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I love holiday music in November. And I love the first magical snow of the year.

It isn't really until at least mid-December that I've had enough. Here we are with snow in the forecast this weekend and Thanksgiving less than a week away.

Yes, the holiday season is upon us.

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Saturday the 7th was our annual In For A Penny Holiday Gift Make N Take. It was a lot of fun, and thanks so much to everyone who came in for it!

But if you didn’t get to come, good news—this is a very easy and inexpensive craft to do at home.

Here’s how we did it, and what we learned along the way.

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Audiobooks can be so theatrical! Part of it is your imagination and the other part has to do with the narrator.

Depending on the audiobook you listen to, the narrator puts on a performance, changing and adapting his or her voice for each character. A narrator can make or break an audiobook. So if you've tried an audiobook and not liked it, give them another chance. 

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The day has come. The first wall has come down.

"Construction" officially began 7 weeks ago, but this week construction on DPPL's Fast Forward project has begun in earnest. Target completion May 2016.  Read all about it at www.dppl.org/fastforward.

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As you probably know, there are better ways to find a job than checking online job boards. Although it's certainly possible to find a job on the Internet, a large percentage of job openings  (80% by some estimates) are never posted online. That's where ReferenceUSA can help.

The library's most popular database can help you with your job search. Not convinced? Join us at Find Jobs with ReferenceUSA, on Friday, November 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Room B to learn more.  ReferenceUSA representative amd entrepreneur Nancy Spidle will present an overview of ReferenceUSA and give you tips on job searching, networking and interviewing.

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