8 posts tagged “roger clark memorial library”
New Books For Adults
Stop in and see our new book section. Every week we are adding new books for adults. We have a new juvenile books section too.
Stop in and see the May display. Martha Beyersdorf created a beautiful presentation on counted-cross stitch. There books and several examples. The display will be up through the end of the month.
Saturday Music for Kids
We had a great turnout Saturday for Music and Stories with Susie Smollen. This month's program was "Silly Songs" and included "On Top of Spaghetti" and other favorites. Here are a few photos.
We had a great turnout for music with Linda Macfarlane this morning. Thanks for coming. See you next month for Susie Smollen's music program "You Can't Get There From Here!" April 12th at 10am.
Don't forget to Travel the World on Tuesday March 11th.
[for a schedule of all our programs click here to view or here to download ]
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Hello all,
What a great time and a great turn out last night for the Pittsfield Book Club! It was great to see all who attended and can't wait until we meet again.
The discussion of "Three Cups of Tea" was thought provoking and it was wonderful how we could all relate Greg Mortenson's mission to something relevant in our own lives. Definitely a book to recommend to other readers.
The book chosen next is "Last Night at the Lobster" by Stewart O'Nan. Details below....
The next meeting will be Thursday, March 27th - 6:30 pm at the Roger Clark Memorial Library in Pittsfield. For all who attended last night, I will order this book for you, please contact me to pick it up at your convenience. If you did not attend last night and would like to be included on the order please email me at gashala@verizon.net as soon as possible.
I look forward to seeing you all again in March!
Sharon Mayer
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Last Night at the Lobster
"A deeply moving novel about how we work, how we live, and how we get to the next day with our spirits intact. If there was ever a book that embodies what's best in us, it's Stewart O'Nan's Last Night at the Lobster." Stephen King
Set on the last day of business of a Connecticut Red Lobster, this touching novel by the author of Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying tells the story of Manny DeLeon, a conscientious, committed restaurant manager any national chain would want to keep. Instead, corporate has notified Manny that his—and Manny does think of the restaurant as his—New Britain, Conn., location is not meeting expectations and will close December 20. On top of that, he'll be assigned to a nearby Olive Garden and downgraded to assistant manager. It's a loss he tries to rationalize much as he does the loss of Jacquie, a waitress and the former not-so-secret lover he suspects means more to him than his girlfriend Deena, who is pregnant with his child. On this last night, Manny is committed to a dream of perfection, but no one and nothing seems to share his vision: a blizzard batters the area, customers are sparse, employees don't show up and Manny has a tough time finding a Christmas gift for Deena. Lunch gives way to dinner with hardly anyone stopping to eat, but Manny refuses to close early or give up hope. Small but not slight, the novel is a concise, poignant portrait of a man on the verge of losing himself. Publishers Weekly
Thanks Joyce for another great program, thanks Angelique for more great photos, thanks kids and parents for participating. Remember, information on activities can be found here or by clicking the PROGRAMS link on the right side of this page. Please note the last session of the year is Tuesday December 4th.
BOOK CLUB notice- the next book club meeting has been changed to December 11th at 6:30. The book is "The Mammoth Cheese." New members are always welcome. Join us for tea, cookies, discusssion and help us pick the next book.
Roger Clark Memorial Library
Pittsfield Vermont
Meeting Minutes 11/8/07
Attending: Marion Abrams (trustee chair), Susie Martin (trustee & treasurer), April Hayden (trustee), Angelique Lee (volunteer), Beth Sullivan (volunteer). Marion will act as secretary.
-Treasurers report
we received: additional $175 from the book sale
$50 donation by mail
$627 at the fund raising dinner
we spent: $24 CliF party
$34 gift certificates and thank you card
we have $3165.32
New Business
-Report from Beth on Senior Programming workshop.
We would like to reach out to seniors in our community. Beth attended a dept. of libraries workshop.
She brought materials and suggestions for activities for seniors in the library and outreach. Possible coordination with Carolyn Mayer librarian in Hancock. Possible coordination with Quintown center. Angelique will follow up with scheduling of free Rural Legal Education session on Elder Law. We will offer 1 on 1 e mail classes but will wait until we have a phone number to promote them so people can sign up. Beginning of the year we will do a town wide mailing emphasizing adult programs (game nights with cards, e mail classes, rural legal ed, book club).
-Should we get phone line with money from dinner? It would pay for 1 year of phone. (Note: Winnie Belle may also cover this). We made more money than anticipated with the book sale and dinner. We are in need of a phone line.
