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 Local gardeners are invited to "grow an extra row" of vegetables or flowers this season and help their neighbors in the process!
The Community Farm Market will sell your surplus crops each week, along with other fresh local produce. All profits will be donated to the local food pantry and will also go toward feeding local hungry children during school vacations and on weekends, when food is not otherwise available to them.
The drop-off for donated items will be at the corner of Bridge Street and Park Avenue, next to Chocolate Dreams and The Friends' Used Book Shop. Donations will be accepted each Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (stay tuned for this season's opening date!). If you prefer to stay and sell your own items, you're welcome to do that, as well.
For more information, call 895-3933.
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Coming up at the Wallkill Public Library
Story Time, Mommy and Me, and Book Buddies has wrapped up for now. The next sessions will start up in three weeks (beginning on May 22), but don't worry about signing up this time around - we're going to see how it goes without registration.
This week at the library:
Today: Friday Art Club meets at 4 p.m.
Tomorrow: The bus to see the Broadway show Peter and the Starcatcher leaves the library at 9 a.m. Last-minute tickets may still be available! Call the library at 895-3707 for information.
Tuesday: Book Talk meets at 6:30 p.m. This month's selection is Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai.
Wednesday: School is closed, but the library's open! Art Club will still meet at 4 p.m.
Thursday: The Knit and Crochet Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
Friday: Art Club meets at 4 p.m.
 Saturday: Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Come celebrate at the library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - there will be mask-making, music, stories, and tacos! Please be sure to register, because the event will likely have to be cancelled unless at least 15 children sign up.
Renegade tickets are now on sale! Come support your local team and the library June 30, during Geek the Library Night! Tickets include the 7:05 p.m. game, fireworks, and a team hat! Ask at the circulation desk! |
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Job seekers, find success here!
 Remember that whether you're newly out of work or considering a career change, the Wallkill Public Library is here to help.
By clicking on the Ulster County InfoPortal link on the Online Research Tools page of the library's website, you'll find access to the Gale Testing and Education Reference Center, which offers a huge amount of services catered toward not only job hunters, but those pursuing another degree.
In addition to the site's college and grad school prep tools, a career tools menu is also featured, where users can find help for everything from building a resume to learning computer skills to job searching itself!
Though we've mentioned this resource before, it's worth putting out a reminder, because it's such an invaluable tool. Don't forget to take advantage of it! |
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Registration ongoing for Lego Camp
 Fans of the famous building blocks are invited to participate in this summer's week-long Lego Camp!
Instructors from Play-Well Teknologies will be on hand from July 9 through July 13 to take Lego building to the next level. Real-world concepts from physics, engineering, and architecture will be applied to projects such as motorized cars and skyscrapers.
Camp for ages 5-7 will be held from 9 a.m. to noon; ages 7-12 will attend a 1-4 p.m. session. The fee for the week is $120, which goes directly to Play-Well Teknologies (the library is just the facilitator of the program).
Registration and payment must be made in advance at the library! Call 895-3707 for more information. Visit the Play-Well website at www.play-well.org. |
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Ode to poetry month's farewell
 April is National Poetry Month, and though its end is nigh, it's not too late to rediscover the greats you were forced to read in school (and maybe appreciate them more the second time around).
Whether your preference is for Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Homer, or Milton, there are books available that can help you get more out of what you're reading, such as:
- The Art of Reading Poetry, by Harold Bloom
- How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, by Edward Hirsch
- The Discovery of Poetry: a Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems, by Frances Mayes
- The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms, by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland
- The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide, by Robert Pinsky
For more information as well as a directory of poetry websites, you can visit Middletown Thrall Library's homepage and click on the poetry link (next to Literature). |
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EMC's Earth Day promotes clean living  The weather did more than cooperate for last Saturday's Earth Day Celebration, and those who attended the event were grateful! The town's Environmental Management Council sponsored the program, which was held on the front lawn of the library. Presenters were there to offer demonstrations on energy efficient cars, recycling, non-toxic cleaners, and more. Clean Sweep also tidied up our local roads and river. It turned out to be a perfect day to be green! |
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Parking area gets much-needed facelift
Many thanks to Wallkill Paving for a job well done transforming our parking lot last week! Patrons are remarking on it already! |
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Check out our new indoor display! You don't have to be a quilter to appreciate the time and effort that goes into each project, and Barbara Hanaburgh's exceptional work is a case in point.
Starting Monday and continuing throughout the next month and a half, you can see Barbara's impressive projects yourself while they're on display throughout the library. You'll be amazed at how creative and prolific a talent Barbara is. Make sure to take a moment and look around next time you're in! |
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May books offer tales for every taste Mystery, fantasy, family drama, or nonfiction - take your pick, all are coming to our shelves next month!
New releases in nonfiction include:  - Along the Way, by Martin Sheen
- Making a Difference, by Chesley Sullenberger
Fiction releases available include:
- Small Fortune, by Rose Dastgir
- Hush Money, by Chuck Greaves
- Picture This, by Jacqueline Sheehan
- Never Tell, by Alafair Burke
- Porch Lights, by Dorothea Benton Frank
- Dark Magic, by James Swain
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Disturbing plot, modern-day issue  We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Eva never really wanted to be a mother - and certainly not the mother of a boy who ends up murdering seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it's time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific rampage, in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails.
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Awaken the activist within you!
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If you've been meaning to change the world, lately, but need a little help doing it, this website is for you.
ActivistResource.org provides a calendar of activist events in New York State, as well as a listing of local activist groups so you can get involved in what interests you. You can also sign up to receive regular emails that alert you to the type of upcoming events that you want to know about and are within your area. You can participate in a one-day event, become more involved with a particular group, or, if you're an organizer, attract new members to your own group! Check it out today. |
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We want to hear from you! As mentioned in last week's blog by library director Mary Lou Carolan, it's that time of year, again...when Wallkill Public Library asks patrons to give us your input so that we can better serve your needs.
To complete our online survey, please click this link. We're eager to find out what you might like about us and - more importantly, sometimes - what you don't, so that we can make whatever improvements we need to accommodate everyone. Thanks so much for your participation! |
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