May / June 2005 Vol. 6 / Issue 3

The Preble an older sibling may read to them. This is by without taking advantage of the many County District a fun way for your child to keep up on books available to you from the library. Library kicks off their reading skills over the summer. its Summer Our fiction collection includes the latest There is no big commitment or compli- Reading Program titles from such popular authors as James cated game rules for parents. Just bring June 1st. This Patterson, John Grisham, Danielle Steel, your child to the library to check out year the theme Tim LaHaye, Nora Roberts, and many, books that are read at home. All the par- is, Dragons, many more. Biographies line our shelves ent is required to do is to keep track of Dreams & Daring Deeds. Children will ready to reveal the secrets of your favor- the minutes read, not the number or titles have fun reading and learning about ite celebrities. Prefer books that just stick of the books. dragons and everything else imaginable to the facts? Our nonfiction collection about the Middle Ages from mythical We will offer weekly programs in most won’t disappoint, offering information and beasts, castles, and knights to fairy tales, branches, but you do not have to attend learning opportunities from a wide range kings, and wizards. these to join the program. of topics.

A word from Teresa Deaton, Summer Reading runs from June 1st to Don’t think you have time to sit down to Children’s Librarian… July 22nd. Please call or visit your local read? Borrow titles from our large selec- branch with any questions. The Preble County District Libraries would tion of audio books. They come in both like to invite all children of Preble county cassette and CD format. to enroll in the Summer Reading Pro- gram, Dragon, Dreams, & Daring Make an investment in reading this sum- Dear Parents, Deeds. We have an exciting program mer. The return could be priceless -- en- planned that will provide fun, prizes, and The best example for encouraging your couraging a lifetime love for reading in reading rewards for all who participate. your child. And in you. children to read is (you guessed it!) tak- If your child is too young to read, you or ing the time to read yourself! Don’t let this year’s Summer Reading Program go

Eaton Branch your screen indicating that a Offers Free Wireless wireless network is available. Simply open your Web Important Library Dates: Internet Access to browser. A greeting screen Laptop Users appears informing you about ¨ June 1st Summer Reading Program begins the Library’s Internet Public Use Policy and guidelines. ¨ September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month On April 15th, the Brooke- Click on “I accept” and you Gould Memorial Library can connect to the Internet. ¨ Banned Books Week: “Celebrate Your Freedom to (Eaton branch) went “live”

Read” set for Sept 24—Oct 1 with a free, wireless Internet According to Library Director access connection. This ser- ¨ A Harry Potter Family Program: Susan Kendall, the Library vice allows those who own a was able to provide this ser- In celebration of the July 16th publica- wireless-enabled laptop com- vice for less than $150 and tion of the 6th Harry Potter Book, Harry puter to access the Internet by using existing hardware. Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the from any public area inside This is a small investment the library. Youth Department is planning to host a that will offer a large return

Harry Potter Family Program. It will be for anyone in need of wire- How does it work? Wireless held at the Eaton Library on July 16th less Internet access. access points located from 5:30 to 7 p.m. (after the library throughout the library com- has closed for the day.) municate with your wireless device allowing you to con- Watch for further details nect almost anywhere in the building. When your wireless network card senses a sig- nal, a message appears on The Preble County District Library staff has Through her passion for gathering and Genealogical & Historical Records of Preble suffered a great loss with the passing of sharing information, Susan established a County. Available from the PCDL website, our director, Susan H. Kendall, who died unique countywide partnership between this research tool consists not only of a April 22, 2005 due to injuries sustained in a the Preble County District Library and the searchable index of Preble County deaths motorcycle accident. libraries in all the local school districts. and marriages, but also includes actual Through hard work and dedication she scanned images of genealogical and histori- Susan became the director of the Preble succeeded in uniting this extensive data- cal records. Done to date: obituaries from County Library in 1981. Being director was base, making it possible for resource shar- 1940 – 2004 and marriages from 1808- more than a position to her, it was a pas- ing between the Preble County District Li- 1900+ (both include images of the actual sion. She loved what she did, bringing an brary and the schools. Her dream that all obituaries and marriage records.) The pro- enthusiastic determination to the job. Dur- the schools in Preble County be a part of ject is ongoing. ing her 24 years as director, Susan was this partnership will be realized when we able to make significant changes and im- begin adding the library collections of the The Preble County District Library was able provements to the library. She coordinated Camden, West Elkton, and Preble Shawnee to enter the 21st century with ease due to the modernization of the library’s seven schools. the foresight, inspiration, and steadfast branches through computer technology, determination of its leader. Susan Kendall initiated and oversaw the move of the li- On a personal note, Susan was a geneal- revolutionized the Preble County District brary’s main office and Genealogy Depart- ogy enthusiast. Her knowledge of area Library, and under her guidance it has ment to their new location at 450 S. Barron families was impressive, and if she couldn’t flourished. So, although we have lost her, St., was instrumental in bringing local answer a question right away, she always Susan will never really be gone. Her mem- Internet access to Preble County making it seemed to know where to look to find it. ory and spirit will live on in the legacy we possible for library users to access the Susan’s love for genealogy was the driving call the Preble County District Library Internet free of charge from any of the force behind her determination to create library’s seven branches, and (just recently) the Preble County Room, a place where On behalf of the staff of the helped establish a free, wireless Internet genealogical materials could be stored, Preble County District Library connection for anyone using a wireless- maintained, and made available for re- capable laptop while visiting the Eaton Li- searchers. Susan’s latest project (which she Cheryl Richter, 2005 brary. considered a true labor of love) was the

