Once in a while, laughter floats through the main library. It usually always comes from the Children's Library and today I heard it again. So, I decided to investigate.
Sitting on the floor of the Children's Library was a group of about 50 Pre-K children with their teachers sitting on the outer perimeter as the control group. Miss Norma, the Children's Librarian, stood before them holding an open book and reading about The Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard. As she read, she also asked questions, and the children shouted back the answers to her, laughed, pointed fingers and wiggled in response.
It was fun to watch the group of tiny children. Their eyes were wide with delight as they watched Miss Norma. They were intense at times, but none got up and none cried. When The Grumpy Bird was over, they all clapped.
Apparently before I got there, Miss Norma had told the children that Library Mouse, the Children's Library mascot, was not feeling well and was grumpy. She showed them how feeling bad and grumpy looks by turning her mouth down, stiffening her neck and shoulders, clinching her hands into fists, and making her legs quiver. She said she wanted to show the children her "mad-to-glad" trick.
Miss Norma asked the children to stand and copy her actions. She made the corners of her mouth turn down, her neck stiff, her hands into fists, and she shook her legs. Miss Norma said she wanted to show the children how to feel better, how to relax. Together the children and Miss Norma let their mouths go slack, rolled their necks from side to side and lifted their shoulders up and down, unclenched their fists, relaxed their legs and let them bend at the knees. Miss Norma asked the children to close their eyes and feel like they were flying through the blue sky. And as the children completed her instructions, they all agreed they felt better.
The next story Miss Norma read was Valentine's Day Grump by Rose Greydanus, about a fellow named Gus. It seems no one could make Gus feel better; not the mailman, the newspaper lady, or the milkman. Then Tippy, Gus's dog, came along and gave him a Valentine, and Gus felt better.
After the story, Miss Norma asked Library Mouse if he felt better, and he said, "Some." He whispers his answers into her ear.
Next Miss Norma led the children in the song If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands, adding special verses about being grumpy and pouting. Everyone stood tall and sang and clapped their hands and stomped their feet.
Then Miss Norma asked Library Mouse again how he felt. He said he felt better, but wanted a Band-aid on his ear. Miss Norma told the children, "Sometimes when a person feels bad, all they need is a Band-aid to make them feel better." I heard one child say, "His ear is bleeding," and another said, "He needs a kiss." But when Miss Norma gave Library Mouse a kiss, all the children groaned, "Ouuuuuuuu!!!" Miss Norma said all that was wrong with Library Mouse was he had the Boo-boo Blues, and she had something special about the Boo-boo Blues she wanted to share with the children.
Miss Norma disappeared behind a curtain hanging from the middle of her office doorway and music began. Two brightly colored puppets appeared above the curtain and a puppet show began. The children laughed and squealed and chattered and pointed, then were quiet and suddenly would howl again at the antics of the puppets. It was fascinating to see the whole group of 50 or so children mesmerized by the actions of two hand puppets.
When the show was over, some of the children asked to see the puppets. Everyone laughed when one child said, "They're dead," because the puppets were not moving. But Miss Norma showed the children how the puppets looked up close and everyone seemed happy.
At the end of the program, she distributed pages to color that told about feeling sad and glad. As the children were preparing to leave, Library Mouse softly tapped each child's head as his way of saying goodbye.
Children's program days at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library are fun days. They are scheduled by the various school groups, but if you have children and you'd like them to be part of the fun, call the library and ask when the programs are held. That number is 985-6540. Or the next time you're in the library, check with the librarians. They'll be glad to help you.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Have You "Roamed" Our Place Lately?
One of my friends told me the other day that she really enjoyed reading about my "roamings." That's those things I do occasionally. Some people would call it snooping, I guess. But I really like to look at all the different things we have here at the library. Today I took another trip.
I checked on the plants in the atrium. They were donated by library patrons and some are twenty years old. There's a large pencil cactus way taller than I am, two Norfolk pines that would make great Christmas trees, fern, kalanchoe, a split-leaf philodendron, and pots of ivy.
