March 2, 2005
Read Across America - A Celebration of Dr. Seuss' Birthday
March 5, 2005
Book Group to Meet
March 24th at Library
March 5, 2005
Frostburg Library Book Club Discussion March 17th
March 8, 2005
Library
Hosting A "Making an Easter Hat/Bonnet Day"
March 21, 2005
Washington Street Library Branch closed March 27 for Easter
March 21, 2005
Zumbrun
History Lecture at Library on March 29
March 25, 2005
Library Book Group
Reading Gap Creek
March 25, 2005
Library
Hosting Living History "Harriet Tubman"
March 28, 2005
5th
Annual Poetry Contest During April at Libraries
March 2, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
Allegany County will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Saturday,
March 5 with their annual Read Across America Celebrations at local
public libraries. Come and celebrate with book readings, games and
give-a-ways. All children receive a free book! The Cat in the Hat will
be making an appearance for some photo-ops.
Celebrations begin at 1:00 PM at the Main Library on Washington Street,
the LaVale Branch, and Westernport Branch, and at 3:00 PM at the
Frostburg Branch, the George’s Creek Branch, and South Cumberland
Branch.
The event is sponsored by the Allegany County Teacher’s Association,
FSU’s Education Dept., The Judy Center, and the Allegany County Library
System.
March 5, 2005
PRESS 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 meet Thursday,
March 24 to discuss two books written by David Guterson: East of the
Mountains and Snow Falling on Cedars. The discussion will
begin at 7PM.
Guterson’s stories capture lives that don’t go as planned. He places his
characters in Washington state, in places unfamiliar to most of us; but
after a few hours of reading, you’ll feel as if you have actually lived
in these wonderful places.
The Book Group, which is comprised of about equal number of men and
women, meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 7 PM.
Everyone is invited to take part in one or all of the discussions.
Copies of the books are available at the library.
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Pat Merrbach
Frostburg Library
65 E. Main Street
Frostburg, MD 21532
The Frostburg Book Club will meet at the
Frostburg Community Library on Thursday, March 17 at 2 PM to discuss
Life of Pi by Spanish-born, Canadian author Yann Martell.
Life of Pi is the story, actually
stories, of how Pi Patel and Richard Parker survive 227 days lost at sea
on a lifeboat. Pi is a sixteen year-old boy who has just lost his family
when their Japanese cargo ship sank. Richard Parker is a 450-lb Bengal
tiger.
Come experience the fun of broadening
your horizons, making friends, enjoying a social time, and taking your
reading to a whole new level as only participating in a book group can
do.
The club meets the third Thursday of the
month at the Frostburg Community Library at 2 PM. New members are
welcome to join in on any of the discussions.
March 8, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Juanita Salazar
Washington Street Library
31 Washington Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
Children of all ages are invited to the Washington Street Branch of the
Allegany County Library System on Saturday, March 19 at 2:00pm to “Make
an Easter Hat/Bonnet Day."
Volunteers from The Fourth District United Democrat Women's Club will be
guest hosting the day helping children create Easter Hats. The club
recently had a Hat making contest within their group, and their contest
winners will be present on the day of the function to give children tips
about creating fun and unusual hats.
Children need only bring a hat; the club
will provide all materials necessary for decorating them, including
special materials for "boy hats". All children need to bring is a hat
and their imagination. Pre-registration is required; call 301-777-1200.
March 21, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
The Washington Street Branch of the Allegany County Library System will
be closed Sunday, March 27 in observance of Easter. The library is
normally open from 1-5 PM. on Sunday.
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Maryland Appel
Washington Street Library
31 Washington Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
The Allegany County Library System’s History Lecture Series continues
Tuesday, March 29 with Francis Zumbrun speaking on the upcoming
“Centennial of the Birth of the Conservation Movement in Maryland”. The
talk will be held at the Washington Street Branch starting at 7 PM. The
public is invited. The talk will take place in the library’s newly
renovated meeting room that is handicapped accessible.
