On August 11, the Chester County Library System held its 1^st Annual CCLS Teen Photo Contest Reception. Sixty unique pieces of artwork submitted by teens in Chester County during July were displayed during this open house event. Teens in grades 6-12 were encouraged to submit digital artwork fulfilling the theme Picture Your Adventure in two categories, Traditional Photo and Anything Goes.

Entries poured in throughout Chester County – from Oxford to Honey Brook to West Chester to Berwyn with 20 municipalities, 15 libraries, and 27 schools represented. The creative Teen artwork was viewed by about 80 people during the reception and you now have a chance to view the slideshow on the Chester County Library YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKBRXwF8Yas.

Winners in the Traditional Photo Category are:

• 1^st Place Miriam M., Pottstown, Across Blue Ridges
• 2^nd Place Claire S., Parkesburg, Taking Wing
• 3^rd Place Kathryn K., Berwyn, Foggy Morning Elephants

Winners in the Anything Goes Category are:

• 1^st Place Chase M., Honey Brook, Heart Head
• 2^nd Place Addison G., West Chester, Mixed Media Lighthouse
• 3^rd Place Zachary D., Chesterbrook, Fireworks that look like a Palm tree (inverted)

We look forward to the 2^nd Annual CCLS Teen Photo Contest next summer with a new theme “Color Our World.”

Beginning on August 20, the Chester County Library & District Center will launch a new initiative called Connect Tuesdays. Every Tuesday, the Library will welcome a different non-profit organization to host an information table promoting their services. Topics will include housing, employment, mental health, disability assistance, and more.

Each week of Connect Tuesdays is dedicated to a different need: a housing organization will be available on the 1^st Tuesday of every month, CareerLink’s employment services on the 2^nd, the 3^rd alternates between a variety of needs, and the 4^th is dedicated to Representative Kristine Howard’s Mobile Office. In addition to the service organizations, patrons can also meet with a resource specialist, called a Mobile Navigator, from the Human Needs Network. This navigator, who will be onsite every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., can answer questions about social services needs and perform the intake necessary for certain support programs.

Participating organizations include Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP), the Housing Partnership of Chester County, Handi-Crafters, North Star of Chester County, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chester County PA Chapter, and more. Find the full schedule and visitation times at bit.ly/Connect-Tues-CCL. Questions can also be directed to the Chester County Library Reference Department at (610) 344-5957.

If you need help now, dial 2-1-1 to get connected with resources today. For mental health emergencies, dial 9-8-8. Both of these services are available 24/7.

Join author David H. Moskowitz to discuss the newest title in his The Creative Positivist Series, The Judge and the Incorrect Decision. 

Each book in this series of four is designed to introduce and then expand upon Moskowitz’s legal theory of creative positivism.

Moskowitz explains, “Creative positivism is a legal philosophy that is an extension of the legal positivist theory presented by H.L.A. Hart in his classic work The Concept of Law…I present the foundation for creative positivism and the principles of creative positivism in The Judge and the Incorrect Decision. Accepting that judges make incorrect decisions, as I have defined them, and that these incorrect decisions make new legal rules is the central theme of creative positivism.”

Registration is required at https://ccls.libcal.com/event/12464217. This program supports PA Forward Civic and Social Literacy.