by Sherrie DeMartino
Ahhh, Fall. This time of the year brings fall colors, cooler weather, and apples. For sports fans, this is the most wonderful time of the year! College football started on Saturday, August 23rd, the NFL starts its season on Thursday, September 4th, the MLB postseason starts on Tuesday, September 30th, and the NHL’s first day is Friday, October 4th. I am a big Penn State football fan, and hopefully, they will be off to a good start this year. Go State!
For those of you who are football fanatics, the library has some titles in our collection that you may be interested in checking out. Football Nation : Four Hundred Years of America’s Game by Susan Reyburn documents the history of football from the colonial days to today’s professional and college games. Football Stadiums by Lewis Freedman tells the stories of about 150 of the great stadiums across the country that have hosted pro football or college football play. If you are a Penn State fan like me, check out Game Day: Penn State football: the greatest games, players, coaches and teams in the glorious tradition of Nittany Lion Football! We also have football movies such as The Blind Side, Draft Day, and Friday Night Lights.
If you are interested in finding out more about hockey, the Adams County Library System owns such books as The NHL Encyclopedia by David Clarke and The Stanley Cup: all about Pro Hockey’s Biggest Event by Marty Gitlin. We also own the hockey-themed DVDs titled Miracle, which tells the story of the historic victory of the U.S. hockey team at the 1980 Olympic Games, and the Mighty Ducks. Visit your local library branch or check out our online catalog at www.adamslibrary.org to browse our complete collection.
And now for the local news…Don’t forget Pippinfest will be held in Fairfield the weekend of September 27th and 28th this year. Pippinfest is two days of fun, food, crafts, and entertainment and has been a Fairfield tradition since 1980! Saturday will be a Community Yard Sale. Sunday’s events will include delicious food, handmade crafts, a quilt show, a car show, live entertainment, and more yard sales. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.pippinfest.com.
The ACLS is a participant in the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree this year.
Sherrie DeMartino is Branch Manager of the Carroll Valley Library, part of the Adams County Library System.