MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS November 28, 2002
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The bidding has begun! The Third Annual Holiday Silent Auction
has now begun at the library. Come in, sign up for a bidding
number, and start placing your bids on the auction items all
nicely displayed in the program room. You might be able to do
most of your holiday shopping right here!
Among the wonderful items on the auction block are two gorgeous
quilts made by Ethel Crane, a darling baby quilt and pillow done
by Nancy McPherson, and a lovely baby afghan hand crocheted by
Bette Slocum. Two beautiful framed watercolors, one by Maxine
Hunter and one by Ralph Murray would make someone very happy
this Christmas! Or, if you need to relieve the stress of the
holiday season, bid on the gift certificates for a healing massage
or for dinner out at some nice local restaurants. If you'd rather
cook in, bid on the new rice cooker or the Martha Stewart cookbook.
Other great auction items include a wonderful big Longaberger
sewing basket, a direct TV system, a set of The Cat Who... mystery
books, decorative pillows, nice houseplants, and goose-themed
kitchen items. If you are looking for unique antique or collectible
gift items, be sure to bid on the flame hobnail vase, the broad-rimmed,
etched glass centerpiece bowl, the vintage Rock'Em Sock'Em robots
or the Antique Toytown, Plains Indian diorama or Build Your Own
Pagoda books.
These are just a sample of some of the great items now up for
auction at the library. The Silent Auction extends to Monday,
December 16th.
The recent "Thank You" Reception for Traci Schuster
was a lovely event. A good crowd enjoyed the ambiance of Madison
Hall and the chance to thank Traci, to chat with friends and
to enjoy the nice refreshments catered by Linda Puddington. Attending
the event were Morrisville Mayor Henry Douglas, Eaton Town Supervisior
Dave Puddington, MidYork Library System Director, Mary Lou Caskey
and Assistant Director, Ann Harris. Also, former Morrisville
Library Directors, Pat Congdon, Bev Devlin and Brenda Hasegawa
joined current Interim Director, Barb Fogg in wishing Traci well.
Traci' s parents and her husband, John, were also present and
honored for their support of Traci. Gratia Burleigh, President
of the Friends of the Library, did a wonderful job organizing
the event and acting as emcee. The Friends gave a children's
room bulletin board and a fine plaque to the library in honor
of Traci. The Library Board of Trustees unveiled a new framed
School District Library charter and gave Traci a small framed
memento of all the work she did to get that new designation for
the library. It was a memorable event for a memorable woman!
December is a busy month for the library. In addition to the
silent auction, the library will host the Adult Book Talk series
again this Friday, December 6th at 7 p.m., when Professor Roxanna
Pisiak will facilitate a discussion of Leif Enger's Peace
Like a River. The Annual Holiday Open House will be held
on Friday, December 13th from 1-5 p.m. This year, the theme for
the library's holiday decorations and tree will be characters
from books. Stop in and enjoy the decorations. Maybe Clifford
the dog is dressed as Santa, or Pippi Longstocking, the Cat in
the Hat and Curious George are sitting on the tree branches.
It will surely be a festive few weeks at the library.
There are several new book arrivals this week. Killjoy
by Julie Greenwood is a suspense thriller in which FBI crime
analyst, Avery Delaney, tries to outmaneuver a brilliant killer
to save her beloved aunt. Abraham
by Bruce Feiler is a biography of one man who united the world's
major religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The first half
tells what the Bible and Koran say about Abraham and the second
half relates these stories to contemporary religious and political
conflicts. Shrink
Rap, Robert Parker's third Sunny
Randall novel, follows Sunny as she is bodyguard for a famous
romance writer being stalked by her psychiatrist ex-husband.
In Let's
Roll by Lisa Beamer, the wife of one of the men who stopped
the third 9-11 hijacked plane from hitting its destination, tells
of her husband's life that ended prematurely in his heroic but
fatal efforts.
For our younger readers, Brave
Norman, Watch
Out, Otto, Ringo
Saves the Day and Happy
Christmas, Honey are all new additions to our Ready-to-Read
book collection. Also in are Thanksgiving
on Thursday from the Magic Treehouse series, Amazing Magnetism
from the Magic School Bus series, and Oasis
from the Dinotopia series.
December is a fine time to visit the Morrisville Library. You
can enjoy the holiday decorations and Open House. You can have
fun "shopping" at the Silent Auction. And, of course,
you can sign out books, magazines, CD's and videos that will
relax you during this hectic holiday season.
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December 4, 2002