MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS May 10, 2002
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Please consider the School District Library proposition coming
up for a vote next Tuesday, May 21st , from 1 - 9 p.m. at the
Edward Andrews Elementary School. The School District Library
that would be chartered by an approved proposition would provide
more support for the library from a wider tax base. Our current
budget of $35,601 is woefully inadequate and has been for several
years. Today it would be difficult to run a household decently
on that amount. Imagine trying to run a successful business on
so little. The library is a business; our mission is to provide
citizens of our district with the same level of access to the
world of information, education and entertainment that is available
to people elsewhere. In order to accomplish this, we must adequately
compensate our present staff and be able to hire at least one
more library technician. We must be able to purchase books and
other resources for our patrons to use, and we must pay for supplies,
heat, lawn maintenance, snow plowing, insurance, fees for payroll,
bookkeeping and legal services. A new budget of $60,000 would
provide these services to all the people served by our library
district, and the people deserve no less. Please vote "YES"
to the School District Library proposition on May 21st.
Here's a quick reminder to all our patrons that the library will
be closed on Friday, May 24th through Monday, May 27th for the
Memorial Day weekend. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 28th at
10 a.m.
Thanks to Andrew Quick and Justin Crandall who are starting a
writer's club for kids ages 13 and under who want to trying their
hand at writing. As they say in their flyer, "We will be
discussing new topics each month. This month is Fantasy/Sci-Fi
month. Writing games and activities will also be a part of the
writer's club meetings that will be held at the library."
For more information on future meeting times, contact Andrew
@684-7428, or call the library @ 684-9130.
The library is having a Mystery Book Sale in the front hall this
month. We are selling hardcovers @ $1.00 each, or 3 for $2.00.
paperbacks are $.50 each or 3 for $1.00. Our many mystery fans
will want to take advantage of these bargains.
Take advantage of another major bargain at the library this month.
May is Amnesty Month at the library. We will forgive any overdue
fines this month if you return any long-lost (or temporarily
misplaced) library books. Please do not stuff the drop box; just
bring back books all month with no fine or late charges.
Come in this month and see the wonderful exhibit of one hundred
photos of Morrisville life on display in the program room. This
great display is the work of Pat Swann's photographic journalism
class at SUNY Morrisville. Thanks goes out this week to another
SUNY Journalism student, Sarah Hansen, who recently acted as
one of our recent poetry contest judges. We have many talented
SUNY students living in our midst.
Another delightful Pre-School Story Hour with Grandma B is on
the agenda for next week. On Tuesday, May 21st. Grandma will
be exploring the creepy, crawly world of insects and spiders.
Don't worry; she'll make it seem very "un-creepy" for
the little ones! Bring them in for an hour of fun.
Someone recently returned our Cat in the Hat video box with a
video of Disney's 101 Dalmations in it! Please come in and trade!
We have some new additions to our collection to report, mostly
due to generous donations and adoptions. Remember that you can
order any of the books mentioned in this column simply by clicking
on the title and completing the order form at our website version
of each week's Morrisville Library News column . The videos Funny
Girl , Funny
Lady, and the children's video, The
Amazing Panda Adventure , along with the audiobook, Elmore
Leonard's Tishemingo
Blues have all been gifted to us. 24
Hours by Greg Iles, An
American Killing by Mary Ann Tirone Smith, Enemy
Women by Paulette Jiles, Bias
by Bernard Goldberg, Secrets
of the Wholly Grill by Lawrence Townsend, Socrates
Café, by Christopher Phillips, Hormone
Deception by D. Lindsey Berkson, The
Boy Who Never Grew Up by David Handler and Stealing
Shadows by Kay Hooper are also new gifts.
Additionally, eight books in the Junie B. Jones series for our
4-8 year old readers have been donated. The 2002 Caldecott Award
Winner, The
Three Pigs, a funny version of the well-known tale by David
Wiesner, has also just arrived. For 8-12 years olds, we now have
The
Story of the Olympics by Dave Anderson and Linda Peck's 2002
Newbery Award winning A
Single Shard, a heartwarming story of a young boy, an apprentice
potter, who takes on a harsh adventure to prove himself to his
mentor.
Barbara Taylor Bradford fans will want to sign out Three
Weeks in Paris , which examines the lives of four women,
alumnae of an exclusive arts school in Paris, who must confront
their stormy pasts when they are invited to attend a special
birthday party. Bernard Lewis' What
Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response is
a survey of how Islamic civilization fell from worldwide leadership
five or six centuries ago to one that is today dominated by tyrannies
of repression and terror. Characters
in Mythology by William Farrell, who recently gave an interesting
presentation at the library about his new book on classical place
names, is a collection of stories about creatures and people
from ancient Greek and Roman times.
Bring in those overdue books this week. Enjoy our exciting photo
show in the program room. Pick up information on the School District
Library proposal at the circulation desk, and vote YES on May
21st to help your library stay open and active.
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May 10, 2002