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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. 1-9 p.m., Wed. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 1-5 p.m., Sat. 9-noon.

Phone: 603-675-6866

E-mail: plfdlib@mvgalaxy.com; web site: http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/plfdlib.

Trash stickers, Lebanon Landfill tickets, town histories, trail maps and town maps sold here.

Museum Passes: Currier Art Museum, Windsor Precision Museum.

                Steve Kelley and D. B. Johnson were great hits at the library in May. Steve gave a very interesting talk on his Star Trek book and hobby. He had a lot of “insider” information about the TV show, the stars and the new Star Trek movie. Autographed copies of his book, Star Trek, the Collectibles, as well as the Star Trek collectibles magazine he publishes, are available at the library. Thank you to Sue Kelley for providing refreshments for the program.

            Don Johnson also gave a great program for the children, drawing Henry and reading his latest book, Henry’s Night. Some of Don’s original drawings of Henry are hanging in the children’s room. Autographed copies of Henry’s Night, as well as Don’s and wife Linda’s other books are available at the library.

            New Library Trustee: Welcome to Bernardina Webber, our new library trustee. Thank you to Beth Williams, the outgoing trustee. Beth had been a trustee for nine years.

            Book Discussion: The June book discussion will be The Measure of Man by Sidney Portier. Everyone is welcome, on Monday, June 29, at 7 p.m. Pick up a copy of the book at the library. The Book Group will take a vacation over the summer and resume in September.

            Managing Your Transition—Searching for a New Position: Wednesday, June 17, at 7 p.m. -- Beverly Widger, senior vice president of Human Resources at Claremont Savings Bank, will present this timely workshop. See the flyer in this issue.

            Adopt a Highway Program: Our next scheduled cleanup of Rt. 12A is the weekend of June 20. Please call the library if you would like a little exercise. It’s a nice leisurely one to two-mile walk with a little bending involved.

            Story Time: There will be no Story Time in June, as it would be scheduled the last week of school.

            Summer Reading Program: Sign up for the Summer Reading Program as soon as school is out. The theme this year is “Summertime, and the Reading is Easy.” We have a lot of fun programs planned. See the flyer in this issue of PlainFacts.

            Children’s Theater: The library will again this year co-sponsor (with TwinCloud Productions) the Monday theater performances at the Plainfield Town Hall. The plays start on June 22. See the flyer in this issue.

            Library Convention: In May I attended the Annual State Library Convention and attended many interesting programs and workshops. I hope to implement many of the ideas promoted at the convention.

            The Annual Book Sale is coming up in September. Donations of books, audio, and videos/DVDs are welcome at any time. Bring to the library or call for large pickups.

            New Videos/DVDs: “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Earth Stood Still” (both the 2008 and the 1951 editions), “Marley & Me,” “Seven Pounds,” “The Tale of Despereaux,” and many others.

            New Books: Nonfiction: The Nine (Supreme Court Justices)-Jeffrey Toobin, It Ain’t All About the Cooking-Paula Dean, Star Trek 101 (a gift from Steve Kelley), Columbine-Dave Cullen, 20 th Century New England Land Conservation, We Went to War-New Hampshire Remembers (oral history from New Hampshire veterans), Always Looking Up-Michael J. Fox, Last Lion (Ted Kennedy)-Peter Canellos, ed., Ecological Intelligence-Daniel Goleman, The Yankee Years-Joe Torre; Fiction: Brimstone-Robert Parker, Home Safe-Elizabeth Berg, Intent to Kill-James Grippando, The Best Revenge-Rebecca Rule, Road Dogs-Elmore Leonard, A Reliable Wife-Robert Goolrick, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie-Alan Bradley, Gone Tomorrow-Lee Child, 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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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:
Bernadina Webber
Anita K. Brown
Dennis Girouard