How Much is your Public Library poses to cut 5% more. Further, if the gov- library. (Not to mention the cost of the Worth to You? ernor’s proposed tax reform measures are computer.) adopted, library funding (because of its Perhaps you come to the library to borrow current dependence on income tax) will be Maybe you use our on-line resources. The a book, a video or DVD; maybe you come cut another 21%. When it’s all said and average database cost ranges between to check your email or have enrolled your done, if all of the funding cuts are made $700.00 and $2500.00 per year. Could you child in story time. Or, maybe you never and tax reforms are implemented, public afford to purchase services costing up to visit and use our on-line resources. What- libraries could see funding reductions of 70 times more than your tax dollars paid? ever the reason, your tax dollars make the nearly 40% when compared to our funding library possible. just five years ago. Do you bring to child to story time or do they participate in summer reading? The Ohio’s public libraries have been funded So, how much does the library cost a resi- cost in staff time, supplies and guest per- with a portion of the state personal income dent of Preble County? In 2004 the library formers far exceed your $35.96 invest- tax since 1985. This statewide approach support fund cost each resident $35.96. ment! helped equalize funding to all libraries. For Let’s translate that into the cost of buying a many, including all in Preble County, it pro- book or DVD, a subscription to USA Today, In 2004 users of the libraries in Preble vides the only income. This method al- or having a home computer and Internet County borrowed over 300,000 items, that lows the funding to “float.” During good subscription. translates into over 7 items for every man, economic times and high employment re- woman and child in the county. At the av- sults in increased income tax revenues so The average hardback book or DVD retails erage cost of $20.00 per book, that means are the dollars that support the library. for $20.00. The cost of 2 books or DVDs, $140.00 worth of materials were borrowed. Conversely, when employment and reve- therefore, exceeds the investment made to And yet, that borrower invested only nues are down so are the budgets. support your library. The current subscrip- $35.96! What a deal! tion for USA Today is $127.40, over $90.00 Since 2001 library budgets have been fro- more than your tax dollars paid! Do your own calculations. How much is zen and then cut, regardless of income tax your public library saving you? How much revenues. The libraries in Preble County Do you use the library’s computer and is your library worth saving? have experienced an 8% cut. These have Internet service because you don’t have ~Susan Kendall~ resulted in the loss of staff hours and posi- access at home? The average Internet sub- Library Director, 2005 tions, reduction of open hours and the cut- scription is $180.00 a year, $144.00 more ting of book, etc. budgets. The state pro- than the amount you paid to support the

Susan H. Kendall 1952 - 2005

Education ° 1971 Graduated Arcanum High School Susan doing genealogy research at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana ° 1977 BS in education at Wright State University ° 1981 Master of Library Science (MLS) at Ball State

University Pretty in blue. Susan at the Eaton Library, 2005 Work History ° 1971-77 Greenville Public Library in Greenville, OH

° 1977-78 Flesh Public Library in Piqua, OH Susan Kendall The genealogist enthusiast! ° 1978-81 Amos Memorial Library in Sidney, OH ° 1981 - 2005 Director, Preble County District Library The Hats Susan Wore

She was a loving daughter, sister, and wife. Achievements She was a community leader. ° 1983-87 President of the Dark Co. Genealogical Society Professionally, she was the Director of the Preble County District ° Instrumental in the Darke Co. Genealogical Society’s Library, but she was also much, much more. Through her leadership we were able to purchase the building that houses the Library Ad- publication, “The Darke County Marriages from 1851- ministration and Resource Center and the building that houses both 1898 the Eldorado Library and the Eldorado Town offices.

° 1993-95 Member of the Technology Task Force for the Susan created a partnership with the local school districts to bet- ter serve Preble County. Ohio Public Libraries InfoOhio Network. Served on Board She was an innovator who was always suggesting ideas to im- of Directors, 1995 prove the library system. She possessed the foresight to realize the value of the electronic age and its use as an educational tool. She ° 1986- Editor of the PCGS newsletter, Preble’s Pride introduced computers before many of us knew how to turn one on, ° 2000- Board of Directors, Preble County Historical So- how to send email, or knew the value of a byte. She brought the Internet to our community when we didn’t have a clue as to what it ciety was!

° Member American Library Association and Southwest She was a historian who could make the past come alive. She was a genealogist who put life into research. She could always find a Chapter of the OLA path around those pesky dead-ends. ° 25 year member of Commodore Preble Chapter, NSDAR She believed that by looking inward to where we were, we could (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.) better reach outward in service to all. This was well shown with the remodeling of the library branches, a project that brought the library Currently served as Chapter Registrar into the 21st century.

° President of the Preble Co. Genealogical Society Susan wore many hats and I think the most important one of all ° Member of Eaton/Preble County Chamber of Commerce was being a friend. She will be greatly missed.

° 1988 Helped establish Preble County Literacy Coalition ~Library Board of Trustees, 2005~ Weeding the Hoe-hum out of gardening

You Grow Girl: The groundbreaking guide to gardening / Gayla Trail: This is not your grandmother's gardening book. You Grow Girl is a hip, humorous how -to Gardening Apron Project from sewing.org for crafty gals everywhere who are discov- ering a passion for gardening but lack the www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/ef_gardeningapron.html know -how to turn their dreams of home- Check out this fun project! grown tomatoes and fresh-cut flowers into a reality. On order

The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer / Stephanie Cohen & Nancy J. Ondra: The authors walk the gardener step-by-step through the process of creating new gardens, as well as of bringing new life to gardens that have lost their luster. They explain how to pick perennials that suit the site by making the most of plant color, shape, size, and texture and how to create eye -catching plant combina- tions. Beautiful illustrations accompany the new garden plans, and stunning photographs capture how Cohen and Ondra have redes- igned their own gardens. Throughout the book a lively dialogue between Cohen and Ondra encourages readers to experiment and to create their own satisfying designs. On order Potager aka Kitchen Garden

Potager is French for kitchen garden. A kitchen garden is intended to supply fresh herbs and vegetables year round. Ornamental flowers are usually included. This type of gar- Garden FYI den is designed so that it is functional as well as pleasing to the eye. Cloche: A transparent plant cover used outdoors especially for When choosing plants for a potager consider: protection against cold ¨ Form ¨ Color Bell jar: A glass covering for cuttings to maintain humidity; more ¨ Taste commonly referred to as a cloche Other factors to keep in mind:

