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www.weathersfieldproctorlibrary.org

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Welcome Tea for the New Library Director May 17!

 

 Tea for New Director

Thursday May 17 7 pm

5181 Rte 5 N Ascutney

Please join the Friends of Weathersfield Proctor Library this Thursday evening for a Tea to welcome our new Library Director, Nancy Tusinski. The Friends will host their regular meeting immediately following the tea.

ALL ARE WELCOME

BRING A FRIEND TO THE FRIENDS!!!

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Night of 1000 Stars May 31 7 PM

 

The Weathersfield Proctor Library Night of 1000 Stars 

will be held May 31 at 7 pm. 

This annual event features local readers 

and their favorite books. 

Light Refreshments will be served

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Town Wide Yard Sale June 23

 

SAVE THE DATE!!!    

Town Wide YARD SALE

JUNE 23, 2012 9 am

 

A Town-wide yard sale will be hosted by the WEATHERSFIELD PROCTOR LIBRARY on Saturday, June 23^rd beginning at 9 a.m. (Most likely it will be held behind the Library.) Because it is a fundraiser for the Library, it will cost $15 to rent a table space.  

 

AND, if you have an item of value you would like to donate to the Library for their Silent Auction on that day, that would be greatly appreciated.

TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS 

so that they can join in the fun

selling their “treasures!”

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Weathersfield Town Challenge A HUGE Success!

 

The Weathersfield Town Challenge was held at Martin Memorial Hall in Ascutney VT on March 24, 2012. Teams were formed and competed by answering questions in many categories.

In the end, the Town Office was declared the winners!!

The event was a benefit for the Weathersfield Proctor Library Expansion Project.

More images of the event are posted on the Library's Facebook Page: Challenge Photo Album
Thanks to Gordon J. Eglintine for his photographic skills that evening.

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THANK YOU!!

 

Thank you to the anonymous donor who dropped of this new flag in the library's dropbox! Our previous flag was beginning to see some wear and the Kelins tried to clean it up but could not revive it to it's original "Glory". The Kelins loaned the library a flag until the Board of Trustees or the Friends could purchase a new one. The next Board meeting is Wednesday evening; the agenda was published two weeks ago. One item on the agenda was to purchase a new flag; and days later a flag appeared in the dropbox.

 

So THANK YOU to the generous donor. The Flag is gorgeous! Stop by and see for yourself!

Events and Happenings at WPL:

Thank You Weathersfield Voters!

Weathersfield Proctor Library Meetings:

Trustee Meeting May 16, 2012 7 pm

Adult Book Discussion Group:

Book Discussion--Baker's "Growing Up"

 

Weathersfield Proctor Library's Next Book Discussion will be: April 19, 2012 7 pm 5181 Route 5, Ascutney VT

"Growing Up" by Russell Baker

This is Russell Baker's story of growing up in America between the world wars--in the backwoods mountains of Virginia, in a New Jersey commuter town, and finally in the Depression-shadowed urban landscape of Baltimore.

Baker's book is a great memoir. He tells the story of his childhood growing up in the Depression, which takes him from a rural Virginia shack without electricity or running water to stark poverty in Belleville, New Jersey; and Baltimore, where his widowed mother must rely on the charity of family members to feed the family. Baker, born in 1925, frames the story with his 84-year-old mother's lapse into dementia at a nursing home, which has untethered her from the present and drops her into random points in her life.

One day he comes to see her and is met with the question "where's Russell?" In her mind, she'd become a young mother again with a three-year-old boy and a younger sister. Russell's father, who she met when his car broke down leaving the local moonshine distillery, had not yet died in his early thirties from diabetes because insulin wasn't available.
Although the specifics of Baker's childhood are often grim, he writes with a sense of humor about himself that reminded me of Jean Shepherd's narration in the movie A Christmas Story. This is particularly true when he describes how his lack of aptitude for anything else led him to journalism. "The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer," he writes, "and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any."
READ MORE

Stop by the Library and Pick Up Your Copy Today!!

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Crafters Connection

1st  Wednesday Each Month

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

This ongoing event will be taking place on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month (weather permitting). Crafters are invited to gather at the library to knit, crochet, sew, scrapbook, quilt, etc. Bring your current project. Interested in learning a craft but don't know how? We're more than willing to share our knowledge! Free and open to the public. Please bring your own materials.

