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September, 2014
 Skylark
 Sings all day,
And day not long enough.
                        Haiku by Basho 

                         
Dear Library Friends,

Happy Fifth Year Library Anniversary, Friday, September 12th.  Come during the week for a cupcake celebration!

September, National "Get a Library Card" month.  It's the smartest card you"ll ever own.  Get it, use it!

Book Sale at the Library - begins September 9th - a bag of books for $1.00.
 
Banned Books Week - September 21st 
Let's celebrate all month!  Grab a previously banned or challenged book from the Library.

Betty Mitchell, Artist in the Library reception is this Saturday, September 6th, 1:30 to 3:00 pm.

New Program - Purchase a classic Masterpiece Theatre program for the Library.  Details at circulation desk.  

Children's Summer Reading Program Success -
Seventy children registered for this five week program and those 70 children participated in reading programs a total of 297 times!!  What a wonderful way to spend summer days - children enjoying reading at their library.

A successful Antique Appraisal Day was held at the Library.
"Is this a Tiffany lamp?"


INSIDE/OUTSIDE  THE LIBRARY
Miss Pam in the Children's Room shelving the many returned DVDs.

CURRENT EVENTS 
Join in the fun!
NOTE:  For children's activities, please send in a permission slip to the School on the day of the program and a library staff member will walk your child to the Library after school.  Questions?  Call Miss Pam at 364-2400. 

Gilmanton Crafters
Tuesdays at 1:30 pm
Bring your craft.  Exchange ideas with friends.  For more information contact Laura Stephan at 493-6067 or email Laura.L.Stephan@gmail.com

Children's Story Time
Every Wednesday at 10:30 am and Thursday at 1:30 pm
Preschool story hour for ages 3 - 5 years old.
 
Magic The Gathering
Thursdays from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Magic is a fantasy based card game.  All ages encouraged
to attend.  Bring your own deck.  For more information contact the Library.
 
 Artist in the Library Reception 
Saturday, September 6 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm
Meet and welcome this month's Artist in the Library, Gilmanton Corners resident Betty Mitchell.  Her media is acrylic and oils.  She paints scenes from locations in and around Gilmanton.  Refreshments served.
Betty Mitchell showing one of a series of paintings titled:  "Bathhouse at Loon Pond". 
Energy Sharing - Energy Healing
Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 pm
Learn and share ways to encourage your natural healing powers.  All levels of expertise are welcome to attend this popular and informative workshop.
 
GYRLA Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00 pm
The public is encouraged to attend.
 
Family Movie Night
Thursday, September 11 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm
A movie, popcorn, cupcakes, juice and families at the Library - a perfect summer evening outing!

Early Release Movie
Wednesday, September 17 from 1:15 to 2:45 pm
Showing is 20th Century Fox's "Rio 2".  Follow Blue, Jewel and their three kids as they are hurled from their home in the city into the wilds of the Amazon.  This is a Gilmanton School early release day.  Popcorn served.

Lego Club
Thursday, September 18 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Construct with other Lego enthusiasts.  Choose free play or one of Miss Pam's many building challenges.  All ages and abilities welcome. Questions? Call Miss Pam at 364-2400.

Cabot Cove Crew - Murder Mystery Movie Night
Thursday, September 18 from 7:00 pm
Mystery Fans, join the Cabot Cove Crew every other Thursday night to watch Angela Lansbury, (a.k.a.Jessica Fletcher, master sleuth of "Murder She Wrote") solve movie murder mysteries.

NEW CHILDREN'S PROGRAM!  Paper and Popcorn
Tuesday, September 23 from 3:15 to 5:30 pm
This new club is for kids who enjoy movies based on popular children's books.  Stop into the Library beginning September 1st and pick up a copy of the book. Read it at home.  Then come back on September 23rd to watch the movie and participate in book related activities.  First selection is Judi Barrett's "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs".  Children in grade K - 2,  3 - 5 and grades 6 - 8 will have the chance to participate in October and November respectively.  Which one will you prefer -  the book of the movie? 

Service Link- Health Care Marketplace Assistance
Tuesday, September 23 at 6:00 pm
More information available at the Library about this service program.

