Dogs will be dogs...
This is why you should never leave your books where your dog can get to them.
It looks like it must have been a good book...
Photo by Michael May.
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This Week @ Your Library...
Celebrate Spring
Now's the time to plan the garden of your dreams. Get into the season and check out a gardening book or two.
Do The Happy Dance!
That's right--while you're here do the h-a-p-p-y dance to celebrate of the passing of our warrant article to reopen the children's room. Be creative, be exuberant--just do it!
Sing Happy Birthday to Randolph Caldecott
The Caldecott Medal is given out each year to the artist of the most distinguised American picture book in honor or 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, born March 22, 1846. Check out this year's winner, The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster, or one of the many others.
Celebrate St. Patrick's day with one of Segplay's six Saint Patrick's Day paint by numbers images. I painted the clover hat you see at the left. Don't worry that you won't be able to live up to my hight standard--with Segplay, "no artistic skill or technical ability is needed." Just click on the palette, find the corresponding number, and click again. Oh, did I mention there's a clock to beat?
After you warm up with something simple, like this hat, be sure to check out Van Gogh's Starry Night. (It's not as difficult as it looks once you use the magnifying glass!) And be sure to check out the help page for vital artistic direction.
So, start thinking Irish, and get painting! When you're done, check out one of these great books, with Irish settings, at the library.
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Here are the new items added to the collection in February.
To view the lists, click on a link below:
New to the Children's Collection
New to the Teen Collection
New to the Adult Collection
Clipart from Clipart Heaven.
Now's the time to plan the garden of your dreams. Get into the season and check out a gardening book or two.
Do The Happy Dance!
That's right--while you're here do the h-a-p-p-y dance to celebrate of the passing of our warrant article to reopen the children's room. Be creative, be exuberant--just do it!
Sing Happy Birthday to Randolph Caldecott
The Caldecott Medal is given out each year to the artist of the most distinguised American picture book in honor or 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, born March 22, 1846. Check out this year's winner, The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster, or one of the many others.
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St. Patrick's Day Fun
Celebrate St. Patrick's day with one of Segplay's six Saint Patrick's Day paint by numbers images. I painted the clover hat you see at the left. Don't worry that you won't be able to live up to my hight standard--with Segplay, "no artistic skill or technical ability is needed." Just click on the palette, find the corresponding number, and click again. Oh, did I mention there's a clock to beat?
After you warm up with something simple, like this hat, be sure to check out Van Gogh's Starry Night. (It's not as difficult as it looks once you use the magnifying glass!) And be sure to check out the help page for vital artistic direction.
So, start thinking Irish, and get painting! When you're done, check out one of these great books, with Irish settings, at the library.
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February Shelf Additions
Here are the new items added to the collection in February.
To view the lists, click on a link below:
New to the Children's Collection
New to the Teen Collection
New to the Adult Collection
Clipart from Clipart Heaven.
Labels: new stuff for adults, new stuff for kids, new stuff for teens
Board Meeting Minutes
The approved minutes from the February 13, 2006 Board of Trustees Meeting are now available for viewing. If you are interested in reading these minutes, please click here.
Elected:
John Regan--Moderator
Al Raccio--Selectman
Brian McCue and Mike Falzone--Budget Committee
Tom Kuegler--Library Trustee
Jerry DeCosta--Road Agent
Tom Schofield--Fire Chief
Warrant Articles:
1-3 (Zoning Issues) passed
4 (Town Budget) defeated
5 (Corning Road Work) defeated
6 (Rebuild Children's Room at Library) passed
7 (Add Full-Time position to Selectmen's Office) defeated
8 (Increase term for Road Agent) passed
9 (Increase term for Fire Chief) passed
10 (Change purpose of Cablevision Equipment Capital Reserve Fund) defeated
Results for the School Ballot.
2,472 registered voters cast ballots for a 47% turn out.
Photo by Kristen Price.
I am pleased to announce that warrant article 6 passed 1295 to 1070, so the Children's Room will be reopened!!
Now, this won't happen tomorrow, so you'll have to be patient and live on daydreams for a while. The project parameters will have to be updated and then put out to bid. If we want to have a summer reading program this year, and I'm betting we do, the I'm guessing the earliest the project can start is probably fall.
We're very excited! Thanks for your support!
Shake It Take 'n Make
Bring the kids in this week for the Shake It tambourine Take 'n Make.
