Get inspired: Program features popular author 
Best-selling writer Jennifer Probst had such a good time hosting last year's write-in, she's agreed to come back for another session!
Just in time for NaNoWriMo, Jen will be at the library from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 19. She'll kick the hour off by offering a few writing tips and answering questions, and then roll her sleeves up and write (along with all the aspiring writers in attendance) for the program's remaining time.
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is geared toward anyone who has ever thought of writing a book. The challenge begins on Nov. 1, at which point participants have until midnight Nov. 30 to complete their work.
Jen Probst, whose best-sellers include the Marriage to a Billionaire series, was such an inspiration to those who attended last year's NaNoWriMo-themed write-in at the library, they wanted her back.
You don't have to have signed up for NaNoWriMo to take part in the Nov. 19 event at the library, however. No matter what your status as a writer, if you're interested, you're welcome! Bring something you've been working on or start a new project.    
Coming up at the Wallkill Public Library
Friday's Pinterest-ing Art for Adults will feature this charger. 

Tuesday: Textile Tuesdays take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the community room of Town Hall. Quilters, knitters, and anyone who enjoys any type of handcraft is welcome! Sewing machines are available. The Quilters' Circle will meet at 11 a.m. The Adult Coloring Club meets at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Toddler Story Time is offered at 11 a.m. The Star Wars MakeIt Space takes place at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday: The Knit and Crochet Club meets at 6:30 p.m.

Friday: Pinterest-ing Art for Adults will feature a Countdown to Christmas charger craft at 11 a.m. Materials will be provided. The 3DS Club will meet at 4 p.m.

Submit your work to our new magazine!
Wallkill Public Library's new teen-run art and literary magazine is looking for submissions!
The Untruthful Fruit will be accepting short stories, poetry, drawings, photos, and other creative pieces until Jan. 1. If you like writing or creating art, this is your chance to get published!
Email your submissions to Emma at [email protected]. Please include your name, age, and grade. 
Former Wallkill librarian passes away
Mary Hoogeboom, a former library director at Wallkill Public Library, passed away Nov. 11 at her home in Eastham, Mass. She was 91.
Mary served as director of Wallkill Public Library from 1970 to 1983. Before that, she worked as a secretary for the Ontario and Western Railroad and as a bookkeeper for a Wallkill firm.
During her retirement in Massachusetts, she was active in the Orleans Woman's Club, the Highland Light Scottish Society of Cape Cod, and several literature groups.
A memorial service will be held at the Federated Church in Orleans, Mass., at 1 p.m. Nov. 29. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Lower Cape Adult Day Services, better known as The Gathering Place, P.O. Box 1203, 1405 Nauset Road, North Eastham, MA 02651, where Mary enjoyed several years of companionship and activities. 
Hour of Code is coming back in December!
Last year's Hour of Code sessions drew a crowd of eager students. 
Just in time for the new Star Wars movie (and Computer Science Education Week...), a special Star Wars-themed Hour of Code will be offered at the library in December!
Our new "Star Wars: Building a Galaxy with Code" lesson for the Hour of Code 2015 aims to nurture creativity and teach logic and problem solving through basic computer programming. This year's Hour of Code will introduce users to the coding language JavaScript for the first time in a Code.org lesson. Participants will create a game in their Internet browser using Code.org's unique blocks-to-text programming environment.
Students will learn to write code that allows them to create fun challenges and games using Star Wars characters. Participants will join forces with Rey to guide BB-8 through a space mission, then team up with Princess Leia to build their own game featuring R2-D2 or C-3PO.
Two separate sessions will be offered - one from 4-5 p.m. on Dec. 8, and the other from 4-5 p.m. Dec. 10. Check our website soon for registration information! 
A Time Capsule in Borden Park
The library, circa 1950.
On October 23rd 1935, the corner stone of the Wallkill Public Library was laid in Borden Park with much pomp and fanfare. After nearly 40 years of running a circulating library out of local homes and businesses, the people of Wallkill would finally receive a designated space that helped fulfill the community's needs for personal education, entertainment and enrichment. What many don't realize is that buried in the foundations of this quaint stone building is a time capsule from that auspicious day.

Following the death of Marion Borden; daughter of condensed milk tycoon John Gail Borden, in 1930, the Wallkill Library Association was bequeathed $30,000.00, "of which $25,000.00 shall be devoted to the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable library building and the remaining $5,000.00 shall be held in trust in perpetuity, the income therefrom to be devoted to any library purpose". The land on which the library would sit was originally one of two parks deeded by Marion's parents, John Gail and Helen Borden to the Town of Shawangunk. The South Park, or Village Park, was chosen by library trustees Martin J. DeWitt, J. Addison Crowell, and John B. Hamilton, who was also the grandson of Ellen Borden, Marion's sister. The architectural firm of J.Percy Hanford of Newburgh was chosen to design and construct the new library.

The day the corner stone was laid was a day of great excitement for the community of Wallkill. According to the October 23rd minutes of the Wallkill Public Library Association, "The corner stone of the Wallkill Public Library was laid...A fitting address was made by Augustus Bennet of Newburgh. He spoke of the many gifts of Marion Borden." In addition to the speeches and ceremony, the minutes also mention "articles placed in box as follows: A history of the origin of library, List of members, officers, trustees, and librarians, A paper written by Ms. J.M. Millspaugh, Souvenier Booklet of Wallkill and Home Farm by George E. Morrison, Coins of 1935, Columbus 50 c. 1893, 3 [cent piece] 1853, 2 [cent piece] 1864, 1 [cent piece] 1890 Indian Head, 1 [cent piece] special coins 1857, 1 [cent piece] 1798, 25 [cent piece] Silver Plaster, Copy Citizen Herald Oct. [and one copy of] Kingston Freeman."

Since that October day in 1935, the time capsule has remained untouched by the hands of time. Like the contents of its corner stone, the outward appearance of the library is a time capsule of a bygone age, even as services, staff, and programs adapt to new generations of library patrons.
-- Matthew Thorenz, Wallkill Public Library Archivist

Bibliography
Borden, Marion. "Last Will and Testament." October 17, 1929.

Mauritz, Jacqueline. "The History of Wallkill." In The History of the Town of Shawangunk, by Jacqueline Mauritz, 44. Walden, NY: Precision Press, 1988.

Rhoads, William F. "Wallkill Public Library." In Ulster County New York: The Architectural History & Guide, by William F. Rhoads, 246-247. Delmar, NY: Black Dome Press Corp, 2011.

Wallkill Public Library Association. "October 23, 1935." Wallkill Public Library Association Minute Book #4. 1935. 31.