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Kate Paterson had everyone in stitches during her review of I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron at the Friends of the Library's Books Sandwiched In on January 31 in the Laura Beer Community Room. Paterson compared Ephron's humorous look at the trials of aging to Everyman by Philip Roth. Mary Anne Sprague will review Desert Queen by Janet Wallach on Feb. 7. Concluding the 2007 Books Sandwiched In series, Michael Gilmartin will review Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers on Feb. 14. January 30, 2007 Our volunteers: Laurie Corbett Town of Hornby resident and Southeast Steuben County Library volunteer Laurie Corbett was hard at work even before we opened this morning. She is shown, above, discharging books and other materials returned after hours in our Drop Box. Corbett had been a volunteer at the Circulation Desk since the Library reopened in December 2000. She took a break nearly two years ago, and we were very pleased to welcome her back earlier this month. Currently, she is helping us shelve books and is transitioning back into Circulation. An avid knitter who has taught needlework, Corbett said she first became a volunteer because she "was delighted when the Library reopened" and wanted to help out. Besides knitting, Corbett said she spends a lot of time these days with her new granddaughter, a regular participant in our Baby Bookworms lap-sit program. What's more, Liz Corbett, her daughter-in-law, has recently become a Library volunteer. If you would like to volunteer at the Southeast Steuben County Library, please call our Volunteer Coordinator at (607) 936-3713 ext 213 or email richardsonk@stls.org. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Take home a good movie, free According to T.S. Eliot, April is the cruelest month. Here in Southeast Steuben County, New York, February is often crueler. With all the cold and wind and snow, it makes some of us envy creatures like black bears, who are smart enough to know when to call it quits and go to sleep. February is just around the corner, so it is a good time to forget about your troubles for a couple of hours ... with a good movie. Fortunately, the Library has recently acquired a number of excellent flicks on DVD. Click on the titles to learn more from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Here are just a few of the new movies in our collection: Being John Malkovich (1999) 2002 Special Edition. John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, John Malkovich, Mary Kay Place. Comedy. Rated R. 113 minutes. DVD FIC BEI Belles On Their Toes (1952) Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold. Comedy. Not rated. 89 minutes. DVD FIC BEL The Break-Up (2006) Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Hauser, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis, Justin Long, Ivan Sergei, John Michael Higgins, Ann-Margret, Vernon Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio. Comedy/drama. PG-13. 107 minutes. DVD FIC BRE Conversations With Other Women (2005) Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter, Nora Zehetner, Eric Eidem. Comedy/drama. Rated R. 84 minutes. DVD FIC CON David Copperfield (1969) Richard Attenborough, Cyril Clark, Edith Evans. Made for TV. Not rated. 120 minutes. DVD FIC DAV Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner, Cherry Jones, Ashley Judd, Shirley Knight, Angus MacFadyen, Maggie Smith. Comedy/drama. Rated PG-13. 118 minutes. DVD FIC DIV Galileo’s Battle For The Heavens (2002) Public TV's NOVA dramatizes Galileo Galilei's life. Not rated. DVD 520.9 GAL Lady In The Water (2006) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, M. Night Shyamalan, Freddy Rodríguez, Bill Irwin, Mary Beth Hurt. Fantasy/thriller. Rated PG-13. 109 minutes. DVD FIC LAD Made For Each Other (1939) Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson, Eddie Quillan, Alma Kruger. Comedy/drama. Not rated. 90 minutes. DVD FIC MAD A Simple Curve (2005) Kris Lemche, Michael Hogan, Matt Craven, Pascale Hutton, Sarah Lind, Kett Turton. Drama. Not rated. 92 minutes. DVD FIC SIM Summer Storm (2004) In German with English subtitles. Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Miriam Morgenstern, Jurgen Tonkel, Hanno Koffler, Tristano Casanova, Marlon Kittel, Alexa Maria Surholt. Comedy/drama. Rated R. 94 minutes. DVD FIC SUM You may place a "Hold" on any of these movies with your Southeast Steuben County Library card, in good standing. Visit the Library Home Page and click on the "Catalog" link. