May 2008 - Weeks Public Library

Weeks Public
Library
Bulletin
May 2008
Vol. 20, No. 5
Container Gardening
with Flowers and Herbs
Spring Vacation Week Activities
Wednesday, May 14, 7pm
DropDrop-in craft all week in the Children’s Room
Elizabeth Brink from UNH Cooperative Extension in Rockingham County will share tips
Open Chess Night
on how to create beautiful container planters. Plan
Thursday, May 1, 5pm
your flower, vegetable and herb needs and come to
Brush up on your skills or come learn the game. All
the plant sale on Saturday, May 17 to pick out great
ages are welcome. Plan ahead for June when Michael
varieties. It’s all about finding the right combination of
will be here on Thursday, June 12.
container, soil, plant, and sunlight! Think annuals, perSponsored by the Friends
ennials, vegetables and herbs. Summer will be here
soon! See page three for plant sale details.
Teens Guitar Hero
NHHC Book Discussion
Lead by scholar Holly Perrault
The Age of Innocence
Wednesday, May 21, 7pm
The Quest for the American Dream continues with
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Does the
American Dream still influence our lives? We’ve already read The Great Gatsby and The Double Bind.
Join us to finish the quest. Copies of this title are
available at the library. This program is sponsored by
the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
Colleen’s New England Kitchen
Wednesday, May 28, 7pm
Colleen’s New England Kitchen: demo,
samples, poems, stories, and signing!
Colleen Bruce joins us with copies of her
new cookbook featuring wonderful treats
from New England, including poems and
stories. Come taste some yummy samples and learn
how to make the perfect pie crust for all those summer
and fall fruits! Her cookbook will be available for purchase, $20 each. Great as gifts too!
Thursday, May 1, 6:30pm
Students in grades 6,7,8 and up welcome.
TAB (Teen Advisory Board)
Wednesday, May 8, 3pm
All students in 7th or 8th grade welcome to join. TAB
assists with book, CD, DVD, and magazine collection
development and plans fun programs. Those who are
committed to the above are welcome to join.
Red Cross Babysitting Class
Saturdays, May 31 and June 7, 10am10am-1pm
Boys and girls, ages 11—
11—15
Over the course of the two Saturdays, participants will
learn what to do in emergencies, how to have safe
play, and many other helpful tips that will help them be
responsible babysitters. The total fee is $45 . Space is
limited, so sign-up early!
Teen Pizza and Movie Night
Thursday, May 29, 6pm
Pizza, movie, and fun!
Enjoy a recent release or a thrilling adventure!
Please call if you’re coming,
so pizzas can be ordered.
436--8548 www.weekslibrary.org
[email protected] PO Box 430, Greenland, NH 03840 436
May 2008 at the Weeks Library
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Library Hours
Monday—
Monday—Thursday 10am—
10am—8pm
Friday 10am—
10am—5pm
Saturday 9am—
9am—1pm
1
2
DropDrop-in craft all week in the Children’s Room
3
11am
Friday Morning
Group
10am
Story Hour
5pm
Open Chess Night
Sponsored by the
Friends
6:30pm
Teens Guitar Hero
5
6
7
8
5-8pm
Play Cribbage
10am
Story Hour
5-8pm
Play Cribbage
3pm
TAB meeting
6:30pm
Knit and Purl
7pm
Friends Meeting
12
9
13
14
15
2pm
Book Group
Grades 3&4
4:30pm
Trustees Meeting
10
11am
Friday Morning
Group
16
10am
Story Hour
17
11am
Friday Morning
Group
7pm
Container
Gardening
19
20
22
23
7pm
NHHC Scholar lead
Book Discussion
The Age of Innocence by Edith
Wharton
27
28
7pm
Colleen’s
New England
Kitchen:
demo, samples,
poems, stories and
book signing!
Adult Summer
Reading Program
Begins
11am
Friday Morning
Group
29
30
Memorial Day
Library Closed
24
Bulb Order
Forms Due
5-8pm
Play Cribbage
26
21
9am—
9am—2pm
Friends Annual
Plant Sale, Bake
Sale and Chili
Luncheon
at Greenland
Central School
6pm
Teen Pizza &
Movie Night
11am
Friday Morning
Group
2pm
Paint--a-figure
Paint
Workshop
Ages 8 and up!
31
10am10am-1pm
Red Cross
Babysitting
Class
Friends Annual Plant and Bake Sale
with Chili Luncheon
Saturday, May 17
9am9am-2pm
Greenland Central School
The Friends of the Weeks Public Library will be holding their Annual Plant and Bake Sale, plus serving a delicious Chili Luncheon. This is a great opportunity to pick up plants (vegetables, herbs and flowers) for your
garden. There will also be a raffle for a Gardening Basket filled with great gardening gear. You can see the
Basket and buy tickets at the Library before May 17th. Tickets also will be sold at the Plant and Bake Sale.
The winning ticket will be drawn on the day of the Plant and Bake Sale. For more information call Marie
Hussey 436-0056.