“Zumbrun is quick to point out, this movement started in Western
Maryland, an area he knows well as Forest Manager at Green Ridge State
Forest,” commented Linda Burkey, lecture coordinator. “The talk will
focus on Allegany County, once known as the ‘Western Frontier’ where
George Washington, Daniel Boone, and other well known individuals
traveled.”
“Zumbrun has been such a popular speaker in the library’s lecture series
over the years, with his accumulated knowledge of local history. He also
knows these forests as home to the man he has been researching for
years, Thomas Cresap (the first settler in Allegany County.)
March 25, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
South Cumberland Library’s Book Group has picked Gap Creek: the Story
of a Marriage by Robert Morgan for their April 28th
discussion, starting at 7PM at the library.
Morgan is a contemporary Southern, born in North Carolina, poet and
author. He gets down to the nitty-gritty of everyday life in the hills
of Appalachia. In Gap Creek, a celebrated national bestseller and
Oprah’s Book Club pick, Morgan captures the newlywed experience of 17
year old Julie Harmon Richards and 18 year old Hank Richards in the
hills of South Carolina. Can love match all the strains of a hard life?
Read and see.
The Book Group, which is comprised of about equal number of men and
women, meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 7 PM. Adults
and older teens are invited to take part in one or all of the
discussions. Copies of the books are available at the library.
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
The South Cumberland Branch of the Allegany County Library System is
thrilled to host Gwendolyn Briley-Strand on Friday, April 8 at 7 PM for
a costumed, living history presentation portraying the life of Harriet
Tubman. After introducing the life of Harriet Tubman, Briley-Strand
discusses her research into the period in which this remarkable woman
lived.
This performance was rescheduled to April 8 after being cancelled in
January due to snow. Originally tickets were required for the program,
but since being moved to another larger room, tickets are no longer
required. Everyone is invited.
Harriet Tubman, who was born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland, and
became a leader in the Underground Railroad, was known as the “Moses of
Her People”. She led over three hundred slaves to freedom during the
Civil War, and served as both a spy and a scout for the Union, as well
as nursing fugitive slaves.
Briley-Strand has been touring her one-woman longer version of her show
portraying Harriet Tubman since 1993. She has performed at the White
House 4th of July Celebrations, the Smithsonian, the Kennedy
Center, museums, and cultural organizations. She received her Bachelor
of Arts in theatre from Fordham University in New York, and is a member
of the Actor’s Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
The program is being sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, an
organization that offers programs in history, literature, ethics,
philosophy, religion, and artistic culture. Their mission is as their
introductions say “ask the big questions, help us to understand human
values and experience, provide a historical and cultural context for our
modern existence, and enable us to lead more thoughtful and deliberate
lives.”
This program is one of many made possible by the Council with generous
support from Columbia Gas of Maryland, a NiSource Company.
Sign language interpretation is available
if requested by March 28.
March 28, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
The Allegany County Library System’s 5th Annual Poetry
Contest will be held during April, National Poetry Month. There will be
4 divisions again this year: Children up to and including 8 years of
age, Children 9-12, Teens ages 13-17, and Adults from 18 to 118. One
winner will be chosen from each division to receive a $20. Book-Store
Gift Certificate.
The public is invited to submit their original poems on or before April
30, 2005. Drop off your poems at any branch; or you can mail them to the
South Cumberland Library (2005 Poetry Contest, South Cumberland Library,
100 Seymour Street, Cumberland Maryland 21502). Poems can also be
e-mailed to
lburkey@allconet.org
On each entry, please include your name, phone number or e-mail address,
and your age so we can determine which division you qualify to enter.
Entries can be typed or written, but writing must be legible.
“Every year we have a tremendous response to our contest, with every
division showing an unimaginable variety of poems,” comments Linda
Burkey, coordinator of the contest. “The quality of the entries is
extraordinaire.”
