Minutes of October 26, 2011
Library Trustees
Minutes from September 28, 2011 – approved
Treasurers report – not available
Director’s report:
Sand bucket will stay where it is for winter and move out of sight in warm weather.
Back lawn – Amy proposal is to plant pumpkins with Cornupcopia, HES and library collaboration. She’ll send a letter to selectboard to let them know.
Time to review personnel policies.
Amy’s review will be in November-
- What’s going well
- What are the challenges
- What are goals for the year
Reviewed upcoming programs.
Meeting adjourned at 1: 44 pm
Submitted by Laurie Bryan
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Library Events for November 2011
Tuesday November 1st at 7:00 pm
First Tuesday Book Club
Join our discussion of Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. Next month’s book is Midwives by Chris Bohjalian. Visit the book club any month you’re able. We’re open to all, we’re free, we’re friendly, and we read an eclectic mix of books. Join us!
Thursday November 3rd at 7:00 pm
An Introduction to Genealogy with Diane Gravel
Certified Genealogist Diane Gravel will teach effective methods of genealogical research. Having worked in the legal field for twenty years before becoming a full-time professional genealogist, Diane is no stranger to courthouse and government records. She has given lectures on a variety of topics for genealogical societies at the local, state and national level. She graduated with honors from the NGS home-study course, American Genealogy: A Basic Course. She also successfully completed courses in Military Records and Advanced Research and Methodology at the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University in Birmingham. She is also a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR). Diane is currently working on the "1790 Families Project" for the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. If you’re new to genealogy or well into it and have questions about further research please join us! Free and open to all.
Wednesday November 16th at 7:00 pm
A Piano in Every Room with Rosamond van der Linde
Rosamond van der Linde will be reading excerpts of her new book A Piano In Every Room. Rosamond van der Linde co-founded a music school unlike any other, blending love of music, love of people and a passionate commitment to education, and community service. A Piano In Every Room tells the astonishing tale of a family living in 42-room house with 34 pianos. The story includes Rosamond’s victory over childhood polio, while her husband, Rein van der Linde, survived the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Their sheer courage created their destiny. Later, raising a remarkable musical family of seven pianists the parents shaped their own children’s lives, embraced their community, and grew into a cultural treasure for America, and friends around the world. For close to forty years the entire family has been involved in teaching piano, building the music school, and summer and adult camps, all of which have been covered by The New York Times and Forbes Magazine, as well as profiled on PBS and CNN News. The event is free and open to the public. For further details 603-525-4411.
Thursday November 17th at 7:00 pm
Are You Talking to Me? The Language of Cats & Dogs with Dr. Michelle Posage
Have you ever wondered what your pet was trying to say to you? Dog and cats are talking to us all the time, but unfortunately their message often is lost in translation. Miscommunication leads to poor training, behavior problems like aggressive behavior, and fatal blows to the human-animal bond. This review of canine and feline communication will discuss how dogs an cats use scent, vocalization, and body language relate to each other and to us. Dr. Michelle Posage enjoys talking about dogs and cats almost as much as she loves being around them. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Michigan State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology with concentrations in neurobiology and animal behavior, also from MSU. She teaches small animal behavior in the Applied Animal Science department at Thompson School and is a practicing veterinary behaviorist at the Animal Medical Center of New England where she accepts referrals from other veterinarians and animal professionals to treat serious behavior issues in dogs and cats. Dr. Posage has published her research on animal shelter adoptions in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and is a contributing author for the books, Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff and Mental Health and Well-being in Animals. Subscribers enjoy her monthly Pet Column in the Nashua Telegraph. Free and open to all.
From the Children's Room…
Rennie Timm, Children’s Librarian
Tuesday, November 1 at 3:15 - 4pm
BLOCK PARTY: LEGO® Fun
Join us for an afternoon snack and let your imagination run wild. Hands on learning opportunity to explore how things work. LEGO® bricks are provided by the library. Recommended for Elementary School students to Adults. This program will run through December 6, on the first Tuesday of every month. Registration recommended, please sign up in Children's Room at desk.