Vote to Reopen the Children's Room
Don't forget to vote "Yes" to article 6 at Campbell High on Tuesday!
Cast Your Ballot
9th - 12th graders can cast a ballot for their choice to receive the 2006 Flume Award.
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Thirteen books were nominated by New Hampshire Teens, in grades 9-12, to receive the 2006 Flume Award.
The Nominees are:
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Pick up your copy of this book by Lionel Shriver for the April 5th discussion with All Booked Up. Books are available at the Circulation Desk, while supplies last.
Sign Up For the F.A.N. Club
The Favorite Author Notification Club is your ticket to new titles from your favorite authors.
Reminisce
When you come to the library this week, look around and remember what it was like before the flood of 2003 that took our children's room and many of its activities away. Remember what it was like to go downstairs with your kids and enjoy a big, bright room all to yourselves. Remember what it was like to browse the adult collection upstairs with a full room of fiction and a full room of non-fiction at your disposal. Keep these recollections in mind on March 14th when you're in the voting booth.
Clipart from Kids Domain.
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What is the F.A.N. Club? The F. A. N. Club, or Favorite Author Notification Club, allows you to submit the names of your favorite authors so we can automatically put you on the reserve list for any of their new books.
To start receiving your favorite authors automatically, simply fill out the online form by clicking here, or go to Library Services in the left sidebar!
Photo by Per Jonsson.
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Other Town Meeting Results
Elected:John Regan--Moderator
Al Raccio--Selectman
Brian McCue and Mike Falzone--Budget Committee
Tom Kuegler--Library Trustee
Jerry DeCosta--Road Agent
Tom Schofield--Fire Chief
Warrant Articles:
1-3 (Zoning Issues) passed
4 (Town Budget) defeated
5 (Corning Road Work) defeated
6 (Rebuild Children's Room at Library) passed
7 (Add Full-Time position to Selectmen's Office) defeated
8 (Increase term for Road Agent) passed
9 (Increase term for Fire Chief) passed
10 (Change purpose of Cablevision Equipment Capital Reserve Fund) defeated
Results for the School Ballot.
2,472 registered voters cast ballots for a 47% turn out.
Photo by Kristen Price.
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Library Warrant Article Passes!
I am pleased to announce that warrant article 6 passed 1295 to 1070, so the Children's Room will be reopened!!
Now, this won't happen tomorrow, so you'll have to be patient and live on daydreams for a while. The project parameters will have to be updated and then put out to bid. If we want to have a summer reading program this year, and I'm betting we do, the I'm guessing the earliest the project can start is probably fall.
We're very excited! Thanks for your support!
Clipart courtesy of Clipart Heaven.
Labels: iNFoRMaTioN BooTH News, ReC RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Shake It Take 'n Make
Bring the kids in this week for the Shake It tambourine Take 'n Make.
Vote to Reopen the Children's Room
Don't forget to vote "Yes" to article 6 at Campbell High on Tuesday!
Cast Your Ballot
9th - 12th graders can cast a ballot for their choice to receive the 2006 Flume Award.
Clipart from Clipart Heaven.
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The Flume: New Hampshire Teen Readers' Choice Award
Thirteen books were nominated by New Hampshire Teens, in grades 9-12, to receive the 2006 Flume Award. The Nominees are:
Get reading and vote for your favorite at the library! Ballots are due April 30th.
Titles followed by an asterisk (*) are owned by the library. All other titles are available through Interlibrary Loan. Click here for short descriptions of each book.
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This Week @ Your Library...
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Pick up your copy of this book by Lionel Shriver for the April 5th discussion with All Booked Up. Books are available at the Circulation Desk, while supplies last.
Sign Up For the F.A.N. Club
The Favorite Author Notification Club is your ticket to new titles from your favorite authors.
Reminisce
When you come to the library this week, look around and remember what it was like before the flood of 2003 that took our children's room and many of its activities away. Remember what it was like to go downstairs with your kids and enjoy a big, bright room all to yourselves. Remember what it was like to browse the adult collection upstairs with a full room of fiction and a full room of non-fiction at your disposal. Keep these recollections in mind on March 14th when you're in the voting booth.
Clipart from Kids Domain.
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F.A.N. Club Sign Up Now Online!
What is the F.A.N. Club? The F. A. N. Club, or Favorite Author Notification Club, allows you to submit the names of your favorite authors so we can automatically put you on the reserve list for any of their new books.