FYI: Cloches (or bell jars) are low transparent covers that work ¨ Seasonality and continuity of the vegetables like miniature greenhouses, warming the soil and ¨ Plants that are low maintenance protecting the seedlings during germination and ¨ Plants should be spaced close together early growth.. They come in a variety of shapes ¨ Garden is both functional and ascetically pleasing and sizes and can be made out of glass or differ- Read about it: ent plastics. Other advantages to using cloches in the garden are: protect small plantings from The Art of the Kitchen Garden / Jan Gertley frost, wind, certain pests, and excessive rain. To The Complete Kitchen Garden / Patrick Bowe realize the full benefits of a cloche, prepare and Request these titles through M.O.R.E. cover the area to be seeded two week before- hand. ° The Kitchen Garden Book / Richard Bird ° The New Kitchen Garden / Anna Pavord Removing the cloche at the proper time and in the proper, gradual ° Kitchen Garden Planner / Darrell Trout fashion is important to the plant’s health. This will help you avoid ° The Kitchen Gardens of France / Louisa Jones problems of disease, overcrowding, and leaf damage caused by the ° The Kitchen Garden / Norma Coney plant’s leaves touching the glass or plastic. However, sud- den removal of the cloche should be avoided as this may damage the plant or affect its growth. If the cloche has an adjustable vent, the best plan is to gradually in- crease ventilation over a 1-2 week period. Plants can then be fully acclimatized by removing the cloches by day and replacing them at night for several more days. Decorating and Woodworking

° Doug’s Rooms / Doug Wilson: Here are Doug Wilson’s insider secrets, tips, and pointers for creating high-impact interiors, with easy step-by-step instructions for duplicating many of his projects and effects. Complete with special "Kick Start" sections that show how you can use any item (even your favorite handbag or a souvenir from your last vacation) to inspire a new look in any room- Doug's Rooms will help you design spaces that will make your friends turn green with envy. ° Style By Aisle: [off-the-rack decorating for affordable chic] ° The Fence Bible / Jeff Beneke: A fence is more than just a barrier. Used in imaginative ways, it can become an architectural feature that blends well with the style of your house, a landscape element that enhances the appearance of your property, or an accent piece that helps define a part of your yard or garden. [The author] provides an in-depth, comprehensive how -to encyclope- dia that enables homeowners to choose and build the fences and gates that are best for their landscape--both for appearance and function. ° Outdoor Woodworking Projects: Outdoor projects from Popular Mechanics Workshop. From an old-fashioned porch swing to a white picket fence, these woodworking projects will enhance every garden, deck, and patio. In addition to detailed diagrams and photos, there’s a “Key Points” box for every project: it includes the prep, shop, and assembly times, skill level, cost/benefit ratio, and more.

Sewing

° Baby Couture: Sew stylish fashions for infants and children / Samantha McNesby

° More Sew-it -Yourself Home Décor ° Decorative Storage / Carol Zentgraf & Elizabeth Dubicki

Cooking & Barbecue

° The One-Armed Cook: A kitchen survival guide for New Parents / Cynthia Stevens Gaubart & Catherine Fliegel: In- cludes: step-by-step plans for meals, how to stock your kitchen, and complete menus for 2 to 24.

° Cover and Bake/ Carl Tremblay: With Cover & Bake, the editors at Cook¹s Illustrated set out to revive the venerable casserole. From Turkey Tetrazzini and Chicken Divan to Crab Imperial and Hoppin¹ John, casserole cooking represents the ingenuity and prac- ticality of the American cook. In Cover & Bake, the editors set out to investigate the old standards and in the process have re- imagined the art of the one-dish meal to meet the demands of today¹s cook. ° Barbecue, Biscuits & Beans / Bill Cauble & Cliff Teinert: The colors of a genuine cowboy's life are captured in over 200 pho- tos and authentic chuck wagon cooking and Southwestern cuisine. Includes over 170 recipes and trailside cooking tips. ° Mrs. Fixit: Pantry Power / Terri McGraw

Improving Ourselves & Others

° Body-for-LIFE for Women: A woman’s plan for physical and mental transformation / Pamela Peeke: Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., bestselling author of Fight Fat After Forty, adapts the unique insights of the Body-for-Life program to the specific hormonal, metabolic, and physiological requirements of women so they can achieve the same life-transforming results.

° Supernanny: How to get the best from your children / Jo Frost: Meet Supernanny Jo Frost, a modern-day Mary Poppins here to rescue today's beleaguered parents by offering up her practical, road-tested methods of childrearing in an indispensable new book based on her ABC-TV series.

Biography ° By Myself and Then Some / Lauren Bacall ° Juiced / Jose Canseco ° Garlic and Sapphires: The secret life of a critic in disguise / Ruth Reichl New Antique Mystery Series

