October is "Make a Will Month."

Join us on Sunday, October 10 at 2 p.m. in the Aigler Auditorium for an informational session about the importance of making a will. Alternate sessions will be occurring this October throughout the Dubuque area. These events are free to the public and include a personal inventory booklet.

See Press Release with Full Schedule Here.

Questions? Call Carnegie-Stout Public Library at (563) 589-4225, option 7.

Best Scene From Roman Holiday

Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) announces, "I would now like to meet some of the ladies and gentlemen of the Press (especially Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert)."

Woman's Day Essay Contest About Your Library

As the economy continues its slump, libraries nationwide continue to play an important role in communities everywhere, as people turn to them for free entertainment, to connect to the Internet and look for jobs. This spring, the Carnegie-Stout Public Library, the American Library Association (ALA) and Woman's Day magazine want to hear your thoughts on why the library is important to your community.

From now through May 9, 2010, women 18 and over are invited to tell their story in 700 words or less and email it to womansday@ala.org. Up to four stories will be highlighted in the March 2011 issue of Woman's Day. For more information and to read the official rules, visit www.womansday.com/ala.

The initiative was developed by Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Woman's Day and the Campaign for America's Libraries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary), ALA's public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and around the globe - use the Campaign's @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible by ALA's Library Champions, corporations and foundations that advocate the importance of the library in American society.

Best Scene from Falling Down

D-FENS (Michael Douglas) critiques a Whammyburger: "Now, look at this sorry, miserable, squashed thing. Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this picture?"

It's Elementary, My Dear

From BookLetters:

"Detective Sherlock Holmes sprang into action on movie screens everywhere on Christmas Day, in a big-budget adventure starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock and Jude Law as his trusty assistant, Dr. Watson. But what about the man who brought Sherlock to life and single-handedly created the genre of detective fiction? Learn more about the fascinating life and career of Arthur Conan Doyle in the 2007 biography The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Biographer Andrew Lycett unravels the mysteries of Doyle's interest in spiritualism, his friendships with Kipling and Houdini, his eventual disenchantment with the Holmes character and much more."