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.

Available: public computers, Internet, wireless connection, downloadable audio books.

New at the Library – Kill-A-Watt Meters. Due to a joint project between the New Hampshire State Library and the state’s four electric companies (PSNH, National Grid, NH Electric Co-op and Unitil), libraries in the state received two Kill-A-Watt meter kits. These can be borrowed from the library for one week. These meters can be plugged into your appliances to see how much electricity/energy they use. Check one out.

Our December and January children’s programs were well received. Santa visited in December and we took Polaroid pictures of the children with Santa. The kids loved this. A big thank you to Santa for stopping. In January a small group of children played cards. I taught three new card games and the Drye girls taught one. We had such a good time that the children came again the following Saturday to play. Other children who just happened to visit the library that morning were encouraged to stay and play and they did. Great fun.

A Valentine Craft and Story time Program will be held on Saturday, February 13, at 10 a.m. Karen Gritzke will help with some fun Valentine crafts. Please join us.

The Book Discussion Group read The Secret Life of Bees in January. The book for February 22, at 7 p.m., is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. New members are always welcome. Books are available at the library.

In March, both the Plainfield and Meriden Libraries will be participating in The Big Read-To Kill a Mockingbird. See the announcement elsewhere in this issue of PlainFacts. The whole state of New Hampshire will be reading this book in March. Watch for some special programs. The books will be available at both libraries.

The Exhibit in the Showcase during January was a collection of electrical devices (old meters, a 1000-watt bulb, etc.) owned by Glenn Griffin. Very interesting. The February exhibit will be a celebration of the Boy Scouts 100 th anniversary. Bob Jordan is coordinating the exhibit with the Cornish-Plainfield Troup.

The library is a site for Census Job Testing. There were four tests given in January and there will be four in February—all on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., February 3, 10, 17, and 24. You may just show up or call 603-443-6159 for information. See article elsewhere in this issue.

US and New Hampshire Income Tax Forms have begun to arrive at the library. All the standard forms are here.

Thank you to Louise Hall for renewing our subscription to “The Maine Antique Digest.” If you are interested in antiques or art and current selling prices, this is the publication to read. Bill Smith appears occasionally in it.

The library will be closed on Monday, February 15, Presidents’ Day.

New Magazines: “Vogue” and “Saturday Evening Post.”

New Report: “Water Resources Management Plan, Riverwide Overview” issued by the Connecticut River Joint Commissions.

New Audio: “Ford County”-John Grisham, “Poisonwood Bible”-Barbara Kingsolver.

New DVDs: “The Bucket List,” “Night of the Museum 2-Battle of the Smithsonian,” “Public Enemies,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Julie and Julia,” and 25 more.

New Books: Fiction: Swan Thieves-Elizabeth Kostova, U is for Undertow-Sue Grafton, La Orchestra Saves the World-Alexander McCall Smith, Unfinished Business-Gail Godwin, Nanny Returns-Emma McLaughlin, Scarpetta Factor-Patricia Cornwell, I, Alex Cross-James Patterson, The Humbling-Philip Roth, Good Fall-Ha Jin, Nonfiction: New Hampshire Wedding Resource Guide, Going Rogue-Sarah Palin, Soul of a Dog-John Katz (in memory of Zane and Amber, golden retrievers owned by Bev and Bob Widger and Melissa Longacre, given by Gordon and Sarah Gillens), Family Tree Guide to Finding Your Ellis Island Ancestors-Sharon Carmack, and many more.

Nancy Norwalk, Director

PHILIP READ MEMORIAL LIBRARY-TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLE

Dear Plainfield Residents:

At this year’s Town Meeting, you will be asked to consider a warrant article that will allocate an additional $16,800 in 2010 for the Philip Read Memorial Library’s budget. The goal is to provide greater access to the many services the library provides to town residents.

To achieve this goal, the board feels that we need to increase the library director’s position by 12 hours per week. This would make our library director a full time employee who is eligible for benefits and will allow us to open the library for 35 hours each week, an increase of 9 hours per week.

The public has responded well to our renovated space and our many programs and services. The board has discussed this next step in the library’s long-range plan many times over the past years. Previously, we have not put this request forth to the public feeling that times were too difficult and budgets too tight. This year is no different and in many ways it is worse but in poor economic times, public libraries become more important and are more heavily used.

There are many competing pressures on all of our budgets but we feel strongly that the library can alleviate the strain on your wallet. There are few other uses of your tax dollar that can give you such an instant return on your money. You can skip that trip to the book or video store or cancel your magazine or newspaper subscription. These are among the many services that are offered to you at no charge in your library.

The budget increase has a $0.07/$1,000 impact on your tax rate. For example, if your home is assessed at $200,000 your portion of this increase will be $14.00 for the year. If you check out one bestseller and one DVD this month, you will more than recover the cost of the increase.

It is our intention to provide you with the information you need to make an informed decision regarding this request and we always welcome your comments and suggestions on this or any other matter regarding the library. Thank you to the many library volunteers and supporters because the library couldn’t be what it is today without you. We hope to see you at town meeting on March 13.

Respectfully,

Philip Read Memorial Library Trustees: Anita K. Brown-Chair, Dennis Girouard-Secretary, Bernadina Webber-Treasurer

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

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Librarian: Nancy Norwalk
Aides: Ruth Stalker, Dian Rogers
Trustees:
Bernadina Webber
Anita K. Brown
Dennis Girouard