Friday, September 28, 2012

October 1st Price Change for Friends of the Library Tote Bags

Since 2008, the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library have been helping Vineyard residents do their part in keeping our Earth a little greener by offering reusable, recyclable polypropylene bags, to help reduce the use of plastic bags by library patrons. The sturdy eco-friendly bags can be used to carry books and DVDs home from the library, or may be used for groceries and other personal items. The bags are also available in a new color this year, "Vineyard Purple."

In the past, the bags were available for purchase at the Library for less than the cost of manufacturing and shipping paid by the Friends of the Library. Due to price increases and in order to raise money to continue to support library children's programs and other initiatives, the price of the bags will be changed. Effective October 1st 2012, the bags will be sold for $2.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Art in the Stacks: Clara Kisko

The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library are pleased to present an exhibit of acrylic landscape paintings by Canadian born artist and Edgartown resident Clara Kisko. The exhibit will be on display during regular library hours through the end of October. "Art in the Stacks" is an initiative of the Friends of the Library to provide individual artists an opportunity to show their work, and for library patrons to enjoy art at the library throughout the year.

Clara began painting when well into her fifties, beginning with small watercolor sketches to illustrate her travel journals. This interest was enhanced by watercolor classes taken at Featherstone Centre for the Arts with Carolyn Daniele. She is a newcomer to painting in acrylics and is captivated by the rich and vibrant color as well as the texture of this medium.

Both here on the Vineyard and in Toronto, Canada, Clara paints with groups of artist friends on Monday afternoons. The series of paintings on display were all painted in 2012 during these friendly, informal sessions. The abstract flower pieces were painted to contrast the whites and grays of a Toronto winter. The landscapes were inspired by New England scenes and were painted during the spring and summer months.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

How to Protect Yourself from Tick-Borne Illnesses

At 7pm on Tuesday, September 25th, Tisbury Health Commissioner Michael Loberg, Tisbury Assistant Health Agent Maura Valley, and other Island health administrators and providers will all be on hand to discuss how to best protect oneself from tick-borne illnesses, and to share a  recently launched website from the Martha's Vineyard Boards of Health. 

This site provides the information necessary to minimize TBI exposure, to recognize its early symptoms, if exposed, and to seek prompt effective therapy, if symptomatic. This site also contains data currently being collected throughout our county, including Naushon. The Island Boards of Health will be developing recommendations based on these findings and presenting them to the Island's Boards of Selectmen in early 2013.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

5k Results!

15th Annual 5k Run / Walk for the Library
"Run to the Chop"
Vineyard Haven, MA September 15, 2012
Timing and Score by ORGANIZATION PLUS Road Race Management Services

