MEETING NOTICES:
Pursuant to the N Y Public Meeting Notice Laws, Please take notice that the
next meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Hawn Memorial Library will be
at the Libray as follows:
Tuesday
January 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM. [no meeting in
December]
News
for December 24, 2008
New
books in the library this week are numerous: Black Ops by W E B
Griffen, Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt, Blood Wedding by P
J Brooke, Burning Up on
Tour With the Jonas Brothers by Kevin Jonas, Wall: Growing Up
Behind the Iron Curtain by
Peter Sis, P.D. James’ Private Patient and Jayne Ann Krentz’s Running
Hot, Lost Temple by Tom Harper, Maze of Bones by Rick
Riordon and Paula Deens My 1st Cookbook, Tales of
Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling,
John Lennon the Life by Philip Norman, and Feathers
by Jacqueline Woodson. In the
last few weeks, patrons and passer byes have donated new bestsellers.
This actions allows substantial savings at the library.
Patrons and friends are purchasing books for their enjoyment and
then donating them to the library. We
save dollars and then are able to purchase other books of interest.
Thanks to numerous donators for your generosity.
The
library will be closed on January 19th for the celebration of Martin
Luther King jr. Day. A
Baptist
minister, he became a civil rights activist early in his career. He
led the 1955 Montgomery Bus
Boycott
and helped found the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington,
where King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. In
1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
for his work to end racial segregation
and racial
discrimination
through civil disobedience.
By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on
ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War.
The
library recently received a slide projector with a compact television
donated to the library. The
television views each slide or transforms the picture to the wall or a
screen. This is a wonderful
tool to quickly review all of your slides so that when it comes time to
transfer them to a CD, you have the capability of quickly reviewing your
slide photos. So bring your
slide carousel and let’s look at the photos that you might like to save
for future generations to revel over.
It would be nice to save your favorites and put them all on a disk
or a digital frame.
Arts
Alliance received a profit of more than $420 for the silent auction which
began at the library prior to the Dickens Festivities and ended on the
Friday before Christmas, just in time to make a fine Christmas gift.
Frank Kirkey tells me that a new watercolor class begins in
February. If you are a
beginner or think that you can’t draw a straight line, this is the class
for you. More information will
follow.
Luann
Elizabeth, the library clerk, has prepared a small display of books, audio
and videos to aid those who are looking to make a resolution for the New
Year. Whether it’s dieting,
exercising to tone your muscles or to lose weight, or maybe to stop
smoking, these materials are readily available for your assistance.
“We
have the Bill of Rights, what we need is a Bill of Responsibility”
- Bill Maher
The
entire staffs of the Hawn Memorial Library wish you a very happy, blessed
and peaceful New Year.
Alice Barton, Library Director
Photo: An enchanting view
overlooks the Grand Dickens Ball at the Clayton Opera House.
