Happy New Year!

The countdown in Fort Wayne has not yet started, but around the world people have already got their party going!

Fireworks explode at midnight above Sydney harbor and the Sydney Harbor Bridge to celebrate New Year's Eve in Australia today.













Balinese dancers perform during a cultural parade at the New Year's Eve celebration in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, today - despite threats of a terror attack.













Fireworks light the sky over Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year today.












Father Frost (the equivalent of Santa Claus) and Snow Maiden accompanied by a brass band march during a New Year parade in central Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan today.











This New Years' Eve is also a special one because it will be a full moon AND a blue moon. What is a blue moon? It doesn't mean the moon will look blue, though it could. Blue moon simply refers to the second full moon of the month.

Whether the moon makes you howl or not, whatever you do this New Years' Eve, keep it safe and make it happy! See you next year!

(Pictures taken from http://www.dailymail.co.uk)

New Books in Teen Room

New Books in the Teen Room

New Books in the Teen Room

New Books in the Teen Room!

Be a Senate Page for a day!

Middle and high school students are invited to make the Indiana Statehouse their "classroom for a day" by serving as Senate pages during the 2010 Indiana General Assembly.

Sen. Dennis Kruse (R-Auburn) said throughout the day, pages spend time in the Senate Chamber observing the introduction of bills, listening to debates and delivering important messages among senators and staff.

Sen. Tom Wyss (R-Fort Wayne) said interested students should submit page requests in a letter or e-mail. The student's name - as it would appear on a certificate - address, home telephone number, age and school affiliation should be included with the request. Friends wanting to page on the same day should send requests together. Specific date requests will be considered, but may not be possible. The Senate's page office will confirm the scheduled date after processing incoming requests.

To be a page, e-mail requests to your senator:

Sen. David Long (R)

Sen. Dennis Kruse (R)

Sen. Tom Wyss (R)

Participating as a page is an excused absence from school. Pages must arrive at the Statehouse by 8:30 a.m. Parents are responsible for transportation and student pages are responsible for their own lunches, which can be economically priced at the Government Center Cafeteria, Circle Centre Mall or one of the many downtown restaurants.

For additional information, call 1-800-382-9467.