The Hills Are Alive

...With the sound of music. Or they will be soon. The Banning Public Library recently purchased a large number of music CD's. They will be available for check out starting May5th. There will be a $1.00 charge per CD to check these items out. The money will be going directly to our Friends of the Banning Library group - and they will be doing great things for the library with the money.

Arbor Day Poem

Friday, April 25 is Arbor Day, and April is National Poetry Month. In honor of those two convergent events, here is an oldie but goodie: Trees by Joyce Kilmer --

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.

The New 3 R's

The 3 R's used to be reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. (Maybe they should have thrown spelling in there too...) Today, in celebration and acknowledgment of Earth Day 2008, the 3 R's are: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Happy Earth Day and do what you can to make the world a cleaner, greener place.