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What’s in this Issue
The Library’s
Future Home, 2006
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The Library
Telephone: (802) 584-3358
314 Scott Hwy, Groton, VT 05046
(Community Center)
Karen O’Donnell-Leach, Librarian
Library Hours
Tuesday 12:00 - 7:00 Thursday 10:00 - 5:00 Saturday 10:00 -
12:00
Story hour is Thursday at 10:30
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 Chess
for all ages!
Tuesdays 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. starting May 24th for
beginners or experts at the Library.
For information, call 584-3092 or 584-3358. Come to teach and learn!
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THE BIG IDEA
(WHAT’S THIS ?)
We here at the library are Believing In Groton and feel a
lot of enthusiasm and excitement as we plan for our eventual move to the
restored Goodine House sometime in 2006.
The new facility will be a wonderful addition to the community with
large children’s space, a young adult section, a reading and meeting room, a
large area for the stacks, computer terminals, and much more. We will work
hard at keeping everyone updated on progress.
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FORMER LIBRARIANS AND LONG TIME VOLUNTEERS RECOGNIZED
As a way of marking the 50th anniversary of the
library in the Community Building, the Trustees and Friends recognized five
former librarians: Dorothy Main, Joan Hill, Mildred Hart, Elizabeth
Patterson, and Molly Eastman, with a note of appreciation and a plant. At the same time we thanked three of our
long time volunteers: Barbarann Bean,
Marion Page, and Ruth Putnam. When
you see any of these great ladies, give them a big “thank you”!
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SPEAKING OF BOOKS
Following are some recommendations for your reading
pleasure! All of these are available
in our library.
- Reading
Lolita in Teheran by Azar Nafisi
(Susan Gordon)
- The
Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom (Barbarann Bean)
- The
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers (Nancy
Spencer)
- Dancing
Alone Around the Room (poetry), by Billy Collins
(Debra Tinkham)
- The
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (and the rest of the series), by
Alexander McCall Smith (Judy
Chandler)
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FRIENDS BELIEVE IN GROTON
The Friends of Groton Library join together to support,
improve, and promote our library.
Annual membership dues are used for funding special programs and
projects, and for covering expenses incurred by Friends in achieving their
mission. So far, we have coordinated
the summer and Foliage Day Book Sales, and we purchased the welcome banner
for the library. Friends can also
serve in volunteer roles as needed.
To join the Friends or for more information, stop by the
Library or call Nancy Spencer (584-3717) or Judy Chandler (584-3050).
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New CDs at the Library
The library has recently added compact discs (CDs) to its
collection. There are six CDs of Christmas music, 18 CDs of music ranging
from Stauss to Reba to Lenny Kravitz, and there are five new books-on-CD.
These include Robert B. Parker’s Cold Service, Christiane Northrup’s Mother-Daughter
Wisdom, Gene Wilder’s Kiss Me Like a Stranger, Steve Chandler’s 17
Lies that Are Holding You Back & the Truth That Will Set You Free,
and Alice Hoffman’s The Ice Queen.
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Library Story Hour
The library is now holding story hours for children at
10:30 AM on Thursdays. We would love to see our little group of participants
grow. Call us at 584-3358 for more information. Also, if you would prefer
that story time be held on Saturday mornings, please let us know.
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In Appreciation
Our thanks to the Buckaroos of 302 Snowmobile Club
for their donation of the book, Snowmobiling. This is an informative high interest
reading level book and it’s not just for kids.
On May 16, David O’Donnell-Leach led the discussion
of First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung. This is an autobiographical account of war
and political oppression in Cambodia in the 1970’s, and David’s knowledge of
the history of Cambodia greatly enriched our understanding, and gave us new
insights into the nature of political violence.
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Why not adopt a shelf?
Would you like to adopt a shelf or a range of shelves at
the library? All that is required is that you drop in a couple of times a
month and make sure that your shelf is in order and that each book has been
added to our automated catalog. Looking for more library work? As we start to
look toward our move to the Goodine House, there is plenty of work for any
one who would like to help. Once again, call 584-3358 for more information.
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