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Upstairs/Downstairs
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Coming up this week at the Wallkill Public Library:
There will be NO Nintendo DS Club today (Feb. 24).
Saturday - The Lego Build-a-Thon is back for its second year! Join us from 1-3 p.m. at the library. Bring your Legos and build alongside your friends.
Monday - The Friends of the Library will meet at 7 p.m. at the library.
Tuesday - The Magic Tree House Book Club will meet to talk about Night of the Ninjas at 4 p.m.
Wednesday - The Art Club meets at 4 p.m. to continue work on their ongoing projects. The DS Game Club for ages 10+ meets at 6:30 p.m. Local author Hope Ives Mauran arrives at 7 p.m. to discuss her latest book, Be the Second Coming.
 Thursday - The Lorax Story Time will be offered at 4 p.m. Following the story, we'll make truffula trees!
Friday - The DS Game Club for ages 10 and under meets at 4 p.m.
Looking ahead.....
The library is in need of a flatbed trailer to borrow for use as a float during the hamlet's March 18 St. Patrick's Day parade. If you have one you'd be willing to loan out, please give us a call at 895-3707. Thanks!!
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Events you don't want to miss
Celebrate Women's History Month with the library as we offer programming for all ages:
Local author and artist Hope Ives Mauran will be at the library  from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday. She'll discuss her latest book, Be the Second Coming, which is described on her website as a "guide for connecting to the divine presence that is within each of us." Mauran's artwork will also be on display at the library throughout March. On March 7 at 4 p.m., Anne Thompson will offer a pottery lesson for ages 7 and up. Anne's been creating her own pottery for years and has much to offer students who are eager to learn the art!  Harriet Tubman will be portrayed by actress Carolyn Evans March 14 at 4:30 p.m. in the Town Hall community room. Some may remember Evans' remarkable portrayal of Sojourner Truth back in 2009. You can visit her website at www.singstruth1.com. |
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Come out for our team June 30!
 Now's the time to get your tickets for the June 30 Geek the Library Fundraising with the Renegades event!
Your $15 package includes a general admission ticket to that evening's game (vs. the Staten Island Yankees), a Renegades hat, and post-game fireworks!
There are a limited number of seats for this event, and tickets will be available to the public March 31, so this is your chance to get yours ahead of the game and have your pick of seating.
To get your ticket today, go to GadesGroups.com and enter the password "wallpl." Or call Corinne Adams at 845-838-0094, ext. 217. The library is also purchasing a limited amount of tickets to have on hand for sale at the circulation desk, so if you'd like one of those, please let us know.
A portion of each sale will benefit the Wallkill Public Library. We're competing with other libraries to sell the most tickets. Help us win!! |
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Tickets available for Advocacy Day
There are still two free tickets available for the New York Library Association's March 6 Advocacy Day. We would love for you to join us on our bus trip to Albany to show legislators how important the library is to our community!
Moms with small children - don't be discouraged from attending because you're envisioning being cloistered in a quiet office for the day - that's not how it works!
We'll be crowding the offices of our legislators in an effort to get the funding libraries need to continue to provide our communities with the vital materials and services they deserve. Especially in these difficult economic times, libraries remain an indispensable resource, and yet our funding has been cut to the bone.
We hope you can join us! Call the library at 895-3707 or stop in for more information. |
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Books Alive! performance coming up
 It's hard to believe, but March 10 is around the corner, and that's the day this year's Books Alive! children's theatre project performs this season's play, Fractured!
This is the seventh season of Books Alive!, and the program is more popular than ever. The show's writers/directors, Adrienne and Jim Perine, have again volunteered their time and expertise (as former drama and English teachers, respectively) to work with the talented group of children who signed up for this season's play. Composer Barbara Ganin has penned the show's original score.
What the play needs now is a graphic designer who is willing to volunteer his/her time. Please let us know if you're interested! Call the library at 895-3707 or email Adrienne Perine at dramapearl@aol.com.
Fractured! will be performed at 1 p.m. and again at 5 p.m. Saturday, March, 10, at the John G. Borden Middle School. |
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Website of the week....
 With spring fast approaching and the weather not terribly winter-like in the meantime, our hamlet's Rail Trail has been calling out to some.
If it hasn't called out to you, yet, and you've been meaning to start some sort of physical fitness program, Cool Running may be the site for you!
Whether you're a novice runner or seasoned racer, you'll find a wealth of information at this one site. From training plans to tips for new runners to race dates and results (including Wallkill's own Shamrock Scramble!), Cool Running will keep you up to speed with the latest in running news! |
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That's "Zoice" to you
 Theodor Seuss Geisel - known as "Ted" to family and friends, and as "Dr. Seuss" to the rest of us, was born on March 2, 1904. Here's some celebratory trivia to mark his birthday:
- His family pronounced Seuss "Zoice." It was his mother's maiden name (her parents emigrated from Bavaria) and Geisel's middle name.
- He was not a doctor, though he did consider pursuing a Ph.D. in English before deciding he wanted to be a cartoonist.
- Geisel wrote his first children's book (And to Think That
 I Saw It on Mulberry Street, 1937) the same year his wife Helen learned she could not have children. - To silence those who bragged about their own kids, Geisel boasted about his imaginary one, Chrysanthemum-Pearl. He dedicated his second book (The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins) to her.
- Geisel wasn't the only childless writer of children's books. Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Beatrix Potter, Margaret Wise Brown, and Maurice Sendak are just a few authors who share his company.
- One of the characters he strongly identified with was the Grinch, once describing him as a "nasty, anti-Christmas character that was really myself."
 Geisel wrote The Cat in the Hat because he was concerned children were not learning to read, and word at the time was that boring primers like Dick and Jane were a major cause of children's apathy when it came to books.
The library will be celebrating Geisel's legacy throughout the month of March, starting with The Lorax Story Time March 1. Join Miss Carolyn at 4 p.m. that day and read the book before the release of the movie...then make truffula trees!
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We need your help to better serve you
 What do you think of our library? We cram an awful lot into a small space and we want to know what you think about how we are organized. Can you find things easily? Are we too cluttered? Are areas clearly marked for you to search on your own, or do you often ask staff for help? How about our signage - are events clearly posted inside and outside of our library? Do you notice our flyers around town? How do we appear from the outside - are we welcoming? Over the next few months, we will be posting surveys online and at the front desk with these kinds of questions. We want to know what you think about how our library looks and operates in order to create the most attractive, efficient, and inviting space to best serve you. So, please do us a favor - next time you head into the library, stop, look around, look up, look down, look on counters and walls and shelves, look at the colors of walls and flooring, look at our wall and exhibit case displays, and tell us what you think!
Mary Lou Carolan
Director |
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