The genealogy foyer is still being worked on. Tartan-covered chairs line the walls, and the large glass cabinet is waiting to be filled with a special collection. I like to look at Jim Anderson's handcarved wooden plaque on the brick wall outside the Odom Genealogy Library's entrance. It has a tree with a thistle at the very top and the words: "I found a thistle in my family tree." I think that's kind of funny, but I know what it means. Jim Anderson is an internationally recognized master woodcarver and has pieces in collections all over the United States. We are fortunate to have some of his magic
wood here.
The Spotlight on the Library bulletin board, outside the Information Services office, announces the January book picks for genealogy enthusiasts and children. Current calendars are posted for the children's story time and the bookmobile route. On the large calendar, there are pictures of famous people, quotes, and names of holidays and special events.
Then there's the group of small signs stuck to the hallway's white wall. A blue string connects them. They are Library Facts and tell about the word "library," a library's evolution, a modern library, notable libraries, and show the national library symbol.
Just down the hall from the Library Facts is the Levi Willcoxon Memorial Auditorium. You have no idea how many times I walked past the picture of Levi Willcoxon before I finally noticed it hanging there. It's a lovely old-fashioned picture in an oval frame. Mr. Willcoxon's estate provided $100,000 toward the building of the auditorium. And now we have brand new tables in the
auditorium.
The library also houses several collections. In the front foyer there are two collections I especially enjoy. One is of intriguing sea shells and another of library artefacts, such as an old glue pot and an Underwood typewriter (who remembers what a typewriter was?). There are also collections of military paraphernalia, Scottish items, and handmade wooden instruments by Edwin H. Carlton, who was a Moultrie resident. In the reading area, there's also the Talmadge Brazel telephone collection of obsolete phones and related equipment. Mr. Brazel worked for the telephone company in Moultrie for nearly 43 years.
Occasionally, I find something I didn't expect. Near the Children's Library on the left, there's a huge section of paperback books. I don't know why I hadn't noticed them before. There are romance and men's paperbacks with a 25-per-person limit, and a collection of westerns and mysteries to check out.
You should take some time and do a "roaming" of your own. You'll be amazed at all the wonderful things you can find here. Today I found some of them. Wonder what I'll find that's new to me next time.
I checked on the plants in the atrium. They were donated by library patrons and some are twenty years old. There's a large pencil cactus way taller than I am, two Norfolk pines that would make great Christmas trees, fern, kalanchoe, a split-leaf philodendron, and pots of ivy.
The genealogy foyer is still being worked on. Tartan-covered chairs line the walls, and the large glass cabinet is waiting to be filled with a special collection. I like to look at Jim Anderson's handcarved wooden plaque on the brick wall outside the Odom Genealogy Library's entrance. It has a tree with a thistle at the very top and the words: "I found a thistle in my family tree." I think that's kind of funny, but I know what it means. Jim Anderson is an internationally recognized master woodcarver and has pieces in collections all over the United States. We are fortunate to have some of his magic
wood here.
The Spotlight on the Library bulletin board, outside the Information Services office, announces the January book picks for genealogy enthusiasts and children. Current calendars are posted for the children's story time and the bookmobile route. On the large calendar, there are pictures of famous people, quotes, and names of holidays and special events.
Then there's the group of small signs stuck to the hallway's white wall. A blue string connects them. They are Library Facts and tell about the word "library," a library's evolution, a modern library, notable libraries, and show the national library symbol.
Just down the hall from the Library Facts is the Levi Willcoxon Memorial Auditorium. You have no idea how many times I walked past the picture of Levi Willcoxon before I finally noticed it hanging there. It's a lovely old-fashioned picture in an oval frame. Mr. Willcoxon's estate provided $100,000 toward the building of the auditorium. And now we have brand new tables in the
auditorium.
The library also houses several collections. In the front foyer there are two collections I especially enjoy. One is of intriguing sea shells and another of library artefacts, such as an old glue pot and an Underwood typewriter (who remembers what a typewriter was?). There are also collections of military paraphernalia, Scottish items, and handmade wooden instruments by Edwin H. Carlton, who was a Moultrie resident. In the reading area, there's also the Talmadge Brazel telephone collection of obsolete phones and related equipment. Mr. Brazel worked for the telephone company in Moultrie for nearly 43 years.