Place Div/Tot No. Name City St Ag S Time Pace
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1 1/4 13 Da Silva Rene Vineyard Haven MA 26 M 18:31 5:58
2 1/10 38 Steenkamp Reaan Vineyard Haven MA 45 M 18:36 6:00
3 1/8 55 DiDONATO-SROCZ GIA WEBSTER MA 35 F 20:45 6:41
4 1/3 51 GARRISON BRYAN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 30 M 21:26 6:54
5 2/4 73 MERCALDO DAVID VINEYARD HAVEN MA 25 M 21:59 7:05
6 3/4 84 HALPERIN J EDGARTOWN MA 29 M 22:24 7:13
7 1/11 59 BURKE PETER TISBURY MA 10 M 22:31 7:15
8 2/10 83 PORTERFIELD CHRIS VINEYARD HAVEN MA 43 M 23:02 7:25
9 2/11 31 Porterfield Owen Vineyard Haven MA 11 M 23:10 7:28
10 4/4 3 Boughton Jeff Oak Bluffs MA 24 M 23:12 7:29
11 3/10 63 BURKE JONATHAN TISBURY MA 43 M 23:19 7:31
12 2/3 82 LUCAS JUSTIN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 37 M 23:19 7:31
13 4/10 29 Perleberg Chris Vineyard Haven MA 47 M 23:36 7:36
14 5/10 6 Carter Paul West Tisbury MA 44 M 24:07 7:46
15 2/8 37 Stackpole Katherine West Tisbury MA 30 F 24:13 7:48
16 1/5 9 Clancy Laurence West Tisbury MA 50 M 25:05 8:05
17 3/8 76 BROWN KATIE VINEYARD HAVEN MA 37 F 25:13 8:07
18 2/5 89 LALOR PAUL RIVERSIDE RI 51 M 25:19 8:09
19 1/14 72 CREIGHTON DONNA VINEYARD HAVEN MA 48 F 25:19 8:09
20 3/5 43 PARKER JOHN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 59 M 25:30 8:13
21 4/5 77 PARKER PATRICK VINEYARD HAVEN MA 51 M 25:31 8:13
22 2/14 7 Casper Karen Vineyard Haven MA 43 F 25:52 8:20
23 3/11 54 POGUE SPENCER EDGARTOWN MA 10 M 25:53 8:20
24 1/5 58 BLEIER JOEL WINCHESTER MA 64 M 25:58 8:22
25 4/11 44 EMERY CAMDEN EDGARTOWN MA 11 M 26:01 8:23
26 6/10 67 PIL AUTON PURCHASE NY 40 M 26:22 8:30
27 1/5 17 Fitzpatrick Ellen West Tisbury MA 51 F 26:23 8:30
28 3/14 69 KOSTMAN BETH VINEYARD HAVEN MA 48 F 26:30 8:32
29 5/5 23 LUCAS FRED Vineyard Haven MA 51 M 26:34 8:34
30 4/14 65 NOLAN DIANE VINEYARD HAVEN MA 47 F 26:41 8:36
31 5/11 30 Porterfield Nathaniel Vineyard Haven MA 9 M 26:50 8:39
32 5/14 88 KOPOYAN ROBIN WORCESTER MA 46 F 26:57 8:41
33 4/8 19 Goldstein Nili Beth Vineyard Haven MA 30 F 27:13 8:46
34 6/11 87 DORR HARRISON VINEYARD HAVEN MA 12 M 27:34 8:53
35 3/3 18 Goldstein Josh Vineyard Haven MA 33 M 27:35 8:53
36 7/10 71 CREIGHTON CHARLES VINEYARD HAVEN MA 45 M 27:47 8:57
37 5/8 50 GARRISON KIM VINEYARD HAVEN MA 34 F 28:14 9:06
38 8/10 45 EMERY STEPHEN EDGARTOWN MA 45 M 29:28 9:30
39 7/11 66 WALLIS TIMOTHY OAK BLUFFS MA 10 M 30:38 9:52
40 6/14 25 Metters Maria Vineyard Haven MA 47 F 30:44 9:54
41 9/10 57 SROCZENSLCI LEE WEBSTER MA 41 M 31:49 10:15
42 7/14 32 Porterfield Stacey Vineyard Haven MA 42 F 32:06 10:20
43 1/3 52 POGUE PAIGE EDGARTOWN MA 10 F 32:42 10:32
44 2/3 70 CHERRY CATHERINE EDGARTOWN MA 11 F 32:42 10:32
45 2/5 33 Raymond Bud Vineyard Haven MA 61 M 32:52 10:35
46 8/14 2 Booth Diane Vineyard Haven MA 45 F 32:59 10:37
47 1/9 48 O'SULLIVAN KATHY EDGARTOWN MA 62 F 34:10 11:00
48 1/5 8 Chapa Lindsey Vineyard Haven MA 27 F 34:17 11:03
49 3/5 11 Clough Marston Southborough MA 69 M 34:20 11:04
50 6/8 46 MAUND REGAN LITTLE FALLS NH 34 F 34:21 11:04
51 2/5 47 HOLLADAY JANET EDGARTOWN MA 59 F 34:32 11:07
52 7/8 1 Blake Lynn Vineyard Haven MA 39 F 35:03 11:17
53 9/14 90 BUCHAULD TAMARA VINEYARD HAVEN MA 45 F 35:04 11:18
54 10/14 68 DAVIDSON CHRISTINA PURCHASE NY 42 F 35:13 11:21
55 3/3 53 POGUE MOLLY EDGARTOWN MA 10 F 35:21 11:23
56 1/2 34 Schneider Audie Vineyard Haven MA 70 F 35:42 11:30
57 8/11 27 Munn Linus Vineyard Haven MA 7 M 36:34 11:47
58 11/14 28 Munn Natalie Vineyard Haven MA 42 F 36:35 11:47
59 10/10 26 Munn Dana Vineyard Haven MA 42 M 36:36 11:47
60 56 WALTERSDORF BOX 2379 56833F 37:48 12:10
61 3/5 74 GITLITZ ROBIN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 55 F 37:50 12:11
62 1/3 39 Street Jack Vineyard Haven MA 72 M 38:08 12:17
63 2/9 10 Clough Louise Southborough MA 64 F 38:20 12:21
64 3/9 81 KISKO CLARA EDGARTOWN MA 60 F 39:58 12:52
65 2/5 75 ALSTON PATRICE STATEN ISLAND NY 28 F 41:17 13:18
66 4/9 80 DeCARION DEIDRE EDGARTOWN MA 68 F 41:22 13:19
67 9/11 91 METTERS OLIVER VINEYARD HAVEN MA 10 M 41:23 13:20
68 5/9 62 SOLARES MARY LASK OSWEGO OR 62 F 41:31 13:22
69 6/9 61 CLEARY JANICE PORTLAND OR 61 F 42:23 13:39
70 4/5 60 SOLARES ALLAN LAKE OSWEGO OR 60 M 43:10 13:54
71 12/14 24 Magiera Dee Greenville RI 47 F 43:21 13:58
72 10/11 78 FAVREAU OWEN VINEYARD HAVEN MA 10 M 43:23 13:58
73 11/11 79 FAVREAU EMMETT VINEYARD HAVEN MA 08 M 43:53 14:08
74 13/14 49 FARREAU PATTY VINEYARD HAVEN MA 46 F 43:59 14:10
75 7/9 40 Street Pamela Vineyard Haven MA 65 F 45:12 14:33
76 14/14 5 Campbell Stephanie 45 F 45:13 14:34
77 8/9 20 HOLLAND KAREN WINEYARD HAVEN MA 60 F 46:26 14:57
78 2/3 15 DORR PAUL VINEYARD HAVEN MA 70 M 48:08 15:30
79 3/5 41 Tarter Ashley Vineyard Haven MA 26 F 48:48 15:43
80 4/5 86 DILLON ABIGAIL EDGARTOWN MA 27 F 48:48 15:43
81 5/5 42 Welch Cassie Dighton MA 28 F 48:54 15:45
82 8/8 85 CALLAHAN MELISSA OAK BLUFFS MA 33 F 48:54 15:45
83 4/5 36 Smith Susan Oak Bluffs MA 55 F 48:55 15:45
84 5/5 12 Coleman Mara West Tisbury MA 57 F 50:59 16:25
85 2/2 16 Eugster Elaine Vineyard Haven MA 75 F 59:59 19:19
86 3/3 64 STARK LESLIE J VINEYARD HAVEN MA 74 M 59:59 19:19
87 9/9 4 Burt Bonnie Piedmont CA 67 F 1:01:41 19:52
88 5/5 22 Liss Mark Piedmont CA 64 M 1:01:42 19:52

