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PHILIP READ MEMORIAL LIBRARY

• Books, magazines, audio books, videos, puzzles.
• Interlibrary loan, magazine article retrieval service. To see a list of magazines click here.
• Children's activities, story time, summer reading programs.
• Book discussion groups, other programming, displays.
• Meeting room for small groups (up to 20).
• Plainfield genealogy records.
• Plainfield news clipping files, local author collection, Cornish Art Colony records.
• Public computer, access to the Internet, CD-Rom, copier service.
• Annual book sale.
• Maxfield Parrish gift nook.
• Community resource and information center for town government information, trash stickers,
• Plain Facts, information from town organizations.
• Federal and state income tax forms.
• Resource and collection sharing with the Meriden Library, Kimball Union Academy, and Plainfield School.
• Member of New Hampshire State Library System and Librarians of the Upper Valley Co-op.

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PHILIP READ MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS

Hours: Mon. and Wed. 1-9 p.m., Fri. -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.

$25,000 Challenge: A number of residents have visited the library and signed up for a library card to help us win this challenge grant. The challenge of increasing our registered borrowers is really a challenge, since most Plainfield residents are already borrowers. But, if you are new to town or have been here awhile and do not have a library card, please come in. The library has a lot to offer.

SAVE MONEY. A recent issue of Bottom Line states that if you check out one book a month from the library, instead of buying a book at $25 each, you can save $300 a year. If you check out a DVD each week, instead of renting one through the mail at $14.99 a month, you can save $200 a year. Many other bargains are available at your library.

The Currier Art Museum in Manchester has re-opened after 18 months of renovations. The library has free passes available for borrowing. Each pass admits two adults. Children under 17 are free. Visit the new Currier. See their new acquisitions, including an original Maxfield Parrish painting. The painting is "Freeman Farm" and was donated to the Currier by a former KUA faculty member.

"Sketching When You Travel, What to Enjoy, and What to Avoid"-a slide show and talk by artist/illustrator/author Gloria Kamen. This will take place at the library on Monday, May 12, at 7 p.m. Gloria is the author and/or illustrator of many children's picture books, junior chapter books and adult books (including a Betty Crocker cookbook). For many years she was a theater caricaturist for The Washington Post. Her "airport" sketches were featured in a Valley News story in February. She's a very entertaining speaker. Please come and enjoy. (See flyer.)

In April, I attended (along with Jean Thompson from Meriden) an Automation Vendor Day sponsored by the state library. Ten vendors explained their cataloging and circulation automated systems. It was a long, but interesting day and gave us a lot to think about and further investigate.

The Ladies Group will meet on Wednesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. Come and enjoy coffee and conversation. Story Time is on Wednesday, May 21, at 3:30 p.m. Mauri Hodgeman will be exhibiting her Hummal figurines and other pottery during May in the showcase.

Thank you to Sonja Hall for donating the "Anatomy Book," on display in the Parrish Reading room.

Thank you to Steve Kelley for donating an original painting, which will eventually hang in the junior area.

The next library trustees' meeting will be on May 7. The public is always welcome.

The library will be closed for Memorial Day, May 26.

New DVDs: "The Jane Austen Book Club," "I am Legend" (Will Smith), "Michael Clayton" (George Clooney), "Kite Runner," "Nancy Drew," and many others. New Books: Fiction: March--Geraldine Brooks, Song Set Sung--James McBride, Honor Thyself--Danielle Steel, Betrayal--John Lescroart, Change of Heart--Jodi Picoult; Nonfiction: A New Earth--Eckhart Tolle, Stephen King on Writing, How to Get Appointed to State Boards and Commissions: a Five Step Guide--from the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women, and many others.

Nancy Norwalk, Director

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