MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
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The times, as the seasons, are a-changing. We have a new
Interim Director at the library and she is a familiar face to
us all. It is Barb Fogg. Having Barb at the helm should make
the transition much easier since she knows the library well and
all the patrons know her. Kay, too, is still with us to keep
things on keel.
At the same time, the library is advertising an immediate
opening for a part-time library assistant-technician. A friendly,
outgoing demeanor and flexibility with scheduling are musts for
this person. Job responsibilities will include maintenance of
patron records using the computerized circulation system, serving
patrons at the circulation desk, shelving books, and other related
duties as needed. A basic knowledg of PC computers and the ability
to life 30-40 pound book bags are required. Preference will
be given to applicants with a strong educational background and
interest in assisting with library programs and fund-raising
events. For more information and to request an application,
call Phyllis Mattingly at 315-684-3336 or Carla Kutzuba at 315-655-4815.
Getting the fall season off to a good start, an exhibit
of oil paintings by Andrew McPherson is now on display in the
program room. Andy grew up in Morrisville where he began his
interest in art in the MECS schools and at the Munson Williams
Proctor Institute in Utica. He has continued his art studies
at Syracuse University and now at the Academy of Art College
in San Francisco. He is also a teacher at the San Francisco Children's
Art Center. This exhibit includes pieces that represent an approach
to landscape known as Plein air. Andy says, "The light
changes so quickly, especially around San Francisco, taking
smaller canvases and trusting your instincts is the most effective
way to capture the atmosphere of the setting." Stop in
and see these lovely works, on display until October 12th.
The fall Pre-School Story Hour series with Grandma B will
be kicking off on Tuesday, October 1st. Put the date on your
calendar now. More details on the series will be coming soon.
Again this week, we have new books to report, thanks to
some of our generous patrons. Jean Resnick adopted The Lovely
Bones by Alice Sebold which is narrated from heaven, where "life
is a perpetual yesterday" and where 14 year old Susie Salmon,
raped and murdered by her serial killer-neighbor, tells her
story and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as
well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her
case. Moors Myers also generously donated several new books.
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
is an interesting memoir of personal reflections of growing
up in London, the growth of a person's interest in science as
well as a survey of scientific history, with emphasis on the
great chemists like Robert Boyle, Antoine Lavoisier, and Humphry
Davy. The Tutor by Peter Abrhams is a suspenseful, and often
just plain creepy story that begins when Linda and Scott Gardner
hire a tutor, Julian, to improve the less-than-acceptable SAT
scores of their teenage son, Brandon. Stephen Carter's The Emperor
of Ocean Park finds Talcott Garland following up a cryptic note
left after his father's death and finding himself in an investigation
that entangles him with a number of questionable Washington,
D.C., denizens, including attorneys and government officials,
law professors, the FBI, shady underworld figures, chess masters,
and friends and family. In Savage Run by C.J. Box, Joe Pickett
returns to his slightly offbeat duties in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains
when an exploding cow kills a famous ecoterrorist; the dead bodies
and twists and turns just escalate from there. The Order of
Things: How Everything in the World is Organized into Hierarchies,
Structures and Pecking Orders by Barbara Kipfer is an illustrated
collection of orders and classifications in science, religion,
history, business, the arts, sports, technology, mathematics,
society, and domestic life. Thanks, Moors.
Thanks to Teresa Lemery for donating the video, The Loomis
Gang. Finally, on the New Books cart this week is Linda Greenlaw's
The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island. Greenlaw
gave up swordfishing to return to her parents' home on Isle Au
Haut off the coast of Maine and fish for lobster. She describes
a grueling life as she details maintaining her boat and her
equipment, setting and hauling hundreds of traps with a crew
of one, her father, contending with the weather and surviving
seasons when the lobsters don't bother to come around. It is
also a story of family, of loneliness and of eccentric neighbors,
and makes for an interesting read.
Welcome to autumn, and welcome to the library, always here
to serve you, even in times of change. Come in this week and
visit.
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September 24, 2002