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Resident anonymously helps needed landscaping trimming at library

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Weekly Activities

>Preschool Story Hour for children on Wednesday, June 17, at 10:30 a.m.

>Knitting session on Wednesday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m.

>Writer’s Group meets on Thursday, June 18, at 10:30 a.m.

>Florida Life of Edison presentation on Thursday, June 18, at 1:30 p.m.

>Dog Day on Thursday, June 18, from 4 to 5 p.m.

>Healthy Backs presentation on Friday, June 19, at 1:30 p.m.

Activity Details

Knitters gather for sharing conversation and ideas on June 17. The time is open to both new and experienced knitters.

Writer’s Group meets June 18 as an avenue to keep communication open among aspiring and working writers.

Making reading fun is the goal of Dog Day on June 18. Parents, pre-register children for a session so that your child can read to a dog.

We are pleased to welcome Michele Albion, author of “The Florida Life of Thomas Edison” and first curator of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, as she provides insights on the person and influence of Edison on June 18.

Dr. Bennett will share ideas on June 19 to better help one learn the causes of back pain and offer a safe and natural way to eliminate this pain. See poster for the skills and background that she brings to this task.

Edison

Thomas Edison’s life brings out many important values, not least among them the importance of the family. If he started out in school today, he’d probably be considered to have attention deficit hyperactivity and given Ritalin. Instead, his mother made him feel important, homeschooled him and convinced Thomas that his unusual demeanor and physical appearance were outward signs of his remarkable intelligence.

Come and enjoy the presentation on June 18 as it provides many distinguishing and interesting notes about Edison’s life in our area. We note, for example, that Tom’s parents steered his hunger for knowledge by using the resources of the local library. By age 12, he had not only digested Gibbon’s “Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire,” “Sears’ History of the World,” and Burton’s “Anatomy of Melancholy” but graphed sections of “The World Dictionary of Science” and several works on practical chemistry. One advantage of this was his reaction that too much of this was written in “high-tone” language and needed to be more accessible to the common person.

This incredible ability to come up with a meaningful new patent every two weeks throughout his working career make Edison one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

Landscaping

A few weeks ago I called for volunteers to assist in the needed landscaping trimming on our grounds. A long-time resident responded, had her regular gardener tour the library grounds and we reviewed what was to be done, and in short order all of the trimming was completed. Her kindness remains anonymous, per her wish, but we are most grateful for this wonderful work done.

Memorial/Special Event

Remember a loved one, deceased or living, by donating $25 or more to have a new title added to the collection and a book plate added to commemorate and honor the person or event. Last week a donor left a memorial at the front desk and that is just the kind of action that means a lot.

New Genre

We have added a new genre to the fiction collection. Currently, you can find fiction titles under Fiction in general, Mystery, and New Titles in both fiction and mystery. The addition is Gentle Fiction. Gondolas display a collection of Gentle Fiction that brings you the best of current and added titles in this area.

By this genre we mean books that tell stories of characters wrestling with life’s ordinary problems. Their intention is not to shock you, just to entice you into a good, thoughtful read.

Almost all of these titles avoid profane language and needless or gratuitous violence.

While many of the titles in Gentle Fiction are not religious, some can fall into what we might term Christian Fiction, where the story contains biblically-based attitudes, values and action. These titles can have explicit or implicit Christianity and present religious questions and answers, show conflict over faith and morality, and may emphasize a conversion or crisis and, in the bottom line, exemplify Christian faith in real life.

Mystery

On display near the front door are mysteries that have received a wide variety of recommendations from readers, other writers, award bodies, and reviewers. If you’re a mystery reader, make it a point to take one of these titles along with you.

If you’ve seeking titles to enjoy in mystery, jewels can be found among these scattered new and emerging authors as well as authors who have a respectable following. With this display collection, you can find a fresh new voice at the library.

Library Hours

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 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We look forward to seeing you.