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Kids Who Grow Up Around Books Have An Advantage
Kids Who Grow Up Around Books Have An Advantage
Kids Who Grow Up Around Books Have An Advantage
If you haven't been to the Kurth Memorial Library lately, here's some incentive to head that way. There's a big advantage to growing up around books, and it sticks with us for life. But is it the tangible copies or the digital ones?
5 Reasons Why the Library is Awesome
5 Reasons Why the Library is Awesome
5 Reasons Why the Library is Awesome
If you're not using the Kurth Memorial Library in Lufkin, or the Nacogdoches Public Library on a regular basis you're totally missing out. It's a great resource and it's free! Check out these 5 reasons why the library is awesome.
Amnesty at the Lufkin Library Waives Fees
Amnesty at the Lufkin Library Waives Fees
Amnesty at the Lufkin Library Waives Fees
If you just discovered an overdue library book under a pile of clothes as you were spring cleaning, you're in luck.  You don't have to be banned!  The library is waiving fines and fees as part of an amnesty period that starts today, and it runs for several weeks.
One Texas Town Fights Over Whether A Cat Can Live at the Library
One Texas Town Fights Over Whether A Cat Can Live at the Library
One Texas Town Fights Over Whether A Cat Can Live at the Library
Sometimes cats become residents in Mom and Pop stores, vet clinics, and apparently libraries.  But one Texas town has evicted the resident cat from the library, and now it's got some people petitioning and calling voters to weigh in.  It's not Nacogdoches or Diboll, although we know you guys love your cats.  The cat controversy is happening a little further north and west.
Big Sale This Week Offers Bargain Books
Big Sale This Week Offers Bargain Books
Big Sale This Week Offers Bargain Books
It's time again for the Kurth Memorial Library Book Sale, where readers in East Texas put down the eReader in favor actual paper and binding. It starts Friday! Do you think books are going the way of vinyl records? Many people have something digital now to listen to music and read books, but it seems like vinyl records and actual hard copies of books are still the top choice for the really cool