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MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
by Mary Brown
May is Amnesty Month at the library. We will forgive
any overdue fines this month and will really appreciate it if
you return any long-lost library books. We will also greatly
appreciate it if you consider the School District Library proposition
coming up for a vote on May 21st and vote "YES" to
an opportunity for your local library to survive.
Last week in this column, we started to answer some of the
commonly asked questions about this proposition, and we'll continue
with that information this week. A School District Library is
established by the vote of the residents of a school district
and is funded by a budget to be approved by school district voters.
The first vote will be held in conjunction with the School District
Budget Vote on May 21st at the Edward Andrews Elementary School
from 1-9 p.m. If voters approve the library proposition, the
MECS school district will collect the tax and distribute the
allotted monies to the Morrisville Library. The money for the
library is totally separate from your school taxes and has no
effect on the school budget.
There are many benefits of a School District Library.
People who are not residents of the Village of Morrisville are
free to use our library. We welcome residents from the surrounding
townships and have many patrons from Smithfield, Lebanon, Madison,
Fenner, Nelson, Stockbridge and Lincoln. As it stands now, these
towns have no library chartered to serve them, but offer no support
to the Morrisville Library. As part of the MECS district, they
have the privilege of using the library but do not contribute
to its upkeep and services. If the library becomes a School District
Library, residents of those townships in the MECS district will
share in the funding. Everyone in the district will have the
many services of the library and everyone will fairly share in
the costs of those services.
To learn more about the proposition, you still have time
to attend one of the presentations on the School District Library:
Wednesday, May 8th at 7 p.m. at the Eaton Fire Hall; Thursday,
May 9th at 7 p.m. at the Town of Nelson offices; Monday, May
13th at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center in Peterboro, and Tuesday,
May 14th at the 7:30 p.m. budget hearing at Morrisville High
School.
One of the library's most obvious services is providing
books for reading pleasure and information. Because of the very
tight budget, most of the new books this past year have been
acquired through the generosity of donors or "adopters".
A few such books have come in recently. Thanks to all the
donors and adopters. Vivian Schilling's Quietus is a ghost thriller
about an interior designer who is haunted by a raven as she is
caught in a plane crash and as she recovers and returns to her
regular life. Rita Brown's Catch as Cat Can, her tenth Mrs.
Murphy mystery, follows Mary Minor Hairsteen ("Harry")
and her trio of feline and canine sleuths on the trail of romance
and murder that begins with the theft of some unusual hubcaps.
Susan Ford's Double Exposure , a White House murder mystery
by the daughter of former President, Gerald Ford, follows a president's
daughter as she leads an investigation to prevent a Rose Garden
murder from turning into the first scandal of her father's administration.
Our Pre-School Story Hour series continues on Tuesday, May
14th with Grandma B. "surfing" oceans with the youngsters
and on Tuesday, May 21st when she inspects the magical world
of insects and spiders. Not to forget the older children, our
9-12 year old readers might want to sign out Esperanza, Bonita,
and/or Sierra, all part of the "Spirit of the Cimarron"
series by Kathleen Duey. This series brings to life the American
West through the eyes of the horses who were there. The same
age readers might also like Mildred Taylor's The Land, the story
of the son of a white plantation owner and former slave who runds
away to seek his fortune and final finds his dream. If spring
finally arrives, Play Ball ! by Jess Braillier will show the
young ones how to play all the world's best ball games.
Finally this week, congratulations to the winners of our
Poetry Contest! First place in the high school division went
to Stephanie Ames for "Half Full or Half Empty". First
place in the elementary school division went to Jessie Deaner
for "Life"; there was a tie for second place between
Marissa Konieczko for "The Aftermath" and Cassandra
Jones for "Noise". The Friends of the Library awarded
nice gift cards to Barnes and Noble to all the winners. Maybe
books by these young authors will grace our shelves some day!
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