Friday March 14th at 7:00 pm
Family Game Night
Round up the kids and your favorite board games and come on down to the Daniels Room for some fun. All ages are encouraged to come to play. In the past we've enjoyed Apples to Apples, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, and Parcheesi. Bring a couple of board games or a pack of cards and we'll see what folks want to play. Refreshments. For more information, call 525-4411.
Friday March 21st at 7:00 pm
Third Friday Film: Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly is a 2004 film set in a Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border just prior to the U.S. invasion in 2003. The first film shot in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, it focuses on a 13-year-old boy named Satellite who is the de-facto leader of the village thanks to his ability to install satellite dishes. He also organizes the children of the village into teams who sweep and clear minefields in order to buy food. Satellite becomes intrigued with a hauntingly beautiful orphan girl named Agrin who arrives in the village with her disabled brother who just happens to be clairvoyant. Director Bahman Ghobadi dedicated the film "to all the innocent children in the world - the casualties of the policies of dictators and fascists." The Boston Globe reviewer called it a "relentless, bleakly funny, thoroughly remarkable drama." In Kurdish with English subtitles. Free admission and popcorn thanks to Friends of the Library.
Saturday March 22 at 1:30 pm - Hancock Town Library
Planning Your Garden with Snow Ferreniea
Join horticulturist Snow Ferreniea to take this opportunity to plan ahead for the approaching season. We will take a look at what needs to be done in the spring garden, what plants can be divided, what we can reasonably accomplish and those tasks we can attend to that can help us come summer. We will also take a look at some of the plants of spring, both herbaceous and woody, to plan for color and interest at this season. we will discuss how they can fit into our overall garden schemes and perhaps bring interest at another time as well. Snow Ferrenniea has lectured and taught courses and workshops on wildflowers, perennials, bulbs, companion plants and woody plants at various botanical gardens around the country. Free and open to all. Co-sponsored by the NH Audubon Society and the Hancock Town Library.
Friday March 28 at 7:00 pm
Hancock Shorts
Join us for our second annual evening of short stories - this year with readers Ken Sheldon, Kathy Manfre and Jon Egging. All three have appeared on stage at the Peterborough Players and bring years of performance experience to their short story choices. A great way to lighten up the often dismal days of March. Don't miss this one!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Friends of the Library Minutes from January Meeting
Friends of the Hancock Library Minutes of Meeting
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Present: Tom Pisaturo, Leeni Gravlin-Dunn, Beth GrosJean, Walter Clark, Jane Richards-Jones, Jim Musarra, Amy Markus, Alison Rossiter, Shirley Kane, Betsy Salazar, Sophia Rallis, Eleanor Falcon
The meeting was called to order by Alison Rossiter at 7 PM.
The meeting agenda was reviewed; no additional items added. It was suggested and agreed that the Vice President, Jane Richards-Jones, will post the agenda of upcoming meetings in the Library and on Post Office bulletin board one week prior to the meeting date.
Secretary’s Report: Accepted as written.
Treasurer’s Report: Jim Musarra reported that the organization’s treasury totals $12,198. Recent disbursements were made for a new checkout computer for $488 and a down loadable book license for $200.
Director’s Report: Weather permitting, a computer guru is expected on Friday to set up a checkout computer. Amy Markus bought a second barcode scanner and wiil be able to download. In reviewing the past year, Amy reported the additional computer received 2,593 hits. She noted there were 292 users in August alone. In December the figure was at its lowest: 195 users. The Library has 18,541 new materials and has sponsored 60 events. People who were present at these events totaled 4,942. There also were 28 non-library groups using the Library with a total of 1,078 participants. One thousand nine hundred and eight children were read to.
The periodicals most read are the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Cooking Lite, and The New Yorker. There also is someone who loves Down East. The Friends donation to the purchase/installation of a new, functionally efficient furnace provided a very comfortable meeting site on a very cold evening.
Coming events in January include a co-sponsored Grapevine series, beginning with “Raising Boys, Raising Girls,” at the Library with Jane Richards-Jones, M.A., and Wendy Hill, M.Ed. The third Friday evening film, “Paradise Now,” will be shown January 18. For the fifth consecutive year Tibby Tobey is presenting a Shakespearean event, this one entitled “Shakespeare for Snowy Days.” February events include a Winter Festival with a snow sculpture behind the Library. The Library is also co-sponsoring the Harris Center Institute classes.
Baby Book Program: No new babies. No report.
Old Business:
Library Brochure: The Library brochure will be updated. Mary Lou O’Neil provided the name of a contact at ConVal with whom Alison will discuss either the transfer of the brochure from the current CD onto a Windows-friendly CD (to allow for ease of editing) or the creation of a new brochure by ConVal students. Shirley and Betsy agreed to work with Amy to identify information changes that will need to be included.
Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the FHTL meetings are now posted on the Library website.
Book Bag Sales: There have been no sales but it’s nice to have the bags on hand.
New Business:
Dot Grim Memorial Gift: A dear friend of the Library, Dot Grim, has passed away. Her family suggested memorial gifts be given to the Library. Amy has suggested purchasing books in honor of Dot and all she did for the Library. It was agreed that books be purchased up to the sum of $50. The book plates are to read: “Given in Memory of Dot Grim from the Friends of the Hancock Town Library.”
Community Supper Co-Sponorship: The Hancock Women’s Club is sponsoring the Community Supper March 27, the last Thursday of the month, and would like the FHTL to participate by providing desserts. It was agreed we would participate and a laminated sign would be placed on the dessert table. Eleanor Falcon volunteered to approach Michael Havey of Yasvin Designs and work with him on producing two laminated signs to read:
Provided by the Friends of the Hancock Town Library
Sponsored by the Friends of The Hancock Town Library
The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM. (town election day.)
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor Falcon
Secretary
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Present: Tom Pisaturo, Leeni Gravlin-Dunn, Beth GrosJean, Walter Clark, Jane Richards-Jones, Jim Musarra, Amy Markus, Alison Rossiter, Shirley Kane, Betsy Salazar, Sophia Rallis, Eleanor Falcon
The meeting was called to order by Alison Rossiter at 7 PM.
The meeting agenda was reviewed; no additional items added. It was suggested and agreed that the Vice President, Jane Richards-Jones, will post the agenda of upcoming meetings in the Library and on Post Office bulletin board one week prior to the meeting date.
Secretary’s Report: Accepted as written.
Treasurer’s Report: Jim Musarra reported that the organization’s treasury totals $12,198. Recent disbursements were made for a new checkout computer for $488 and a down loadable book license for $200.
Director’s Report: Weather permitting, a computer guru is expected on Friday to set up a checkout computer. Amy Markus bought a second barcode scanner and wiil be able to download. In reviewing the past year, Amy reported the additional computer received 2,593 hits. She noted there were 292 users in August alone. In December the figure was at its lowest: 195 users. The Library has 18,541 new materials and has sponsored 60 events. People who were present at these events totaled 4,942. There also were 28 non-library groups using the Library with a total of 1,078 participants. One thousand nine hundred and eight children were read to.
The periodicals most read are the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Cooking Lite, and The New Yorker. There also is someone who loves Down East. The Friends donation to the purchase/installation of a new, functionally efficient furnace provided a very comfortable meeting site on a very cold evening.
Coming events in January include a co-sponsored Grapevine series, beginning with “Raising Boys, Raising Girls,” at the Library with Jane Richards-Jones, M.A., and Wendy Hill, M.Ed. The third Friday evening film, “Paradise Now,” will be shown January 18. For the fifth consecutive year Tibby Tobey is presenting a Shakespearean event, this one entitled “Shakespeare for Snowy Days.” February events include a Winter Festival with a snow sculpture behind the Library. The Library is also co-sponsoring the Harris Center Institute classes.
Baby Book Program: No new babies. No report.
Old Business:
Library Brochure: The Library brochure will be updated. Mary Lou O’Neil provided the name of a contact at ConVal with whom Alison will discuss either the transfer of the brochure from the current CD onto a Windows-friendly CD (to allow for ease of editing) or the creation of a new brochure by ConVal students. Shirley and Betsy agreed to work with Amy to identify information changes that will need to be included.
Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the FHTL meetings are now posted on the Library website.
Book Bag Sales: There have been no sales but it’s nice to have the bags on hand.
New Business:
Dot Grim Memorial Gift: A dear friend of the Library, Dot Grim, has passed away. Her family suggested memorial gifts be given to the Library. Amy has suggested purchasing books in honor of Dot and all she did for the Library. It was agreed that books be purchased up to the sum of $50. The book plates are to read: “Given in Memory of Dot Grim from the Friends of the Hancock Town Library.”
Community Supper Co-Sponorship: The Hancock Women’s Club is sponsoring the Community Supper March 27, the last Thursday of the month, and would like the FHTL to participate by providing desserts. It was agreed we would participate and a laminated sign would be placed on the dessert table. Eleanor Falcon volunteered to approach Michael Havey of Yasvin Designs and work with him on producing two laminated signs to read:
Provided by the Friends of the Hancock Town Library
Sponsored by the Friends of The Hancock Town Library
The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM. (town election day.)
Respectfully submitted,
Eleanor Falcon
Secretary
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