To start receiving your favorite authors automatically, simply fill out the online form by clicking here, or go to Library Services in the left sidebar!
Photo by Per Jonsson.
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Board Meeting Minutes
The approved minutes from the January 9, 2006 Board of Trustees Meeting are now available for viewing. If you are interested in reading these minutes, please click here.
Letter to the Editor Submitted to the Hudson-Litchfield News:
As many of you know the library suffered from water intrusion on a number of occasions in 2003. The library has already addressed the ground water issue with the warrant article that passed last year. The library trustees have signed a contract with a firm and will have this work completed this spring. Once this work is finished the Board of Trustees would like to have work completed to reopen the Florence Center Young Reader’s Room in the lower level.
The library has received insurance money to restore the children’s room to its original state. However, both the Board and the civil engineer that we have hired do not believe that we should do this. The previous floor was built as a raised platform floor, which allowed water to be trapped underneath, and mold to grow. When the children’s room is reconstructed, the design calls for a concrete cap to be poured over the sub-floor, allowing for easier clean up and no mold. The disadvantage to this plan is that it requires more money than our insurance settlement allows for. In addition, the water intrusion destroyed the lead paint encapsulation that was completed prior to opening the children’s room. Unfortunately, the insurance company would not pay for the re-encapsulation. The library also needs to have a water diverting installed at the north end of the building. Both of these add to the cost of the project. Therefore, we are asking the voters to help us fund our project.
It is important to me, both as vice chair of the trustees and as a citizen of our town, that we reopen the children’s room. When this August comes around, our children’s room will have been closed for 3 years. That means that there were 3 years when no Storytimes were held, three years without make and take projects, three years without kids club. It also means that only half of the children’s collection and half of the adult’s collection have been available. In these three years our library staff has been very creative, rearranging the upstairs to fit as many books for each age category as possible, changing make and takes into take and makes, and holding smaller scale programs. I applaud them for their efforts, but to me it’s not what a library should be. My children and yours should have a room that they can read in, use a computer in, do a project in. There should be space for a child to sit at a table and do research or do a puzzle.
On behalf of the Library Board of Trustees, I ask that you support warrant article # 6 and help to reopen the children’s room.
Sincerely,
Michele Parzych
Aaron Cutler Memorial Library
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
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Here's how you answered: NECCO introduces new sayings to its Sweetheart Conversation Hearts each year. Which of the following is NOT a new saying for 2006?
Come celebrate Music Month with us! Children are invited to stop by the library March 14th - 18th to pick up a tambourine craft kit to take home. Bring your friends and you can start your own band!
Clipart from Clipart Heaven
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Vote "Yes" to Article 6!
Letter to the Editor Submitted to the Hudson-Litchfield News:
As many of you know the library suffered from water intrusion on a number of occasions in 2003. The library has already addressed the ground water issue with the warrant article that passed last year. The library trustees have signed a contract with a firm and will have this work completed this spring. Once this work is finished the Board of Trustees would like to have work completed to reopen the Florence Center Young Reader’s Room in the lower level.
The library has received insurance money to restore the children’s room to its original state. However, both the Board and the civil engineer that we have hired do not believe that we should do this. The previous floor was built as a raised platform floor, which allowed water to be trapped underneath, and mold to grow. When the children’s room is reconstructed, the design calls for a concrete cap to be poured over the sub-floor, allowing for easier clean up and no mold. The disadvantage to this plan is that it requires more money than our insurance settlement allows for. In addition, the water intrusion destroyed the lead paint encapsulation that was completed prior to opening the children’s room. Unfortunately, the insurance company would not pay for the re-encapsulation. The library also needs to have a water diverting installed at the north end of the building. Both of these add to the cost of the project. Therefore, we are asking the voters to help us fund our project.
It is important to me, both as vice chair of the trustees and as a citizen of our town, that we reopen the children’s room. When this August comes around, our children’s room will have been closed for 3 years. That means that there were 3 years when no Storytimes were held, three years without make and take projects, three years without kids club. It also means that only half of the children’s collection and half of the adult’s collection have been available. In these three years our library staff has been very creative, rearranging the upstairs to fit as many books for each age category as possible, changing make and takes into take and makes, and holding smaller scale programs. I applaud them for their efforts, but to me it’s not what a library should be. My children and yours should have a room that they can read in, use a computer in, do a project in. There should be space for a child to sit at a table and do research or do a puzzle.
On behalf of the Library Board of Trustees, I ask that you support warrant article # 6 and help to reopen the children’s room.