Thursday, September 13, 2012

A Century of American Short Stories

Starting September 13th, Philip Weinstein, Professor of English at Swarthmore College and part-time resident in Aquinnah, will lead a reading and discussion series at Island Libraries on the American Story Story. Beginning with Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time (1925) and concluding with Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kittredge (2008), this course explores a range of American short stories. We will devote a week apiece to each of four writers. Our goal is not to sample the huge output in this genre, but to delve more deeply into these writers' concerns and literary procedures and to identify the characteristic voice of each.

Dates, Locations and Texts:
  • Old Aquinnah Town Hall, September 13th (5-6:30 p.m.): Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
  • Chilmark Free Public Library, September 26th (5-6:30 p.m.): Flannery O'Connor, The Collected Stories (selections)
  • Vineyard Haven Public Library, November 20th (7-8:30 p.m.): Raymond Carver, Cathedral
  • Edgartown Public Library, December 5th (7-8:30 p.m.): Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kittredge
Major topics:

* What insights into multifaceted modern America does a study of four writers (from the 1920s into the new century) provide us?

* An encounter with nature recurs as an abiding dimension of several of our writers' work. What larger (and differing) meanings about America does this encounter take on?

* What are the strengths and limits of the short story as a literary form? In what ways do the books by Hemingway, Carver, and Strout seem to aim for novelistic form (by way of short stories)?

Access Your CLAMS Account More Easily by Creating a "Username"

This week the CLAMS library network has introduced a new feature to make it easier for patrons to use their online library accounts. Instead of using a 13-digit library card number each time you access your account, you now have the option of creating an easy-to-remember username.

To do so:
  • Log in with your barcode and PIN.
  • Go to Modify Personal Information.
  • Enter a username of your choice, and click "Submit." (Usernames may contain 6 to 25 alphanumeric characters.)
If you forget your username, you can still log in with your library barcode. Once in My Account, you can go back to Modify Personal Information to view and/or change your username.

NOTE: At this time, your library card barcode is still required to use the Virtual Catalog and CLAMS Digital Download service, and to use public computers at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.

Temporary Relocation of Tisbury Town Hall Offices Extended

The Tisbury Town Hall located at 51 Spring Street will be closed beginning September 17th. The office of the Town Tax Collector will be temporarily relocacted to the Town Hall Annex off High Point Lane, which will remain open as usual. All other Town offices will move to basement of the Tisbury Emergency Services Facility located at 215 West Spring Street. Both parking and the entrance to this temporary location are in the rear of the building. The Town Hall will reopen at 51 Spring Street on Monday, October 1st.

Summer Reading For Grownups Grand Prize Results

Congratulations to Sarah Carr and Kay Mayhew, who were the winners of the grand prize drawing for the Library's second annual "Summer Reading for Grownups" program.

The prizes, which included a Bunch of Grapes gift certificate and a canvas library tote bag, were sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

All participants who have not already done so are invited to visit the library to select a free book before the end of September.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Monthly Book Sales Held 3rd Saturday of Each Month

The Friends of the Library hold "mini" book sales at the library, from 1pm-3pm on the third Saturday of each month. The September sale will be held on Saturday, September 15th from 1-3pm, with a "bonus" sale on Sunday September 16th from 9-11am.

Proceeds from these sales benefit library programs for children, and other library services supported by the Friends. Sales are also planned for Saturday, October 20th, and Saturday, November 17th, from 1pm-3pm.

Sunday Hours Resume Beginning October 14th!

Sunday, October 14th, will be the first Sunday of the season that the library will be open. The library will be open from noon-4pm throughout the winter, except for a few holiday weekends. To celebrate, please join us for coffee and refreshments starting at Noon on the 14h.

As in past years, the Friends of the Library will be presenting a variety of special programs on Sunday afternoons. Details of programs will be posted soon on our website and bulletin boards.