Thursdays, November 3,10 &17 at 10:30am
LAPTOP TODDLER STORYTIME & SIMPLE CRAFTS
Walking and talking, this toddler story time is an interactive program for all pre-schoolers and their parents or care providers. We’ll share books, rhymes, songs, finger play & movement. Our goal is to foster an early love of books and literacy. At the end of the program, there will be playtime for parents and caregivers to share books, puzzles, or other literacy activities with their toddler. Dress comfortably as we will be sitting on the floor in the Children’s Room. This program will run through December 1, every Thursday morning. No registration required, feel free to drop in anytime.
Tuesday, November 15th – After school from 3-4 pm
Recruiting MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY GROUP
Calling all Middle Schoolers!!! Looking for a place to meet with your friends? Looking for fun activities to do with your friends? Would you like a voice in what happens at the Library for Young Adults? Then join us for PIZZA and conversation to brainstorm upcoming activities and events for pre-teens and teens. Recommended for grades 5-8. . Registration at Children's Room desk or email hancockkidlib@comcast.net Last minute drop-ins welcome.
First Tuesday Book Club
Join our discussion of Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. Next month’s book is Midwives by Chris Bohjalian. Visit the book club any month you’re able. We’re open to all, we’re free, we’re friendly, and we read an eclectic mix of books. Join us!
Thursday November 3rd at 7:00 pm
An Introduction to Genealogy with Diane Gravel
Certified Genealogist Diane Gravel will teach effective methods of genealogical research. Having worked in the legal field for twenty years before becoming a full-time professional genealogist, Diane is no stranger to courthouse and government records. She has given lectures on a variety of topics for genealogical societies at the local, state and national level. She graduated with honors from the NGS home-study course, American Genealogy: A Basic Course. She also successfully completed courses in Military Records and Advanced Research and Methodology at the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University in Birmingham. She is also a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR). Diane is currently working on the "1790 Families Project" for the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. If you’re new to genealogy or well into it and have questions about further research please join us! Free and open to all.
Wednesday November 16th at 7:00 pm
A Piano in Every Room with Rosamond van der Linde
Rosamond van der Linde will be reading excerpts of her new book A Piano In Every Room. Rosamond van der Linde co-founded a music school unlike any other, blending love of music, love of people and a passionate commitment to education, and community service. A Piano In Every Room tells the astonishing tale of a family living in 42-room house with 34 pianos. The story includes Rosamond’s victory over childhood polio, while her husband, Rein van der Linde, survived the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Their sheer courage created their destiny. Later, raising a remarkable musical family of seven pianists the parents shaped their own children’s lives, embraced their community, and grew into a cultural treasure for America, and friends around the world. For close to forty years the entire family has been involved in teaching piano, building the music school, and summer and adult camps, all of which have been covered by The New York Times and Forbes Magazine, as well as profiled on PBS and CNN News. The event is free and open to the public. For further details 603-525-4411.
Thursday November 17th at 7:00 pm
Are You Talking to Me? The Language of Cats & Dogs with Dr. Michelle Posage
Have you ever wondered what your pet was trying to say to you? Dog and cats are talking to us all the time, but unfortunately their message often is lost in translation. Miscommunication leads to poor training, behavior problems like aggressive behavior, and fatal blows to the human-animal bond. This review of canine and feline communication will discuss how dogs an cats use scent, vocalization, and body language relate to each other and to us. Dr. Michelle Posage enjoys talking about dogs and cats almost as much as she loves being around them. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Michigan State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology with concentrations in neurobiology and animal behavior, also from MSU. She teaches small animal behavior in the Applied Animal Science department at Thompson School and is a practicing veterinary behaviorist at the Animal Medical Center of New England where she accepts referrals from other veterinarians and animal professionals to treat serious behavior issues in dogs and cats. Dr. Posage has published her research on animal shelter adoptions in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and is a contributing author for the books, Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff and Mental Health and Well-being in Animals. Subscribers enjoy her monthly Pet Column in the Nashua Telegraph. Free and open to all.
From the Children's Room…
Rennie Timm, Children’s Librarian
Tuesday, November 1 at 3:15 - 4pm
BLOCK PARTY: LEGO® Fun
Join us for an afternoon snack and let your imagination run wild. Hands on learning opportunity to explore how things work. LEGO® bricks are provided by the library. Recommended for Elementary School students to Adults. This program will run through December 6, on the first Tuesday of every month. Registration recommended, please sign up in Children's Room at desk.
