MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS August 15, 2001
by Mary Brown
We know summer is coming to an end as we see the college students
beginning to arrive back in town and the back-to-school ads in
the newspapers. We urge all our patrons to take advantage of
these last few "hazy, lazy days" to enjoy reading a
good book or maybe even to take in the upcoming information session
and workshop, "Genealogy - Using Internet Resources"
presented by Beverly Choltco-Devlin, a reference specialist for
the Mid-York Library System. This interesting program will be
held on Wednesday, August 29th from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the library.
Call 684-9130 or stop by the circulation desk to sign up soon
since this event will be limited to twenty participants.
We also urge all our library users to help us. State funding
for libraries, including ours, has not kept pace with inflation,
and local budgets are stretched to the limit. We need more tax
dollars for such things as electronic materials and connections,
extended hours, updating of our collection, building renovations
and family reading programs. Help open doors and open minds!
Send Governor Pataki one of the post cards available at the circulation
desk of the library. Tell him how important your library is to
you and your community, and urge him to support more state funding
for local public libraries.
The ongoing Adopt-a-Book campaign reports some nice adoptions
this week. Maxine Hunter has adopted Two Cool Cows by Toby Speed,
a rhyming tale for our 4-8 year olds about Maude and Millie,
two cool, sunglass-wearing Holsteins who go off to feast on the
other side of the moon. Adult readers will want to thank Jeanne
Tayntor who adopted Jeff Shaara's Rise to Rebellion, the first
installment of his projected two-volume saga of the American
Revolution. Spanning the years beginning with the Boston Massacre
in 1770 and continuing through the signing of the Declaration
of Independence on July, 4, 1776, the story is told from the
perspective of a handful of characters well known from our history.
Ralph Resnick adopted Clive Cussler's Valhalla Rising, a non-stop
Dirk Pitt thriller. In this one, Pitt's NUMA survey ship happens
to be in the vicinity when the world's newest and biggest cruise
ship sinks, giving Pitt the chance to stage the daring rescue
of nearly 2,000 passengers. Our final adoption this week is the
great "Absolutely the Best" CD by Odetta, thanks to
adopter Harriet Stevens. Many thank to all our adopters.
For our young sports enthusiasts, just in are Riding by Lucinda
Green, Snowboarding by Steve Davis and Soccer by Gary Linever.
High school students planning to go to college will want to spend
some quality time with our new reference book, The Fiske Guide
to Colleges 2002. Science fiction fans will want to sign out
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, Stranger in a Strange
Land by Robert Heinlein and Dune by Frank Herbert.
The Gold Coin and the Silver Coin by Andrea Kane has also just
arrived. Kane's gripping two-book set spins the suspenseful tale
of cousins Anastasia and Breanna Colby who find love and terror
amid a family web of deceit. Finally, Gary Zukav's The Dancing
Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics explains the idea
of physics as the dance of the Wu Li Masters--the teachers of
physical essence. This book is an extremely clear and easily
understandable account of the latest developments in physics.
Enjoy the last few days of summer - with a good book from your
local library.
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