Here is the Calendar for January 2010 Hamton Library Teen Events. Check out the descriptions above.

January 22nd from 5:30 PM-6:30 PM Fortson Public Library is having a Fear Factor contest. The contest rules were created by the Fortson T.A.B and will be judged by the T.A.B. The way the contest works is that there will be at most 10 teams of two people. These teams must finish 5 courses of disgusting dishes brought by T.A.B. Whichever team finishes first will be the winner. There will be a sign up sheet in the front of the library, and you MUST have a partner to sign up. Also, a parent of all participants must come into the library and sign a form allowing their teen to participate.

Now here are the rules:

1. No Being Sick: If you feel you will be sick please don’t sign-up. If you are trying to eat one of the fear factor dishes and become sick or say you will be sick your team will be disqualified.
2. Teams of 2: Two people must sign-up as a team.
3. Parental Permission: Parent’s of the Teens participating must come into the Library and sign a Fear Factor Form at least two days before the event.
4. Time Frame: Each team has 15 sec. to decide which team member will eat. Only one team member must eat per course. The team member chosen to eat has 30 sec. to start eating or they will forfeit that round.
5. Event Length: There will be five fear factor courses. If there is a tie a sixth course will be brought out. The sixth course will be of greater quantity than the other five. The whole event should take about an hour.
6. Calling the Shots: Our judges will be T.A.B members, if they have a dispute, then the YA Specialist will settle it.
7. Tell Them What They’ve Won: The two winners will each receive a $10 gift card to Books-A-Million.



LIST OF DISHES
Barf Dip
Blood Drink
Boogers on a Stick
Cat Puke
Kitty Litter
*Bonus Dish is a Surprise*

For more information contact Tara at kilgot@mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us or 770-954-2812

NATIONAL HIGH-TECH MONTH CONTEST

Do you enjoy making blog skins? Henry County TAB Talk Blog needs a new one. The winner of the contest will have their skin used for TAB Talk Blog and receive a $25 gift certificate. The rules are as follows:

• This contest is for Teens ages 12-17.
  
• Teens participating must have a Henry County PINES library card.


• Teens may work individually or in groups of 4 or less.


• All entries must be submitted by March 29th by 5:oo pm.


• Inappropriate materials, for example, pornography, race-hate or violence advocacy will not be allowed. Any blog skins containing inappropriate materials will be disqualified.
  
• All blog skins should be sent or turned in to Tara at Hampton Library.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Fairview is looking for some Journalists.

Are you interested?

Take a look at the Fairview Public Library's Newsletter and decide for yourself.

http://www.henry.public.lib.ga.us/content/FV_YA.pdf

Events at Locust Grove

Learn about the basic stitches of crochet with some friends at Locust Grove Public Library

Date: January 26th

Time: 10:30 am

For more Locust Grove events go to: http://www.henry.public.lib.ga.us/content/locustgrove_act.pdf

Fairview Events

Fairview Library will be watching:

• Sisterhood of the Traveling
  
  Pants viewing Saturday
  January 26th at
  1:30 pm—4 pm.

To see other events at Fairview go to: http://www.henry.public.lib.ga.us/content/fairview_act.pdf

BRACELET MAKING AT HENRY COUNTY LIBRARIES

Posted below are the places, times, and dates that the bracelet making will be occuring.

Fairview: December 11 at 6:30 pm
Hampton: December 13 at 4:00 pm
Stockbridge: December 18 at 5:00 pm
Locust Grove: December 19 at 5:00 pm

Winners of the Teen Read Week Art and Writing Contests!

Apologies for not posting the winners of the recent art and writing contests sooner

Winners of the 6th Annual Teen Art Contest in conjuction with Teen Read Week 2006.

High School division

1st place- Song Kang
2nd place- Derek Brown
3rd place- Ryan Lamb

Middle School Division

1st place- Cealia Hsia
2nd place- Jessica Montgomery
3rd place- Desirae Morrow


The Winners for the Kids Love a Mystery Contest Are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Middle Schoolers
1st- Kayla Hesselbach UGMS
2nd-Anika Bailey-UGMS
3rd-Chanel Chauvet-Luella Middle


High Schoolers
1st-Eric Phillips-UGHS
2nd-Thomas Hicks-Homeschool
3rd-Monique DePass-UGHS


Congratulations to all! Thanks for your participation!

2007 Teen Poetry Contest Winners

HERE THEY ARE THE WINNERS OF THE 2007 POETRY CONTEST!

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVSION

1ST Place Krista Rhineheimer-Union Grove Middle School

"The Cyclone"

Shhhhhhhh.......Can you hear it?

The silence is all around,

Everything Is frozen,

Fear has engulfed the town

We look out side,

And as the clouds turn gren,

Our lives flash before our eyes,

Having to relive every scene.

The winds start up,

They really can howl,

The quiet cat of death,

is now on the prowl.

The cyclone roars,

'Round and round it goes,

The worry upon the people's face,

Really, really shows

The lighning flashes

The thunder cracks,

We all wish the storm,

Would just go back.

Plop, plop, plop

The tears fall to the floor,

Who knows whether,

We'll see the sun once more.

Crash, Boom, Bang,

Things fly everywhere,

But then everything stops,

Like it was never even there.

We walk outside,

The clouds fade away,

The sun comes out,

It's a brand new day.

