Each year our YA board takes a trip to the bookstore to select materials for library's growing young-adult book collection. It's a grueling, torturous responsibility for them, but they are always willing to sacrifice for the cause. Here's a gallery full of photographs documenting this year's trip.

If you missed our holiday open house this year, you really missed out! We had a lot of great stuff this year. If you missed it, at least check out the pictures in the photo gallery. They'll make you want to come next year!

Our maintenance man, Leonard, retired recently, and the staff threw a party in his honor. Pictures are available in the photo gallery.

What do you get when you turn a room full of teenagers loose on a pile of colorful marshmallow snacks, a bowl of liquid chocolate, assorted dessert topings, and a collection of small bits of fur, feathers, pipe cleaners, and sundry craft accessories? The result cannot be adequately described with words. There's nothing for it. You'll just have to look through the photo gallery and see the pictures for yourself.

Every year on a Saturday in March we hold a chess tournament for the teens. It's always a popular event. We managed to take a few photographs of the chess tournament this year. You can check them out in the photo gallery.

Darlene, who had been cataloging most of our new materials for the last decade or so, recently retired. It's always a bit sad when somebody who has been around for a long time retires, but on plus side, we do get to eat cake. Have we got photographs? Yes we do.

Since Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year fell on the same day this year, it became necessary for our teens to celebrate both holidays in a single party. As you can imagine, there was a lot going on. We have photographs of this dual-holiday event. They're up for viewing in the photo gallery even now. Check 'em out!

We recently had a plugged and unplugged game night for the teens. As you can see from the photographs, they obviously didn't have any fun at all. Too bad. Maybe next time.