Friday, January 26, 2007

A Double Dose


Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentaion on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge-a tradition that continues today with some black populations. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read.

"This eye-opening account offers an inside look into how the pharmaceutical industry, aided and abetted by FDA policies carries out ethically problematic research in developing countries.-Ruth Macklin, professor of bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Great Coupon Trade

You can drop off coupons at the library that you may not use, and pick up some that you do. Make sure they are not ready to expire

An Inconvenient Truth


If you live on this planet you should see this documentary. This may seem a little silly and overstated, but it's not. Your ten- year old child, you, and your sixty-year old mother should see it. It's easy to understand. It goes into enough detail to know that our planet is in trouble, without boring the person with the short attention span. You may not think the ocean current half way around the world has anything to do with you, or the United States, but it does. This documentary explains weather patterns, the history of temperatures, earthquakes, ice ages. It explores the affect of pollution on the world, and the changes that are taking place right now. With great use of intelligence and humor, Al Gore does a great job bringing this topic to public attention. Don't think it's to late and unrealistic to change anything now. We can reverse some of the damage we have done. Watch. Learn how

Saturday, January 20, 2007

It's TAX time

Are you looking for tax forms...please stop by at the Osterhout Free Library. We have 2006 Federal and Pennsylvania tax forms available in the library.
If you need personal assistance in filing your taxes, please call 822-1158, ext. 3337 to make an appointment with The Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne/Wyoming Counties.
The details about program are as follows:

The area Agency on aging for Luzerne/Wyoming Counties has announced that Retired and Senior volunteers Program (RSVP) volunteers will again be available to help seniors and low income individuals with income under $35,000 with simple federal and state income taxes, PACE and rebate forms. There is no charge for the service. All federal and state income tax forms will be e-filed. Seniors must bring 1099s, Social Security identification and any other forms showing last year's tax return and property /rent rebate. The service will be provided at the following locations:

Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-BarreTusedays: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 237 William Street, PittstonTuesdays: 1-3 p.m.

Luzerne County Community College, 1333 Prospect Street, NanticockeWednesadys: 1-3 p.m.

Please call @ 822-1158, ext. 3337 to register for this event at any of these locations.