Tuesday 10-5, Wednesday 1-5, Thursday 1-5, Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-1
Our computer classes for seniors have filled up quickly. If you still want to take a class with Barb, call us at the library or send an email. We will put you on a waiting list. We are trying to come up with new ideas for funding and would like to be able to do the classes more often than we have been able to schedule them.
I got this photo of Lucy this morning waiting for computer classes to begin.
“Barb said something about teaching us how to use the mouse…that’s one of my specialties!”
UPDATE:
I removed some of the photos to make it easier on folks with slow connections. The photos are still available if someone wants to see a pic of one of the buckets.
The fund-raiser was very successful using only 17 of the 30 buckets that were donated. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of the Pember.
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Here are photos of the sap buckets donated to the Pember for the fund-raising auction which will be taking place at the Salem Court House on Saturday, March 28.
Only a portion of these will be in the auction on Saturday. The remaining buckets will be auctioned off at a later date as part of the Pember’s 100th anniversary celebration.
The auction begins at 6 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash wine bar at 5PM. There is no admission fee but there will be a $2 paddle charge for those wishing to bid on the buckets.
I have my favorites. Which one(s) do you like best?
The first book is for dog owners and/or dog lovers. The story of Chet and Bernie is at times funny, other times sad, and still other times endearing. Chet and Bernie are investigating the disappearance of a teen-age girl, either a runaway or the victim of a kidnapping. The story moves along quickly, going from the dark tunnels of a mine, to a biker’s bar, to the hot desert. Of course, what makes this more interesting is the fact that Chet is a dog, who is also the narrator of the story. Great descriptions from a dog’s eye view. A truly fun read. The book is Dog Gone It by Spencer Quinn. Well written, light mystery.
The second book, Married in Seattle, by Debbie Macomber, is about Janine, whose grandfather decided that she should marry his young partner. Neither Janine or Zack, the to-be groom, thought much of the idea, but grandfather plotted many ways to get the two of them together. Even though the two confronted grandfather, telling him that it wouldn’t work, he continued to try. Naturally, the more he tried, the more they resisted. Finally, because Janine liked the way she felt when Zack kissed her, and Zach thought it would be good based on practical and financial advantages, they got married. The marriage started off on the wrong foot, and it didn’t become a real one until Zack thought he had lost Janine. She had gone for lunch with her grandfather, and didn’t return home until late, leaving Zack wondering what had happened to her, realizing he was in love with her.
For you hockey fans, we have a book about a hockey coach whose snowmobile went through the ice and was never found, nor was the coach’s body. Gus Carpenter, goalie on the coach’s team, had left town, in disgrace, only to return some ten years later. Now a reporter for the local paper he investigates the finding of coach’s snowmobile in a different lake from where it was supposed to have been lost. As he digs further into evidence, he fears that some of his friends may have been involved in what has now been termed murder. The background of the mystery is built by alternating between past and present events. As the truth is revealed, Gus finds not only friends, but family are also involved, in the worst possible way! Bryan Gruley puts you right into Starvation Lake, with fantastic descriptions of people and events, in his debut novel.
Your turn: what great book have you read lately?
The Pember Library presents “From Muscles to Motors on the Farm: Henry Ford and the Great American Tractor Wars, 1910-1930”
The Pember Library will present a lecture by Dr. Milton Sernett on “From Muscles to Motors on the Farm: Henry Ford and the Great American Tractor Wars, 1910-1930”. Free and open to the general public, the event begins at 6:30 PM on April 9 at the Pember Library in Granville. This event is made possible through Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities.
Dr. Milton C. Sernett, Professor Emeritus, taught at Syracuse University for over thirty years. He has published eight books and numerous articles and essays, many of them dealing with American abolitionism, the Underground Railroad, and African American history. His current book project is a history of the “the great tractor wars” of the 1920s and the influence of Henry Ford on American farm life.
Henry Ford’s Fordson Tractor, like his Model T, was both a technological marvel and an instrument of social change; this illustrated lecture will invoke memories of life and work on American family farms before the age of agribusiness.
The Fordson tractor, first mass-produced in 1918, gave farmers a reliable but affordable source of power. Henry Ford’s entry into the tractor business sparked a conflict in the farm machinery industry that had long-term consequences for American life on and off the farm.