PLANTS NEEDED! This year, when rejuvenating your garden, and dividing perennials consider giving plants
to the Friends. Turn your extra plants into museum passes, new books and many other beneficial programs
for the Weeks Public Library .The Annual Plant and Bake Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Library could
use your help! Donations may be left at the back door of the Library anytime beginning Friday, May 9.
Please identify your donations so others can care for them properly.
ALSO NEEDED: Window boxes, hanging baskets, decorative pots and garden-related items in good condition. So if you’re cleaning out the garage and finding things you won’t be using, consider donating them to the
Friends for the Plant Sale. Crews will be arranging plants in donated pots to sell at the sale. All other garden
items will also be sold during this fundraiser to support Library programs and services. Items may be dropped
off at the Library beginning Friday, May 9.
The annual plant and bake sale and chili luncheon is the primary fundfund-raiser for the year.
Friends Bulb Sale
Summer Flowering Bulb sale:
order forms available in the library May 1
and at the Plant Sale on May 17.
Orders due back by May 23.
Have your Cake and Meeting Too!
Friends of the Weeks Public Library
Annual Meeting
Monday, June 2 at 7pm
Children’s Room
Celebrate, Socialize, Vote and Plan!
Cake and Refreshments!
Candidates needed for President.
Interested? Contact Denise or Sharon at the Library
or Marie Hussey at 436-0056.
Friends Now 501(c)3!
The Friends of the Weeks Public Library have received 501(c)3 status from the IRS. Many corporations offer matching fund programs to their employees
who are interested in making charitable donations
through employee deductions. If you are so interested
and your employer offers such a program, consider
the Friends of the Weeks Public Library for your next
contribution. Contact your Human Resources department to find out how to contribute to the Friends.
Also, if you are not a member of the Friends yet,
please consider joining now. Just send in the form
below:
Make checks payable to:
The Friends of the Weeks Public Library
Name: ____________________________________
Address: __________________________________
Friends Recycle
City: ___________________ State: ____ Zip:_____
Now collecting ink cartridges
and cell phones
Phone:____________________________________
Friends 2008 Membership
Join the Friends in being green and help raise money
too! Recycle your ink cartridges and old cell phones at
Circle one:
the Library. A collection box is now available in the
Individual $10
Family $15
front entranceway of the Library. So think of the
Contributing/Business/Club $25
Friends the next time you are replacing an ink cartridge or upgrading your cell phone!
Sustaining $50 Patron $100
Lifetime $1,000
Adult Summer Reading Program
May 24—
24—August 9
T h i s summer adults are invited to read to earn tickets for prizes. The grand prize
will be a $50 gift certificate provided by the Friends to the Portsmouth Music Hall.
Other smaller prizes will also be raffled off. The adult summer reading program begins
Memorial Day weekend. So enjoy the first weekend of summer with a good book and
start earning points toward raffle tickets. Every five books read earns you a ticket for
prizes. Another way to earn tickets is to attend summer adult programs. Each program
attended earns you a ticket! Be sure to come to our first summer program on Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm: Colleen’s New England Kitchen. Learn how to make the perfect
pie crust for all those yummy summer and fall fruits and sample other tasty morsels of
New England. (Space limited, so register early!) So don’t miss out on the summer fun!
The last day to submit titles for credit towards a raffle ticket is Saturday, August 9. This
program is open only to Greenland residents and those with a valid Greenland library
card.
Summer Celebration and 18th Annual Jason Hussey Race
Saturday, July 19
Join us on July 19th for a day
of fun for all ages! Games,
music, great food and much
more will be offered on the
third Saturday in July. The
day will end with the 18th Annual Jason Hussey Race,
starting at 6:00 P.M.
All
community groups and nonprofit agencies are invited to
offer activities, information
about their organization or
host fund-raisers for their cause. Decorating bikes for the red, white and blue parade,
face painting, volleyball, dunk tank, dance dance revolution, and horseshoes are just a
few of the activities that will be offered during the day. Come for the barbecue to benefit environmental school in the fall, enjoy music provided by local talent, or visit the
Yankee Ultralight Fly-In at Sanderson’s Pond on Post Road (the Fly-In runs from July
12th-19th). Whatever you choose to do, the 19th of July promises to be a great day for
all.
A schedule of events will be posted on the Library’s website at
www.weekslibrary.org and Town of Greenland website at www.greenland-nh.com as
the day draws closer.
Future Releases May and beyond
What will you be reading, watching and listening to?
Circle the titles you want us to purchase and return to the library.
