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February 4, 2002 Local Heart Surgeon Returned Home With Cutting Edge
February 5, 2002 Learn the Basics of Coin Collecting at the Library
February 5, 2002 Meet an Illustrator at the Library's Lunchtime Series
February 5, 2002 Book Discussion at Frostburg Branch Library
February 7, 2002 Menelika McCarthy Helping Westernport Branch
February 7, 2002 Storyteller Jean Walton at Westernport Library for Special Black History Month Program on Saturday
February 11, 2002 Meet James Rada, Jr., Author of Canawlers at Library
February 14, 2002 Libraries Make DVDs Available to Borrow
February 18, 2002 Robin Wynder Helps Library Celebrate Black History
February 19, 2002 Westernport Branch Library Hosts Ebenezer Choir
February 25, 2002 Library History Lecture Part of Women Sustaining the
February 4, 2002 Local Heart Surgeon Returned Home With Cutting Edge MedicinePRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Pat Merrbach Frostburg Branch Library 65 E. Main Street Frostburg, MD 21532
(301) 689-0790 Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Mark
Nelson and Cardiologist Baljeet Mahal will be at the Frostburg Branch Library on
Monday February 11 at 6:30 pm to speak on The Heart Institute at Western
Maryland Health System. Dr. Nelson will give an
overview of the types of cardiac surgery performed including coronary artery
bypass grafting and valve repair and replacement surgery.
Dr. Mahal will discuss the angioplasty program at WMHS. Dr. Nelson, grew up in
Frostburg, where he attended Beall High School and graduated from Frostburg
State University. He went on to receive his medical degree from the University
of Maryland Medical School and completed his internship and residency in surgery
at the West Virginia Hospitals in Morgantown.
He joined WMHS from the Iowa Heart Center in Des Moines, Iowa, which
provides cardiology and cardiac surgery services for much of central Iowa. He performed over 1,500 open-heart surgeries during his
tenure in Iowa. Dr. Mahal, who has had a
private practice in Cumberland since 1982, is a graduate of the Government
Medical College in Patiala, India, where he also completed an internship.
He received additional medical training at the Jewish Hospital and
Medical Center of Brooklyn and the St. Luke City Hospital in St. Louis. This program is being
presented in partnership with the WMHS Wellness Center. PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502 The Western Maryland Coin Club will teach the
basics of getting started in coin collecting on Tuesday, February 12 at 7 pm at
the South Cumberland Branch Library, 100 Seymour Street. The Western Maryland Coin Club meets regularly in
the library’s meeting room on the second Tuesday of each month. February 5, 2002 PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502 Illustrator Lenore Lancaster will be at the South
Cumberland Library for a lunchtime program on Monday, February 11 from 12:15 to
12:45. She will be showing some of her illustrations, talking about
what her life as an illustrator is like, and giving some tips on how to
illustrate Lancaster
has illustrated several books including the children’s books
Lyrical Old Lady and Floyd the Duck
from the Musical Mice series written by local author Mark Van Tyne.
She wrote and illustrated Window
Well Stories for children and Historical
Places in the Cumberland Area Coloring
Book; and illustrated the Allegany County Historical Society’s History
in the Kitchen, a book for adults. The
lunchtime series is designed for those who would like to fit a short learning
experience into their lunch hour. Feel
free to bring a brown bag lunch to eat while you listen.
The library will supply beverages. February 5, 2002 PRESS
RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact:
Pat Merrbach
Frostburg Branch Library
65 E. Main Street
Frostburg, MD 21502
(301) 689-0790 The Frostburg Book Club will meet at the Frostburg
Branch Library Tuesday, February 19 at 7 pm to discuss Maeve Binchy’s Tara
Road, the story of two women who swap their homes and to some extent their
lives. “This book group has really taken off,”
commented Pat Merrbach, Library Coordinator for the group. “The individuals in the group crisscross many sectors of
life, bringing diverse experience and knowledge to the discussions.” The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each
month at the Library. The
Winner by David Baldacci is their reading selection for March 19. February 7, 2002 PRESS
RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact:
Pam Neder
Westernport Branch Library
66 Main Street
Westernport, MD 21562
Menelika
McCarthy will be at the Westernport Branch Library’s Evening Story Time on
Monday, February 18 at 6:30 pm for a children’s program on the life of Martin
Luther King in celebration of Black History Month. “I
like what he stands for and really support his dream coming alive,” commented
McCarthy about King. A
native of Lafayette, Louisiana, McCarthy has lived and traveled in Africa and
Europe. She is employed in the
Career Service Department at Frostburg State University recruiting employers to
hire students. McCarthy is also a
part time political science student and mother of three. “We’re
very pleased that she is coming to present her program for us in Westernport,”
said Pam Neder, Westernport Branch Manager.
Evening Story Time is a program designed for the convenience of families
who are busy in the daytime hours, but still want to foster good reading habits
for their families. The program is
open to all children.