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org ALA lists best reference websites Every year the American Library Association (ALA) puts out a list of what it considers to be the best free online reference resources on the Web. The list is compiled by a special committee in the ALA's Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of ALA's Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Now, the ALA has compiled an alphabetized, combined index of the best websites from 1999 to 2006, updated to highlight important changes to featured sites. The Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index is a good place to begin or to enhance your exploration of the World-Wide Web and its many resources. The websites on this index have been screened by librarians and are considered reliable reference resources. The index will point you to online dictionaries, encyclopedias, historical resources, science and medicine, news, sports, ... even shopping and consumer resources. From AARP to Xrefer, and dozens of sites in-between, ALA's combined index won't steer you wrong. Click here to begin your search. For useful websites - including regionally-based websites - arranged by category and selected by the Southeast Steuben County Library, visit our own Internet Quick Links page. For dozens of other useful web-based reference resources, click here or scroll all the way down the right-hand column of The Circulator main page, to the Articles by Category index. Click on the Reference link. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org
Retired teacher, animal lover and humane educator Julie Albertalli shared her views about Marley & Me, by John Grogan, at the Friends of the Library SSC's Books Sandwiched In on January 24 in the Laura Beer Community Room. On Wednesday, Jan. 31, Kate Paterson will review I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron and Everyman by Philip Roth. January 24, 2007 Friends donate $35,000 in '07 Shown above, Southeast Steuben County Library Director Lise Gilliland (at right) accepts an "oversize" check for $35,000 from Theresa Ponader, immediate past president of the Friends of the Library at today's Books Sandwiched In talk in the Laura Beer Community Room. Gilliland thanked the Friends organization for its generous contribution for 2007 and encouraged everyone in the Library service area to join the Friends. "We would not be able to do our summer reading programs for children without the support of the Friends of the Library," Gilliland said. Friends money supports that and other Library programs and services. The Friends raised the money for its 2007 donation through its spring and fall book sales last year. In 2006, the Friends donated $28,000 to the Library, Gilliland said. Kate Paterson is current President of the Friends of the Library. Paterson is also the next featured speaker at Books Sandwiched In, on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at noon. Paterson will review I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron and Everyman by Philip Roth. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org January 24, 2007 These checks are for the arts The ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes today passed out checks totaling $61,230 to artists and sponsors of regional arts projects in Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Tioga Counties. Shown above, Ginnie Lupi (center), Executive Director of The Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes, and Lynn Rhoda, Community Arts Development Director, make an award to a representative of the John W. Jones Museum in Elmira, for a portable exhibit by local artist Brian Jones. For a complete list of the award recipients, click here. The awards were made through the 2007 Decentralization Regrant Program of the Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. The reception was held at Hands-on Glass studio in Corning, NY. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org January 23, 2007 In the Library: Music, games ... and boxes? Kicking off the new season of Story Times for children, our favorite guest artist, singer-songwriter Mary Lu Walker joined Children's Specialist Missy Knowles, toddlers and their caregivers earlier today for Chicken Little Story Time (see photo collage above). Held in the Laura Beer Community Room, today's session was all about boxes, and there were plenty of boxes. Children listened to Mary Lu Walker sing about boxes, and they watched amazed as Missy Knowles pulled more friendly creatures out of a special box than they could have imagined. Missy read from Dee Lilligard's Sitting in My Box; Harry's Box by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Jenny Jones, and other favorites on the theme. From the smiling faces it was evident that no one felt boxed-in, even though most of the children were in fact sitting in boxes. At the same time in the Laura Beer Community Room, divided into two rooms for the purpose, Children's Outreach Specialist Sue McConnell hosted Baby Bookworms, the Library's Tuesday morning infant lap-sit. Don't miss Little Red Hen's Friends Story Time tomorrow at 10:30 am, repeating at 1 pm. See our full schedule of Children's Story Time sessions in the Jan. 22 article, below. ***** Shake off the winter blues. The Children's Department will host an afternoon of Music and Games in the Laura Beer Community Room on Thursday, Jan. 25 from 3 pm to 5. Call (607) 936-3713 ext 503 for additional information. