Hey, we know that kid! There's Zach and his Mom enjoying the show at WWE SummerSlam.

Zach was a Grand Prize winner and won airfare to Los Angeles for two, two nights’ hotel, two tickets and $200 spending money for WWE’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 23, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. All this for just checking out books!

To check out more cool pics of Zach, go to WWE.kids.com.

Congrats again Zach!

Zach, one of our very own teens, is a grand prize winner of the WWE’s Summer Slam Reading Jam! Now he and his mom will have an all expense paid trip to Los Angeles, California for the Pay-Per-View Summer Slam event on August 23^rd and $200 spending money. Plus, the Friends of the Hudson Library will receive a check from the WWE for $1000 for library books and materials for the teens.

Zach simply checked out some books from the Hudson Library sometime between June 24^th and July 16^th. He received a WWE mini-poster with a poster number from the library. On July 18^th, Zach checked the WWE website for the winning numbers.

Hudson Library was one of the five hundred libraries participating in the sweepstakes. All of the libraries in the Pasco County Library System participated. Each library received 25 numbered mini-posters for teen ages 10 to 18 years who checked out at least 2 books. Zach had a 1 in 1,042 chance of winning!

You did it! You completed your goal of reading a total of 1000 books (actually 1230) for the Summer Reading Program, which means, Miss Alicia will be dyeing her hair as she promised! You voted and the winning color is "Rockin' Rainbow."

Be the first to see Miss Alicia's new hairdo by coming to the Land O' Lakes Library SRC Final Party if you completed your reading commitment and logged in your six books. It promises to be a great time!

1,2,3 o'clock, 4 o'clock rock...5,6,7 o'clock 8 o'clock rock...9,10,11 o'clock, 12 o'clock rock, we're gonna ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK TONIGHT! (Come on, you know you were singing along.) Get rockin' and join us for the Land O' Lakes SRC Final Party and Lock-In!

This is the final prize for all teens who read and logged 6 or more books in the Summer Reading Club. The Lock-In is 14 hours of video games, food, music, dancing, crazy party games, and just about whatever else you want to do. NO sleeping required!

Registration is limited to the first 35 to turn in a signed parental permission form. If you don't get one of the 35 spots, but you still completed your Summer Reading Club goal, then you can attend the party portion of the evening from 6:00-9:00pm. This is also where we have our grand prize drawing from among everyone that finished the club. Last year it was an 80GB iPod and the first 14 Naruto manga. This year will be something even better!

So mark your calendars: the Final Party is from 6:00-9:00pm on Friday, August 14th. The Lock-In continues until 8:00am Saturday morning, August 15th.

Registration for the Lock-In begins on Tuesday, July 28th at 10:00am.

Crazy about manga and anime? Can't get enough? Join us at Hugh Embry on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. to discuss manga, anime and cosplay. Plus, learn about Japanese culture and watch the latest in anime technology. Snacks and beverages provided.

Who: Teens in grades 6 - 12
What: Monthly Manga, Anime, & Cosplay Club
When: Thursday, August 20, 2009
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Where: Hugh Embry Library
Questions? Call 352.567.3576

YES! It's been a long summer, but, the time has finally come for the Return of TAB!

This is your one and only chance to put in YOUR nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, AND an "Up For Grabs" category you can decide on. (We hear food bribes work very well in getting nominated!) Voting will be at the August 25th meeting.

You also can earn DOUBLE volunteer hours, that's a minimum of two hours per meeting, if you are elected to an officer position. Everyone who comes to the first meeting in August will also get double hours just for showing up!

Of course, we'll have snacks and drinks, too.

Don't miss it!


Tuesday, August 11th at 6:00pm.
TAB meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays every month.

Where is the coolest place to be? Watching an AWESOME movie at the Hudson Library! Join us at 5pm for a FREE movie & FREE popcorn!
Bring all your friends! Questions? Contact Youth Services at(727) 861- 3040.