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Tree event for preschoolers today

CLEARFIELD -- The city is hosting a special tree-themed event focused on preschool-age children to help them learn about trees and Arbor Day.

Davis County calls on churches to provide polling locations

FARMINGTON — For this year’s presidential election, Davis voters will have a prayer.

A wide range of church houses in select areas of Davis County are being recruited by Davis election officials to serve as polling locations to handle the anticipated onslaught of voters Nov. 6.

The county currently is making arrangements with officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for four church buildings, and is also working with a handful of other churches to secure their buildings for polling places. In some instances, the churches are the only buildings large enough to meet the county’s space needs in a certain area, Davis County Election Clerk Pat Beckstead said.

Photo illustration by BRYAN NIELSEN/Standard-Examiner

George Guidall: The voice of a thousand characters

George Guidall jokes that he talks out loud for a living -- and people listen as he transports them into another world.

"They hear a voice doing something for them and it takes their cares away," Guidall said in his richly timbred everyman voice. "They don't care about traffic jams. They don't care about the frozen food melting in the back seat or coming late into work."

Audiobook aficionados will likely recognize Guidall's voice from one of the more than 900 unabridged books he has narrated. Top of Utah residents will have a chance to see the man behind that voice as Guidall speaks Thursday at the Davis County Library's South branch in Bountiful.

A Kaysville resident uses a computer at the Davis County Library to do research on the internet. The library system is updating its resources so it can offer more e-books, online learning games for children and online resources for adults, such as car repair manuals and language learning courses. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Davis libraries boosting technology, resources for users

FARMINGTON — As library patrons increasingly use electronic media to access information, Davis County Library is working to meet their demands.

Libraries have historically been a major source of knowledge, traditionally in the form of paper books. However, with the increased use of technology, libraries are beginning to expand their resources.

Davis County Library is working to enhance its technology assets by purchasing more e-books, offering online learning games and tools for children and providing access to online car repair manuals, genealogy databases and foreign language courses.

Davis libraries get $43K for e-books

FARMINGTON — The Davis County Library system has received an unexpected $43,332 from the state of Utah Library Division to use for expanding its e-book collection.

Library's room serves as film setting

FARMINGTON -- It was lights, camera, action at Davis County's South Branch Library on Tuesday.

Bookmarks

Author events this week at The King's English Bookshop include:

-- Massachusetts author Kathryn Kay signs her debut novel "The Gilder" (Kensington, $15) at 7 p.m. Monday.

Library offers evening of stories

LAYTON -- The Davis County Library is hosting an evening of holiday stories from around the world.

Miss Davis County to speak at event

KAYSVILLE -- The Kaysville-Davis Branch of the American Association of University Women invites the public to join them at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Kaysville Branch of the Davis County Library, 44 N. Main St.

The speaker will be Kara Arnold, Miss Davis County, who will talk about how to "Discover Your Potential Through Science and Math."

Public invited to free fall concert

CLEARFIELD -- The city is offering up a haunting of its own through music.

The public is invited to a free community event, the Clearfield Community Band's fall concert, "Haunting Melodies and Things That Go Bump in the Night."

Davis librarians eager to create new logo

FARMINGTON -- How old is the Davis County Library logo?

"Our logo is so old the electronic copy is on a floppy disk," said Jerry Meyer, Davis County library assistant director.

The current logo was designed sometime in the 1990s, Meyer said, so library officials have decided to get a new look.

Brandon Sanderson

Tickets to author event disappear rapidly

FARMINGTON -- Tickets for the event moved at a Justin Bieber pace. After 30 minutes, they were gone. Only standby tickets now remain, say officials.

The draw: Popular fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, author of the "Mistborn" series.

Bookmarks

* Utah authors from the Eden Writers Group will be talking about and signing copies of their ghost stories book "Tales From Huntsville, Eden, Liberty And Beyond ..." (DMT Publishing, $9.99), 1-5 p.m. Saturday at Hastings.

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