LIBRARY STAFFER Betty Weeks points out the model on the cover of the February, 2008 Consumer Reports magazine. The woman demonstrating a treadmill is her daughter Carmon, who works for a company that manufactures the exercise machines.
Month: January 2008
Some Tax Forms Now Available At Library
A limited number of federal tax forms are now available at McAlester Public Library. As forms arrive, they are placed in racks in the east lobby, off the Second Street entrance. Tax forms are provided for individual taxpayers. Tax preparation professionals can order the amount of forms needed by contacting the IRS at http://www.irs.gov/taxpros and the state at http://www.oktax.state.ok.us .
Most forms have yet to arrive. Some forms may not arrive until the end of January. There are currently no state tax forms available.
Several IRS tax products have been affected by the final passage of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) “patch” legislation. Corrected copies of these forms must be published and distributed. The following forms will be late in arriving:
*Form 1040 Schedule R, Credit for the Elderly or Disabled;
*Instructions for Form 1040, Schedule R;
*Form 1040A Schedule 2, Child and Dependent Care Expenses for Form 1040A Filers;
*Instructions for Form 1040A Schedule 2;
*Form 2441, Child and Dependent Care Expenses;
*Instructions for Form 2441;
*Form 6251, Alternative Minimum Tax—Individuals;
*Instructions for Form 6251;
*Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit;
*Instructions for Form 1116;
*Form 4136, Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels;
*Instructions for Form 4136;
*Form 5695, Residential Energy Credits;
*Form 8396, Mortgage Interest Credit;
*Form 8839, Qualified Adoption Expenses;
*Instructions for Form 8839;
*form 8863, Education Credits;
*Form 8880, Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions;
*Form 8859, District of Columbia First-Time Homebuyer Credit.
Spring Math Sessions Set
Grover Walker, volunteer coordinator and instructor for free math tutoring at McAlester Public Library, has announced the spring schedule.
Beginning January 12 and continuing until May 24, there will be tutoring sessions every Saturday.
The full schedule is: 9:45-10:30 a.m., seventh and eighth grades; 10:30-11:30 a.m., Algebra; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Geometry; and 12:30-1:30 p.m., Algebra II, Calculus, College Algebra and Trigonometry.
“These sessions are mainly for math tutoring, but everyone is welcome who wants to improve his or her math skills,” Walker said. “If you have questions contact me at 423-5019.”
Students are expected to provide their own transportation, paper and pens.
Carbonated Blast From The Past
TEEN LIBRARIAN Taryn Grippando and Library Assistant Jennifer Buckner admire the circa-1969 Pepsi-Cola can recently uncovered behind a wall fixture at McAlester Public Library. When plumbing problems forced the removal of a medicine cabinet from an old rest room, workers found the old soft drink can.
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