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CURTIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY

AUGUST

2015

LIBRARY BOARD James Szymaszek ---------------------- President Moira Maus ----------------------- Vice-President Mary Ellen Morrison-Lovelace -- Secretary Carol McDougall ---------------------- Treasurer John Maus ------------------------------------ Trustee Joanne Noe ---------------------------------- Trustee

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

NEWSLETTER

Why Buy

When You Can

Borrow

www.curtistownship.org

Curtis Township Library 4884 ( F-30 ) Bamfield Road

Glennie, Michigan 48737 Moira Maus-Director

Phone: 989-735-2601 Fax: 989-735-2601

Monday ················································· Closed Tuesday ·························· 11AM—6PM Wednesday ··········· 11AM—6PM

Thursday ····························· 1PM—6PM Friday ·························································· Closed Saturday ························ 11AM—3PM Sunday ···················································· Closed

Library Summer Hours

FRIENDS OF THE CTL Emily Kemnitz - President

Joanne Noe - Vice President Nancy James - Secretary Linda Howell - Treasurer

Ann & Tom Burton

Candice Carter Ken & Marilyn DeVita

Tauna Estep Vicki Good

Bill Heatherwicz Linda Howell

Tom Kauffman Margo Landers

Moira & John Maus Pam McDonald

Judy & Chick Nygren Marie Schelley

Marie Schneider Dorothy Smith

James Szymaszek

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It’s been a very busy summer. The day before the Memorial Day Weekend the library found that we had been abandoned by our lawn cutting service without any warning. Through Library Clerk, Linda’s Howell’s, last second efforts, the Eagle Ridge Golf Club jumped in to mow the acre of grass around the library building. Many thanks go out to Jerome and Barbara Orefice for sending their crew and large mowers over to do the job so that the library looked good for the holiday. But that was a temporary solution since the

golf course can’t take the time to do that every few weeks. Moira and her garden tractor jumped into the gap and kept the turf down through June and now into July. Another temporary solution. An FOL member donated a little larger tractor that needed a new engine so the Friends purchased the engine and John Maus has installed it on the old tractor. Now the library needs a home for our new landscaping tool so a garden shed is in the works. Stay tuned next month for further developments on that project.

Curtis Township Library is looking for a Library Director

• Must be a people person

• Have good management &

accounting skills • Be a book lover

• Detail-oriented• Computer literate

• Self-motivated• Full-time resident

Inquire at the library for a

complete job description

The library bench needs a little help! The wood slats of the bench still

seem sound but the finish has worn off due

to year-around expo-sure to sun and storm. We could use a handy

person to refinish /reseal the wood before it begins to rot. If you’re in an ‘angelic’ mood,

give us a call at the library!

A VERY BUSY SUMMER !

OFF WITH OLD AND ON WITH

THE NEW!

THANKS, JOHN!

ONE OF OUR LIBRARY’S MOST POPULAR TALKS

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KIDS OF ALL AGES!

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CURTIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY

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Calendar of l ibrary events IN august

8/5 Curtis Township Library Board Meeting - 6PM

8/19 Friends of the Library Meeting - 10AM

THE ANNUAL CURTIS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY BOOK SALE CONTINUES UNTIL LABOR DAY

NEW BOOKS!

Five Billion Years of Solitude - The Search For Life Among The Stars

by Lee Billings

The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects

by Richard Kurin

13 Soldiers - A Personal History of Americans at War

by John McCain & Mark Salter

Their Finest Hour - Profiles of American Veterans

by Wesley Millett

Mightier Than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer

Sail by James Patterson & Howard Roughan

Executive Intent by Dale Brown

Cold Betrayal by J. A. Jance

The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths

The Sixth Man by David Baldacci

NEW MOVIES !

COMING THIS FALL!

Southeast and South

Central North Dakota

Southeast Kansas

North Central Michigan

Southwest Missouri

Southwest Minnesota

Southern South Dakota

Southeastern Ohio

Southwest Kentucky

Southern West Virginia

Central Wisconsin

Northeast Tennessee

Northeast Georgia

Mick Morrison generously donated Rumble Seats and Lumber Camps last Christmas. This book contained reminiscences and anecdotes written by people who live in Northern Michigan. (You’ll find stories written by Wilber Garret and Geri Moody there!) In July the library was able to purchase another in the series of books, Wood Fire Saunas and Iron Mines, a collection of stories by folks from the Upper Peninsula collected by Hometown Memories LLC.

Each year from January thru April Hometown Memories accepts stories written by people from different areas of the country that are announced on January 1st on their website. In fall these books are available for purchase. As you can see, this coming fall, there will be another book in the series dealing with our specific area of Michigan. If you are interested in telling your story, check out their web page : www.hometownmemoriesonline.com to find out how and where to send your personal memories. This Fall’s MI volume should be interesting!