Name: ______________________________ Phone Number: ______________ Card No. ________
Late May/June Fiction
May/June DVDs
Ace of Hearts (Dean Cain) NR
Cleaner (Samuel L. Jackson) R
Mad Money (Diane Keaton) PGPG-13
National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets (Nicolas Cage)
Suspense
PG
Collins, Jackie. Married Lovers
Over Her Dead Body (Eva Longoria) PGPG-13
Connolly, John. The Reapers Suspense
PG-13
Coulter, Catherine. TailSpin: An FBI Thriller Suspense P.S. I Love You (Hilary Swank) PGA Raisin in the Sun (Audra McDonald) R
Craig, Philip R. Vineyard Chill: A Martha's Vineyard
Rambo
(Sylvester Stallone) R
Mystery
Semi-Pro (Will Ferrell) R
Cussler, Clive, with Jack DuBrul. Plague Ship SusUntraceable (Diane Lane) PGPG-13
pense
The Walker (Woody Harrelson) R
Deaver, Jeffery. The Broken Window Suspense
Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola's) R
Deutermann, P. T. The Moonpool Suspense
Evanovich, Janet. Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie
Late May/June Nonfiction
Plum Novel Mystery
Frey, James. Bright Shiny Morning
All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook
Goudge, Eileen. Domestic Affairs
Bittman, Mark. How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
Greenlaw, Linda. Fisherman's Bend: A Jane Bunker
De Blasi, Marlena. That Summer in Sicily: A Love
Mystery
Story Travel Biography Food
Griffin, W. E. B. & Butterworth, William E., IV. Death
Durham, M. Gig. The Lolita Effect Parenting
and Honor: An Honor Bound Novel Suspense
Embry, Karen. Painting on Glass & Ceramic Crafts
Guterson, David. The Other
Laschober, Terri, ed. Cooking Light Slow Cooker
Hamilton, Laurell K. Blood Noir: An Anita Blake, Vam- Madison, Deborah. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
pire Hunter Novel Horror
Cooking
Howard, Linda. Death Angel Romance
Pelzer, Dave. Moving Forward: Taking the Lead in
Keyes, Marian. This Charming Man
Your Life Self
Self--help
Lindsey, Johanna. No Choice But Seduction: A Malory Preston, Douglas, with Mario Spezi. The Monster of
Novel Romance
Florence True Crime
Lowell, Elizabeth. Blue Smoke and Murder Suspense Preston, Richard. Panic in Level 4 Medical Science
Margolin, Phillip. Executive Privilege Suspense
Pye, Donna-Marie. 300 Slow Cooker Favorites
Michaels, Fern. Collateral Damage
Snyderman, Nancy. Medical Myths That Can Kill You
Parker, Robert B. Resolution Western
Health
Patterson, James & Roughan, Howard. Sail Suspense Vizard, Frank, ed. Why a curveball curves: the inPerry, Thomas. Fidelity Suspense
credible science of sports Sports Science
Rendell, Ruth. Not in the Flesh: A Wexford Novel MysBrown, Dale. Shadow Command Suspense
Child, Lee. Nothing to Lose: A Jack Reacher Novel
tery
Rushdie, Salman. The Enchantress of Florence
Siddons, Anne Rivers. Off Season
Steel, Danielle. Rogue
Music
3 Doors Down. 3 Doors Down
Aiken, Clay. On My Way Here
Diamond, Neil. Home Before Dark
Duffy. Rockferry
Lauper, Cyndi. Bring Ya to the Brink
Morissette, Alanis. Flavors of Entanglement
Late May/June Audio Books
Child, Lee. Nothing to Lose: A Jack Reacher Novel
Coulter, Catherine. TailSpin: An FBI Thriller
Cussler, Clive, with Jack DuBrul. Plague Ship
Evanovich, Janet. Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie
Plum Novel
Goudge, Eileen. Domestic Affairs
Guterson, David. The Other
Howard, Linda. Death Angel
Lindsey, Johanna. No Choice But Seduction
Parker, Robert B. Resolution
Patterson, James & Roughan, Howard. Sail
Siddons, Anne Rivers. Off Season
PaintPaint-a-Figure Workshop
Friday, May 30, 2pm
for ages 8 and up
Registration required, space is limited.
Choose one from a fun variety!
Paint in the details and watch them come alive!
Come dressed to paint.
Children must be patient, interested in detailed work,
and be able to work independently.
Story Hours
Thursdays at 10am
Join us for stories, a craft and fun!
All ages welcome, no registration required.
This session runs
Thursday, April 10 - May 15
May Meetings
Friends Meeting
Monday, May 5 at 7pm
Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, May 13 at 4:30pm
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Friday Morning Group
Fridays at 11am
Open to all Seniors and others looking for a morning
out of the house. So far the group has formed a walking club, played various card games, and learned how
to play Mexican Train dominoes. Each week is different! Come join the fun!
Knit and Purl
Wednesday, May 7, 6:30pm
Struggling with a project? Need some inspiration?
Laurie Cogswell is available to assist with any knitting
or crocheting project. All ages welcome.
Teen Advisory Board Annual Car Wash
Saturday, June 28, 10am
Greenland Central School
Help this enthusiastic group earn money for teen activities throughout the year and get your car washed
at the same time!
Bulk Rate
Postage Paid
Permit No. 1
Greenland, NH
03840
Weeks Public Library
PO Box 430
36 Post Road
Greenland, NH 03840
Resident / Box Holder
Greenland, NH 03840