Crafting for the Clumsy
Thursday, September 25 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm
No green thumb necessary to make your own "No Tending Cactus Garden".  Please bring a smallish plant pot! The Library will supply the rest.  Sign up at the Library.

Teen (Tween) Night
Friday, September 26 from 6:30 to 9:15 pm
Join in for this wildly fun time at the movies.  Delicious food, crafting and gaming rounds out the evening perfectly.  Ages 9 to 13 years old.  Parent pick up time is 9:00 pm.  Sign up required.  Questions?  Call the Library at 364-2400.

Gilmanton Gathers Book Club 
Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00 pm
This month's book is "Mrs. Poe" by Lynn Cullen.  Copies are available at the Library. Please join us!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Herman Webster Mudgett, Alias H.H. Holmes 
Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 pm
The Gilmanton Historical Society will present its very popular program on convicted serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett, Gilmanton's most notorious resident. 
Gilmanton Gathers Book Club 
Tuesday, October 21 at 7:00 pm
This month's book is "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan.  It was awarded the 2011 Putlitzer.

Winter Bird Feeding 
Thursday, October 23 at 7:00 pm A presentation by the owner of Gilford's Wild Bird Depot. 
 
A Walkathon - Cogswell Mountain
More information available in the next few weeks at the Library. 
 
LOOKING FOR A GOOD READ?
Adults - Fiction
The Long Way Home  a newly released Louise Penny mystery 

Adults - Non-fiction
The Explorers  by Martin Dugard

Junior Fiction
counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Picture Book 
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett & Kevin Cornell
LOOKING FOR A GOOD MOVIE?
ADULTS 
Lilyhammer - Season One
After Frank "The Fixer" testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program.  Frank demands to be set up with a new life in the Norwegian small town of Lillehammer - or as he calls it, "LILYHAMMER.'
  
YOUNG ADULT
Muppets - Most Wanted 
Cheers to Volunteers!
Isabella Volinsky
                                                        

Isabella
just moved to Gilmanton last winter.  She says that her number one hobby is reading and that she just doesn't read books, she gets immersed in them!  She specially enjoyed reading "The Great Gatsby" because of the in-depth character development.

How I volunteer at the Library -  Isabella volunteered in the Children's Room for this summer's Reading Program.  Isabella was Miss Pam's assistant while the Reading Program was being presented to the children. She also helped set up and clean up after the children left.  

It was Miss Pam who nominated Isabella for the "Volunteer of the Month' award.  Miss Pam said that Isabella was one of the best Children's Room volunteers she's ever had. She said that Isabella was someone to be counted on plus all the children truly adored her! Miss Pam also described Isabella as efficient and very creative!  

What I like about the Library -
Isabella says:  "My favorite thing about the Library is that it's a real Library filled with books from top to bottom and that's exactly what the Gilmanton Year-Round Library is"! 

Recommendations from the Library - "
I'd like to recommend The Fault in Our Stars. It's one of my all time favorite books.  You will be crying one second and then laughing the next!  To me Augustus and Hazel are such an inspiration". 

Here's one of my favorite quotes from this book:  "And in the end we can blame the stars, or tell ourselves that it wasn't meant to be, that it wasn't destined to happen.  But deep down we know that the stars were not at fault and it wasn't meant to be.  The fault was in ourselves".   

Thank you Isabella for all that you're contributed to the Library! 
GENERAL LIBRARY INFORMATION
August"s Library Statistics
 
Library cards:   1,613
 Transactions:  1,353
                             Visitors:              637                             
 
* TD Bank Library Fundraiser 
 TD Bank will make an annual contribution to our Library based on the activity of all participating members' TD Bank accounts.  More information on this easy way to help support the Library is available at the circulation desk. 

Physical & Mailing Address: 1385 NH Route 140, Gilmanton Iron Works, NH 03837

Telephone number: 603-364-2400

Library Hours:
Tuesday            1 pm - 7 pm
Wednesday     10 am - 4 pm
Thursday           1 pm - 7 pm
Friday               10 am - 4 pm
Saturday          10 am - 3 pm
 
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