Sincerely,
Michele Parzych
Aaron Cutler Memorial Library
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
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The Results Are In!
Here's how you answered: NECCO introduces new sayings to its Sweetheart Conversation Hearts each year. Which of the following is NOT a new saying for 2006?
- 60% House Party
- 0% LOL
- 0% Home Run
- 0% Sweet Home
- 0% Home Soon
- 40% Go Home
- 0% ILU
- 0% Home Sick
The correct answer is "LOL."
Now let's see what you know about Feng Shui. Test your intelligence with the new quiz question located in the sidebar.
Note: The previous quiz was apparently offline for while. Please email me if you are unable to submit your vote in the new quiz. Thanks.
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Shake It with March's Take 'n Make!
Come celebrate Music Month with us! Children are invited to stop by the library March 14th - 18th to pick up a tambourine craft kit to take home. Bring your friends and you can start your own band!
Clipart from Clipart Heaven
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2005 Annual Director's Report
2005 was a hectic year due to the loss of Children’s Librarian Stephanie Deeter and Adult Services Librarian Maureen Meagher in the spring. Both librarians moved out of state to pursue better financial opportunities, and did so within two weeks of each other. While very sad to see them go, they have both moved on to great situations for their families. New librarians began work on the same day—the first day of the summer reading programs. Children’s Librarian Carrie-Anne Pace and Adult Services Librarian Ann McKillop were thrown to the wolves, with training promised in September. [ read more... ]
The 2005 Litchfield Town Reports have arrived and they are yours for FREE! Where else can you find the results from last year's ballot, the number of calls received about coyotes, how many arrests were made for receiving stolen property, the amount of FEMA monies received by the Highway Department, how many building permits were issued for swimming pools...well, you get the picture. There's a wealth of information available to you from every town department for free. Pick up a copy here at the library or over at Town Hall and get reading!
Photo by Dain Hubley.
The "Talk To Me" conversation heart contest ended yesterday, and believe me, after being forced to look at a jar of candy for a month it's none too soon! Participants in our little game were asked to guess how many candy conversation hearts were in a mason jar--the closest without going over wins. The candies have been counted and the guesses reviewed.
Drum roll please...the correct answer is 443.
And the winners are:
Jackson Musco (child), with a guess of 427, wins a Cool Car Fuse Bead Kit.
Chelsea Simard (teen), with a guess of 280, wins a Digital FM Scan Radio.
Chris Gandia (adult), with a guess of 434, wins Valentine Treats: recipes and crafts for the whole family and a Book Buck to our used book sale.
Congratulations to our winners!
P.S.
I know some of you were hoping to win the candy, but I made sure I sneezed on them real good while I was counting them so I could keep them for myself! Just kidding about the sneeze, but because we did handle the candy, we won't be giving it away.
Photo by Job Genders.
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Town Reports Hot Off the Press
The 2005 Litchfield Town Reports have arrived and they are yours for FREE! Where else can you find the results from last year's ballot, the number of calls received about coyotes, how many arrests were made for receiving stolen property, the amount of FEMA monies received by the Highway Department, how many building permits were issued for swimming pools...well, you get the picture. There's a wealth of information available to you from every town department for free. Pick up a copy here at the library or over at Town Hall and get reading!Photo by Dain Hubley.
Labels: iNFoRMaTioN BooTH News, ReFeReNCe RooM News, town information
More Winners!
The "Talk To Me" conversation heart contest ended yesterday, and believe me, after being forced to look at a jar of candy for a month it's none too soon! Participants in our little game were asked to guess how many candy conversation hearts were in a mason jar--the closest without going over wins. The candies have been counted and the guesses reviewed.Drum roll please...the correct answer is 443.
And the winners are:
Jackson Musco (child), with a guess of 427, wins a Cool Car Fuse Bead Kit.
Chelsea Simard (teen), with a guess of 280, wins a Digital FM Scan Radio.
Chris Gandia (adult), with a guess of 434, wins Valentine Treats: recipes and crafts for the whole family and a Book Buck to our used book sale.
Congratulations to our winners!
P.S.
I know some of you were hoping to win the candy, but I made sure I sneezed on them real good while I was counting them so I could keep them for myself! Just kidding about the sneeze, but because we did handle the candy, we won't be giving it away.
Photo by Job Genders.
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Remember to READ 4 THe FuN oF iT @ Aaron Cutler Memorial Library!