Stealing with Style / Emyl Jen- kins: When rare and valuable pieces mysteriously start showing up at the Enjoying the new CBS hit series, Medium, and can’t get local Goodwill store—tucked into an enough? I predict that these books featuring psychic oven mitt, hidden in a quilt —expert sleuths are sure to become a part of your future! appraiser Sterling Glass is brought in ° Author: Joseph Glass Character: Susan Shrader to evaluate their worth. As she re- Comments: This series, though dark in atmosphere, is very well written. In- searches the origins of a rare urn, cludes graphic descriptions of violence. one strange detail leads to another. Before long she uncovers an intricate Eyes*: Dr. Susan Shader, a renowned criminal profiler for the Chicago Police plot involving a slew of antique treasures, the oldest Department, has an uncanny gift of second sight. When a young woman is families of Leemont, some sophisticated scammers, found dead in Chicago's Lincoln Park, signs point to "the Undertaker." Susan, and shifty associates at New York’s most prestigious drawn in by the bizarre psychology of a serial killer, senses her controversial auction houses. Add to that one elderly man trying to gift may be the only way to stop this madman. preserve his family’s treasured collection of handmade Blood*: As a ten-year-old girl, tragically orphaned, Susan Shader discovered ivory dolls, and Sterling finds herself tangled in a web she was psychic...Now grown up, Dr. Susan Shader is a renowned psychiatrist of greed, deceit, and danger. On order and criminal profiler whose uncanny gift has made her a celebrity among law enforcement professionals. She is called upon to help the Chicago police cap- New Mystery Romance Series ture the Coed Killer - a savage serial murderer of female college athletes who "signs" his work by viciously mutilating his victims. With Susan's assistance, an Sofie Metropolis is the hardcover arrest is made, the case is closed, and a terrified city breathes a sigh of relief. debut for Tori Carrington (aka husband Until the next murder. Her clairvoyance ridiculed, her reputation destroyed, and wife writing team, Tony and Lori Susan must act and act fast. She alone can enter the mind of an elusive mur- Karayianni). This new series has been derer in time to save the life of his next victim… compared to the film, My Big Fat Greek *Eyes and Blood may be requested through MORE Wedding — kind of a Toula Portakalos meets Stephanie Plum. ° Author: Cecelia Tishy Character: Regina Cutter Comments: Slow going at first, this new series quickly picks up momentum. Regina Cutter is a likeable character. Synopsis: On her wedding day, right before the cere- mony, right there in the Greek Orthodox church, Sofie Now You See Her: Regina Cutter is the mother of two grown children and the Metropolis discovered her groom and her maid of honor victim of her husband’s midlife crisis. Out of a marriage, an income, and a place in each other's arms. Sofie took this as a sign, and since to live, she has relocated to Boston’s Back Bay where her psychic aunt be- then, she's been doing her best to confound her own, queathed her a townhouse—and some paranormal ability. Adjusting to her new and her family's, expectations. First, she is no longer middle-class life and taking on a new job as a police psychic, Reggie is called waiting tables at either her father's or her grandfather's upon to help prove the false imprisonment of a drug felon and end the possible dueling Greek restaurants in Astoria, Queens. Second, haunting of a recently renovated townhouse. It’s quite a long way from be- she kept the engagement ring (the garbage disposal moaning a broken marriage, and newly minted psychic Regina Cutter is just choked on it) and all the wedding presents, including getting started. the small apartment building that was a gift from her ° Author: Victoria Laurie Character: Abby Cooper parents. It's not easy to collect rent from an eccentric Comments: This series is light in tone. Readers will enjoy getting to know group of tenants...but at least Sofie has a roof over her Abby Cooper, psychic eye. head...Sofie also has a new career, thanks to uncle Spyros's detective agency. Okay, so far, the cases have- Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye n't been all that exciting-mostly, Sofie's been tracking Better Read Than Dead: Word of Abby's talents reading tarot cards has down lost pets and cheating spouses-but at least she's reached a mob boss who wants her help in some business matters and he in control of her life. And even Sam Spade had to start doesn't take no for an answer. When the police seek out her psychic intuition to somewhere. Then Sofie's mother's best friend, Mrs. shed light on a masked man who's been attacking women, Abby finds herself Kapoor, who seems to dose everything, even tea, with working both sides of the law on her own, leading her to wonder, why didn't curry, reports that her dog has been stolen. Sofie must she see this coming? On order drop everything to search for the meanest mutt on the ° Author: Daniel Hecht Character: Cree Black face of the earth . . . . The agency's usually unflappable Comments: These books make for excellent reading. Cree Black is a richly office manager comes to Sofie in terror because the drawn character. Well constructed plot development make this a not -to-be- neighborhood "vampire" has disappeared, replaced by missed psychic mystery series. his even creepier nephew . . . .Tailing a wayward wife, Sofie is caught in a shoot -out and is rescued by Austra- City of Masks lian man-of-mystery Jake Porter, who might be a Land of Echoes bounty hunter and who definitely gets Sofie's engine started . . . .And what is Jake Porter doing in the middle of Sofie's adultery case anyway, and why is the cheat- ing wife now on the run? On order

To read an excerpt go online to: www.toricarrington.com/sofie/index.htm

These mysteries will be available from publishers in May & JUNE. If you see a title that interests you, please request it at the library!

Mystery News May 2005 Author Title Sleuth Bk# A yelet Jennifer Apodaca Batteries Required Samantha Shaw, dating service owner 4 Waldman’s Sam Baker British author Fashion Victim New Series Annie Anderson, writer 1 Mommy Track mystery series Cynthia Baxter Lead a Horse to Murder Reigning Cats & Dogs Jessica Popper, veterinarian 3 is still a winner as she releases Laura Bradley Sprayed Stiff A Hair-raising Mystery Reyn Sawyer 2 The Cradle Earlene Fowler Delectable Mountains Benni Harper, quilter/art expert 12 Robbers in August . The 6th installment Joyce & Jim Lavene Pretty Poison A Garden Mystery Peggy Lee, botanist 1 finds Juliet Applebaum tracking the mysterious Tamar Myers Monet Talks Den of Antiquity Abigail Timberlake, antique shop owner 12 whereabouts of a missing Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Snowdrift Faith Fairchild, caterer/minister’s wife 15 infant to a widespread, top- secret puzzle that's nothing Linda Palmer Love Her to Death Morgan Tyler, head writer daytime soap 2 to play with. New culinary mystery series! Lou Jane Temple The Spice Box Various sleuths / different time periods 1 Elaine Viets Just Murdered A Dead-end Job mystery Helen Hawthorne, temp. worker 4 L aura Lippman intro- Heather Webber Trouble in Spades Nina Quinn, landscape makeover designer 2 duces her ninth book in the June 2005 Tess Mona- Edna Buchanan Shadows Cold Case Squad 2 ghan mystery series. The Leslie Caine False Premises Domestic Bliss Mystery Erin Gilbert, Interior designer 2 Power of Three Cat Lover’s Mystery will be available in July. Susan Conant Scratch the Surface Felicity Pride, author of cat mystery series 1 Tori Carrington Sofie Metropolis New series! Sofie Metropolis, novice P.I. 1 Mystery Forecast Nadia Gordon Murder Alfresco Sunny McCoskey, Napa Valley restaurateur 3 Lois Greiman Unzipped New series! Chrissy McMullen, psychotherapist 1 E laine Flinn continues the Karen Harper Dark Angel Maplecreek Amish Trilogy 2 antiquing mystery adven- Not a Girl Detective Cece Caruso, biographer / amateur sleuth 2 tures of Molly Doyle in, Susan Kandel Deadly Collection, the Victoria Laurie Better Read than Dead A Psychic Eye Mystery Abby Cooper, psychic eye 2 third book of the series. It will be released in October. Laura Levine Shoes to Die For Jaine Austen, free lance writer 4