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org For children: Story Times return this week After a short winter break, Story Time sessions for toddlers and older children return this week. Our infant lap-sit program, Baby Bookworms, see below, continues on Tuesdays from 10:30 am to 11. Miss Pauline and friends invite toddlers (and their designated adults) to Chicken Little Story Time on Tuesdays from 10:30 am to 11, repeating from 1 pm to 1:30. Starts January 23, 2007 and runs through May 29. On Wednesdays, all preschool age children are invited to listen, sing-along and otherwise shine during Little Red Hen's Friends Story Time from 10:30 am to 11, repeating from 1 pm to 1:30. Starts January 24 and runs through May 30. On Thursdays, your children are encouraged to dress in pajamas for Blankets, Books and Slippers PJ Story Time, which starts at 7 pm and ends at 7:30. Baby Bookworms is our free infant & caregiver lap-sit program. Participants meet for 30 minutes on Tuesdays at 10:30 am. Suggested for babies 6 weeks to 18 months. Click here for details. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org In perspective: The Torn Page Writers Group Library intern Nicole Bondellio attends Keuka College and is an avid writer. When she expressed an interest in attending a Torn Page Writers Group meeting, we encouraged her to share her impressions with our readers. Nicole participated in the January 11 session in the Laura Beer Community Room, where her own poems read aloud were received enthusiastically. Here is her account: Respect, openness make this group work by Nicole Bondellio
Well, maybe there are a few more exceptions that separated this gathering from that of credited professionals. I was immediately struck by the energy that filled the room. Not only were the conversations rapid and enthusiastic, but the laughter was plentiful. I watched as the young writers raised their cookies and beverages into the air, toasting, “To the New Year!” ... this inner fire for the written art will dwindle if not fed. Even though it took a while, the giggles, snorting, and burping ceased, and as each member read a personal piece out loud, ears and minds were at work. I was impressed at the thoughtful, encouraging, helpful responses that were given. The group took turns around the table, everyone reading a new piece. At the beginning of the meeting I had been asked if I would like to share any pieces. At first I thought about lying, saying I didn’t have any with me, even though I carry them everywhere, everyday, in my ripped orange folder. That is the hard part about creative writing, I think. The hard part isn’t putting what is in my head on paper, even though that is sometimes an obstacle. It is the sharing part, the part where what I’ve come up with is now out there, in the open, threatened in every way, from the space where it leaves my lips, to the space where it hits other ears. However, I didn’t feel that threat. The normal jitters of sharing a piece will always be present, even if it is with your best friend or your mom. But the openness, kindness, and respect that the members of the Torn Page Writers Group exude allow this group to operate successfully. In the end, I shared a few pieces, and received the same respect, as any member would have. It was intriguing to see the development of writing styles at work in young minds. Even though I, at 20, can’t claim great wisdom or knowledge, I do know that as time passes, this inner fire for the written art will dwindle if not fed. It is refreshing to find a young group expressing love for reading and writing in a constructive and effective way. I do hope through future writing blocks, tedious assignments and term papers that may seem for the time to carry the weight of the world, that the flare for creative construction won’t fade. To read poems, short stories and essays by Torn Page writers, read Scattered Leaves. Click on the box in the left-hand column. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Income Tax Links: Forms, e-filing, your questions The temperature was a seasonal 13 degrees F. at Elmira-Corning Regional Airport this morning, but the days are already getting longer and spring is right around the corner. So is the Income Tax filing deadline: April 16, 2007. (The NYS filing deadline is April 17, 2007, if you file your federal return at the IRS Service Center in Andover, MA). New York State and Federal 2006 Income Tax forms and instructions have arrived and will be available in the Library starting Friday, January 19. The Reference Desk staff will be happy to direct you to forms, electronic filing options and other tax resources. We do not offer tax advice and cannot answer