Occasionally, I find something I didn't expect. Near the Children's Library on the left, there's a huge section of paperback books. I don't know why I hadn't noticed them before. There are romance and men's paperbacks with a 25-per-person limit, and a collection of westerns and mysteries to check out.
You should take some time and do a "roaming" of your own. You'll be amazed at all the wonderful things you can find here. Today I found some of them. Wonder what I'll find that's new to me next time.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Our Ever-changing Website Home Page
If you haven't noticed, we have an ever-changing Website home page. One reason is to keep you as current as possible with what's going on. Another reason is so you don't get bored with the same old stuff all the time. And if you will take a few minutes to look at it, you'll see all kinds of goodies on the home page.
For instance, across the top is a streaming banner. Right now it tells about the Technology Lunch Bunch meeting on January 22nd in which participants can learn more about the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. This informational meeting is a free service provided by the library for those of you with a genealogy bent.
On the right side of the home page you'll find our "library helps," such as the PINES online catalog, the Galileo database, the library calendar, and "Ask A Librarian," where all your hard library questions are answered.
In the center of the page, there is a notice that this month is Puzzle Month at MCCLS and we have a few things planned for community participation. Also in that area is the Bookworm Blog, the weather and time, and information aobut how you can order a Georgia Center for the Book license plate.
But today I want to tell you about a cople of new items that have been placed on the left side of the home page. The first is a site for legal forms. If you're selling a house, making a will, or signing a lease, you need to check out the Gale LegalForms. Our library patrons now have access to a database of blank and completed legal forms that are professionally created, state-specific and continually updated. Powered by the U.S. Legal Forms electronic database, Gale LegalForms makes downloadable, printable forms available for library patrons, customized to comply with each state's laws. The number of forms available varies by library, but typically will include 1,000 to 3,000 specific documents addressing subjects such as bankruptcy, divorce, power of attorney, real estate, taxation, and landlord/tenant law.
The second new item is also by Gale. The Testing and Education Reference Center site is primed for students. Whether it's preparing admission materials or getting a heads-up on preparatory tests, TERC is an online tool designed to help students - from high school to graduate school to specialty school - prepare to make their further education decisions easier. The site is loaded with information on colleges, technical schools and executive programs, practice entrance, certification and professional license exams that show students what to expect and how to prepare to get to - and excel at - the next level.
Both of these sites may be entered away from the library by using a password. That password is your local library card number. However, if you're using a computer at the main library or the Doerun Branch, it is unnecessary to use your password.
And while you're on the home page, be sure to check out the UGA-Colquitt County Archway Project, as well as America's News Magazine and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (the last two accessed only in the
library).
We are a wonderful library maintained by public funds. Your card is your key to library services and materials. The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System (MCCLS) offers a wide range of materials, programs and services, and we make finding what you need easy and convenient! Here at MCCLS, we're "thinking outside of the book." You may be surprised by how much MCCLS has to offer you and your family! And our ever-changing Website home page is one way of letting you know.
For instance, across the top is a streaming banner. Right now it tells about the Technology Lunch Bunch meeting on January 22nd in which participants can learn more about the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. This informational meeting is a free service provided by the library for those of you with a genealogy bent.
On the right side of the home page you'll find our "library helps," such as the PINES online catalog, the Galileo database, the library calendar, and "Ask A Librarian," where all your hard library questions are answered.
In the center of the page, there is a notice that this month is Puzzle Month at MCCLS and we have a few things planned for community participation. Also in that area is the Bookworm Blog, the weather and time, and information aobut how you can order a Georgia Center for the Book license plate.
