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Selections from the May
2003 Library Lookout
Library Director’s
Corner
Well,
I’m back! Not as rested as I would like to be, but none the less.
Françoise is coordinating our book sales this summer. The first
book sale will be May 5 through May 10 inside the library.
After sitting down with Katherine and Corilla the other day, it looks
like a busy Spring and Summer. We’ll be calling our normal FOL
helpers as well as asking for help from other people. We know you only
need to be asked.
The recently purchased library shelves have arrived. They are being
assembled as I write. Special thanks goes out to all of the Friends
of the Library who made this purchase possible. Once the painting, shelving,
and wiring is complete, we will be having an Open House to show our
appreciation for your help and dedication.
The library has been completely weeded for the first time, with over
11,000 volumes being removed. We are finishing up call number labels
and wiping each individual book.
We want to give thanks to the Bloomfield Garden Club for their presentations
and doing decorations on the mantel. Also, to Tim Gould and his Treasure’s
from the Attic presentation. It was well attended.
The library has come a long way in the last eleven months. Now comes
the real challenge of changing peoples views, and getting the word out.
LATEST NEWS
Grant for Reading
Program
The Library received $400.00 from the Maine Nutrition Network to help
fund the summer reading progrma. A budget was submitted to the program
using the majority of funds for books and the remainder to help make
educational snacks and teach good eating habits. This will be in conjunction
with the Laugh it up at your Library program.
Library Lunch a Success
The Library Brown Bag Lunch was a great success with 215 lunches sold
for a profit of $1029.26. It takes a lot of work and cooperation to
earn this amount of money and we want to thank everyone who helped
to make this possible.
Corrilla Hastings, Christine Smith, Marcia Granville and Dottie LaCasse
spent hours planning the menus, grocery lists, and delivery routes.
Marcia created menus, labels, and order blanks on her laptop computer.
Christine, Marcia, Marilyn Renfrew and Lee Granville distributed menus
and collected the orders. The Skowhegan town Office printed 100 sets
of menus and order blanks and stapled them together for us. You saved
us a lot of time, Jodie. Thanks.
Figuring how many eggs, vegetables and breads to make so many sandwiches
requires a certain knack for estimating amounts and finding the best
buys. Corrilla is a whiz at this with Marcia coming in a close second.
Chopping vegetables, boiling eggs, collecting the apples and setting
up the lunch bags on Thursday was done by Corrila, Christine and Marcia.
At eight 0’clock on Friday morning seven ladies, Corrilla, Christine,
Kathy, Marcia, Marilyn, Maureen Calder and Mary Stuart, got to work
making sandwiches and stuffing lunch bags with napkins, pickles, apples,
desserts and chips. Delivery teams started arriving by ten o’clock
and were loaded and away in short order. Mary and Marilyn left before
10:30. Then Lucille Currier and Scott LeBlanc took a load. After that
were Dottie LaCasse and her granddaughter plus Maureen Calder and
Kathy Hughes. Robin Moore and Lee Granville delivered the final load.
We appreciate you all for your time and effort.
A valuable contribution was made by all those who donated cookies
and bars for our desserts. These ladies were Thelma Butler, Katherine
Connell, Lucile Currier, Marcia Granville, Corrilla Hastings, Kathy
Hughes, Carol Jarvais, Dottie LaCasse, Maxine Russakoff and Christine
Smith. Can you imagine what it would have cost to buy 215 home-style
desserts? Thank you all.
We mustn’t forget to thank the Library Lunch sponsors. We received
donations of store certificates from Hannaford’s Food and Drug,
Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart. North Star Orchards was especially
generous in donating two bushels of beautiful apples. Thanks, everyone.
Finally, we especially want to thank everyone who purchased a lunch.
You have treated yourselves to a great lunch and helped your library
while doing it.
Fundraisers
The first Library Brown Bag Lunch of the year is now in the past,
but we have another already lined up for you. The next Library Lunch
is scheduled for October 24th.
Do you have a collection of magazines, a few dishes from an old set
or some outgrown children’s toys? Now is your chance to clean
house. The annual lawn sale will be held at the Hastings farm on May
17th and we are always looking for things to sell. The Hastings barn
is open for any donations. Of course, if you need a toy or two for
those grandchildren or like to hunt for an unrecognized antiquity,
you just might find what you are looking for at the lawn sale.
Are you a gardener? Or do like to see what other people have done
with their garden space? Then you should join us at the Skowhegan
Area Garden tour and Art Show. That’s right, we are having an
art show at the same time – with judges, ribbons and prizes.
You will find it at the Tewksbury Building us behind the Federated
Church on Saturday, June 28th.
What is the Trouble at Serenity Pond? Why was
the bookkeeper called in to her boss’s home on a Saturday? The
play will be presented sometime this fall. Watch this space for time
and place.
MAY FOL MEETING
We hope all members and their guests will attend the May meeting at
7 PM on Wednesday, May 14 when Lee Sharkey will be the speaker.
Lee Sharkey has been involved with just about every aspect of the poet’s
trade. She has written and published seven books of poetry, edited three
anthologies of Maine literature and a book of art and poetry by adults
with mental illness, taught poetry and poetry writing to school children,
teachers, and university students, performed her poems with jazz musicians
and dancers, edited a literary magazine (Beloit Poetry Journal), and
served on the Maine Arts Commission.
Currently a resident of Vienna and a professor of English and Women’s
Studies at the University of Maine at Farmington, she is happy to be
returning to the Skowhegan area–where she lived for fifteen years–to
read from her work and talk about what poetry can contribute to a troubled
world with the Friends of the Skowhegan Library.
Please remember, too, that May is the month for payment of annual dues.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Would you like to volunteer for the Library? You would be most welcome!
There are a great variety of jobs, some requiring just a few hours,
and some that can be accomplished in your own home.
You’ll find a sign-up sheet at the Library for the following jobs:
Book Sale, May 5 through 10, selling books, a few hours on any day this
week
Lawn Sale, May 17, pricing the day before or selling on Saturday
Cleaning books, any day for any length of time
Garden Tour, June 28, baking brownie desserts, welcome table, kitchen
help
LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE
The Open House to celebrate National Library Week, held on April 12,
was ably hosted by Dottie LaCasse and Kathy Hughes. Guests enjoyed the
musical entertainment provided by David Calder. Kathy Evans’ Middle
School students exhibited some of their poems, and Poster Contest winners
from SAD 54 Elementary Schools were awarded prizes. Receiving Gift Certificates,
contributed by Mr. Paperback, were Logan LeBlanc, Abigail Welch and
Kristen Sylvain. The contest entries were judged by Patty Berry, Françoise
LaBonte and Bill Randall.
Thanks go to all who helped make this event a success.
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