questions about individual tax returns. We do not have Pennsylvania tax forms at the Library. Please use the links below to download forms. Here are links to governmental income tax filing resources: In Pennsylvania: - Department of Revenue, a portal to all PA tax resources - Tax forms, instructions and publications - PA e-Services Center, for income tax electronic filing - PA tax questions & assistance In New York: - NYS Income Tax citizen information page, with links to all income tax filing resources, including downloadable forms, instructions, Senior Citizen resources... - NYS Online Tax Center, for e-filing, account management, your questions, and bill payment. Many New Yorkers qualify for free e-filing U.S. Internal Revenue Service: - The IRS start page will direct you to all U.S. federal tax resources, including free electronic filing (95 million taxpayers qualify for this service), downloadable forms & instructions... - TELEPHONE EXCISE TAX REFUND! Don't miss this one-time refund for U.S. taxpayers with telephones. You have to claim it to get it. Find out more by clicking the underlined link. - Free File, a no-cost e-filing alternative for federal income tax payers with an Adjusted Gross Income for 2006 of $52K or less. Comments & Questionss email: turnerb@stls.org RSS: LOC launches new feeds RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication," a non-intrusive technology that allows publishers, including the Library of Congress (LOC) to deliver news and information to a community of readers. It provides a fast way for Web surfers to scan the latest headlines. Earlier this month, the LOC launched its first general interest RSS feeds. These feeds include "News," "Upcoming Events," "New on the Web," "New Webcasts," "News from the John W. Kluge Center," and "What's New in Science Reference." You can access these feeds at this link. You will need an RSS reader or a Web browser such as Internet Explorer 7, Firefox or Opera to make use of RSS technology. If you would lie to learn more about RSS, including where to download free RSS readers, click here. To subscribe to The Circulator RSS (no charge; no personal disclosures required), click on the orange RSS icon near the top of the page, at right. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org
Poet, editor and teacher Edward Dougherty shared his views about The Known World, by Edward P. Jones, at the Friends of the Library SSC's Books Sandwiched In on January 17 in the Laura Beer Community Room. On Wednesday, January 24, Julie Albertalli will review Marley & Me by John Grogan. Click here for the complete speakers lineup for this season's Books Sandwiched In talks.
John G. Ullman shared his views about Thomas L. Friedman's, The World is Flat, at the Friends of the Library SSC's Books Sandwiched In on January 10 in the Laura Beer Community Room. He addressed a full house. On Wednesday, January 17, The Known World, by Edward P. Jones will be reviewed by Edward Dougherty. Click here for the complete speakers lineup for this season's Books Sandwiched In talks. Newsletter is in mail & online Attention volunteers: The latest issue of Volunteering is hot off the press. Volunteering is the newsletter for and about volunteers at the Southeast Steuben County Library. It is produced by Volunteer Coordinator Kathleen Richardson. Look for your copy in the mail, or download a printable .PDF version at this link. If you'd like to learn more about volunteering at the Library, please call (607) 936-3713 ext 213 or click here to visit the Volunteer section of the Library's main website. To read volunteer profiles and other articles about volunteers and the Friends of the Library, click here. To see our photo feature on the last Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, please click here. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org January 15, 2007 Library of Congress resource: The African American Odyssey A Quest for Full Citizenship Visit the Library of Congress online for access to historical resources and digitized source materials including pamphlets, images, motion pictures and audio. One of its several exhibits on the Civil Right Movement is The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship. The exhibit was presented at the Library of Congress from February 5 through May 2, 1998 and was the first exhibition of any kind to be presented in all three of the Library's buildings, the Jefferson, Madison and Adams buildings. Today, it exists online at this link. The online version of the exhibit "explores black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century." It details the August 28, 1963 March on Washington and many other milestones in the struggle for civil rights and equality. For other links to Library of Congress resources on African American History, the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, click here. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Where to go for ... Income Tax filing assistance Free income tax filing assistance for seniors and others is available on Tuesdays and selected Thursdays from February 1, 2007 until April 10 at the Corning Senior Center, 1 Park Lane, in Corning, NY, according to the Senior Center and the Steuben County Office for the Aging. The service, provided by trained volunteers, is the same as that formerly available at the Library. Only the location has changed. Volunteers will be on hand from 9 am until noon, on the following days: - Every Tuesday from Feb. 6 through April 10 - Thursdays, Feb. 1, 8; March 1, 8, 22; and April 5 Call (607) 962-8000 for additional information. New York State and Federal income tax forms & instructions will be available soon in the Library. Visit The Circulator (www.thecirculator.org) next week for links to online income tax filing resources, including downloadable tax forms, e-filing, and tax help. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Area arts awards announced The ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS) has announced the recipients of the 2007 Decentralization Regrant Program serving Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Tioga Counties. Decentralization Program funding is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, administered locally by The ARTS. The award ceremony begins at 10 am on Wednesday, January 24. The venue is Hands-on Glass, 124 Crystal Lane in Corning. This event is free and open to the public. This year's award recipients in Steuben County are: - Corning Children’s Center for the StoryTime
Ceramics program. Chemung County awards: - The Cantata Singers, Elmira, for the 2007
Lenten Concert/
Requiem by Duruflé and Motets by Dupré, and Festival Bach, a free music
festival celebrating J. S. Bach. Tioga & Schuyler counties awards: - Newark Valley Historical Society for Depot
Friday Nights, a series of nine cultural arts programs. - Senator Dutton S. Peterson Memorial Library,
Odessa, to present A Carousel of Artistry @ The Library, a summer
reading program incorporating artists. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Advice on aging: Protect your assets Insurance Ed. workshop slated If you are an older American and would like to find out more about ways to protect your financial assets for your family as you age, come to the Southeast Steuben County Library on Wednesday, January 17 at 2 pm for a free educational workshop about asset protection, the new Medicaid law and insurance. Have you taken steps to protect your assts? Have you prepared the appropriate Power of Attorney forms? Do you know the benefits of asset protection planning? You'll learn what you need to know at the workshop. We hope you will attend. The workshop will be held in the Laura Beer Community Room. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Now circulating: Top 20 fiction books acquired Beating the odds yet again, our acquisitions specialist has managed to obtain all of the top 20 adult fiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers List for January 14. You may place a hold on one or more of these books with any internet enabled PC. Have your Library card and PIN handy. Any Southern Tier Library System library card will work. Visit the Library Home Page to access our catalog. Here is the list: 1. For One More Day, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $21.95.) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother. FIC ALB 2. Cross, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Alex Cross, retired from the F.B.I., has a chance to track a rapist who may have murdered his wife. FIC PAT 3. Next, by Michael Crichton. (HarperCollins, $27.95.) The author of Jurassic Park describes a not-too-distant future when genetic engineering runs amok. FIC CRI 4. Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks. (Warner, $24.99.) An unlikely romance between a soldier and an idealistic young woman is tested in the aftermath of 9/11. FIC SPA 5. Shadow Dance, by Julie Garwood. (Ballantine, $25.95.) Jordan Buchanan, a successful businesswoman, encounters danger and romance when she investigates an ancient Scottish feud involving her family. FIC GAR 6. Hannibal Rising, by Thomas Harris. (Delacorte, $27.95.) The childhood and adolescence of Hannibal Lecter sheds light on how he became “death’s prodigy.” FIC HAR 7. Treasuer Of Khan, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. (Putnam, $27.95.) In his 19th adventure, Dirk Pitt confronts a murderous Mongolian tycoon who manipulates the oil market and knows the secret of Genghis Khan. FIC CUS 8. Brother Odd, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, $27.) With his ability to see the spirits of the dead, Odd Thomas, a character in two previous novels by Koontz, heads off a catastrophe at a monastery. FIC KOO 9. Stalemate, by Iris Johansen. (Bantam, $26.