But today I want to tell you about a cople of new items that have been placed on the left side of the home page. The first is a site for legal forms. If you're selling a house, making a will, or signing a lease, you need to check out the Gale LegalForms. Our library patrons now have access to a database of blank and completed legal forms that are professionally created, state-specific and continually updated. Powered by the U.S. Legal Forms electronic database, Gale LegalForms makes downloadable, printable forms available for library patrons, customized to comply with each state's laws. The number of forms available varies by library, but typically will include 1,000 to 3,000 specific documents addressing subjects such as bankruptcy, divorce, power of attorney, real estate, taxation, and landlord/tenant law.
The second new item is also by Gale. The Testing and Education Reference Center site is primed for students. Whether it's preparing admission materials or getting a heads-up on preparatory tests, TERC is an online tool designed to help students - from high school to graduate school to specialty school - prepare to make their further education decisions easier. The site is loaded with information on colleges, technical schools and executive programs, practice entrance, certification and professional license exams that show students what to expect and how to prepare to get to - and excel at - the next level.
Both of these sites may be entered away from the library by using a password. That password is your local library card number. However, if you're using a computer at the main library or the Doerun Branch, it is unnecessary to use your password.
And while you're on the home page, be sure to check out the UGA-Colquitt County Archway Project, as well as America's News Magazine and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (the last two accessed only in the
library).
We are a wonderful library maintained by public funds. Your card is your key to library services and materials. The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System (MCCLS) offers a wide range of materials, programs and services, and we make finding what you need easy and convenient! Here at MCCLS, we're "thinking outside of the book." You may be surprised by how much MCCLS has to offer you and your family! And our ever-changing Website home page is one way of letting you know.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Ten Commandments of Library Service
A staff member handed me a little piece of paper the other day and said I might like to consider it for the blog. It was The Ten Commandments of Library Service.
The article was shared by Libby Collins from the Sara Hightower Regional Library in Rome, Georgia. Libby was a forward-thinking person, who thought "outside of the box." She was the director of the Hightower Library in the 80's, a very down-to-earth person, and known to be a shaker and mover in the library world.
Even though the Commandments were written for library staff, I feel it is important to share it with our patrons (including blog-readers). It's in working together that we make our library a destination of choice; not home, not work, and not just a third place to go.
The article was shared by Libby Collins from the Sara Hightower Regional Library in Rome, Georgia. Libby was a forward-thinking person, who thought "outside of the box." She was the director of the Hightower Library in the 80's, a very down-to-earth person, and known to be a shaker and mover in the library world.
Even though the Commandments were written for library staff, I feel it is important to share it with our patrons (including blog-readers). It's in working together that we make our library a destination of choice; not home, not work, and not just a third place to go.
The Ten Commandments of Library Service
Patrons are the most important people in our library.
Patrons are not outsiders. They are owners of our library.
Patrons are not an interruption of our work. They are the purpose of it.
Patrons are not cold statistics. They are human beings with feelings and emotions like our own.
Patrons are not people with whom we argue or match wits.
Patrons are people who bring us their wants. It is our job to fill those wants.
Patrons are deserving of the most courteous and attentive treatment we can give them.
Patrons are not dependent on us. We are dependent on them.
Patrons are the life blood of this library.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
January Is Puzzle Month At The Library
During the last month of 2007, we banged our heads around and decided to create some excitement at the library during 2008. Boy, did we come up with some goodies for all year! To begin the New Year, we made January our Puzzle Month at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library.
Today we started putting together a 1,000-piece puzzle on a round table in the reading area. It is a dynamic landscape of mountains, a stream, pine trees, snow, Indians, horses and tepees; a painting by Hermon Adams called "Coming Home." The colors are dark in the foreground and bright across the mountain range. We are working on the outer edge of it right now to pull it together. So, remember to check it out and add a few pieces when you come into the library. We're going to see how long it takes the public to finish the puzzle. (Of course, every time one of our staff members walk by, they have to drop in a couple of pieces, too.) And the Doerun Branch will have a puzzle for its patrons to work, also.
