MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS October 11, 2002
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The big news at the library this week is over our heads! It's
the roof. Yes, work on the roof has begun and everyone is breathing
a sigh of relief that the library will be nice and snug before
winter begins. Thanks to the Friends of the Library, the final
funds were in place to get the roof work under way.
The Friends are not the only volunteers that make the library
succeed and prosper. Thanks to Karen Verne who worked on the
perennial gardens out front to make our entrance inviting and
beautiful. Thanks also to loyal volunteers Sheron Smith, Joyce
Nelson, Nancy McPherson, Jean Puddington and Gratia Burleigh
for their work, week in and week out, to help the library.
Gratia (aka Grandma B.) has gotten the Pre-School Story Hour
series off to a great start this fall. Other story hours in the
series will be held at 10:30 a.m. on October 22, 29 and November
12.
Put Friday, November 1st, on your calendar right now. Professor
Roxanna Pisiak will be here to lead a discussion of Susan Vreeland's
Girl
in Hyacinth Blue in the opening session of this season's
Adult Book Talk series. Copies are now available for sign-out
at the circulation desk.
Thanks this week to our long-time supporter and patron, Ruth
Matthias who has donated two nice books to the library. Fannie
Flagg's Standing
in the Rainbow (large print edition) tells of small town
life in Missouri in the 40's and 50's with colorful characters
and homey events that show the impact of the historical events
and post-war culture on everyday life. Richard Russo's The
Whore's Child , his first collection of short stories, explores
the complex emotions of troubled parent-child and husband-wife
relationships with sometimes comedy, sometimes tension and sometimes
a pathetic sadness.
A big thank you also to Moors Myers for several new donations
and to anonymous donors who gave us the following books. The
Regan Reilly mystery, Fleeced
by Carol Higgins Clark follows Reilly to Manhattan where she
tries to help her friend and president of the Settlers' Club
solve the mystery when two of the club's oldest and wealthiest
members die just before they were to give the club diamonds valued
at more than $4 million. Rick Bragg's Ava's
Man is the heartwarming biography of Bragg's maternal grandfather
who with wife Ava nurtured seven children through hard times
in rural Alabama and Georgia. Eric Schlosser's Fast
Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is an
eye-opening investigation of the effects and implications of
the fast-food industry on American culture, health and obesity,
urban sprawl , working conditions, restaurant sanitation and
more.
All these generous people have been wonderful in keeping the
library "alive" while we wait for our new funding to
come in January 2003. We have a new roof over our heads and rooms
full of books and other great resources to offer our patrons.
It is a bountiful harvest for our library.
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October 23, 2002