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August 5, 2004 Frostburg Book Club Meeting August 19 at Library
August 5, 2004 Library Discussing Poisonwood Bible on August 26
August 9, 2004 "Scales and Tales" Coming to Local Library
Frostburg Book Club Meeting August 19 at LibraryPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Pat Merrbach Frostburg Public Library 65 E. Main Street Frostburg, MD 21532
The Frostburg Book Club will discuss Father Melancholy’s Daughter by Gail Godwin on Thursday, August 19 starting at 2PM at the Frostburg Branch of the Allegany County Library System.
Everyone’s invited to this discussion of this New York Times’ Bestseller. It’s the poignant, bittersweet story of a father and his daughter. The father is Father Melancholy, an Episcopalian minister, abandoned by his wife when his daughter was just 6 years old. Copies of the book are available at your local library.
Library Discussing Poisonwood Bible on August 26PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street Cumberland, MD 21502
South
Cumberland Library’s Book Discussion Group will be meeting on Thursday, August
26 to discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s Poisonwood
Bible: A Novel. The discussion will begin at 7PM at the library located at
the corner of
Everyone
is invited to come join in on what is sure to be a lively discussion of this
story about Nathan Price, a stubborn Baptist minister and his family. Price has
moved his wife and four young daughters to the
The Book Discussion Group, which usually includes about an equal number of men and women, meets the 4th Thursday of each month. Discussions start at 7PM and last for one hour. Everyone’s invited! Copies of the book are available at your local library.
August 9, 2004
"Scales and Tales" Coming to Local LibraryPRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System Contact: Linda Burkey South Cumberland Library 100 Seymour Street Cumberland, MD 21502
Jeff Ruark will be bringing the popular “Scales and Tales” program to the South Cumberland Branch of the Allegany County Library System on Wednesday, August 25 from 2-3 PM.
“We call Ruark a storyteller extraordinaire here at the library because he just captures the imaginations of the audience with his stories, from the youngest kids to the elderly,” commented Linda Burkey, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Library System. “We can’t wait to see what animals will be accompanying Ruark; will there be snakes this time?
Treat yourself to one last summer fling at the library before public schools open. While you’re there, ask what services the library offers to help kids succeed in school. There are loads of services, and they are all FREE!
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