We'll continue the puzzle theme on Tuesday, January 22nd, when we're going to have a genealogy puzzle. As part of our Technology Lunch Bunch program, Irene Godwin, who has been with the Odom Genealogy Library for almost 18 years, will walk us through researching an individual using the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. It will be like putting together the pieces of an individual's life to solve that person's puzzle. Irene will cover such topics as: surname searching of multiple databases in one location, searching by Soundex or exact surname spellings, finding digital images available for some original documents, and using a newly added U.S. map collection. The event will be held in the Willcoxon Auditorium at noon and no reservations are required. However, it would be nice if you'd let us know you're going to attend, so we can have a chair for you. You can do that by calling 985-6540.
The big puzzle event will be held Tuesday, January 29th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Willcoxon Auditorium. There will be a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle titled "Dragon Storm," 19 inches by 27 inches, that we will need help in completing. There will also be 200-piece puzzles for ages 10 through adult, as well as word searches and crossword puzzles. Puzzles for the little tikes will be available too, including a floor puzzle that is 2 feet by 3 feet, called "The Policeman is on the Job." And we'll have dominoes (regular and Dora, the Explorer), checkers, and Scrabble for non-puzzle enthusiasts.
As if that weren't enough, we'll have books about puzzles for you to read. Here's just a few:
Today we started putting together a 1,000-piece puzzle on a round table in the reading area. It is a dynamic landscape of mountains, a stream, pine trees, snow, Indians, horses and tepees; a painting by Hermon Adams called "Coming Home." The colors are dark in the foreground and bright across the mountain range. We are working on the outer edge of it right now to pull it together. So, remember to check it out and add a few pieces when you come into the library. We're going to see how long it takes the public to finish the puzzle. (Of course, every time one of our staff members walk by, they have to drop in a couple of pieces, too.) And the Doerun Branch will have a puzzle for its patrons to work, also.
We'll continue the puzzle theme on Tuesday, January 22nd, when we're going to have a genealogy puzzle. As part of our Technology Lunch Bunch program, Irene Godwin, who has been with the Odom Genealogy Library for almost 18 years, will walk us through researching an individual using the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. It will be like putting together the pieces of an individual's life to solve that person's puzzle. Irene will cover such topics as: surname searching of multiple databases in one location, searching by Soundex or exact surname spellings, finding digital images available for some original documents, and using a newly added U.S. map collection. The event will be held in the Willcoxon Auditorium at noon and no reservations are required. However, it would be nice if you'd let us know you're going to attend, so we can have a chair for you. You can do that by calling 985-6540.
The big puzzle event will be held Tuesday, January 29th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Willcoxon Auditorium. There will be a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle titled "Dragon Storm," 19 inches by 27 inches, that we will need help in completing. There will also be 200-piece puzzles for ages 10 through adult, as well as word searches and crossword puzzles. Puzzles for the little tikes will be available too, including a floor puzzle that is 2 feet by 3 feet, called "The Policeman is on the Job." And we'll have dominoes (regular and Dora, the Explorer), checkers, and Scrabble for non-puzzle enthusiasts.
As if that weren't enough, we'll have books about puzzles for you to read. Here's just a few:
- A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall
- Mathamusements by Raymond Blum
- Too Hot to Hoot: The Palindrome Puzzle Book by Raymond Stuart
- Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers by Martin Gardner
- Super Strategies for Puzzles and Games by Saul X. Levmore and Elizabeth Early Cook
- The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, and
- I Spy Extreme Challenger! A Book of Picture Riddles (a Scholastic book).
We hope you'll join us during the month for all our puzzle shenanigans. These events are for singles as well as families. We're going to have fun. And it will be a lot more fun if you show up.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Find a new book, read a new author, go into a section of the library you've never been in...
That's what my coworker answered when I asked: "What is something new a person can do this year at the library?" And I took her
advice.
I found a new book. It's called The Book of Marie by Terry Kay. Now, I'm familiar with Terry Kay because he wrote To Dance with the White Dog, a hauntingly beautiful story about love, family and relationships. And it was not only a wonderful book, but a great movie. I loved them both.