Sara Paretsky Fire Sale V.I. Warshawski, P.I. 13 R egina Cutter returns in Lisa Scottoline Devil’s Corner Rosato & Assoc. (All female law firm) 9 the second book of Cecelia Tishy’s psychic mystery se- Maggie Sefton Knit One, Kill Two New needlecraft mystery Kelly Flynn, knitter 1 ries. All in One Piece will Shari Shattuck Lethal Recommended series Callaway Wilde, wealthy socialite 2 be released in November. Lynda Curnyn Killer Summer Mystery Romance (Red Dress Ink) S ue Grafton’s next Kinsey Milhone mystery is due out just in time for Christmas! The book, S is for Silence, will be released December 6th from the pub- lisher. Beach Book Suggestions!

For many, pleasure reading is as much a Reinventing Mona / Jennifer Coburn: It all began when my job offered me a buy-out pack- part of the beach experience as the sun, age. That's when the realization hit: I'm young, sand, and sea. But what exactly consti- I'm rich (thanks to a hefty inheritance), and I'm tutes a book as a “Beach Read”? boring. Not "needs a little zip" boring, either. More A beach book can be summed up in three like "mustard stain on a Sears tweed couch" words — fun, light, and uncomplicated. drab...But suddenly I have Grey Poupon aspirations! Things are gonna change-starting now...First things first: Exercise. Carrot juice. Straight hair. Listed below is some advice that will have Whiter teeth. Clothes that fit...But wait-there's more. Life's kicked me around a bit, and I've been nursing my wounds for too long. I'm finally ready to take a chance on love with the per- you choosing your next beach book in no fect guy. He's handsome. He's smart. He's reliable. He's my CPA. Problem is, I'm clueless time! about winning him over. It's time to call in an expert. It's time to call in The Dog. Mike "The

Dog" Dougherty is a man's man. A guy's guy. Okay, he's a chauvinist pig, and his sty is "The Dog House," a testosterone-charged column in Maximum for Him magazine. On one hand, I S ize: Must be small enough to fit into a abhor all he stands for. On the other hand, who better to coach me? So here I am. Learning beach bag. Paperbacks are perfect! the complex unspoken language of the American male (Talk, bad. Sex, good.); trying exciting new things (Stripping lessons are empowering. Really.); falling for Mike. Uh oh. But the Mike I'm getting to know is different from The Dog. And the Mona I'm becoming isn't quite who I W eight: Must be able to hold it comforta- expected, either. This whole makeover scheme is getting crazier by the minute. But "crazy" bly in one hand so a thirst-quenching drink beats "boring"...right? can be held in the other. Calendar Girl / Naomi Neale: RÉSUMÉ Name: Nan Cloutier Address: Follow the gang graffiti until you reach the decrepit bakery. See the rooms above that even a squatter wouldn't L ength: Page length must not exceed vaca- claim? That's my little Manhattan paradise. Education: (Totally useless) Liberal Arts degree tion. 250-375 pages is usually good. from an Ivy League university. Employment History: Cheer Facilitator for Seasonal Staffers Inc. Responsible for spreading merriment and not throttling fellow employees or shoppers, as ap- propriate. Career Goal: Is there a career track that will maybe, just maybe, help me attract the attention of the department store heir of my dreams? No way. That's a full-time job in itself! ype: A beach book must not require too T much thinking on the part of the reader. The Mommy Fund / Madeleine K. Jacob: Best friends Kate Thompson and Dani Strain your brain cells at work, but during Strauss are contemporary moms who are struggling to keep it all together. Kate, a devoted vacation, read to relax and have a good time. wife and mother of two boys, seeks answers in self-help guides, while Dani, a wise-cracking, skeptical attorney, navigating the new waters of joint custody and the single life, looks for the solution in glossy magazines. When fate drops a million dollars into Kate’s hands, the girls P ick up/Put down factor: The plot of the impulsively take it on the road to get the "time to themselves" their busy lives never seem to book must be easy enough to follow so the allow. They head to New York City—the land of fabulous clothes, expensive makeovers, sexy reader can easily pick it up & put it down men, and unlimited adventure—and it doesn’t disappoint. But fulfilling their fantasies also without having to recall too much detail. offers a surprising perspective—and suddenly their lives back home don’t look so bad. In the end, a renewed Kate and Dani recognize that they’re not the only moms who could use a break, and The Mommy Fund is born. A djectives to describe a beach book: Funny, sexy, thrilling, trashy, exciting, Murder in the Hamptons / Amy Garvey: Maggie Harding has a few rules for living. thought -provoking, fantasy-inducing, toe- Order, control, and carefully checked-off to-do lists equal a safe life. Safe is good. What’s not good is, oh, hmmm, maybe having a wild, passionate, naked pizza-eating weekend fling with tingling, heart-touching… Tyler Brody, the kind of guy who leaves a girl shaken and stirred, deep down. Bad. Bad, bad, bad. What to do? Run away. Constraint is better than chaos. Right? So what’s that same girl to do when she runs into the guy five years later at a big Hamptons bash, and he’s staring at her B ooks to Avoid: Reading group selections with that naughty, right-here-right-now grin, while she’s trying not to make an idiot of herself — too much thinking required! Celebrity picks in front of lots of rich people and “It” list Hollywood stars? Make another run for it. Except that — too much soul searching for the beach! Any she can’t. Because somebody’s dead on the lawn and “house party” has just become “house book touted as Great Literature — save it for arrest.” The only way out of this insanity is for Maggie to find the murderer herself, even if the a rainy day. biggest mystery is why she ever believed that saying good-bye to Tyler was the right thing… On order A mount: Take as many as you dare! But be warned, beach books can be addictive! Cover Art The following titles will be published in May and June, 2005! If you see a title that inter- ests you, please request it at the library. We’ll be happy to get it for you!

