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Teens celebrated Valentine's Day early by making chocolate candy, decorating chocolate cupcakes, tasting some fondue, creating magnetic poetry, and playing Chocolate Jeopardy. Mmmm!
February 8 2010
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Our high school book club got to "virtually" meet Gail Giles via a Skype visit, to ask her questions about her book "Right Behind You," as well as writing in general.
February 3 2010
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Jim Kleefeld gave a presentation on true-but-spooky topics such as voodoo, the Lizzie Borden and Jack the Ripper cases, and who died on the Titanic. Goosebumps were raised and minds blown!
October 13 2009
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Fantasy author Cinda Williams Chima gave a presentation and book signing at the Hudson Library, a program presented by Readers' Row 91--a collaboration of the Hudson, Stow-Munroe Falls, and Twinsburg Libraries.
October 11 2009
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Clowning around in costume and watching anime.
October 10 2009
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Stow-Munroe Falls High School students meet monthly in the school library to talk about that month's book and others they've read. Copies of the books are provided by the public library's teen librarian, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.
October 7 2009
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Eighteen teen tasters sampled pizza from 7 local restaurants, and came up with their favorite: Pizzino's!
September 22 2009
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Stow bands The Mix and Chil competed against Echopoint, Karta Stella and Case Sensitive in a battle at Hudson Library.
August 22 2009
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Teens entered 112 photos in our first-ever photography contest, and the 1st through 3rd place winners in seven categories won cash prizes up to $25. These are scans of the prints, so the quality may vary from the actual work submitted.
August 17 2009
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Seven bands (four from Rock Star School) competed to see which 2 would represent Stow at the Aug. 22 Battle at Hudson Library. The winners were Chil and The Mix. For more px of The Mix, StoneRock, NoMed, and Violent Revulsion, see the Rock Star School album.
August 8 2009
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Stow's team was narrowly defeated (by ONE question!) at the end of an exciting game of book trivia against Twinsburg and Cuyahoga Falls libraries' teams.
August 3 2009
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6 teen bands formed during the summer and rehearsed at Sound Board Music store, then gave their inaugural concert at the library.
July 31 2009
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Adults and teens representing SMFPL competed against spellers from the Cuyahoga Falls Library in a fun spelling bee. The theme for teens was Star Trek-related words.
July 23 2009
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Chess Club regulars and new competitors battled on the black and white boards for the title of Grand Champion.
July 18 2009
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Teens decorated their own shirts with colorful dyes.
July 13 2009
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Teens played the DDR games in various formats and danced up a storm.
June 23 2009
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Bestselling author of teen fantasy (and hilarious speaker) Tamora Pierce spoke to a crowd of 64 about her newest Beka Cooper book Bloodhound, how she became a writer, her cats, her tattoos, and everything in between!
April 28 2009
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Players from age 10 to 17 competed in two rounds of Wii Bowling on the library's Wii. A second Wii was provided courtesy of the GameStop store in Stow.
March 10 2009
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Teens folded various projects out of paper, such as high heeled shoes, koalas, pandas, and valentine hearts. Based on the book "Girligami" by Cindy Ng.
February 16 2009
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Our annual Monopoly games, where players in teams of two become the hat, shoe, etc, and walk around the giant board, throwing giant dice. The Treasurer players keep track of the money and properties, while the Walker stays on the board, and every third turn players switch roles on their teams.
December 30 2008