February 7, 2002 Storyteller Jean Walton at Westernport
Library for Special Black History Month Program on Saturday
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Pam Neder Westernport Branch Library 66 Main Street Westernport, MD 21562 Storyteller Jean Walton will be at the Westernport Branch Library at 66 Main Street on February 16, at 2 pm for a special Saturday Story Time celebrating Black History Month. This will be a program of African and African-American stories for children ages K through 6 grades presented in Walton’s unique style. A few of the stories in the program are “The Scrawny Old Man and The Scrawny Old Woman,” “Why People Have To Work,” and “Little Eight John.” Walton will also be presenting a program of stories for adults at the South Cumberland Branch Library at 100 Seymour Street on Wednesday, February 20 at 6:30 pm. Some of the stories she’ll be performing for adults are “Tales of the HODJA,” “Talk,” and “My Uncle, The Tailor.” February 11, 2002 Meet
James Rada, Jr., Author of Canawlers at Library Book Discussion
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502 Local author James Rada, Jr. will be at South Cumberland Branch Library’s Book Discussion Group on Thursday, February 28 at 7 PM to discuss his newest novel Canawlers. Canawlers is the story of a canal boat captain and his wife, teenage son and daughter, and young son traveling back and forth on the C & O Canal from Cumberland to Georgetown. It’s a story of love, young love, tragedy, and loss. Set in 1862, the Civil War has crossed the Potomac; and the troops are beginning to take interest in the canal boats on the C & O laden with their cargo of food and coal headed to Washington. Rada, who lives in Cumberland with his wife and son, is the author of three other novels: Logan’s Fire, Beast, and My Little Angel. He is a reporter for the Cumberland Times-News; it was from reporting on local history that he developed an interest in the C & O Canal. The discussion group meets the 4th
Thursday of each month at the South Cumberland Branch Library at 100 Seymour
Street. Anyone interested may
attend any of the group’s discussions. No
pre-registration is necessary.
February 14, 2002 Libraries Make DVDs Available to Borrow
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502 All
branches of the Allegany County Library System plus its bookmobile now have DVDs
for patrons to borrow. They can be
checked out with you library card and circulate
for 3 days at a time. Patrons are
allowed to check out 2 per library card. The
collection presently consists of about 105 titles featuring various types of
DVDs including popular children’s works, PBS presentations, feature films, old
black and white or colorized classics, Academy Award and Oscar winners,
nonfiction, and some brand new titles. Most
of the collection is part of a rotating collection each branch receives from the
Western Maryland Public Libraries. “Each
branch and the bookmobile receive 15 titles every other month; the next group
will be sent out in March,” explained Pat Hammond, Audio Visual Coordinator
for WMPL. “One month I send the
branches videos the next month DVDs.” “Each
shipment includes several new releases,” Hammond continued. ‘movies such as ‘Atlantis’ and ‘The Princess
Diaries’ have been bought and will be available at your library soon. ” To
check which titles are available at the library system, check out our card
catalog on line at http://library.allconet.org/
and under keyword type DVD.
Robin
Wynder Helps Library Celebrate Black History Month
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Connie Wilson Frostburg Branch Library 65 E. Main Street
Frostburg, MD 21502 Robin Wynder will
attend Frostburg Branch Library’s Magical Monday program on February 25 at
6:30 PM for a half-hour of stories in celebration of Black History Month. Wynder operated
Rosebud’s Day Care for children in Frostburg and is currently employed at
Frostburg State University’s Diversity Center.
At the Diversity Center, she introduces and promotes the ideas and
traditions of world cultures into campus life. The Magical Monday Evening Story Times are held every other Monday and the whole family is invited to see what is new at the library.
February 19, 2002 Westernport Branch Library Hosts Ebenezer ChoirPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Pam Neder Westernport Branch Library 66 Main Street
Westernport, MD 21562 The
Ebenezer Full Gospel Baptist Church Choir will close the Allegany County Library
System’s month-long celebration of Black History Month with a concert of
spirituals on Monday, February 25, 7 pm at the Westernport Branch Library. The
choir, under the direction of Choir Director Kenny Watkins, performs a variety
of different styles of spirituals, and the audience is invited to participate on
most. “After
seeing them perform two weeks ago,” commented Branch Manager Pam Neder, “I
am really excited about having them come to Westernport.” Though
Black History Month is coming to a close the library system will be
incorporating more African-American culture into our programming throughout the
year. February 25, 2002 Library History Lecture Part of Women Sustaining the American Spirit CampaignPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502 Betty
VanNewkirk, Jacquelyn Sams, and Alma Logsdon will be guest speakers for the
Allegany County Library’s History Lecture “Women Sustaining the American
Spirit in Allegany County” on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 PM at the Frostburg Branch
Library. “March
is National Women’s History Month, and the 2002 theme is ‘Women Sustaining
the American Spirit,”’ commented Linda Burkey, program coordinator.
“Our program will give men
and women and older boys and girls the opportunity to be part of this National
Women’s History Month campaign. We
will be showcasing many stories of local women whose lives exemplify the
American Spirit.” Betty
VanNewkirk, from the Frostburg Museum will talk about numerous women, many from
Frostburg, who demonstrate that women have been, as VanNewkirk says “education
able from the very beginning.” Jacquelyn
Sams, former women’s counselor and investigator for the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, helped to establish the first shelter for battered women
in Springfield, MA in 1978. In 1985
a chance encounter introduced her to Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Sams says she “could talk for days about” Cady, but will give the
audience just an introduction. As
Sams points out about Cady, “it is interesting that many of the reforms that
she advocated: equal wages, divorce
reform, co-education, girls’ athletics and full equality in every area of life
continue to be issues which we grapple with today.” Alma
Logsdon, an educator in Allegany County for many years, will share the
adventurous story of her first year teaching in the small West Virginia town of
Magnolia. “This town wasn’t
even a scheduled stop for the train. I
had to light a fire to a rolled up piece of newspaper to stop the train to go
home,” Logsdon comments. Another
program focusing on women with a discussion of the book Having Our Say: The Dalany
Sisters’ First 100 Years by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany will be held at
the Westernport Branch Library on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:00 PM. |
