Welcome to the Sidney Community Library's homepage. Here you can find when the library times, interesting events in the area, and the library's weekly news. There is also a link where you can order your books online and have them shipped directly to your library. Please take a look around and enjoy your stay!

Hot enough for you? Just when I think I’ve reached my maximum sweat level, it turns cold and I want the heat back. I know. Temperatures in the sixties aren’t really all that cold, but it feels so much worse after a stretch of nineties and sunshine. Besides, there are some really great ways to cool off, but the only way to get warmer is to turn on the heat or add several more layers of clothes.

The library is prepared to help, at least with the cooling off part. This summer, the library will have a bottled water fundraiser. During library hours, you can buy cold bottled water or candy. Or both. We aren’t particular. The only catch is you can’t eat or drink at the computers. They are particular.

Book donations are still being accepted for the Townwide Garage Sales held June 1st and 2nd. The library’s sale will be during library hours on both days. If you have items to donate, you can drop them off at the library or put them in the drop box with a note letting us know the items are for the sale.

There is still time to sign up for the Summer Reading Program being held June 11th through the 15th and for the Summer Book Contest. Contest book logs need to be filled out before the first drawing to qualify June award. Each month reading logs will be drawn for winners of a $25 giftcard.

The Sidney Community Library Board will meet on June 25th at 6pm in the Community Building. The meeting is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend to find out about the progress made on the new library facility.

- Lisa Raymond

New books this week include Death Cure by James Dashner, Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green, Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption and Baseball’s Longest game by Dan Barry, Catch Me by Lisa Gardner, Outsmarting the Scam Artists by Doug Shadel, Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke, Private Games by James Patterson, How Cooking Works by DK Publishing, How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue, Maze Runner by James Dashner, Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier by Ree Drummond, Redwood Bend by Robyn Carr, Scrap-o-Later Quilts and More by Dianne Springer and Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen W. Zoefeld.