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Social Networking, Follow us...

Facebook

The library is now on Facebook! If you have a Facebook account, just add "Weathersfield Proctor" as a friend and you will be able to receive event invitations, request materials, and talk to a librarian.

Twitter

The library is now on Twitter! Follow us on Twitter for all the library news and events.

Our Blog

You can now follow all the latest happenings at the library on our blog!! Library Agendas, photos, event listings, volunteer applications, Friends info and more. Soon to come: The Friends Newsletter!!

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Volunteers  are needed!

E-Mail Us or Call 674-2863 for more information.

The library is in need of substitute desk help, shelving assistance and special project processing. Would you like to volunteer at the library? We are always looking for willing helpers who love books.

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Online Services:

Brother's Keeper Genealogy Software

The library has recently purchased Brother's Keeper genealogy software and loaded it with records from the Weathersfield Historical Society. The software is available for public use. The database can be searched and family trees can be printed. Also if you have your own records that you would like to add to the database we would be happy to do so.

You can now search our catalog from home: proctorlibrary.dnsalias.com

TEMPORARILY OFFLINE FOR UPGRADING

You may also renew and reserve books by logging into our catalog with your library card number and last name. Please contact the library if you don't know your card number or need assistance.

Universal Class: Over 500 Online Continuing Education Courses

Learn something new today! We now offer free online courses for your personal enrichment! Many courses are available in a variety of subjects: Accounting and Bookeeping, Alternative Medicine, Arts and Photography, Business, Career Training, Computers and Technology, Cooking, Crafts and Hobbies, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management, Health and Medicine, History, Mathematics, New Age and Alternative Beliefs, Office Skills, Parenting and Family, Performing Arts, Personal Care, Pet and Animal Care, Psychology, Real Estate, Science, Social Work, Special Education, Web Development, Writing, and more!

For more information or to register for a class, please visit: http://vermontstate.universalclass.com/register.htm

Enter your library membership ID: 2VSRK00000XXXX (XXXX= your library card number)

Vermont On-Line Library

Through the Vermont Online Library (VOL), the State of Vermont Department of Libraries and our Library provide electronic information databases free to all our patrons. These resources are available to you 24-hours-a-day from not only our Library, but your home, your office or anywhere Internet access is available. Please call us for the password that is required after you log on to http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/vol_w37.

Check out our forum for the most up-to-date information!

Friends of the Weathersfield Proctor Library By-Laws

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Fun things to do:

Park & Museum Passes

We have free and reduced-rate passes to local attractions available for check-out. These include Vermont State Parks and Historic Sites, Vermont History Museum, American Precision Museum, and ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center. Passes can be checked out for one week so if you have a particular date in mind please call the library to reserve one. The passes provide an excellent source of affordable summer entertainment.

Summer Reading Programs

Clifford the Big Red Dog visited the Library!

On Friday, July 30th, our special guest made an appearance as part of the Summer Reading Program Finale Party, which celebrated all of our readers. The event included a prize raffle, giant bubbles, and delicious treats (thanks to everyone who donated prizes and food!). Approximately 45 children (plus their parents) attended. We will be planning on having a special guest for an event during next year's Summer Reading Program as well :) If you are looking for photographs of your child with Clifford please email the library, we have many more on hand!

Weathersfield Tales are Here!

A collection of Weathersfield stories is now available at Proctor Library and the Town Office. Topics for the anecdotes in Weathersfield Tales include the farm, village life, schools, murders, natural disasters, holidays, animals, and fascinating characters.
The cost of the book (182 pages, with index) is $5.00. Some people might want to make an extra donation, as any proceeds beyond costs will go to local non-profit groups.

Children's Room

A wonderful collection of books, audiobooks, and videos can be found in the children's room... you don't have to be a child or young adult to enjoy them!

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Thank you for your generous support:

Grant Recipients

The Weathersfield Proctor Library is pleased to report that they received a Winnie Belle Learned grant this year. $2000 in new children's and young adult non-fiction books will be ordered and available for check-out during the winter of 2011. In addition, the Library received a grant to purchase Play Away Books that are on our shelves now!

The Library's computer systems have been provided through a grant from the

Internet access is provided as a community service by

The Proctor Library uses the free services provided by