It was decided that we will use voip service like Vonage ($15/month) because of price and convenience. Approved by trustees assuming all technical issues work out. This will be helpful to have an outgoing message with schedules, to receive messages for sign ups, to list a contact number for press releases, and to make calls if necessary during after school program.
-Will we host game nights or afternoons this winter? Perhaps last Sunday of the month to follow up on Summer picnics.
We will discuss starting after the holidays at the next meeting and see if Kelly and Karen are interested in heading this up again.
-Should get a new sign? People driving by do not realize there is a library here. There is not outward sign that this is a library. Angelique made preliminary research on prices. Discussion of blue “traffic” signs for library at either end of green, a new sign for the P, a sign on the front railing that says “Library” and something permanent for the Library and community bulletin board. Marion will get traffic sign prices. Angelique will make diagram up with signs and sizes and bring that with final prices o next meeting. If we approve we can run this by the selectboard.
-Thank you notes. We have a long list of people who donated books that have not been thanked.
Susie Martin volunteered to catch up on Thank You notes for the library.
-Turrell Fund site visit November 19th. This is exciting because it means our application is being taken seriously. Since the library is closed that day it would be helpful to have a few people there who can explain how active the library is. If you would like to be there please contact Angelique to read the application. - April volunteered to help Angelique with cleaning.
-Can anyone return books to mid state? - Susie volunteered to do this.
-After school program. Check with Joyce to confirm that it ends on the 11th. The women's alliance will be refinishing the floor in the Town Hall.
Other ideas mentioned but put on hold for future meetings:
-I would like to start an adopt a month display program to start in January. Which shelf, anyone like to run this? (recruit people, schedule them, give them guidance).
-Chinese New year party? February or March. If we are interested bring ideas to next meeting.
Announcements
Book club meeting 6:30 pm November 27th.
Chinese for all ages
Sat Nov 10th 9:30am to 10:30am
Sundays Dec 2nd and 9th 9:30am to 10:30am
Kick off Party
We will kick off our After school program with the CLiF book party for kids of all ages. Come by the Pittsfield Town hall at 3:30 on Tuesday October 23rd. Help us celebrate the arrival of over 100 brand new kids books from the Children's Literacy Foundation with a PARTY. The foundation will give us a presentation especially for kids! We'll have laminated library cards with your names on them, snacks, special activities and LOTS of NEW BOOKS for you to check out.
Tuesday After School Program
Volunteer Joyce Stevens is organizing a fall after school library program. Thanks Joyce! Kids 2nd grade and older can get off the bus and come right into the library (younger children are welcome with parental assistance.) Programs will run until 5pm.
October 30th - Carve Jack - o - lanterns to decorate the green.
November 6th - Make mini books to decorate the Library's Christmas Tree for the Festival of Trees.
November 13th and 20th - Create and paint paper mache bowls ready to bring home for the holidays
November 27th - Check back here for details.
Trick or Book!
Stop by the Pittsfield Roger Clark Memorial Library for a surprise when you're trick or treating your way around the Pittsfield Green on Halloween.
Summer is over.
Join us October 27th for our last Summer Saturday. We've had so much fun we've extended summer through the end of October. After the 27th we will be closed on Saturdays for the season.
New Programs Page
Have a look at our kids activities page. We list lots of kids activities and resources here. The link will always be on the right side of the page with our other links.
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GREAT NEWS!
Thanks to the hard work of one of our volunteers, Angelique Lee, the Roger Clark Memorial Library has been awarded a CLiF Library Sponsorship. We raise $300 and they provide us with more than $2000 worth of new children's books. CliF will make a presentation at our library with CLiF books packed wrapped boxes
with bows. We plan to raise the money we need at our book sale and with a fund raising dinner. We'll have more news on that soon.
LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Picnic August 26th 6:00 at the Library on the Pittsfield Green. - Please join us for our last library picnic of the summer. We will once again have free Pizza donated by American Flatbread. Please bring a salad, drink or dessert to share. There will be door prizes and the library will be open.
Book Sale at the Pittsfield Bazaar on September 29th - Please bring donations of recent gently used books to the library during open hours, or leave them in the return box. We will use them both in our collection and at our book sale.
Kids Saturdays every Saturday 9:30 to 10:30am - Our Saturday kids program continues. Join us for stories, crafts and time at the playground out back.
Book Club - The next book club meeting is Thursday August 30th, we are reading Chris Bohjalian's "Double Bind," all are welcome.
