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The Abington Community Library will be handling the distribution of selected federal and state income tax forms for the convenience of patrons.
Forms and instructions are arriving daily and will be made available to the public during the week between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. A book of reproducible forms will also soon be in stock; there is a charge of 10 cents per page to photocopy from this book. Forms may also be downloaded from the Internet for 15 cents per page.
“J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax 2010,” The library has just received this new volume for its Reference collection. For over 70 years, millions of American have trusted J. K. Lasser to help them save money at tax time.
The newest edition covers topics such as the basics of filing, what is considered reportable income, deductions, how much is owed, strategies for saving tax dollars, planning ideas for small businesses, and, finally, information on electronic filing, IRS audits, filing for extensions and amended returns. The book does not circulate but can be used in the library.
Holiday Time Fiction for Adults
“Christmas is Murder,” by C. S. Challinor. Instead of Christmas cheer at a secluded Victorian hotel in the English countryside, barrister Rex Graves finds a dead guest, and when more guests die, all hopes for a jolly holiday are dashed. Snowbound and terrified, no one, it seems, can escape the cold-blooded killer.
“Cat Deck the Halls,” by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. At midnight in the deserted gardens of a shopping plaza in a charming seaside California village, a stranger lies dead beneath the village Christmas tree, the only witness to the shooting a little child. Instead of singing carols and climbing into Christmas trees, wily tomcat, Joe Grey, feline P. I., is faced with his most difficult case yet.
“The Christmas Sweater,” by Glenn Beck. The Christmas morning 12-year old Eddie received a handmade sweater from his mother, instead of the dream bike which was all he wanted, was the beginning of his dark and painful journey on the road to manhood and his realization of the true significance of the simple gift his mother had made with love in her heart.
“Plum Pudding Murder,” by Joanne Fluke. The yuletide season in Lake Eden, Minnesota, guarantees a white Christmas, delectable holiday goodies from Hannah Swenson’s bakery, The Cookie Jar — and murder. With the twelve days of Christmas ticking away and the clock winding down on a holiday wedding for which she must bake the cake, Hannah’s running out of time to investigate the death of erstwhile Christmas tree salesman, Larry Jaeger.
Upcoming Program
The children’s Winter Reading Club will begin on Monday, Jan. 11 for six weeks to encourage library visits and daily reading. Prior registration will start on Monday, January 4, by stopping in the library’s Children’s Room to pick up Reading Logs and other material. Children will have a chance to win prizes to support their reading initiatives, for ages two to 12 years-old.
The library will be closed Thursday and Friday Dec. 24 and 25 for Christmas.
Upcoming Events
Friday, Jan.1 the Library will be closed.
Saturday, Jan. 2 the Junior Book Club will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Grades four to six.
Saturday, Jan. 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Grades four to six.