The transition from horse power to tractor power, from muscles to motors, took place during an era of rapid social change in American life. Farm families were trying to adjust to new marvels everywhere–airplanes, automobiles, electricity on the farm, telephones, radio, consolidated rural schools, indoor plumbing, rural free delivery, better roads, and refrigeration.
The lecture use rare images from the archives of the great tractor manufacturers and depictions of the seasons of agricultural work before the factory farm replaced the family farm. These visual cues will encourage the sharing and preservation of memories of farm life among all members of your community.
Since its launch in 1983, the Council’s Speakers in the Humanities program has linked distinguished scholars with a diverse audience through the presentation of lectures on a broad range of topics. All Speakers events are free and open to the general public. Each year, hundreds of cultural organizations and community groups take advantage of this program, which offers the very best in humanities scholarship to thousands of citizens in every corner of New York State.
The New York Council for the Humanities is a not-for-profit, independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through statewide collaborations, and programs and services that encourage imaginative thinking and critical inquiry, the Council works to ensure that the humanities are present in the intellectual and cultural life of every New Yorker.
For more information, call (518) 642-2525.
The Friends of the Pember Library will host a spring paperback book sale Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the main room of the Pember Library. All paperback books will be $.25. Paperbacks for adults and children will be available.
Donate your gently used paperbacks to the library. Now is the time to clean out your paperback shelves so you will have room for all the books you will find at our sale!
Donations are accepted at any time the library is open. If you have large amounts of books to donate, it would be best to call ahead so we can have someone on hand to help unload your vehicle. For information, call 642-2525.
We will have an early evening Thursday Tall Tales program as well as our new Fireside Story Time on Saturdays.
The scouts from Girl Scout Troop 3218 will be the hosts for four Story Times in April and May. Jo-ann will be reading for the other Thursday Tall Tales programs.
Look forward to stories using a flannel board and puppets. We also have one program planned which will be a sing-a-long.
It isn’t necessary to register for the programs. For additional information, call the library (642-2525) or ask at the desk.
In light of the ever growing unemployment numbers, the Southern Adirondack Library System created a resource to help us guide patrons who come into the library looking for job and resume assistance. The following information was compiled by the Southern Adirondack Library System in March 2009.
The New York State Library Division of Library Development has a great site devoted to information about what public libraries are doing to help job seekers; their webpage also has links to many helpful resources. The Saratoga-Washington-Warren Counties Workforce System has an excellent online resource for job seekers. The site includes information on how to access their regional, statewide and national job listings; a list of job search websites; job fair locations; civil service jobs and much more. This is a very comprehensive resource for job counseling.
You may also need help writing resumes and cover letters. For quick online reference, check out Job Star Central. Another great resource to help with resume writing is SeekingSuccess.com; this site has a nice section devoted to resume wording. Additionally, SALS compiled a resume writing packet.
For additional help with these resources, please ask at the library desk.
The next meeting of the Friends will take place in the main room of the library. We will discuss the spring paperback book sale that will be held Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the main room of the library.
We will also be making plans for our huge summer book sale which will be held at the Granville Central School Junior-Senior High School cafeteria. Plans are currently to have the sale on July 10-11 with setup on July 8 & 9.
Linda will provide stories, crafts and more during the Saturday morning program to welcome spring. 
It’s about time!
Join us on Saturday mornings for Fireside Story Time. Pat O, MaryLou O, and Robyn L will each host one of the story times in March. Anyone else who would like to volunteer some time to read to the children, please give a call to the library and we will work you in to our schedule.
Stories will be read near the fireplace in the main room with plenty of room for children and their caregivers to sit on the floor nearby. We look forward to you joining us!
If you are 50 or older and would like to learn how to use a computer or improve the skills you have, now is the time to join us for a couple of lessons – no pressure, relaxed atmosphere, and hopefully, some enjoyment.
Each three-hour class will be divided between Monday & Friday from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The two-part beginner class, intended for those who have never used a computer, will be held on Monday, March 30 and Friday, April 3.
For those with some experience, the classes are scheduled as follows:
April 6 and 10: E-mail and Internet
April 20 and 24: Word Processing
April 27 and May 1: Files and Folders
May 4 and 8: Graphics
May 18 and 22: Library Card Catalog (<-date has changed->)
All sessions are from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. As registration is required, please call the library at 642-2525 to register for any or all of the sessions. All sessions are FREE, thanks to funding from Washington County Home for Aged Women.