Carpe Diem

Means seize the day,

From now on I'll live ,

Just that way

2nd Place Matthew Tatz-Union Grove Middle School

Homeless

In the winter breeze

There is a dirty dog with fleas.

She doesn't have a home

And she was all alone

I think she is a Golden Retriever

And I didn't want to leave her.

In the cold and alone

Without a home.

I did not sell her

But now I'm her owner.

Now she isn't alone

And she has a home

Third Place-Zachary Pendley-Eagles Landing Middle School

July

July

zooms on in,

bounces around,

then darts on out,

trots down the street

and fades away.

High School Divsion

1st Place-Tante Patterson-Henry County High School

Letter To An Unborn Child

I felt your heart beat inside me

I had love for a face I never seen

I will admit

I did not understand why this was happening to me

I just knew my love for you was unseen

Then I killed you with no remorse

Not even a warning of course

I mean that's the way I always do things

Yeah, I never think things through

And in the end it killed you

I hope the Lord will forgive me for all my sins

Only he knows the love I had for my unborn kin

I'm sorry this happened to me....

I mean us

I just hope that in the end I'll have your forgiveness.

2nd Place-Mason Spitler-Ola High School

The Soilder

What goes on in the desert sand?

The Soldiers view seen first hand

Morning comes with anguish and despair

As the Soldier packs up and says his prayer

His company sends letters to those they love

That tells all the things they wish they were free of

Marching to position, his company must wait

For hostiles to unleash their unbelievable hate

Only the Soldier knows the sound of fear

Hundreds of weapons fire from far and near

While defending his country, his friend hit the sand

Crying to God, why must he be here in this land

The bullets, the pain, the overwhelming sorrow

Knowing that his friend will not march tommorow

That night, the Soldier stays up late

Dusting off his armor plate

The Soldier's life for months on end

Hoping it's better around the bend

The Soldier sleeps with dreams of golden gates

For tommorow another day awaits

Third Place-Tanesha Ogle

"When it is Darkness She Fears"

Love is no longer suicidal

Beacause she found that it could be true

Not just break her down

And it is all because of you

She had to leave all that she knew behind

But guaranteed she wouldn't go down without a fight

She grew to weak to fight any longer than she had

She thought she had lost all of hopes light

She walked through the school halls

WIth her head down for days

But when you caught her eye

Her heart flipped in many ways

You caught her at a standstill

As if she were a dee in headlights

The moment she saw you there

Her heart took off in flight

No matter what her heart felt

Somehow she couldn't say the right words

And although they would circle in her mind

She walked by you unheard

And it's odd, because that has never been her character

She has always been the one not too shy

But when it came to you

She was, and she wasn't sure why

She had to say something

or else she would never know

Her heart had skipped two beats

From one simple breathe of "Hello"

Immediately, she felt it in her heart

You somehow dried away all of her tears

And when she is held by you

She can feel everything, but not her fears

She will admit

She has fallen in love so fast

But she wasn't as fast to admit

She has fallen in love with you at last

It is absolutely amazing

The feelings you make her feel

You helped her broken hear

Rapidly begin to heal

You will never know

How easily you opened her locked door

But you mean the world

And even so much more

Her world is spinning out of control

But with you the spinning ends

And from all the hurt in her life

It is you who defends

She feels warmth as she thinks back

About how you caught her heart so facile

As she prays to God that this will last

And you will stay here with her for a while

Your kisses deliver from hell

Your kisses make it hard to breathe

It's the way you hold her close

That tells her it is OK to believe

She is lost when she is with you

The surrounding world does not exist

She is confused on how

You have brought her heart lasting bliss

In the darkness of the movie

You whisper sweet words in her ear

You whisper "I love you"

Knowing that is exactly what she wants,what she needs to hear

But she felt something unexpected

When she told you that she loved you the same

This time it is all so different

No longer does love feel like a game

When she wants to give up

You remind her that she can touch the sky

When she feels as if she is broken and can't continue

You repair her wings so she can fly

She has searched forever

For a love so ever true

And she has only felt love like this

Since she has been with you

When she is tangled up in you

Crashing through the madness

Caught up in the darkness

It's your light that leads her through those hardest places

You once told that hopeless romantic

That if it was the darkness she feared that kept her away

Then you would lead her through it

Step by step, day by day

You bring her back to solid ground

When the world is shaking beneath her feet

You lift her up from her lowest moments

Because of you, those moments she can defeat

Your sweetest smile and tender touch

To you may only seem small

But to her they meen ever thing

It was those that tore down her wall

DDR Night in the Grove

On Friday, February 24th the first DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) night was held at the new Locust Grove Public Library.

Participants followed the moves projected on the screen and competed against one another.

Watch for announcements of future DDR Nights at branches of the Henry County Library System.

The McDonough Christmas Parade 2005

A big thank you to all of the Teen Advisory Board members who worked to create the float for the McDonough Christmas Parade that was held on Saturday, December 10, 2005 in downtown McDonough.

Also a huge thank you to those who helped out the effort with donations and/ or discounted goods:

~ Phil's Printing
~ Truett's Grill
~ Papa John's
~ Shane's Rib Shack

And also to all of our adult volunteers... we really, really appreciate what you did to pull it all together.

To see images from the "construction" period that began on Friday night, December 9th to the "waiting" period while we were lined up before the parade began, click here: http://flickr.com/photos/43526248@N00/show/

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