May Author Title Publisher/ FYI Imprint Dorothy Garlock River Rising Warner Books Michele Hauf Gossamyr Luna Fantasy Romance Rita Herron A Breath Away HQN Suspense Ann Lawrence Do You Believe? TOR Fantasy Romance Linda Lenhoff Latte Lessons Strapless Chick Lit Merline Lovelace The Middle Sin Mira Cleo North trilogy #2 Debbie Macomber A Good Yarn Mira Contemporary Connie Mason Gypsy Lover Leisure Books Historical Erin McCarthy A Date with the Other Side Berkley Contemporary Fern Michaels The Nosy Neighbor Pocket Contemporary Lucy Monroe Come Up and See Me Sometime Zebra Books Contemporary Jane Porter The Frog Prince Warner Books Chick Lit Nora Roberts Black Rose Jove In the Garden #2 Marianne Stillings Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evie Avon Romantic Comedy Anne Stuart Black Ice Mira Suspense Lori Wilde Mission: Irresistible Warner Forever Adventure Romance Laurin Wittig Daring the Highlander Berkley Sensation Scottish Historical Coming In July June Victoria Alexander When We Meet Again Avon Historical Romance Carpe Demon: Adventures Geralyn Dawson Her Bodyguard HQN Bad Luck Bridges of a Demon-Hunting Soc- series cer Mom / Julie Kenner: Lori Foster Jamie Zebra Books Contemporary Lots of women put their ca- Elin Hilderbrand The Blue Bistro St. Martin’s Press Women’s Fiction reers aside once the kids Karen Kendall First Date Signet Bridesmaid Chronicles come along. Anthology Short Stories Kate Connor, Stephanie Laurens Hero, Come Back for instance, Julie Leto Dirty Little Secretes Downtown Press Contemporary hasn't hunted a demon in Johanna Lindsey Marriage Most Scandalous Pocket Historical ages. That must be why Merline Lovelace The Last Bullet Mira Cleo North #3 she missed the Elizabeth Lowell Always Time to Die William Morrow Suspense one wandering through the pet food aisle of the San Diablo Wal- Linda Lael Miller McKettrick’s Choice HQN McKettrick Cowboys Mart. Unfortunately, he managed to catch her attention an hour Amanda Quick Lie By Moonlight Putnam Adult Historical Romance later-when he crashed into the Connor house, intent on killing Jeanne Ray Julie and Romeo Get Lucky Pocket Women’s Fiction her. Now Kate has to clean up Luanne Rice Summer of Roses Bantam Women’s Fiction the mess in her kitchen, dispose of a dead demon, and pull to- Bertrice Small Lara HQN Book one of the world of gether a dinner party that will get Hetar (Fantasy Romance) her husband elected to County Zebra Books Romantic Suspense Attorney-all without arousing her Wendy Corsi Staub Lullaby & Goodnight family's suspicion. Worse yet, it seems the dead demon didn't come alone... It's time for Kate Connor to go back to work. On order Large Print Fiction Nonfiction Books (Regular print)

Hissy Fit / Mary Kay Andrews: Keeley Mur- Alternative Cures / Bill Gottlieb: …[the dock's wedding to A.J. Jernigan should have author] interviewed over 300 of America's been the social event of the season. But when top natural clinicians-doctors, herbalists, she catches her fiancé doing the deed with her nutritionists and more. .. discover over 1000 maid of honor at the country club rehearsal din- of their most effective, practical and safest ner, all bets are off. And so is the wedding. natural remedies for an A-to-Z of health Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earn- problems, from arthritis, back pain and high ing herself instant notoriety in the small town of cholesterol, to repetitive strain injury, weight Madison, Georgia. Even worse is the financial pressure gain and yeast infections. Plus, every chapter of Alterna- A.J.'s banking family brings to bear on Keeley's interior de- tive Cures has a guide to the best alternative and conven- sign business. But riding to the rescue -- in a vintage yel- tional professional care for the condition it covers. And, low Cadillac -- is the redheaded stranger who's bought a you'll find essential safety information for every remedy failing local bra plant. Will Mahoney hires Keeley to redo featured in the book. the derelict antebellum mansion he's bought. Her assign- Senior’s Guide to Easy Computing / ment: decorate it for the woman of his dreams -- a woman Rebecca S. Colmer: The Senior's Guide to he's never met. Easy Computing is an invaluable, easy to un- Only a designing woman like Keeley Murdock can find a derstand, large print resource book that gives way to clear her name and give her cheating varmint of an you the information you need to successfully ex-fiancé the comeuppance he so richly deserves. use your PC, including how to surf the Web

and send e-mail. It also includes 101 hot tips The Rising: Antichrist is Born before they and 101 terrific Web sites. were left behind / Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins: Prequel to the popular Left Behind Over-40 Job Search Guide: / Gail series. This is the 1st in the Countdown to the Geary: This book gives you 10 strategies Rapture series. for making your age an advantage in your career

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Fiction ° Bound for the Promised Land: The Best of Andy Grif- Little Earthquakes / Jennifer Weiner: This book brings fith Hymns / Andy Griffith: Shall We Gather at the readers a tale of romance, friendship, forgiveness, and ex- River, I Love to Tell the Story, etc. treme sleep deprivation, as three very different women navi- gate one of life's most wonderful and perilous transitions: the ° This Woman / LeAnn Rimes: I Want to be With You, I journey of new motherhood. 10 cassettes (14 hrs.) Got it Bad, Some People, etc. Wolves Eat Dogs / Martin Cruz Smith: Arkady Renko returns for his most enigmatic and baffling case: The death ° Everlasting Love / Vanessa Williams: Tuning, Midnight of one of Russia’s new billionaires, which leads him to the Blue, Everlasting Love, etc. zone of exclusion – Chernobyl, and the surrounding areas, closed to the world since the nuclear disaster of April, 1986. ° The World of Nat King Cole / Nat King Cole: Smile, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Unforgettable, Mona Lisa, etc. Nonfiction Truth & Fiction in the Da Vinci Code / Bart D. Ehrman