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan travels to Colombia to identify a skull for a shady arms dealer. FIC JOH 10. The Boleyn Inheritance, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) Politics and treachery in the court of Henry VIII, narrated by three women, two of them his sometime wives. FIC GRE 11. Wild Fire, by Nelson DeMille. (Warner, $26.99.) Detective John Corey and his wife, an F.B.I. agent, help to foil a nuclear plot against the United States. FIC DEM 12. Mistral's Kiss, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Ballantine, $23.95.) After Meredith Gentry gives up her job as a p.i. to assume her duties as a faerie princess, she must prove her fertility through sex with her bodyguards. FIC HAM 13. True Evil, by Greg Iles. (Scribner, $25.95.) A divorce attorney may be murdering his client’s spouses. FIC ILE 14. Lisey's Story, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A widow’s journey through grief after the death of her husband, a famous novelist with terrible memories. FIC KIN 15. Nature Girl, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $25.95.) A single mother takes revenge on her lecherous ex-boss and an annoying telemarketer in the Florida Everglades. FIC HIA 16. The Collectors, by David Baldacci (Warner) FIC BAL 17. Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier (Random House) FIC FRA 18. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf) FIC MCC 19. The Shape Shifter, by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins) FIC HIL 20. The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield (Atria) FIC SET Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org January 9, 2007 ML King honored here The life and times of civil rights leader and Nobel laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be commemorated this month in the Library's exhibit area. Intern Nicole Bondellio was creating our display earlier today (see photo). She said it would include a timeline of milestones in Dr. King's life, plus selections from his "I Have A Dream" speech, and a display of literature for children and adults about Dr. King.
"There will be activities throughout the day," said our Director of Children's Services, Pauline Emery. Please stop by the Library to see our display, and please take something home to read about Dr. King. There are many good Web resources on Dr. King. Here are a few: - For a short biography, visit this link to the organization that awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize. - Visit the MLK Research and Education Institute at Stamford University. - MartinLutherKing.org has a number of useful resources for students and educators. - Here is a link to the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. - For information on Dr. King's place of birth, now a National Historic Site in Georgia, click here. - Click here for an article in The Circulator about the Coretta Scott King Awards for African American authors and illustrators. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org In the arts: Arnot Museum, free this week The Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY is open free to visitors Tuesday through Sunday thanks to a grant from the Woodcock P. Foundation of New York City. In addition to its permanent collections of American and Contemporary representational art, and the Arnot Collection; the museum, based at 235 Lake Street, features "Birds in Art." The temporary collection includes paintings, drawings and sculpture from around the globe on the subject of birds. Birds in Art was organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, and will continue through February 18. Free admission will continue through February 18. Normally, admission to the Arnot Art Museum is $5 on weekdays, or $12.50 for families. Gallery hours are 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday - Saturday; and 1 pm to 5 on Sundays; closed Mondays. Call (607) 734-3697 for more information. In the Library: Books Sandwiched In, Wed. The Friends of the Library, SSC will hold the first of its 2007 Books Sandwiched In lunchtime book reviews on Wednesday, January 10 at noon in the Laura Beer Community Room. John G. Ullman will review Thomas L. Friedman's, The World is Flat. These lively talks by local notables are well attended, and begin promptly at noon. On Jan. 17, Edward Dougherty will review The Known World by Edward P. Jones. On Jan. 24, Julie Albertalli will review Marley & Me by John Grogan. On Jan. 31, Kate Paterson will review I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron and Everyman by Philip Roth. On Feb. 7, Mary Anne Sprague will review Desert Queen by Janet Wallach. On Feb. 14, Michael Gilmartin will review Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org January 4, 2007 New: Game Days at the Library Click here to see larger poster Got a game, but no one to play with? Do you like gaming, and are you a girl or boy 8 -12 years old? Please join us on Saturday, January 20, 2007 from 10:15 am to 11:30 for the first Game Days at the Library. Bring your favorite board game, cards, or your ideas on what to play. Do you enjoy Rummikub, chess, checkers, Uno, Monopoly, Jenga, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yahtzee? We've got even more games, plus what you bring in on Saturday morning. Game Days at the Library is free of charge. Gambling is not permitted. Fun is. For additional information, please call 936-3713 ext 212. