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PHILIP READ MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS

PHILIP READ MEMORIAL LIBRARY Hours: Mon. and Wed. 1-9 p.m., Fri. 1-5, Sat. 9-noon. Phone: 603-675-6866 E-mail: plfdlib@mvgalaxy.com

Trash Stickers, Town Histories, Trail Maps and Town Maps sold here Currier Museum passes and American Precision Museum passes.

$25,000 Challenge: Sign up for a library card. Help us win this grant.

American Precision Museum in Windsor has supplied the library with a free family pass. You may borrow this pass to gain free admission to the museum and 10% off any purchases from the gift shop. The 2008 exhibit is "From Muskets to Motorcars." The museum is open every day from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Check out a pass today. This is a great opportunity.

"G'day for Reading" is the statewide summer reading program. We have some great programs planned around this Australian theme: A Walkabout, Aborigine Art, Making a Kangaroo, Surfing at the Great Barrier Reef, Australian Stories and Food. See the flyer in this issue of PlainFacts. Sign up as soon as school is out. Volunteer Margaret Cassedy is planning a book/film discussion series on Australian topics for adults to go along with the Summer Reading Program. Watch for more details as we firm up this program.

The Ladies Group will meet on Wednesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. Come and join the fun.

We are excited to announce that the library is teaming up with Twin Cloud Productions to sponsor Children's Theater at the Plainfield Town Hall this summer. A children's theater group will perform each Monday, beginning June 23, at 1 p.m., in the Town Hall. Tickets are $6 each. See the flyer elsewhere in this issue. Individual tickets will be available at the door; multi-pak tickets are available at the library. Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing" - free tickets for sixth graders and older and their parents are available at the library. This NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble production will be at the Lebanon Opera House, on June 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and June 22 and 25 at 2 p.m.

May is usually the month for conferences. Our library trustees, Anita, Beth and Dennis all attended the Annual Library Trustee Conference this month in North Conway and I attended the Annual State Library Conference in Concord. There were many interesting programs and ideas discussed. I attended programs on teen book discussions, Open Source software, automation, roundtable discussions on library issues, and others. The things we all learned will help us serve our patrons better.

Jerry Burt will display his hand-turned wooden bowls in the showcase during June. A new Plainfield resident, Karen Gritzke, is displaying her watercolors in the library. These are for sale and Karen will donate a percentage to the library. Recently, Karen was a big hit at the Senior Luncheon when she made on-the-spot portraits of some of those attending.

The next library trustee meeting is on June 9 at 7 p.m. The public is always welcome.

Our next cleanup on Rt. 12A under the Adopt a Highway Program is the weekend of June 21. Come and help. Walking and bending is good exercise. Thank you to the Grald and Drye families for helping in April.

Tax forms for the New Hampshire Homeowners Property Tax Relief Program are available at the library. The deadline for filing is June 30.

Our Annual Book Sale is coming up in September. Donations of books are welcome at any time.

There are lots of new DVDs on order. Just received: "Family Profile-Taking Care of the Old Man." This is a documentary of the family that cared and repaired the Old Man of the Mountain for several generations. New Audio: At the library convention I purchased two audiotapes on Knitting: "Knitting Memories" (personal stories of knitters) and "No Idle Hands" (a history of knitting in America). If you are a knitter, these are very enjoyable to listen to while you are knitting. The author, Annie MacDonald, is available for visits and discussion. If there is interest in having her come to Plainfield, I will get on her schedule. She is booked until the spring of 2009.

New Books: Fiction: Another Thing to Fall-Laura Lippman, The Miracle at Speedy Motors-Alexander McCall Smith, Unaccustomed Earth-Jhumpa Lahiri, Guilty-Karen Robards, Hold Tight-Harlan Coban, Hollywood Crows-Joseph Wambaugh, Quicksand-Iris Johansen, Remember Me-Sophie Kinsella, Sizzle and Burn-Jayne Ann Krentz, Where Are You Now-Mary Higgins Clark, Whole Truth-David Baldacci, Wit's End-Karen Joy Fowler, many more mysteries and many more novels by best-selling authors;

Nonfiction: Beautiful Boy-David Sheff, Wolf at the Table-Augusten Burroughs, The View from Mary's Farm (her essays from Yankee Magazine)-Edie Clark, House Beautiful-Your Dream House, Woodworking 101 for Women, Audition, a Memoir-Barbara Walters,Women of Granite: 25 New Hampshire Women You Should Know, Last Child in the Woods-Richard Louv and many others.

Nancy Norwalk, Director

It’s a G’DAY FOR READING at your libraries Come to one program or all. Learn about Australia and have fun this summer. At the Philip Read Memorial Library:

All programs on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m., all ages, read a book about Australia and receive a free raffle ticket

June 25 – Walkabout Australia; visit the rain forest, the Sydney Opera House, the ocean and Ayres Rock (stories, crafts, food)

July 9 – Aborigine Art; make clay pots and seed art, listen to stories

July 23 – Aussie Animals; make a kangaroo, listen to stories

August 6 – Stories and Australian Food with the Rea Family

August 13 – Great Barrier Reef; make a mural, stories, sand bucket cakes

At the Meriden Library

All programs are on Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m., ages 4-10

June 24 – G’Day Mates; Australian geography, map it

July 1 – Creatures from Down Under I: creepy, crawly world

July 8 – Creatures from Down Under II: marsupials and unique

July 15 – All Things Among the Coral; great barrier reef beach party

July 22 – Native Day on Australian Culture; food, fun, music

July 29 – G’Bye Mates; ice cream sundae sendoff

SPECIAL VISITORS

The visitor is Linda Michelin, childrens author, she read her book, "ZuZu's Wishing Cake" at the library in November 2006. The book is illustrated by her husband D. B. Johnaon, author of the "Henry Hikes to Fitchburg" books. ( Autographed books are avaiable at the Library)

The Library will display different visitors here as they come to visit.

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Albinism is due to various gene mutations that affect the production of normal pigmentation. True (amelanistic) albinos lack melanin and are white with no markings and with unpigmented pink eyes. Partial (blue-eyed) albinos have some residual pigmentation. There are various degrees of patchy albinism (piebaldism) due to localised mutations in skin cells. Temperature dependent albinos have residual colour on cooler parts of the body i.e. Siamese cats where pigment develops on the head, tail and legs, but not on the warmer parts of the body

PHILIP READ LIBRARY DATA

1088 Route 12a
Plainfield, NH  03781-9801
(603) 675-6866

County: Sullivan
Population of Area: 2,420

Librarian: Nancy Norwalk
Aides:
Ruth Stalker,Diane Rogers Trustees:
Beth Williams
Anita K. Brown
Dennis Girouard