October 3, 2005
Pumpkin
Painting During Library Evening Story Time
October 7, 2005
Kinsman at Library for Para-Normal Experiences Program
October 7, 2005
Antiques Database Added to Library's Electronic Collection
October 10, 2005
Library's Costume Ball
on October 29th
October 18, 2005
Library's Book Club for 1st and 2nd Graders Meeting November 10th
October 19, 2005
Dr.
Langley's Spinning Yarns Program at Frostburg Library
October 24, 2005
Library History Lecture Hosts a Veteran Telling His Story
October 31, 2005
Library Book Group Picks Book for November 20th Discussion
October 3, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
The South Cumberland Library will hold its annual Pumpkin Painting
during Evening Story Time on Thursday, Oct. 13 starting at 6:30 PM. The
library will supply the paint and brushes. You can bring you own
pumpkin; or, smaller ones will be available at no charge.
The library’s new “Kool Reader’s Club”, a book discussion for 1st
and 2nd graders, will follow at 7:00 PM. The club’s book
selection for Oct. 13 is Where the Wild Things Are by
Maurice Sendak. The children are encouraged to read the book before
they come to the meetings; many may need help with this task. Copies of
the book are available at the library.
October 7, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Debbie Hartman
George's Creek Library
76 Main Street
Lonaconing, MD 21539
Kathy Kinsman, from the Allegany Ghost & Apparition Investigation
Network, will be at the George’s Creek Regional Library on Thursday,
October 20 to tell her own personal experiences with para-normal
sensations around the local area and in neighboring states.
“She will captivate you with her stories,” commented Linda Burkey,
Coordinator of Community Outreach for the library system. “When she
first talked to me about her experiences, I was somewhat floored, they
sounded scary. Then as she went on to explained more, she made me
realize such experiences can also be comforting.”
“This is going to be an interesting program for us to host in the
George’s Creek area,” commented a staff member from that area. “We’ve
talked about many different experiences we’ve had ourselves, but this
gives us a chance to learn more about this subject.”
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
Allegany County Library System has added the p4a Antique Reference
database to its electronic collection, allowing patrons to identify and
find market values for a wide variety of antiques. Users will also be
able to see a picture that is included with each entry to really tell if
the item is similar to the one they are researching.
South Cumberland Library Branch manager Lisa Broll says “identifying and
locating approximate values of antiques and unique items is one of our
most frequently asked questions.” The p4a Antiques Reference database
is used by antique dealers, museums, and leading personal property
appraisers throughout the United States, to evaluate a wide range of
antiques found in today’s collections. It’s used routinely to estimate
the value of similar items for sale or for purchase, for insurance
purposes, and to substantiate formal appraisals.
p4A strives to ensure their quoted prices reflect true market value. The
values given are based on prices from about fifty leading regional
auction houses located throughout the United States, plus other selected
specialist auctions. The firms the information is drawn from have
established a reputation for integrity and fair-dealing in their
operations. Most sales selected for coverage are catalogued sales,
ensuring that someone with expertise and knowledge of the subject has
looked at each lot offered and written an appropriate description for
it. Only auction houses that advertise their sales nationally are used.
Items can be searched by keyword; or one can browse broad categories of
items subdivided by type. Users comment that the database is “extremely
easy to use”, has “good images of everything”, “with a wide scope of
items”. The list of auction information and additional resources given
is impressive, a real overview of the field for those trying to learn
the antique business.
The database can be used within any library branch or from the comfort
of your home or office. To access p4a Antiques Reference, you can click
the “Online Databases” on the library’s homepage
www.alleganycountylibrary.info. Click on the name of the database
and a welcome page for the database should appear on the screen,
prompting you for you 14-digit library card number. Enter the number
without the spaces. If you are ever prompted for your PIN number; that
is the last four digits of your library card number unless you have
changed it.
Access to this database is made possible by Western Maryland Public
Libraries.
October 10, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Juanita Salazar
Washington Street Library
31 Washington Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
Washington Street Library’s “Kidz
Kollege” will host a Costume Ball for all ages on Saturday, October 29
at 2:00 PM. Wear your favorite costume and march in the “Costume
Parade”. There will be scary stories presented by the Kidz Kollege
Ghouls, music and snacks.
