BrownBrownSept / Oct 2015

• A NEWS PUBLICATION FROM THE STAFF & FRIENDS OF THE JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY •

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Dedicated people, bound together like pages in a book, have the strength to achieve great things.

For more information or to Own-a-Day, go to our website at www.jvbrown.edu, or call the

Development Department at 570-326-0536, ext. 134.

2015 RecognitionSeptember 2 J.R. Confer DaySeptember 6 In Memory of Charlotte GalloSeptember 13 Richard Gray DaySeptember 17 In Memory of Mary K. GageSeptember 21 In Memory of Marshall D. Welch, Jr.September 22 In Memory of Harold YerkOctober 5 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lightbourn DayOctober 7 Armella Catherine Handler DayOctober 12 In Memory of Robert L. EichingerOctober 13 In Memory of Henry BerkheimerOctober 19 Gertrude Wainger- on her 100th DayOctober 23 Tippy Stone DayOctober 24 In Memory of Robert L. Orso, Sr.October 26 Brett Harbison DayOctober 29 Lepley, Engleman & Yaw

Library Card Sign-Up Month: Kick Back and Read September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month and what better way to celebrate than by kicking back and reading? September also is the start of the library’s yearlong Kick Back and Read campaign. Sign up for a library card today so you can kick back and read! Teens who sign up for a new library card will get a card with this design on it, illustrated by Cortney Houseknecht, Montoursville. The winning card design was selected as part of a “Design Your Own Card” summer reading contest for teens. Congrats, Cortney!

Summer Reading Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, the library again held a successful Summer Reading Program, full of super ac-tivities, performers and visitors, great books and prizes. Focusing on the theme, “Every Hero Has a Story,” the li-brary hosted hero-based programs and exciting, hands-on activities for children. Our Summer Reading Program helps keep students’ skills sharp over the summer months, so they return to school ready to learn. The Summer Reading Pro-gram makes memories that chil-dren keep for a lifetime – and it was all thanks to our donors, who completely funded the Summer Reading for more than 1,500 chil-dren in our community. We can’t do it without you!

Quiet Room/One Button Plankenhorn Grant The library recently received a $25,000 grant from the Harry Plankenhorn Founda-tion to create a Quiet Room and One-Button Studio learning envi-ronment for children and families of all abilities. The funding will add tech-nology, equipment and resourc-es to better serve families with special needs. The Quiet Room will be located in the first-floor Chil-dren’s Area and the One-Button Studio will be in the second-floor Teen Area. Work began over the summer and will be completed in fall. Open House coming soon.

Bestselling author and award-winning food critic Ruth Reichl will headline the 13th annual Author Gala fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 29, at Penn College’s LeJeune Chef. Reichl is the author of the memoir, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, along with several Gourmet magazine cookbooks. She will talk about her latest book, My Kitchen Year, which was published in September. We look forward to an evening of tasty treats and culinary discussion – all while raising funds to support the library!

ALA Awards Barbara McGary, Shir-ley Alters and Robin Gloss-ner recently traveled to San Francisco to participate in the American Library Association annual conference. During the conference, the library received the pres-tigious 2015 Gale Cengage

Learning Financial Development Award for the Own-a-Day program, which was recognized as an innovative, creative and well-organized fund-raising project. The library also was celebrated as a “superstar” for our out-standing efforts with the “Geek the Library” campaign. Although 3,000 libraries have participated in Geek the Library, the Brown Library was one of four libraries honored nationally for its efforts in connecting with the community.

Melissa Rowse stars in the award-winning photo-graph that won a $1,000 “We Love Libraries” grant from Sisters in Crime, a worldwide group of mys-tery authors and readers.

Want to know what type of books people who work in a library read? Check out the recommendations by members of the James V. Brown Library staff on our website and weekly e-newsletter to see what we just can’t put down right now!

New book club begins Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Do you enjoy sam-pling and sharing new dishes? Then grab your apron and sign up for the Cookbook Club! Each month, the club gets together to create and share rec-ipes based on a theme. The club meets at noon on the third Tues-day of each month in the Lowry Room. Upcoming themes are:•Sept. 15 – Garden Fresh•Oct. 20 – Gourmet Cooking in honor of Ruth Reichl.•Nov. 17 – Family Favorites and Thanksgiving There will be no meeting in December.

Drop Everything and Run!to the Book Sale Drop everything and run to the Friends Favorites Book Sale at Pine Street Methodist Church on October 8, 9, and 10 to replen-ish your supply of excellent books without spending much money. Books of all types—fic-tion, reference, cookbooks, biog-raphy, children’s books, mystery, humor—will be sold individually or by the bag, and the prices are in-vitingly low. CDs, DVDs, and VHS cassettes are among the items sold, as well. Friends of the James V. Brown Library may attend a pre-view sale from 5-8 pm on Thurs-day, October 8. Membership forms are available at the door, and brand new members may attend the sale. In addition, membership forms are available at www.jvbrown.edu and at the James V. Brown Library. Sale hours are from 9 am to 7 pm on Friday, October 9 and from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday, October 10. Proceeds from the sale, memberships, and the Friends Favorites Bookstore, located on the third floor of the Welch Wing at the James V. Brown Library, help to fund library programs for children, youth, and adults.

October Book Review LuncheonThe luncheon will start at noon in the Lowry Room of the Welch Family wing of the James V. Brown Library. Those who wish may purchase lunch at noon for $6. To reserve lunch, use the online reservation calendar on the library website ( http://calendar.jvbrown.edu). There you will find a prompt for reservations, or call Dana at the Library at 570-326-0536, ext. 114. Reservations should be made by the Wednesday before the review - i.e. Sept. 30. (Please note that you only need to register if you wish to reserve lunch.) You may bring your own lunch or simply attend the book review, which will start at 12:30 p.m. Parking is available in the lot off Market Street, adjacent to the Welch Wing.

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Sat. 12:15PM-3:00PM Shopping at the bookstore is a rewarding way to support Friends.

Proceeds are used to help fund library programs and services. Please visit us soon and spread the word to your friends and family

about the great used books and media bargains!

FRIENDS MEMBER SPECIALSSeptember: Classics, Literature, Poetry, General Non-fiction

October: Children, Teens, Tweens, Art, Music

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Library, will present the Oct. 2 program on the Stephen King novel, The Green Mile. The book is set during the Depression and tells the story of a prison ward superintendent and his encounter with an unusual inmate who has inexplicable healing abilities. The “green mile” refers to the last 40 yards a condemned prisoner must walk to his execution by electric chair. The Green Mile was published in 1996 as a six-volume series. Brigandi states that she selected this book for several reasons. It is not a typical “scary” Stephen King novel and thus will have wider appeal; was made into a critically acclaimed movie starring Tom Hanks; exhibits Stephen King’s incredible storytelling; and gives the reader an emotional journey. The story deals with the important message of human kindness, the theme of growing old, racial issues, the death penalty and other relevant philosophical issues that we struggle with today.

Born near Tampa, FL, Brigandi earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications-Journalism from the University of South Florida, and after moving to Pennsylvania in 2001, earned a Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Lock Haven University. Ms. Brigandi was employed by the Williamsport Sun Gazette from 2001-2013 where she worked as a copy editor and Lifestyle-Education editor. She has been with the James V. Brown Library since 2013. Brigandi resides in South Williamsport with her husband and their two young daughters. This may be the f irst Stephen King book to be reviewed at a Friends’ book review luncheon. However, it is Halloween and the perfect time for a great storyteller. Don’t miss it!