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Fiction Entombed / Linda A. Fairstein The Broker / John Grisham The Honey Pot Keeping Bees

Robbing the Bees / Holley Bishop: "Honey Hive Management: A seasonal guide for beekeepers / has been waiting almost ten million years for a Richard E. Bonney good biography," writes Holley Bishop. Bees have

been making this food on Earth for hundreds of Keeping Bees / John Vivian: millennia, but we humans started recording our

fascination with it only in the past few thousand Art and Adventure of Beekeeping / Ormond Aebi years -- painting bees and hives on cave and temple walls and papyrus scrolls, revering them in poetry and art, even worshipping these amaz- ing little insects as gods. From the temples of the Nile to the hives behind the author's own house, people have had a long, rapturous love affair with the beehive and the seductive, addictive honey it produces. Combining passionate research, rich detail, and fascinating anecdote, Holley Bishop's Robbing the Bees is an in-depth, sumptuous look at the oldest, most delectable food in the world.

Honey: From flower to table / Stephanie Rosenbaum: traces the amazing process that turns flower nectar into honey, and takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the history and symbolism of honey. Cooking and crafting chap- ters include recipes for mouthwatering honey delicacies and step-by-step instructions for sim- ple crafts like honeycomb candles and lip balms. On order

Learn more about honey through M.O.R.E. Moving Ohio Resources Everywhere: Borrow materials from any Bees Go Literary participating library in Ohio by making a request through the PCDL online catalog or at the circulation desk of any of our seven library The Secret Life of Bees / Sue branches! Monk Kidd: South Carolina in Honey: A connoisseur’s guide with reci- 1964 is a place and time of seething pes / Gene Opton: This artfully revised racial divides. When violence ex- edition of a 25-year old classic turns the spot- plodes one summer afternoon, and light on one of nature's most luscious and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, versatile foods. In colors ranging from golden Lily is desperate, not only to save yellow to dark amber, each of the 3,000-plus Rosaleen, but to flee a life she can varieties of honey is as distinct as the blos- no longer endure. Calling upon her som from which it comes. With this illustrated colorful wits and uncommon daring, guide in hand, you'll be able to comb the she breaks Rosaleen out of jail and aisles of your local farmers market, expertly picking through jars of the two of them take off, runaway- clover, orange blossom, alfalfa, and eucalyptus honeys, chatting it fugitives conjoined in an escape that up with your local beekeeper all the while. The over 100 delectable quickly turns into Lily's quest for the recipes offer an array of ideas for incorporating honeys of all varie- truth about her mother's life. ties into sauces, soups, sorbets, and more. Following a trail left ten years earlier, Lily and Rosaleen end up in the home of three bee-keeping sisters. No ordinary Joy With Honey: More than 200 deli- women, the sisters revere a Black Madonna and tend a cious recipes that make the most of unique brand of female spirituality that reaches back to the nature’s own sweetener / Doris time of slavery. As Lily's life becomes deeply entwined with Mech: Nothing sweetens and satisfies like theirs, she is irrevocably altered. In a mesmerizing world of all-natural honey. In this delightful cook- bees and honey, amid the strength and power of wise book, Doris Mech, a professional bee- women, Lily journeys through painful secrets and shattering keeper and purveyor of fine honey, shares betrayals, finding her way to the single thing her heart longs 236 of her favorite recipes that use honey for most. as the primary sweetener. Recipes include breakfast dishes, breads, salads and dressings, main dishes, vegetables, cakes, pies, cookies and other desserts.

A collection of recipes using honey is available online at: www.aliciasrecipes.com/honey-recipes/default.htm ° Meet the Fockers: Sequel to the wildly funny, Meet the Parents. ° Sideways: Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through Cali- fornia's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. ° Riding the Bullet: Based on Stephen King’s first e-book. ° Pieces of April: A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. ° Ocean’s Twelve: Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11. ° Love’s Enduring Promise: Film based on the Janette Oke inspira- tional novel. ° House of Flying Daggers: romantic warrior breaks a beautiful member of a rebel army out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem. ° Hotel Rwanda: Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. ° Bridget Jones the Edge of Reason: Sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary. The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, strange contractor, and the worst vacation of her life. ° Finding Neverland: The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. ° Flight of the Phoenix: Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane. 2004 remake of the 1965 film that starred James Stewart. ° The Incredibles: A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the A Bewitching Summer! world. Animated A remake of the 1964 situation comedy, Bewitched, is Children coming to theaters in July 2005. The film stars Nicole Kid- ° Bambi: Animated film about a young deer, Bambi, growing up in man, Will Ferrel, Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine. the wild after his mother is shot by hunters. The original release of Writing credits: Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron this Disney classic was 1942. ° All About John Deere for Kids: See both new and antique John Don’t forget that Bewitched was based on the stage play Deere equipment in action – tractors, excavators, cultivators, doz- (1950) and film (1958), Bell, Book, and Candle. ers, planters, and dump trucks. We trace the growing season – how T.V. episodes on VHS available at the library: soil is prepped, seeds planted, and the crops are cultivated. See Meet the Stephens A Bewitched Halloween John Deere’s biggest tractors along with Johnny Poppers – including This Spells Trouble A Bewitched Christmas the 1925 Spoker D – and the rare 8020 from 1960. We visit a John Bell, Book and Candle, is also available Deere auction, the Two-Cylinder Expo, and there’s a nice segment on farm toys. Wall-to-watch Green and Yellow action plus the award-winning music of James Coffey.