October 18, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Linda Burkey
South Cumberland Library
100 Seymour Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
The South Cumberland Library’s “Kool Reader’s Club” for 1st
and 2nd graders have picked Morris the Moose by B.
Wiseman to talk about at their Thursday, November 10 meeting from 7-7:30
PM, following Evening Story Time. The book is a Level 1—An I Can Read
Book®.
All beginning readers are invited to
come join the fun! They are asked to try and read the book selection, by
themselves or with help, before coming to the meeting. Copies of the
book are available at the library.
October 19, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact:
Pat Merrbach
Frostburg Library
65 E. Main Street
Frostburg, MD 21532
The Frostburg Branch of the Allegany County Library System will host Dr.
Susan B. M. Langley with her “Spinning Straw Into Gold” talk and
practical demonstration of the craft on Tuesday, November 8th
from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
The program, giving the history of spinning yarns for textile
production, focuses on specific topics such as wool, flax/linen, silk,
and dyeing. Reservations for this free adult program are required.
Please call 301-687-0790. The program is made possible by the Maryland
Humanities Council. Sign language interpretation is available upon
advance request made by Oct. 24th.
Dr. Langley holds a certificate from Olds College in the Master Spinner
Program and a certificate in Heritage Resource Management from the
University of Calgary. She is the State Underwater Archaeologist for the
Maryland Historical Trust, Department of Housing and Community
Development. She has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of
Toronto and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of
Calgary.
“The library system is pleased to be able to bring this particular
program to Western Maryland”, commented Linda Burkey, coordinator for
the program. “When you talk about textiles, spinning, silk, and dyeing,
you’re talking about industries that made up a major portion of the
workforce of Allegany County for many years. Langley also told us she
would give us a teaser talk about her job as an archaeologist—this
should make for a very interesting evening.”
October 24, 2005
PRESS RELEASE - Allegany County Library System
Contact: Pam Neder
LaVale Library
815 National Highway
LaVale, MD 21502
The Allegany County Library System’s History Lecture for
November will host Vietnam Veteran Jim Malloy sharing his
memories and experiences of being a Marine in the Vietnam. War.
The program will take place at 7PM on Thursday, November 10, at
the LaVale Library, 815 National Highway. This free program is
open to all the public.
The program is being held the day before Veteran’s Day on
purpose, giving Malloy a chance to explain what the observance
of this day means to him and other veterans across our country.
“We hear the term ‘Veteran’s Day’ and don’t appreciate it. It
takes listening to a veteran talk about his personal experiences
to actually get some understanding of the day’s real meaning,”
commented a library staff member. “Our libraries have students
studying the wars all the time, but it takes a lecture like this
to bring the history to life for these students, and to make an
impact that history is about what has happened to real people.”
Malloy, who is a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America, will
also be doing a show and tell, showing some mock-ups of items
used in that war.
The Library System’s History Lecture during December will also
focus on a veteran’s personal experiences of war. Lt. Col. Bill
Menges will share his teenage memories of the Pearl Harbor
attack and his experiences during the whole 36-day Iwo Jima
campaign. His rifle company started out with 240 men and left
with only 35 members. Come to hear his story.
October 31, 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 Tara Road: a
Novel by Irish
author Maeve Binchy for their November 20th discussion, starting
at 7 PM at the library.
Note that November’s discussion is one week earlier due to
Thanksgiving; the group
normally meets the 4th Thursday of each month.
Binchy has an ability to produce multidimensional characters
that has made her a
popular author in the U.S. for many years now, even before Oprah
used Tara Road for
her book club. Ria Lynch and Marilyn Vine find out in Tara Road
that getting to view
ourselves in a different setting can be revealing. Lynch lives
on Tara Road in Dublin,
Ireland, but has exchanged houses for the summer with an
American from Connecticut,
Marilyn Vine. Both women have been experiencing difficulties, so
just getting away
helped; but then….
Take your reading experience to a whole new level by joining a
book discussion
group. Attend one or all of the group’s discussions. The group
consists of about an equal
number of women and men. Members of the group select which books
the group will
discuss, and copies of the books are available at the library.
