Library’s annual meeting Jan. 25
Annual Meeting
Anne Paulson, library board president, announces that the Annual
Meeting of the Saranac Lake Free Library will be held on Wednesday, Jan.
25, at 4 p.m., in the Thomas B. Cantwell Community Room. All are welcome
to attend and members of the library may vote.
Along with the presentation of the 2012 budget and other reports,
the meeting will include the election of two new board of trustees
members.
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PAINT
AND PALETTE ART ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
Karen Gatus (back row left), Mary La Brake, Heidi Gutersloh,
and seated from left, Connie Dennis, Jane Harris and Louise
Plosila, president, are show at the opening reception of the
26th annual Paint and Palette Art Association Winter Show on
Dec. 8th. The library offers a new art show each month in the
Thomas B. Cantwell Community Room, open to the public during
regular library hours.
Photo Pat Wiley
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Winter Book
Sale
Coordinator Gloria Drucker reports that the 23rd
annual Winter Book Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11, in the Community Room, as part of the
Winter Carnival festivities.
Thousands of hardcover and paperback books will be for sale at
bargain-basement prices, along with a large selection of special books
individually priced. Many audio-cassettes, videocassettes, DVDs and
jigsaw puzzles will also be for sale. Those attending are asked to use
the back entrance.
Around 40 volunteers will assist with setting up, sorting and
selling. Presorting was completed by Gloria Drucker and Merle Smith.
Children may color a Carnival alien-theme picture in the
Children’s Room to be hung as a decoration at the sale.
Book sale donations
All donations must come in by Thursday, Feb. 2, to give the
committee time to organize the books and other materials. The library
does not accept textbooks, Reader’s Digest condensed books, National
Geographic hardcovers, Time/Life Series, outdated medical,
encyclopedias, paperback romances, records, home-recorded videos, or
magazines. Books should be in good saleable condition.
Library Luncheon Programs
Caper Tissot, Library Luncheon Series coordinator, reports that
at noon on Thursday, Jan. 19, Keith Wells will talk about “Exploring
the Wilderness Above--The Adirondack Public Observatory.”
On Feb. 2, Judith Coopy will present “The Culture of Education
in
China
: Its Dominance on the Life and Future of Children Born Under the
One-child Policy.” Bring your lunch to the Community Room and enjoy a
dessert and beverage provided by the library’s Hospitality Committee.
Thursday Morning
Story Hour
The 10:30 a.m. Thursday Story Hour program will continue in the
Elinor B. Preis Children’s Room with a variety of readers presenting
stories each week. Thank you to Merle Smith, Helen Sprague and Shannon
Stratton for presenting the Holiday Party.
Tuesday Evening &
Saturday Story Hour
Tuesday evening Story Hour, offered once a month, will take place
on Jan 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Children’s Room.
The next Saturday morning story hour program will be on Feb. 4 at
10:30 a.m.
The programs are jointly sponsored by the library and the North
Country Childcare Network. Terrie Perkins and Barbe Skiff present the
stories, poems and songs.
Have you seen?
Dan Hausner, Jake Sporn and Shaun Ondack have a Group Photography
Show in the Community Room, running through the end of January.
Adirondack
Research
Room news
Curator Michele Tucker reports that
Adirondack
books, duplicates of books already in the collection, will be sold at
the Winter Book Sale Feb. 10 and 11.
“Passion on the Mountain,” by Joseph Beauchemin, was recently
added to the collection. Mr. Beauchemin’s fourth book is a romance
novel set in
Saranac
Lake
and dedicated to his
Saranac
Lake
High School
class of 1952 and all his friends and family who still live in the area.
Membership Campaign
The library board deeply appreciates community support in
reaching our 2011 membership goal. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
PARTICIPATED!
Holidays
The library will be closed Monday, Jan 16, for Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day.
Acquisition highlights
Fiction: “Explosive Eighteen” (Evanovich),
“The Drop” (Connelly), “Red Mist” (Cornwell), “D.C. Dead”
(Woods)
Nonfiction: “Inside National Health
Reform” (McDonough), “Adirondack Sportsman’s Reader” (Wharton),
“A Savage Empire” (Axelrod)
Large print: “Jack Kennedy: Elusive
Hero” (Matthews), “Love At First Bark” (Klam), “Red Mist”
(Cornwell), “Come a Little Closer” (Garlock), “V Is for
Vengeance” (Grafton)
Picture books: “Animal Baths” (Barner),
“The Sniffles for Bear” (Becker), “Me and Meow” (Gudeon), “One
Starry Night” (Thompson), “A Coming of Winter In the Adirondacks”
(Heinz)
Juvenile nonfiction: “What to Expect When
You’re Expecting Joeys” (Heos), “Saving Animals from Hurricanes”
(Person), “Kids’ Guide to Digital Photography” (Bidner)
CDs: “Explosive Eighteen” (Evanovich),
“Beyond My Father’s Shadow” (Yardley), “The Affair” (Child),
“Son of Stone” (Woods)
DVDs: “The Green Mile,” “The High and
the Mighty,” “The
Pianist,” “True Grit” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince.”