Dewey Dispatch Online Edition

January 15, 2010

http://www.WigginML.org

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Contents:

Library Events & Info

Community Notes

New Books & More: (Fiction, Nonfiction, Audiobook: CD, DVD)

About the E-mail Newsletter

 

LIBRARY EVENTS & INFO

We have a great calendar of events on our Web site!  Take a look at http://www.WigginML.org and click on “Library Events.”  All of the following programs are free and open to the public.

 

GENERAL LIBRARY INFORMATION:

 

Upcoming Adult Programs:

 

·                 An Evening with Katharine Weber, author of True Confections, Thursday, January 28, 6:30 pm @ Wiggin Memorial Library

The Wiggin Memorial Library and RiverRun Bookstore are pleased to present an evening with Katharine Weber, author of Triangle, The Music Lesson, The Little Women, Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, and her newest novel, True Confections.  Katharine Weber will read from her True Confections, a novel about a chocolate candy company in crisis.  Copies of True Confections, as well as her other novels, will be available for signing and purchase at this event.

 

·  Chocolate Demo & Tasting with Master Baker Stephen James of Popovers on the Square, Thursday, February 11, 5:30 pm

Just in time for Valentine's Day and Library Lovers Month, a chocolate feast for the mind and the body. Master baker & chocolatier Stephen James of Popovers on the Square in Portsmouth will delight your senses with a demonstration of fine chocolate making and design. Many different delectable chocolates will be on hand for your tasting pleasure. In addition, bid on a fantastic Chocolate Centerpiece and other fine gifts, purchase cheesecakes from Popovers newest line of desserts, and support your library. Tickets: $15/person or $8/child. Best suited for adults, high schoolers and children 10 and up.

 

Other Library Information:

 

·               Library hours NOT changing:  You may have received the new phone book covers in the mail.  The information about the library’s hours is incorrect on those covers.  The correct library hours are:  Monday – Friday, 10 am – 8 pm and 

Saturday 10 am – 1 pm.

 

·     Renew Your Library Campaign:

Now that the construction part of Phase 1 is complete, we are purchasing furniture, shelving and other necessities for the newly expanded space. Community donations so far have added up to more than $20,000.00 to date for this purpose. We are purchasing things like homework tables, dry-erase boards for the meeting and study rooms, shelving units to replace the ones that are no longer usable, and comfortable chairs for the community meeting space. Next year, we will be outfitting the renovated space from Phase II.

 

Our 2-year goal is to raise $60,000.00.  Your donation today will be fully tax deductible and move us along the path to the halfway mark. May we count on your help? If so, please send your gift to the library (Wiggin Memorial Library, 10 Bunker Hill Ave, Stratham) or use the online donation option of our Web site (http://www.wigginml.org/fundraising.htm#gifts).

 

 

 

 

COMMUNITY NOTES:

 

·            Stratham 76ers Tuesday, January 19th, 11:30 am @ Stratham Fire Station: The next program will be Stratham’s new Police Chief John Scippa.

 

·         Important Town Info: The filing period to run for elected offices in Stratham is 1/22 - 1/29. Would you like to get involved and help Stratham into the future? There are several open positions that you might be interested in. Check out the Web site and talk to Joyce at the town clerk's office for more info.  http://www.wigginml.org/towngovt/vote.htm#positions

 

·         Heavenly Ball 2010: Do you have a “hard to buy for” family member? Be a hero twice! Once at Christmas and again on March 20, 2010. Tickets for the 2010 Heavenly Ball are ON SALE NOW!!! Tickets are $125.00 per couple or $75.00 each and include: all you can eat dinner buffet and dancing at the beautiful Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel. We will have a silent auction throughout the evening. We have reserved a block of rooms at a discounted rate for the evening but they are first come first served. For more details call Bill at 418-0740.

 

·      Winter Coat Drive:  Wonderland Thrift Shop in Exeter is holding a Winter Coat Drive. For more information call 793-4284

 

 

·      Knit or Crochet a Troop Cap for U.S. Service Members to be distributed by Pease Greeters. Instructions for knitting or crocheting troop caps for service members are available both at the library and on the library’s website. Finished hats can be dropped off at the library, or you can contact JoAnne Schottler, 772-8620 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

·      The Fixit Program for Seniors is a program of volunteers who assist seniors (60 years old and older) or disabled homeowners with minor home repairs and maintenance. Any senior homeowner or disabled homeowner may call for assistance – there is no income requirement to use the service. To reach The Fixit Program, call 603-430-2923 or 1-800-856-5525.

 

 

 

NEW BOOKS & MORE

 

Books: Fiction:

 

Mystery & Suspense

Crais, Robert, First Rule

Deaver, Jeffrey, Watchlist

Fluke, Joanne, Carrot Cake Murder

Mortimer, John, Rumpole and the Primrose Path

 

General Fiction

Sapphire, Precious

 

 

 

 

Books: Nonfiction

 

Computers, Supernatural, Books & Reading, General Knowledge (aka 000s)

Rathbone, Andy, Windows 7 for Dummies

 

Philosophy, Psychology & Self-Help (aka 100s)

Ellard, Colin, You Are Here

 

Social Sciences, includes women’s & men’s studies, economics, crime (aka 300s)

Greider, William, Come Home, America

Lomburg, Bjorn, Cool It

 

Medicine & Technology, includes gardening, cooking, parenting, business (aka 600s)

Faulds, Richard, Kripalu Yoga

Pollan, Michael, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual

 

 

Arts & Entertainment, includes sports, loandscaping, crafts & design (aka 700s)

Buckley, Steve, Wicked Good Year: How the Red Sox, Patriots & Celtics Turned the Hub of the Universe into the Capital of Sports

Densmore, Lisa, Best Hikes with Dogs New Hampshire and Vermont

Sokolove, Michael, Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women’s Sports

 

Literature, includes poetry, essays, humor writing (aka 800s)

Sinclair, Upton, Oil!

 

History, Geography & Travel (aka 900s)

Polk, William, Understanding Iraq

Ward, Geoffrey & Ken Burns, The War

 

Biography & Autobiography (aka BIOs)

Bechdel, Alison, Fun Home

Merry, Robert W., A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent

 

 

 

DVD

Magic School Bus: Holiday Special

 

 

 

 

Cool Website: This website from the EPA offers ways to “green” your home: http://www.epa.gov/greenhomes/   You can also can link to our green home collection in Athena: http://tinyurl.com/y8jrboo

 

 

 

 

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