Here are the picks for our book discussion group for January – March 2008:
January 23rd, 24th
“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen
February 20th, 21st
“Plainsong” by Kent Haruf
March 19th, 20th
“Fahrenheit 451″ by Ray Bradbury (as part of the countywide read)
As a reminder, our group meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. or on Thursday mornings from 10 – 11 a.m. Bring a friend!
Joe Dorn magician will be in the Youth Services room at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, December 27th). (not 3 p.m. as previously stated)
Tonight (12/26) at 6:30 p.m. or tomorrow (12/27) at 10 a.m.
Book for discussion:
“Skipping Christmas” by John Grisham.
Hope you will join us!
The winning raffle ticket was picked last night at 5 p.m. and the winner is …
Julie McEvoy
Congratulations Julie! Thanks to everyone who participated in the raffle.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Joe Dorn is changing the time of his magic program at the library. It will still be on Thursday, December 27th, but will be at 10 a.m. instead of 3 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
The library will be closed on Monday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 25.
The library will also be closed on Monday, December 31 and Tuesday, New Year’s Day.
Happy Holidays!
I just finished an exciting new novel by Molly Gloss about a strong, independent young woman who has a 
knack of “gentling” wild horses. Set in 1917 in eastern Oregon, the story tells the tale of Martha Lessen who is trying to make it in the man’s world of breaking horses, and does it in an unconventional way. The story is simple yet moving, very similar to one of my favorite books, “Plainsong” by Kent Haruf. If you like stories about the American West or horses or strong women, or all three as I do, this book is a must read. – Jan
Hats off to Leland B. Taylor, better known as Lee Taylor, who since 1951 has served on the Board of Trustees of the Cortland Free Library. This past Wednesday was Lee’s last board meeting. The front-page of the Cortland Standard on Thursday, December 13 has a story about Lee’s service to the library.
Here’s a photo taken at the board meeting of Lee with his wife Rosemary.
The Office of the Attorney General of the state of New York recently unveiled a new website, “Project Sunlight” that puts a wealth of information under one roof.
Here’s what Andrew Cuomo says about the website:
“Project Sunlight is an effort by my office to promote your right to know and to monitor governmental decision-making. This website – the first of its kind in New York – allows you to easily access statewide government information that until now has been scattered and difficult to retrieve.”
“Currently, we are working on the first phase of this project: collecting and standardizing different data and making it available to you on a comprehensive, easy-to-search website. During this initial phase, you have the ability to search the Project Sunlight website to examine information related to campaign finance, legislation, lobbying activity, and recipients of state government contracts.”
Find it at www.sunlightny.com.
Kevin Kurtz, a Homer native and author of the children’s book, “A Day in the Salt Marsh” will be in our Youth Services room on Saturday, December 15th at 3:00 p.m. He will be presenting his book of rhyming verse, about the changes in a salt marsh, on a big screen downstairs in the library.
