Get into scrapbooking, ‘variety of viewpoints’
Weekly activities
n Preschool Story Hour every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.
n We are closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 27.
Upcoming activities
Knitters – both aspiring and accomplished – are invited to Knitting Basics on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. This is a time to either learn basics to get started or to have kindred time for knitting. Preregister please so that Charlotte Gray, facilitator of the session, can know what to anticipate. Also this group meets twice a month so check future dates.
Poetry Forge meets Friday, Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m. The focus of attention will revolve around Rainer Maria Rilke. Considered one of the greatest lyric poets of modern Germany, he has left a body of work that inspires in spite of facing untold odds in his life. An an example, his mother called him Sophia and forced him to wear girl’s clothes until he was nine, as she mourned the loss of a baby daughter.
Scrapbookers, mark your calendar for Monday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. This is a perfect time to continue work on your scrapbook or if just starting to get guidance from experienced pros. Each time we’ve had a session we seem to get comments afterwards, “Oh, had I only known!” so please, if you have an interest, mark your calendar now, or if you have a family member or neighbor, urge them to note the date and participate. With scrapbooking, the more the merrier.
If you are seeking fiction that doesn’t have unnecessary violence or gratuitous sex and offers hope that problems can be solved, you might consider getting familiar with a growing number of authors who are writing in this vein. Called “cozy fiction,” this genre is growing in popularity.
A presentation on Dec. 9, at 10:30 a.m., will bring in an expert, Diana Vickery, who has a wide grasp of authors and writings styles. Even if you’re not inclined to this genre on first impression, consider listening as you may well discover a new author or a new series that warrants your reading pleasure and inspiration.
Dewey
“Dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world” by Vicki Myron (MYR) deals with the discovery of a half-frozen little kitten found in a book drop. Patron Don Kyte notes, “the heart-warming story of how this kitten won over the library patrons, the town, and eventually tens of thousands of admirers, is as much about small town and small town libraries as it is about this beautiful special cat.” Don stresses that “it is very well written and I challenge anyone to read the book without shedding a tear now and then.”
Thanksgiving
The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England on Sept. 6, 1620, for the New World. Braving the harsh elements of a vast storm-tossed sea, they arrived in Massachusetts in late November. Though nearly half of the 102 passengers died before spring, they declared a three-day feast to thank God and to celebrate with their Indian friends. While this was not the first Thanksgiving in our land (Thanksgiving services were held in Virginia as early as 1607), it was America’s first Thanksgiving festival.
In 1789, following a proclamation by President George Washington, America celebrated its first Day of Thanksgiving. Much of the credit for the adoption of an annual national day of Thanksgiving is due to Sarah Joseph Hale, who contacted every President over a 30-year period until President Abraham Lincoln responded in 1863 by setting aside the last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving. Over the next 75 years, each President followed Lincoln’s precedent, until in 1941 Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as Thanksgiving Day for the nation.
If you’d like to share this special time via story with children, consider “An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving” (J ALC) or “Thanks and Giving All Year Long” (J 810.8 THA). For activities, consider “Thanksgiving Crafts” (J 745.5 COR).
Reference
Reference titles are usually titles that are frequently consulted and so in demand or quality or authority that they must be available whenever anyone wishes to consult them. We have found that many library users check out the circulating collection but do not avail themselves of the short-term use of reference titles.
To make it easier to find these treasures, some reference titles will be interfiled with the circulating collection. This way, you can view them quickly for a start and be aware of complimentary titles to ones that can be checked out. These reference titles remain for in-library use only but will be easier to find. Each of these interfiled titles will have the call ID of RC (standing for Reference in Circulating Collection, or Reference in Circulating for short) and also have a yellow label.
Variety of viewpoints
It’s easy to be confused by the clamor from those who argue for particular issues and urge us to take sides. Free expression has always provoked debate about the challenges we face but, at Thanksgiving, is also included as one of our blessings.
As a library, we seek to offer diverse viewpoints and you’ll find this reflected in the titles added to the non-fiction collection and even, at times, in fiction titles. It is difficult to come together to confront our problems when we are incessantly targets of partisans of opposing ideas, learned authorities who claim expertise, or pundits who know what we must do. The diverse sources we provide seek to offer information that places the debate in perspective, separates facts from the opinions, and allows the reader to learn.
Don’t remember library hours? Call for information. When we are closed, a recorder gives the hours of operation, either on 765-8162, or on 765-8163. Except for holidays, which would be mentioned on the recorder, we are open Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 8, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9 to 5, and Saturday 9 to 1. We look forward to seeing you.
Library hours
Dont remember library hours? Call for information.
When we are closed, a recorder gives the hours of operation, either on 765-8162, or on 765-8163.
Except for holidays, which would be mentioned on the recorder, we are open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9 to 5, and Saturday 9 to 1.
We look forward to seeing you.