The Summer Reading Program Is In Full Swing! There's Still Time To Sign-Up, but you better hurry as the program ends July 15 and we will need all reading logs turned in and prizes awarded by then. To date we have had 451 adults and kids sign-up. 10 days of reading at least 30 minutes per day (you can read more and we hope you do, but the minimum amount is 30 minutes to get credit) then bring in your reading log and claim your prizes. 20 days of reading, will earn more prizes and 30 days of reading earns the final group of prizes, along with a brand new book of your choice from our book cart, and the chance to put your name in the drawing for a grand prize in your age group - kids, teens and adults.

HEY TEENS! LOOKING FOR AN EASY WAY TO GET A KINDLE? Hurry and come in and get signed-up for our Summer Reading Program. 30 days of reading at least 30 minutes per day will get you into the drawing for a Kindle. But you have to hurry as the deadline of July 15 is approaching quickly!

We Are Having A Great Time With Our Story Hour And Story Time Kids. If you'd like your child to come join the fun please call or come by and register them for either the 10:30 am or 1:00 pm Story Hour for K-1st graders (the grade they will be going into this fall) or Story Time is for 3-4 year olds at either 11:00 am or 1:30 pm. Both are held on Tuesdays only. Please note that we will be closed Tuesday, July 4.

The Library will be closed Tuesday, July 4. Hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Thursday, June 8, Patricia A. Campbell will be at the library from 4-6 pm for a book signing of her books "Deadwood In My Blood" featuring Boone May and the Deadwood stage - Volume 1 & 2.

The first volume in this series highlights two pioneer families that produced half of the first "elite eight" guards employed to protect the Deadwood Stage in 1876. Shotgun messengers Gale Hill, Boone May, Jim May, and Bill May had been overlooked for more than a century, according to many historians familiar with early Deadwood. This is the first publication to record their history and family connections . . . These men were freighters and trailblazers who were hired to guard the famous treasure coach, which carried gold from the Black Hills, over 200 miles along the Deadwood Trail, to the Cheyenne Depot. Each messenger's immediate family members are intertwined with their historical narrative . . . This different look at our past, through the eyes of some of our ancestors, offers a more personal touch that results in a lasting impression, not usually obtained when studying Westward Expansion.

Volume 2 features U.S. Deputy Marshal Boone May, the most famous shotgun messenger working for the Deadwood Stage. He was the protector of Robbers' Roost Station. He was the most feared lawman by road agents on the Deadwood Trail. Historians will be excited to learn about Deadwood's most lethal gunslinger, Boone May, and his family connections to other historical Wild West icons, such as the legendary outlaw Jesse James, and legendary lawman U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. The author gives first hand family accounts about Boone May and his family. 

Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppets presents "The Quest for the Junk Yard Dragon" Thursday, June 15 at 1 p.m. at the Belle Fourche Area Community Center Theater, 1111 National St. . Please note the location has changed from our usual venue of the Community Hall (across from City Hall). This is a FREE presentation, hosted by the library, for all ages - especially enjoyed by the kids.