Thursdays, November 3,10 &17 at 10:30am
LAPTOP TODDLER STORYTIME & SIMPLE CRAFTS
Walking and talking, this toddler story time is an interactive program for all pre-schoolers and their parents or care providers. We’ll share books, rhymes, songs, finger play & movement. Our goal is to foster an early love of books and literacy. At the end of the program, there will be playtime for parents and caregivers to share books, puzzles, or other literacy activities with their toddler. Dress comfortably as we will be sitting on the floor in the Children’s Room. This program will run through December 1, every Thursday morning. No registration required, feel free to drop in anytime.
Tuesday, November 15th – After school from 3-4 pm
Recruiting MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY GROUP
Calling all Middle Schoolers!!! Looking for a place to meet with your friends? Looking for fun activities to do with your friends? Would you like a voice in what happens at the Library for Young Adults? Then join us for PIZZA and conversation to brainstorm upcoming activities and events for pre-teens and teens. Recommended for grades 5-8. . Registration at Children's Room desk or email hancockkidlib@comcast.net Last minute drop-ins welcome.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Edie Clark - Thursday October 20th at 7:00
Yankee Magazine columnist Edie Clark will read from States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees at the Hancock Town Library on Thursday October 20th at 7:00 pm.
States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees, a finalist for best nonfiction book from the NH Writer's Project, includes more than thirty profiles of the known (Granny D, Carolyn Chute, Dennis Littky, Roxanne Quimby, David Carroll) as well as the unknown:
· A woman who’d never made a quilt before but who dreamed a pattern one night and spent the next six months stitching together her dream pattern, the first of many she has created entirely by hand and then has given away, with love.
· A man who took photographs of his hometown, Hartford, Ct., for most of his life using a Brownie reflex camera and creating what amounted to a complete architectural history of his beloved city. The photos are now in the permanent collection at the Hartford Public Library.
· A man who, in 1935, bought a house and five acres of hayfield in central Maine and promised his wife they would someday have “gardens we can walk through.” Both of them are gone now but his extensive gardens have been saved as a national treasure that thousands walk through each summer.
· A Rhode Island man who conquered his retirement boredom by creating an entire miniature village out of discarded aluminum cans. The village (every house is furnished inside) is now in a museum of historic preservation in Newport.
· An eighty-nine-year-old lobsterwoman and shepherdess who kept her sheep on an island and her heart in a lighthouse.
· A group of young people who followed a Cuban psychologist into a magical future.
· A man in love with grass.
Of these people, Clark says in her introduction: “(these are) all ostensibly ordinary people but who had one central passion that drove their lives. Eventually, I realized that they were, each of them, living in a state of grace: there was one deep and abiding passion at the center of their lives which endowed them with an elegance and guided them with generosity and good will.”
Each story, many of which were originally published in Yankee magazine, is augmented with an update at the end of the piece.
Edie Clark has written extensively about New England in award-winning feature stories for Yankee magazine for more than thirty years. She is Contributing Editor for Yankee. She has been a Fellow at The MacDowell Colony and Visiting Writer at Northern Michigan University. She has taught writing and journalism in the MFA program at Emerson College and is currently teaching at Franklin Pierce University. Her column, Mary's Farm, has been a popular feature in Yankee since 1990. Among her works are The View from Mary's Farm (2005), a collection of essays from the column; Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary's Farm (2007), which features essays about favorite foods along with recipes; and her memoir, The Place He Made (1995), which was reissued in a new edition in 2009.
This program is free and open to all. For more information, call the library at 525-4411.
States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees, a finalist for best nonfiction book from the NH Writer's Project, includes more than thirty profiles of the known (Granny D, Carolyn Chute, Dennis Littky, Roxanne Quimby, David Carroll) as well as the unknown:
· A woman who’d never made a quilt before but who dreamed a pattern one night and spent the next six months stitching together her dream pattern, the first of many she has created entirely by hand and then has given away, with love.
· A man who took photographs of his hometown, Hartford, Ct., for most of his life using a Brownie reflex camera and creating what amounted to a complete architectural history of his beloved city. The photos are now in the permanent collection at the Hartford Public Library.
