashion Designing, Skin Care & Make-up, Runway Modeling & Social Graces.

Presented by Darette Pemberton, Quintessence Certified Instructor
For more information @ Quintessence, called (318) 703-9026

2008 Spring into Technology Poetry Contest Winners

Special thanks to all the teens that participated in the first Spring into Technology Poetry Contest.

The winners are listed by name below:

> "One Last Minute in December" by Jesus V., age 14 (Bossier Central)
> "You Were" by Ashley G., age 15. (Benton Library)
> "Privacy" by Morgan S., age 13. (Plain Dealing Library)
> "The Image of Love" by Anonymous. (Unsure)

To read "One Last Minute in December", copy and paste the following link into your preferred web browser:
http://www.bossierlibrary.org/depts/ya/2008%20poetry%20winners/One%20last%20minute%20in%20December.pdf

(NOTE: Make sure you copy and paste the full web address (both lines) into your browser to access this form.)

It's Coming?!

Spring break is coming guys, and what better way to spend your time than at our library. The week of March 24-29, 2008, is going to be the launch week of "Spring Into Technology" for the Bossier Parish Libraries. We are planning some exciting things. Please look on the side of the page at some of the ideas we have so far. Please let us know which ones you like the best and what you would like to see during that week. Also be sure to tell all of your friends and family about this week. This week is for everyone. The library will also have surveys for people who are interested in taking computer classes. As always, have a great day.

Superbowl XLII (42)

The New England Patriots had a shot at history, but they blew it. They were 18-0 coming into the big game; with a record breaking regular season performance by their quarterback, Tom Brady, and their wide receiver, Randy Moss. The Patriots had the opportunity to go 19-0; a feat that has never been done before in the modern era of the NFL. Brady threw 50 touchdown passes which beat Peyton Manning’s previous record of 49, which was only set 3 years earlier in the 2004 season. Randy Moss was lucky enough to catch 23 of those passes which broke a 20 year record of 22 td's, set by Jerry Rice in the 1987 season. The Patriots also broke the regular season record of points scored in a season. They scored 589 point in one season. But all that would basically mean nothing unless they won the big game.

The New York Giants had nothing to lose. They came into the game on a 9 game winning streak away from home. They just beat the immortal, Hall of Fame (to be), Brett Favre, in Green Bay's own backyard with an Overtime field goal by Lawrence Tynes, who had missed 2 in regulation. Eli Manning was playing like, older brother, Peyton Manning and Plaxico Burris was unstoppable. Their 260lb. running back, Brandon Jacobs, was a battering ram. He just kept pounding the ball at opposing defenses. The Giants were down early, but never quite. With about :40 left on the clock, Manning threw the game winning TD pass to Burris that eventually sealed the deal. The Giants did it. They did the unthinkable. They beat the heavily favored New England Patriots.

The final score was NY 17, NE 14. If you missed it, you missed one of the biggest upsets in NFL history and one of the greatest Superbowls ever played. In my opinion, it was the best 17-14 game ever played.