The Book of Marie is the story of a generation -- whites and blacks -- who ignited the war of change. Yet, it is also as much about the power of place -- the finding of home -- as it is about the history of events. The story is about native-born Southerner Cole Bishop, who accepts the traditions of segregation as a way of life, and Marie Fitzpatrick, a transplant from Washington, DC, who is a brilliant and assertive nonconformist with bold predictions about a new world that is about to be ushered in by the force of desegregation. The odd friendship between the two of them continues after high school through a series of tender and revealing letters. The story revolves around the 50th reunion of the Overton High School class of 1955. Bishop is reunited with classmates who have accepted a guarded assimilation of the races. And he's reacquainted with two black men -- the town's mayor and a reclusive artist. It's in those encounters that he comes to understand clearly the influence of Marie on his life.
Next, I found a new author. In our 7-Day-Loan section I found Michael Koryta and his book A Welcome Grave. Koryta is the Edgar-nominated author of Tonight I Said Goodbye, his first novel that was published when he was just twenty-one. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, where he has worked as a newspaper reporter and private investigator. Tonight I Said Goodbye won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America contest for first novel and the Great Lakes Book Award for best mystery and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best first novel. His novels have been translated into several languages. You can visit his website at http://www.michaelkoryta.com/.
A Welcome Grave, his third book, features private investigator Lincoln Perry, once a rising star on the Cleveland police force. His career ended when he left one of the city's prominent attorneys bleeding in the parking lot of his country club -- retribution for his affair with Perry's fiancee. However, some time later, when the attorney is dead (but not because of Perry), his widow calls upon Perry for a favor: track down the attorney's estranged son, who is partial beneficiary of the dead man's fortune. How Perry ends up in a rural jail is something for you to find out. Looks like a
good read!
As I headed back toward the Large Print section of our library, thinking that was the new section I'd check out, I passed Science Fiction and stopped. Ah ha! This is a new section I've never ventured into. A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper caught my eye. A flying dragon, a castle turret, and a misty moat graced the cover of the book. Turning to the back cover, I read that Tepper has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the most timely and influential science fiction writers of our time.
A Plague of Angels deals with a witch, who peers out into a world of faded pageantry, archetypal villages, and gang-filled cities of violence and plague. She knows there are terrible, enigmatic creatures called walkers, who search for the scattered remnants of mankind who sought a better world. In another part of the countryside, a young girl, who lives in an enchanted village, is growing into a beautiful woman. And somewhere nearby, a young man is seeking adventure after running away from his family's farm. As the terrible walkers scour the countryside, the young man and woman begin separate journeys toward each other. Read how these two people and the witch all come together and share a destiny that will change their world forever.
OK! I've done something new in this library to begin my New Year. How about you? What are you going to do? Come visit us and find a new book, read a new author, and check out a section you haven't visited yet. They're all here, waiting for you. . .
advice.
I found a new book. It's called The Book of Marie by Terry Kay. Now, I'm familiar with Terry Kay because he wrote To Dance with the White Dog, a hauntingly beautiful story about love, family and relationships. And it was not only a wonderful book, but a great movie. I loved them both.
The Book of Marie is the story of a generation -- whites and blacks -- who ignited the war of change. Yet, it is also as much about the power of place -- the finding of home -- as it is about the history of events. The story is about native-born Southerner Cole Bishop, who accepts the traditions of segregation as a way of life, and Marie Fitzpatrick, a transplant from Washington, DC, who is a brilliant and assertive nonconformist with bold predictions about a new world that is about to be ushered in by the force of desegregation. The odd friendship between the two of them continues after high school through a series of tender and revealing letters. The story revolves around the 50th reunion of the Overton High School class of 1955. Bishop is reunited with classmates who have accepted a guarded assimilation of the races. And he's reacquainted with two black men -- the town's mayor and a reclusive artist. It's in those encounters that he comes to understand clearly the influence of Marie on his life.
Next, I found a new author. In our 7-Day-Loan section I found Michael Koryta and his book A Welcome Grave. Koryta is the Edgar-nominated author of Tonight I Said Goodbye, his first novel that was published when he was just twenty-one. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, where he has worked as a newspaper reporter and private investigator. Tonight I Said Goodbye won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America contest for first novel and the Great Lakes Book Award for best mystery and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best first novel. His novels have been translated into several languages. You can visit his website at http://www.michaelkoryta.com/.
