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Father’s Day Bucket Raffle
The Friends of the SML are holding a Father’s Day Raffle. Stop by the Library and buy a chance on a wonderful “bucket ‘o treats” and helpful items for dad. Contents include a Rubbermaid® pail, car wash items, a “Slumdog Millionaire” DVD, a Sudoku book, Watchmen graphic novel, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, candy, a $10 gift card to Dunkin Donuts and much more. The retail value of this great gift is over $100. Tickets cost $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held on Friday, June 17, at 1 pm.
Small Business Seminar
The Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region – financing community development throughout the region since 1985 with capital provided by socially concerned donors and investors – presents a program to help small businesses on Tuesday, June 14, from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Library.  Join us for a free information session for small business owners, anyone who wants to start a business and anyone who works with small business owners. There will be two concurrent sessions – one for beginning entrepreneurs and one for the more experienced business owners. Topics covered will include using QuickBooks™, getting your business off the ground and “From Strategy to Implementation – Planning to Maximize Your Business Interest.”
For more information or to RSVP, call 427-7804 or email Tonya@mycommunityloanfund.org.
Book Festival
The annual Book Festival will be held Saturday, July 9, from 9 am to 3 pm. (The rain date is July 10.)
In addition to our usual splendid assortment of books, DVDs, VHS tapes, discs, (all bargain priced) baked goods and hotdogs and hamburgers, this year we are expanding to include other food items at our “Barbecue Bistro” (veggie burgers, fruit cups, SoCo ice cream) and inviting community groups, craftspeople and other vendors to join in the fun. To date, we have vendors from Tastefully Simple, Pampered Chef and Longaberger joining us in addition to the local Girl Scouts and the Stephentown Food Pantry.
If you, or your community group, would like to have a table at the Festival, at no cost, please contact Linda Smith at 733-6926 for more details.
Books will be priced at 50 cents for children’s books and paperbacks, $1 for hardbound books, DVDs, VHS tapes and discs.
Early birds are welcome at 8:30 am. for an entry fee of $10.
We hope to see you on July 9!