Planting the seeds of knowledge at your local library

The Library has free copies of the Appomattox Times located in our front foyer and on our information table! The Appomattox Times plans to do a monthly printing of their online newspaper. Please be sure to follow them on Facebook and their website.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556173151506 or https://appomattoxtimes.com/

Introducing the new ACLA (Appomattox County Library Association) Library Store! As part of ACLA’s mission to support the J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library, the Appomattox County Library Association (ACLA) has launched a small store featuring seasonal gifts, stationery, and library-themed items. Please note that the ACLA Library Store currently accepts cash or check only. The Library Store is located immediately in front of the circulation desk.

Library has plenty of herb, flower and vegetable seeds to choose from in our Seed Library. We have replenished yellow squash, and have added aster, broccoli, burpless cucumbers, buttercrunch lettuce, butternut squash, celery, cherry tomatoes, cosmo, four o’clock, foxglove, johnny jump ups, peas (snap sugar daddy), zinnias, and zucchini. Patrons may select up to three packets of seeds per household per week.

Math Matters in May with the equation Books+Me+Jelly Beans = the perfect trio! Patrons are encouraged to ask for a small packet of Jelly Belly® jelly beans when they checkout at the circulation desk. It is one pack per visit per patron, while supplies last. Don’t forget to look at some of the math items we have on display for the month of May!

We would like to remind patrons that the rack, located outside the Library’s front doors is not a return rack, but a free rack, for patrons to put small household items, clothes, toys and other such items to share with others who are in need. Our book depository is located at the back of the building. The Library is not responsible for books and other library-owned materials that have been placed on this rack.

On Monday, May 4th, the Sun Bonnet Sue Stitchers gathered in the community room for good conversation and busy hands creating an assortment of knitting, crocheting, quilting and embroidery projects.

The winner of the Cinco De Mayo & Taco Tuesday Free Raffle is Whitney! We want to congratulate her on winning a flower pot with cilantro seeds, a Taco Tuesday apron, the book “Pete the Cat’s Wacky Taco Tuesday”, a positive taco amigurumi, and mini taco pen.

On Tuesday, May 5th, PEATC (Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center) met in the Library’s community room to provides tools and information to empower parents/guardians of students with disabilities (birth – 26 years of age) with services and support. For more information on PEATC, please visit their website at: https://peatc.org/.

Wednesday, May 6th, was a very busy day for the Library, with several events taking place including Girl Scout Story & Craft Time. Elisabeth Copp from Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline read the book “Girl Scouts: The Amazing Daises”. Meet the Amazing Daisies, three best friends who work together to accomplish amazing things. The kids enjoyed snacks while doing crafts. Our next Story & Craft Time will be on Wednesday, May 13th, starting at 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. Our guest reader will be the Robert E. Lee Soil and Water Conservation District.

Virginia Legal Aid presented an educational seminar on Unemployment Benefits on Wednesday in the Library’s community room.

Library Director Cindy Scheu hosted Girls Who Code on Wednesday in the community room. Girls Who Code is a club designed to help young women learn about science, technology, engineering, math, and how they integrate into their everyday lives. The Jamerson GWC Club welcomes new members from 3rd grade to 12th grade.

The Library welcomed Lisa Crutchfield as a part of the 250th Anniversary of America with her presentation “Reconsidering Early American Anglo-Indigenous History and its Legacy”. When we think of the Indigenous history of North America, our minds often go to the Old West. But what of our colonial and revolutionary Indigenous history east of the Mississippi? What were the parameters of interaction during those early years and what effect would they have on the subsequent 250 years since the formation of the United States of America? In this presentation, historian Lisa Crutchfield invited the audience to discover and reassess the prominent roles Indigenous people played in early colonial history, reflect on how we recover and present that narrative, and consider what the legacy of that interaction is in our modern world. Lisa Crutchfield is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Lynchburg and a historian of early America and the Atlantic World.

The Library’s annual Spring Plant Swap was held on Thursday, May 7th, with lots of plants being exchanged. Due to this very successful plant swap and employees propagating plants, we are hosting a plant sale. We have lots of plants that need new homes with indoor and outdoor plants to choose from. All proceeds will benefit the Library. Prices are as marked.

On Saturday, May 9th, the monthly Creative Outlet Class for Adults made book flower holders with flower pens to go in them, making them not only pretty to look at, but useful. Each month the Creative Outlet Class for Adults tries a new craft or art project. Everyone 18 and up is welcome to join!

In observation of the Memorial Day Holiday, the Jamerson Library will be closed on Monday, May 25th. We will reopen to the public on Tuesday, May 26th, starting at 9:30 am. The book drop located at the back of the building will remain open during this time.

Library staff is working hard to get ready for the 2026 Summer Reading Program “Unearth A Story”! Summer Reading will start on Monday, June 1st, and run through Friday, July 31st. Patrons 2 years of age and older will have lots of opportunities to read, win prizes, attend programs, and do crafts. We will be featuring dinosaurs, archaeology, paleontology, adventurers, scientists, fossils, rocks, gardening and more!

If you have any questions or concerns about this article or other library-related topics, please feel free to call us during normal business hours.