A Welcome Grave, his third book, features private investigator Lincoln Perry, once a rising star on the Cleveland police force. His career ended when he left one of the city's prominent attorneys bleeding in the parking lot of his country club -- retribution for his affair with Perry's fiancee. However, some time later, when the attorney is dead (but not because of Perry), his widow calls upon Perry for a favor: track down the attorney's estranged son, who is partial beneficiary of the dead man's fortune. How Perry ends up in a rural jail is something for you to find out. Looks like a
good read!
As I headed back toward the Large Print section of our library, thinking that was the new section I'd check out, I passed Science Fiction and stopped. Ah ha! This is a new section I've never ventured into. A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper caught my eye. A flying dragon, a castle turret, and a misty moat graced the cover of the book. Turning to the back cover, I read that Tepper has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the most timely and influential science fiction writers of our time.
A Plague of Angels deals with a witch, who peers out into a world of faded pageantry, archetypal villages, and gang-filled cities of violence and plague. She knows there are terrible, enigmatic creatures called walkers, who search for the scattered remnants of mankind who sought a better world. In another part of the countryside, a young girl, who lives in an enchanted village, is growing into a beautiful woman. And somewhere nearby, a young man is seeking adventure after running away from his family's farm. As the terrible walkers scour the countryside, the young man and woman begin separate journeys toward each other. Read how these two people and the witch all come together and share a destiny that will change their world forever.
OK! I've done something new in this library to begin my New Year. How about you? What are you going to do? Come visit us and find a new book, read a new author, and check out a section you haven't visited yet. They're all here, waiting for you. . .
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Ann Glass, January Employee of the Month
Ann Glass is a cheerful, smiling person, who works at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library as the genealogy clerk, where most people see her, and as the bookkeeper, a job she took on in 2006. She actually started with MCCLS on May 12, 1990, making her an employee for 17-1/2 years.
Today Melody Jenkins, library director, presented Ann with a certificate of appreciation, a gold peach-designed Georgia Libraries bookmark and pin, and a bouquet of white baby's breath with green carnation. Ann also will be parking in the specially-designated EOM space.
Melody joked that Ann is the person we always look forward to seeing each month, since she hands out the paychecks. But in all honesty, she complimented Ann on being a dedicated and caring employee. Fellow employees say Ann has a love of all people, is very mindful of them, and always goes the extra mile to help them. We know her as a person who loves to laugh and always has a twinkle
in her eye.
Like many employees at the library, Ann is fond of reading and family genealogy. But it might surprise some people to know that she also likes photography, arts and crafts, and traveling. Of course, lots of people know about her love for her children and grandchildren.
Ann is the wife of Billy, mother of Angie and Brian, and grandmother to Jonathan, Caitlynn, Brad and Bailey. She was born in Moultrie and grew up in Colquitt County.
She's a person we are all glad to know, and we say "Congratulations, Ann, you're tops!"
Today Melody Jenkins, library director, presented Ann with a certificate of appreciation, a gold peach-designed Georgia Libraries bookmark and pin, and a bouquet of white baby's breath with green carnation. Ann also will be parking in the specially-designated EOM space.
Melody joked that Ann is the person we always look forward to seeing each month, since she hands out the paychecks. But in all honesty, she complimented Ann on being a dedicated and caring employee. Fellow employees say Ann has a love of all people, is very mindful of them, and always goes the extra mile to help them. We know her as a person who loves to laugh and always has a twinkle
in her eye.
Like many employees at the library, Ann is fond of reading and family genealogy. But it might surprise some people to know that she also likes photography, arts and crafts, and traveling. Of course, lots of people know about her love for her children and grandchildren.
Ann is the wife of Billy, mother of Angie and Brian, and grandmother to Jonathan, Caitlynn, Brad and Bailey. She was born in Moultrie and grew up in Colquitt County.
She's a person we are all glad to know, and we say "Congratulations, Ann, you're tops!"
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