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Web changes; Photo workshop If you haven't seen the Library Home Page recently, you might want to take a look. Just before the start of the new year, we graphically redesigned and recoded the entire website to make it easier to view and to use. Many of the changes that were made are invisible. They will allow us to reorganize and add new features to this Library website over time. Here at The Circulator, the library's online news magazine, we have added several new subject areas to our Articles-by-Category index, including Photo Features, Recent Acquisitions, Library Events, Children, and Volunteers & Friends. To access this index, click this bookmark. We have also redesigned the index to accommodate a growing number of articles. We appreciate your feedback on these changes and suggestions for future development. Please use the "Comments & Questions" email link at the end of this article, or paste the address into your Web-based email. Digital Photography for Libraries The South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC) now offers a digital photography and photo-editing workshop with a focus on libraries. Noah Durham (Tompkins Cortland Community College - TC3) will teach this one-day class on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 at the new TC3 Leiberman Extension Center in downtown Ithaca. "Bring your camera and be prepared to have fun while you learn to capture and edit the images you want." You do not need to be an SCRLC member to attend. The cost to nonmembers is $70; $55 for members. For additional information about this class and others, or to register, please visit the SCRLC website. Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Environmental resource: Waste calculator targets paper If one of your New Year's resolutions is to reduce paper waste, a Web-based resource by Environmental Defense may interest you. The interactive Paper Calculator shows the environmental impacts of different papers across their full lifecycle. According to Environmental Defense, "By choosing the right paper, you can save wood, water, and energy, and cut pollution and solid waste." Every bit helps. Discarded paper and paper products accounted for nearly 84 million of the 245 million tons in garbage and recyclables that the U.S. generated in 2005. The good news is, about half of the paper was recycled. That, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Here at the Library, with the help of volunteer William G. Canfield, we recycle our office paper. Additionally, we reuse as much scrap paper as we can before discard. Meanwhile, the Friends of the Library, SSC ensures that tons of books are reused through its processing of the donated books and its semiannual Book Sale. The Friends organization recycles the recyclable books and materials it can't sell. Another way to encourage recycling is to buy recycled products. Whether at home or at the office, the Paper Calculator will let you compare the environmental impacts of different types of paper according to your own use estimates. For example, the Paper Calculator lets us know that if we use 100 pounds of regular copy paper, we will generate 218 lbs of CO2, burn 2 million BTUs, discharge 924 gallons of wastewater and create 114 lbs of solid waste, including paper production and disposal impacts. If, on the other hand, we choose a copy paper with 20 percent recycled content, we save 21 lbs of CO2, 88 gallons of fresh water and 11 lbs of solid waste, according to the Environmental Defense Paper Calculator. You can also calculate the environmental savings of reduced consumption, say, if you are thinking of reading your daily newspaper online or via download. Why not resolve to consult the Paper Calculator next time you shop for office supplies? Comments & Questions email: turnerb@stls.org Visit the Library Home Page Read the latest Library news in The Circulator |
It was the type of thing I’d expect from a group of 50-year-old English professors, minus the Dr. Pepper and the Oreos: respectful, thoughtful, constructive responses to creative writing. But these weren’t 50-year-old English professors; this was a circle of high school and middle school students, sharing poetry and short stories.
In addition to that, Bondellio said the Children's Department will
celebrate Dr. King's life on January 15 with displays, crafts stations
and more.