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Castle Pines Business Book Club to meet in February

Book Jacket ImageCalling all booklovers, local business owners and those who simply love a lively discussion!

The first meeting of the Castle Pines Business Book Club will be held at the Chamber of Commerce (562 Castle Pines Parkway, C-1) from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 4.

Book Choice for February: The Invisible Touch: the Four Keys to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith.

Share the Love of Reading with Children through Book Start

Book Start Early Literacy Program LogoShare the love of reading with a child! Volunteers go through a two-hour training session which takes place at Philip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock.

After this training the volunteer is ready to be placed in a childcare center. The next session takes place from 9:30 AM to Noon, January 20th--the third Wednesday of the month.

Registration is required.

To book your spot, stop by your library, call 303-791-7323.

Library Board Meeting

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The Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 18 at Lone Tree Library.  Click here for more information and minutes from past meetings.

January 28, 2010 - the mind changes the brain

For a long time, scientists believed two things about the brain.

The first was the idea that you're born with a set number of neurons -- "brain cells." Then, you lose them all your life.

The second idea was that there are "hardwired" parts of the brain. Various experiments showed that one region was involved in visual processing, another in movement (controlling the arms or legs, for instance). If you went blind, the part of the brain set up to handle information from the eye just sat there, dark and quiet.

Both of these ideas, we now know, were wrong. And that's very good news.

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