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Books and Banter
- 2010 February
Speakers Series
- 2009-2010 Annual
Appeal
- Great Decisions
2010
- Wildlife Art
Contest
- Good Look @ a
Book
- McCord Library -
Playaway
- Rave
Reviews!
2010 February Speakers
Series
Each year, McCord is pleased to host the
free February Speaker Series, bringing
in local speakers each Saturday for
enlightenment and entertainment. With
four different speeches, there is sure
to be something for everyone, so be sure
to join us. All programs begin at 10:00
am.
February 6:
Stephanie Wincik—Ghosts of Erie
County -Ms. Wincik’s books will be
available for purchase.
February 13:Julie Lewis—Living
in Saudi Arabia - Mrs. Lewis and her
family experienced the culture while
living with her husband who works for
Aramco, an oil company. She will also
display clothing, jewelry, books, Saudi
currency and more mementos of the area.
February 20:Kathy
Dahlkemper—1st year in Congress
- Time will be allotted for
questions and answers. **Held at
Parkside**—with parking at Park
United Methodist Church.
February 27:Tina Curtis—History
of Agricultural Fairs in Erie County
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Ms. Curtis’s research
includes 34 agricultural fairs from 1822
to 2009.
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2009—2010 Annual Appeal
As the days speed by in a figurative and
literal flurry, McCord’s Annual Appeal
continues full force, thanks to the
continued generous support of the
community. We are extremely grateful for
the vast amount of support we’ve had to
this point, and look forward to the
continuation of that support from the
community. Please keep in mind all that
McCord has done and continues to do for
the community and any donation will be
very much appreciated.
Also, consider matching donations
from your employer. McCord Memorial
Library may be eligible through your
employer, where they will match your
donation possibly as much as
dollar-for-dollar, thereby maximizing
your donation.
GE, Verizon
and many other employers match donations
to McCord, so don’t forget to ask your
employers.
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Great Decisions 2010
Gain a better understanding of global
issues
Join with others in friendly discussion
One hour, once a week
Topics to be discussed:
Special Envoys
Kenya & R2P
Global Crime
U.S.-China
Security Relations
Global Financial
Crisis
Russia and its
Neighbors
The Persian Gulf
Peace building and
Conflict Resolution
Book Cost $18
Sign Up As Soon As Possible!
First Meeting (tentatively scheduled
for)
Friday, February 12 @ 1:00 pm
Downstairs in Library
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Wildlife Art Contest
Hey Students! Want to see your artwork
published?
York County Conservation District is
sponsoring a state-wide Wildlife
Art Contest. Winning artwork will be
published in their upcoming PA
Wildlife Journal—a professionally
written resource book on Pennsylvania
birds and mammals.
Deadline is April 1, 2010!
Contest rules and information is
available at the library.
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Good Look @ a Book Club
Open to all girls in 6th
– 8th grades and their mothers, is
always welcoming new members.
They meet once a month at
McCord Library from 6:45 to 7:45 pm for
book discussions, fun and friendly
banter.
This month’s meeting is
Tuesday,
February 2 and they will
be discussing, Politically Correct
Bedtime Stories by James Finn
Garner.
If you have any questions
you can call Tamara at 725-1925.
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McCord
Library - Playaway
PLAYAWAY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Playaway is the simplest way to listen
to audios
on the go. Each Playaway comes with the
digital
content already
self-contained
and a battery to
make it play. Simply plug in earbuds and
enjoy.No
Cassettes. No CDs. No Downloads. Just
Play.
Each ultra-portable Playaway weighs only
two
ounces and comes packaged with earbuds
and a standard AAA battery to allow for
immediate listening. Additionally,
Playaway
has a universal jack that works with
almost any
type of headphone or mobility accessory.
Sample Titles Available Soon:
10
Secrets for Success and Inner Peace by
Dr. Wayne Dyer
Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls (YA) by
Meg Cabot
First Light by Bodie Thoene
Bible N.T. read by James Earl Jones
THE NEXT GENERATION OF AUDIOBOOKS
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Each Playaway holds an entire
audiobook,
regardless of length. Play time
depends on
the length of the title and can
range from
25 minutes to 80+ hours.
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Using only a few buttons, a listener
can
easily navigate back and forth
through
a chapter, adjust volume up and
down,
and even alter the speed of a
narrator’s voice.
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Playaway has an automatic bookmark
feature that remembers where you
stopped listening
and resumes at that point when
turned on again.
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Over 4,000 titles on Playaway... and
growing.
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Lacuna,
by Barbara Kingsolver…”ambitious new
novel, her first in nine years”…
Lacuna, by
Barbara Kingsolver
Starred
Review. Kingsolver's ambitious new
novel, her first in nine years (after
the The Poisonwood Bible),
focuses on Harrison William Shepherd,
the product of a divorced American
father and a Mexican mother. After
getting kicked out of his American
military academy, Harrison spends his
formative years in Mexico in the 1930s
in the household of Diego Rivera; his
wife, Frida Kahlo; and their houseguest,
Leon Trotsky, who is hiding from Soviet
assassins. After Trotsky is
assassinated, Harrison returns to the
U.S., settling down in Asheville, N.C.,
where he becomes an author of historical
potboilers (e.g., Vassals of Majesty)
and is later investigated as a possible
subversive. Narrated in the form of
letters, diary entries and newspaper
clippings, the novel takes a while to
get going, but once it does, it achieves
a rare dramatic power that reaches its
emotional peak when Harrison wittily and
eloquently defends himself before the
House Un-American Activities Committee
(on the panel is a young Dick Nixon).
Employed by the American imagination, is
how one character describes Harrison, a
term that could apply equally to
Kingsolver as she masterfully resurrects
a dark period in American history with
the assured hand of a true literary
artist. (Publisher’s Weekly – Courtesy
of Amazon.com)
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