Hello folks �
On behalf of the Pine Oaks Book Club, I am proud to announce a partnership with the James R. Nock Regional Library to sponsor this year�s summer reading program. We�re very excited to engage in this venture, and I want to thank deputy chief librarian Beulah Myringham for approaching us. This year�s theme is �It Pays to Read,� though as I understand it no money will be awarded for reading. Instead, students will be awarded three points for each book they read. Once they reach 11 points, they can trade anywhere from 4-7 of those points in for a notecard that has a different number on it, depending on how many points they traded in. If the second digit of the number on their notecard matches the last digit of the ISBN number of the last book they�ve read, the student is automatically entered in the weekly drawing for a free two-month subscription to the Primary Scholar, your gateway to the latest age-appropriate, semi-educational reading material for students aged 8-13. Students may not win more than two drawings per month.
If the two numbers do not match, then the points are considered spent and the student is encouraged to continue their summer reading and earn more points. The student with the most points at the end of the summer will spend 18 minutes locked in the James R. Nock Regional Library Prize Box. After that interval, the box will be unlocked and the student removed. Whatever he or she is clutching to his or her chest when he or she is raced to the hospital is that student�s prize for �winning� the reading contest, though I put winning in quotation marks because really, everyone�s a winner when it comes to reading. No wait, that was last year�s theme. This year�s theme is �It Pays to Read,� though as I understand it no money will be awarded for reading.
As for this month�s Pine Oaks Book Club business, the next book we will be reading is �A History of Flax,� a gripping look at the historical, sociological and linguistic development of this most fascinating textile fiber. Join us, won�t you?
Julia Schaun
Chairwoman, Pine Oaks Book Club
By Tony Daniels
Attention: this is a safety emergency. Repeat, a safety emergency.
Alright, if this was a real emergency, I or my designee would be knocking on each of your doors to alert you to the crisis, rather than waiting the however-many-days until this thing gets published. Nevertheless, I have important safety-related news for everyone in the metropolitan Pine Oaks area.
Multiple sources have reported, and one source has confirmed, that there is a prowler on the loose in this, and possibly other, neighborhoods. He has been reported both as a 6 foot tall caucasian male, aged 25-50, and a 5 foot 10 inches tall caucasian male, aged 22-37. So, you should probably be on the lookout for someone fitting both those descriptions.
Regardless of what he looks like, the suspect has been reported as wearing a white smock or apron, and similarly drives a white van or light truck-type vehicle. Suspects claim that the suspect has repeatedly stops his van in front of local children, where he stays for literally minutes at a time before driving away, reportedly on to the next gaggle of minors.
Now I don�t need to tell you all, having a stranger converse with our children is a disturbing proposition. I don�t have children myself, but I can only imagine. If you or someone you know has seen this man, or men like him, please don�t hesitate to inform me about suspicious activities. The very safety of your loved ones � your young loved ones � may depend on it.
Until then, I remain Tony Daniels
Fighting Spirit...p. 3
Neighborhood Watch...p. 2
Message from the President...FRONT
Pine Oaks Book Club...p. 2
Welcome Wagon...FRONT
This Month in Pine Oaks...FRONT
Young Person's Perspective...p. 4