MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS November 8, 2002
by Mary Brown

With web links to MidYork online catalog records and other web sites

The library is alive with new faces and all kinds of activity this month. Sheron Smith, who has been working as a volunteer at the library, is our newest staff member. She will be manning the circulation desk on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sheron and her husband and two boys have lived in Morrisville for two years. Stop by and say welcome to Sheron and to our other new staff member, Grant Jackson, who will be working on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. They join our veteran staff members, library manager Barb Fogg, and circulation desk staffers, Kay Christman, and Bette Slocum, and our alternate Friday night circulation volunteer staff, the Steve Jones family.

There is someone new in the Children's Room too! Clifford the Big Red Dog has taken up residence there. Bring in the little ones to meet Clifford and take home one of our many books about Clifford and his adventures.

On Wednesday, November 20th, we are celebrating Public Library Awareness Day. On that day the library is hosting a Stamping for Fun workshop with Jackie Groves from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the program room. Participants in the workshop will stamp and make a portfolio holder filled with six, a decorative cover for a tealight candle and a stamped candy bag. Different kinds of inks, papers and embellishments will be used. Cost of materials is $4.00 per person. This sounds like so much fun for adults and teens to get a head start on making some holiday gifts - or nice items for themselves. Sign up for this workshop at the circulation desk.

On Sunday, November 24th, a "Thank-You Reception" honoring Traci Schuster for her years as director of the Morrisville Public Library will be held from 1-3 p.m. at Madison Hall on Route 20 in Morrisville. It is open to the public and we hope many people will come and say a big "thanks" to Traci for all she has done for the library and the community.

Throughout the month of November, "Susanne Farrington: Retrospective 1962-2002", a wonderful exhibit of wood, pottery and found objects, will be on display in the program room.

The library will be closed from Thursday, November 28th - Saturday, November 30th for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Last but not least, donations of new gift quality items, art work, crafts, gift certificates or antiques with a minimum value of five dollars are being collected now for the annual Holiday Silent Auction, which brought in over $1700 last year. Did you receive a gift last year that is just so nice, but not exactly what you need? It could be exactly what someone else is looking for! Donations for the silent auction will be accepted at the library from now until Wednesday, November 27th. The Holiday Silent Auction will begin on December 2nd and end on December 16th. Please consider donating something wonderful to this festive and popular library fund raiser.

 


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November 8, 2002