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