· A man who, in 1935, bought a house and five acres of hayfield in central Maine and promised his wife they would someday have “gardens we can walk through.” Both of them are gone now but his extensive gardens have been saved as a national treasure that thousands walk through each summer.
· A Rhode Island man who conquered his retirement boredom by creating an entire miniature village out of discarded aluminum cans. The village (every house is furnished inside) is now in a museum of historic preservation in Newport.
· An eighty-nine-year-old lobsterwoman and shepherdess who kept her sheep on an island and her heart in a lighthouse.
· A group of young people who followed a Cuban psychologist into a magical future.
· A man in love with grass.
Of these people, Clark says in her introduction: “(these are) all ostensibly ordinary people but who had one central passion that drove their lives. Eventually, I realized that they were, each of them, living in a state of grace: there was one deep and abiding passion at the center of their lives which endowed them with an elegance and guided them with generosity and good will.”
Each story, many of which were originally published in Yankee magazine, is augmented with an update at the end of the piece.
Edie Clark has written extensively about New England in award-winning feature stories for Yankee magazine for more than thirty years. She is Contributing Editor for Yankee. She has been a Fellow at The MacDowell Colony and Visiting Writer at Northern Michigan University. She has taught writing and journalism in the MFA program at Emerson College and is currently teaching at Franklin Pierce University. Her column, Mary's Farm, has been a popular feature in Yankee since 1990. Among her works are The View from Mary's Farm (2005), a collection of essays from the column; Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary's Farm (2007), which features essays about favorite foods along with recipes; and her memoir, The Place He Made (1995), which was reissued in a new edition in 2009.
This program is free and open to all. For more information, call the library at 525-4411.
Minutes for the September 2011 Library Trustee Meeting
Hancock Library Board of Trustees
Minutes September 28, 2011
Present: Laurie Bryan, Mary Garland, Amy Markus, Peter Ryner
Secretary's Report: The minutes of the July 27, 2011 meeting were approved.
Treasurer's Report: Approved.
Director's Report: There was some discussion of the roof replacement project. Amy reported that the work should be done by the end of October. The Board formally accepted an additional gift of $739.36 from the Gardner estate. It was agreed that in the future only one person would be paid for cleaning the library.
The meeting ended at 12:10pm.
Submitted by Peter Ryner
Minutes September 28, 2011
Present: Laurie Bryan, Mary Garland, Amy Markus, Peter Ryner
Secretary's Report: The minutes of the July 27, 2011 meeting were approved.
Treasurer's Report: Approved.
Director's Report: There was some discussion of the roof replacement project. Amy reported that the work should be done by the end of October. The Board formally accepted an additional gift of $739.36 from the Gardner estate. It was agreed that in the future only one person would be paid for cleaning the library.
The meeting ended at 12:10pm.
Submitted by Peter Ryner
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Yoga Class Starts Thursday October 13 - SIGN UP TODAY!!!
Yoga for Health Series with Margaret Gurney
Yoga is designed to bring you present in the moment. Its focus is on developing nonjudgmental awareness, opening oneself to inner stillness in yoga practice, meditation, and daily life. By coordinating breath with postures, and focusing attention, we come to deeper states of balance and harmony. Come to stretch, quiet down, and ultimately relax.
Please bring your own yoga mat and blanket, wear loose clothing, and don’t have just eaten. $60 for 6 sessions, payable to Ms. Gurney. Register at the front desk at the library or by calling 525-4411.
Margaret Gurney has been studying yoga all her adult life, and intensively for the last 10 years. She was certified at Kripalu a year ago, and has been teaching beginner levels ever since.
Yoga is designed to bring you present in the moment. Its focus is on developing nonjudgmental awareness, opening oneself to inner stillness in yoga practice, meditation, and daily life. By coordinating breath with postures, and focusing attention, we come to deeper states of balance and harmony. Come to stretch, quiet down, and ultimately relax.
Please bring your own yoga mat and blanket, wear loose clothing, and don’t have just eaten. $60 for 6 sessions, payable to Ms. Gurney. Register at the front desk at the library or by calling 525-4411.
Margaret Gurney has been studying yoga all her adult life, and intensively for the last 10 years. She was certified at Kripalu a year ago, and has been teaching beginner levels ever since.
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