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The Beacon Bulletin
Click here for a copy of the October 2009 Beacon Bulletin newsletter.Click Here
Forty for Forty Campaign
Join Friends of the Library in 2009 as we celebrate the April 20, 1969 opening of library on the site of the former Smith Hotel. Give to the Forty for Forty campaign by donating $40 to purchase a book in honor, memory, or to recognize a local business/individual. A Fortieth Birthday celebration will be held Thursday, April 16 from 2:00-4:00 at the Union Parish Library. Celebrate forty years of library service and give to make a difference in the next forty years! Download the application here.Click Here
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Internet Use Policy
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Retire Union Parish
Visit the new Retire Union Parish website at www.RetireUnionParish.org and learn about the great quality of life that we call home!
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On the Calendar:  Monday, 11/30/2009
Synergy Brass Band: The Union Parish Arts Council hosts the brass band Synergy for morning and afternoon sessions with the Farmerville High School band. An evening performance will be open to the public. Calendar

Technology & Science
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Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine

After a year's delay, scientistsat Europes CERN physics research center have sent beams of protons circulating all the way through the Large Hadron Collider.Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:35:05 GMT
Astronauts wait over as daughter born at home

This image provided by NASA shows astronaut Randolph Bresnik earlier this month.Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:09:46 GMT
Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83

In this 1965 file photo Russian spaceship designer and space traveler Konstantin Feoktistov, bottom, seen with other Soviet cosmonauts during the nation's Cosmonaut Day ceremony in Moscow. Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:22:20 GMT
Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk

Space shuttle Atlantis Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik works during the the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Staion.A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:39:58 GMT
Just because its on Twitter, it (still) isnt true

Oh Morrissey! There's a Mr. Death from the InterWeb here to see you. Does the Internet make people gullible? A recent outbreak of fake death reports on Twitter have some people wondering if too much information too quickly is bad for us.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:55 GMT
Cosmic Log: Chair floats to final frontier

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Space ballooning hits new heights in an HDTV commercial showing an armchair floating against the backdrop of our curving planet, almost 100,000 feet up.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Space ballooning hits new heights in an HDTV commercial showing an armchair floating against the backdrop of our curving planet, almost 100,000 feet up.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:11 GMT
Galileos 2 missing fingers and a tooth found

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. The remains will be put on display at an Italian museum.Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:09 GMT
Oddball gifts for techies

You know what to get your book-loving dad and social-networking sister, but what about that seriously geeky pal? PC Worlds found gifts even geeks who have everything would like.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:43 GMT
Barnes and Noble sells out of Nooks

The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday or later will receive it is Jan. 4, 2010, the nation's largest bookseller said Friday.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:58 GMT
Video: Tony Hawks back for a Ride

Since Tony Hawks Proving Ground Tony Hawk has dominated the skateboarding genre in video games with a lot of critical acclaim. 12 games later we come to his latest game Tony Hawks Ride but this time there is big change.(msnbc.com)Since Tony Hawks Proving Ground Tony Hawk has dominated the skateboarding genre in video games with a lot of critical acclaim. 12 games later we come to his latest game Tony Hawks Ride but this time there is big change.(msnbc.com)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:44 GMT
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