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November 4, 2003 Library Hosting Fiber Artists for Craft Time
November 4, 2003 Library System's History Lecture Goes Medieval for November
November 6, 2003 Frostburg Library Book Club to Meet November 20
November 6, 2003 Library Book Discussion on November 20
November 10, 2003 Children's Book Week at Public Libraries November 17 to 23rd
November 14, 2003 Family Fun Harvest Time at Library
November 18, 2003 Dr. Richard Snider at LaVale Library Nov. 29 for Talk and Book Signing
November 4, 2003
Library Hosting Fiber Artist for Craft TimePRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Pat Merrbach Frostburg Public Library 65 E. Main Street Frostburg, MD 21532 The Fiber Artists will be at the Frostburg Branch of the Allegany County Library System for a fun, kitchen craft time on Thursday afternoon, November 13 from 1 to 2 PM. Everyone is invited to come make something special to take home. The Fiber Artists meet weekly in Cumberland to create knitting, crocheting and other crafts to give away as a community service.
Library System's History Lecture Goes Medieval in NovemberPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street Cumberland, MD 21502 The Allegany County Library System’s history lecture for November will be a Show and Tell on Medieval History with special guest re-enactor Ellen McDaniel-Weissler. The lecture will be on Saturday, November 15 from 2-3 PM at the South Cumberland Library, 100 Seymour Street. The program will be family oriented, geared to kids in 4th grade and up and adults. “We’ve started trying to vary the day and time when we have the history lectures this year, hoping to allow more people to take advantage of these programs,” commented Linda Burkey, Coordinator of Community Outreach for the Library System. “We’re delighted to be able to offer something on Medieval times; the kids seem fascinated with this time period.”
November 6, 2003 Frostburg Library Book Club to Meet November 20PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Pat Merrbach Frostburg Public Library 65 E. Main Street Frostburg, MD 21532 The Frostburg Book Club will meet at the Frostburg Community Library on Thursday, November 20 at 2PM to discuss Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve. Set in India at a time when industries are replacing farmland, Nectar in a Sieve is the story of Rukmani, the young bride of a farmer. Difficult times do not discourage her from expressing her wealth of love as a mother and her friendship to those who need it. The book was named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association. New members are always welcome! Copies of the book are available through your local library.
Library Book Discussion on November 20PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street Cumberland, MD 21502 The South Cumberland Library’s Book Discussion Group will be meeting Thursday, November 20 at 7 PM to discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees: A Novel. Hitch a ride with Taylor Greer in this read, Kingsolver’s first novel. Greer is set on making sure she doesn’t get stuck in her small Kentucky hometown. That she has no idea where she’s going doesn’t seem to be a problem. She just makes the most of whatever life hands her. It’s an interesting way to live. The book group normally meets the 4th Thursday of each month; but due to Thanksgiving, the group will be meeting earlier. Everyone is invited to join the discussions. The group is made up of about 50/50 men and women from all walks of life. Copies of the books may be borrowed from your local library. The book selection for December is Gravesend Light by David Payne.
November 10, 2003 Children's Book Week Contest at Public Libraries November 17th to 23rdPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street Cumberland, MD 21502
For the past 84 years during the week before Thanksgiving public libraries, schools, bookstores, and others have come together for the celebration of National Children’s Book Week. Come join the Allegany County Library System’s “Favorite Book Award” Contest going on from Monday, November 17th thru Sunday, November 23rd, and you will have a chance to win one of the bookstore gift certificate prizes! It’s easy to enter! Children just need to fill out a “Favorite Book Award! handout with the Author & Title of their favorite book and the child’s name and grade level. Children are also invited to draw a picture of their book in the center of the form. All entries will be displayed in the libraries for a week; then all entries will be put into the drawing for prizes. The Children’s Book Council, coordinators of the week, explain that the yearly celebration “can be traced to the 1912 American Booksellers Association (ABA) Con-vention (when) E.W. Mumford…delivered a paper entitled ‘Juvenile Readers as an Asset.’ This address, a strong indictment of the harm of trashy books to children, was summarized in The New York Times, where it caught the attention of James West, Director of the Boy Scouts of America.” West thought it valuable to try and bring “new direction to boys’ reading.” The rest is history. With the help of the American Library Association, the Booksellers Association, the Boy Scouts, the Association of Children’s Book Editors and the Children’s Book Council, and others, this initiative to have quality books for our kids today is still going strong.
November 14, 2003 Family Fun Harvest Time at LibraryPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Pat Merrbach Frostburg Public Library 65 E. Main Street Frostburg, MD 21532 As part of their celebration of Children’s Book Week the Frostburg Branch of the Allegany County Library System will be hosting a Family Fun Harvest Time at their Evening Story Time this month, with Crafts, games and much more. Everyone is invited to attend this fun event on Thursday, November 20 starting at 6:30. The Frostburg Branch Library regularly holds an Evening Story Time one Thursday each month. Open to all children, these programs allow the whole extended family a chance to spend some fun time together while making a library visit for books and audiovisuals for the weekend.
November 18, 2003 Dr. Richard Snider at LaVale Library Nov. 29 for Talk and Book SigningPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Pam Neder LaVale Public Library 815 National Highway LaVale, MD 21502
Dr. Richard Snider will be at the LaVale Branch of the Allegany County Library System on November 29 from 1-4 PM with his newly published book Delta Six: Soldier Surgeon. Snider will be giving a short talk about the book followed by a book signing. Since retiring, Dr. Snider found the time to work on the book that he always intended to write about his experiences in Vietnam. As a first year surgical resident, he was drafted into the Army and, consequently, was assigned as a partially-trained surgeon in Vietnam in the summer of 1968. During his 364-day tour there, he became the commander of a medical clearing company. Three of the company’s medics were killed while under his command, a tragedy he has never gotten over. Snider wrote this book as a tribute to those three medics killed so far away from their homes and their loved ones. “By writing about them, they could come alive again in the readers’ minds, if only for a brief period of time,” Snider explained. Returning from the war in Vietnam, Snider realized the undeserved and unfair bad light that was cast on the American soldiers. He hopes this book will allow the reader to realize that our soldiers behaved admirably and that America can be proud of its sons who fought and died in that unfortunate conflict. A retired general and vascular surgeon who practiced in Cumberland for 25 years, Dr. Rick Snider and his wife, Margy, are the parents of four children who were schooled at Parkside Elementary, Braddock Middle, and Bishop Walsh High School. They also have two grandchildren. “We’re happy to have Dr. Snider present his book at our branch on Nov. 29,” commented Marie Shipley, member of the LaVale Library staff. |