Websites: ° www.bewitched.net/ ° www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~zap/Bewitchedintro.htm

Web site for the 2005 film ° www.sonypictures.com/movies/bewitched/ New Inspirational Fiction Heartsong Presents…

The Flat Marriage Fix / Karen Hayse: Can Sonya and Brad ° The Tapestry (The Creole Series, #4) / Gilbert Morris & find a way to rekindle their flame and pump new life into their Lynn Morris: Abandoned as an infant on the steps of the flat marriage? Ursuline Convent School, Leonie Vernay has endured the emo- tional and financial poverty of an orphan. Now a young woman Look to the Heart / Terry Fowler: Eli McKay has had many making her way as a humble seamstress in New Orleans, she is hurts in his life - but no longer. He has his daughter, and that's startled by a mysterious stranger who claims to know her iden- all he needs - or so he believes until he meets Deidra. Her love tity—and her relatives. Will Leonie find acceptance with her and self-sacrifice are almost enough to persuade him to reveal long-lost family, or is she on a misguided quest? In The Tapes- his own secrets. But the tension is destroying his peace of mind.

try, Leonie must decide if her longing to belong has clouded her Road to Forgiveness / Carol Cox: Hallie Evans is torn be- judgment and her ability to see love in others. tween appeasing her hot -tempered father and realizing her love for Jacob. Somehow, she must help her father face his own de- ° Storm Gathering (Prequel to the Splitting Storm) / mons - and help herself sort out her feelings for Jacob. Can faith Rene Gutteridge: In this exciting prequel to The Splitting in God mend all wounds - and even allow for romance? Storm, we meet Mick Kline at a time when his life is spiraling out of control. Mick finds himself accused of the kidnapping of a Second Chance / Tracey V. Bateman: Will Alisa be convicted woman he hardly knows, and he refuses to turn to his es- of a heinous crime she did not commit? Might her connection with Titus lead to a second chance for love? tranged brother for help.

° The Storekeeper’s Daughter (Daughters of Lancaster County, #1) / Wanda E. Brunstetter: Time seems to stand Author In the Spotlight: still in Naomi Fisher's tranquil Amish community. Helping her Laura Jensen Walker widowed father run the general store, keeping house, and rais- ing her seven brothers and sisters leaves her precious little time This inspirational author can find the humor in for courtship. But when her baby brother disappears, she's almost any subject! forced to reconsider her course. Will she leave everything famil- iar to pursue a new avenue? Dreaming in Black and White: A Phoebe ° Marina (Heirs of Anton, # 3) / Susan K. Downs & Susan Grant Novel: She's smart. She's savvy. She's . May Warren: In the quietest, most fragile corner of her heart, . . well, she's working on the thighs. And with Marina knew Dmitri would abandon her--just as her parents God as her witness, she'll never let that man had. Marina Antonovna Klassen Vasileva barely restrained her- spoil her happy ending. Phoebe Grant is every- self from crumpling at her husband's feet as she watched him one's favorite movie geek—unbeatable at trivia, pack his meager belongings: a comb, his Bible--pieces of his life convinced that all the world's a movie screen. snatched from hers, leaving gaping, ragged holes in her chest. She can organize a four-hankie chick-flickathon It was quite possible she'd never be whole again. with a wave of her tall, nonfat, double mocha. And she's a shoo-in for the job of her dreams— ° Brides O’ the Emerald Isle (4-in-1 collection) / Pamela movie reviewer for the newspaper where she works. Enter Alex Griffin, et al.: Are legends of Ballymara's pledging stone true? Spencer—not only gorgeous but also a film buff, perfectly cast Historic family tales make them seem so. Will Conn's attempts for a celluloid kiss and a fade to sunset. But Alex isn't all he to share Christ with the Druids be ruined by a woman? When seems…Can Phoebe protect her hometown—and her heart—and Breanda is kidnapped, will her rescuer choose his heart ---or his prove It's a Wonderful Life? Or is her promising future truly Gone with the Wind? clan? Can bitter Keely love an American cowboy? Might Moyra O'Cullen find the perfect match? Other titles by this author: ° A Kiss is Still a Kiss ° This Old Dump: Renovate without decking your mate ° God Rest Ye Grumpy Scroogeymen ° When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Ice Cream ° Mental Pause...and Other Midlife Laughs ° Thanks for the Mammogram ° Dated Jekyll, Married Hyde ° Love Handles for the Romantically Impaired

*Titles in red are available for borrowing at any of our libraries. Request others through MORE www.laurajensenwalker.com/index.html Let’s Get Medieval!

Squire’s Tales Series by Gerald Morris

The Squire’s Tale The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Parsifal’s Page The Ballad of Sir Dinadan The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-cart Knight

Girlhood Journeys series by Anna Kirwan Juliet: A Secret Takes Flight Juliet: Rescue Me at Marblehead Manor Juliet: Midsummer at Greenchapel

Knights Tales Picture Books Do Knights Take Naps? / Kathy Tucker Good Night, Good Knight / Shelley Moore Thomas Horace the Horrible / Jackie French Koller A Knight to Remember / Cindy Kenney

Juvenile Fiction Excalibur / Hudson Talbott Days of Knights / Christopher Maynard The Barefoot Book of Knights / John Matthews The Making of a Knight / Patrick O’Brien

Young Adult Fiction Knight’s Wyrd / Debra Doyle Sword of the Rightful King / Jane Yolen The Book of the Lion / Michael Cadnum

Juvenile Nonfiction The Time Traveller Book of Knights and Castles / Judy Hindley The Age of Knights and Castles / Brian Williams In the Time of Knights / Shelley Tanaka You Wouldn’t Want to be a Medieval Knight / Fiona MacDonald Fire up your imagination! Read about dragons!

Picture Books ° The Great Dragon Rescue / M.P. Robertson ° Mysterious Misadventures of Foy Rin Jin: A decidedly Medieval Times dysfunctional dragon / Jim Friedman ° Who Wants a Dragon / James Mayhew ° Where Did All the Dragons Go? / Fay Robinson Juvenile Nonfiction ° Juvenile Fiction Medieval Warfare / Tara Steele ° The Dragonslayers / Bruce Coville ° Merlin and the Dragons / Jane Yolen Juvenile Fiction ° Dragonling / Jackie French Koller ° Dragon War / Laurence Yep ° Dragon Cauldron / Laurence Yep ° Forbidden Forest: The story of Little John ° Dragon Rider / Cornelia Funke and Robin Hood / Michael Cadnum ° How to Train Your Dragon / Cressida Cowell ° Dragon’s Bait / Vivan Vande Velde ° Castle Diary / Richard Platt ° The Hunting of the Last Dragon / Sherryl Jordan ° Matilda Bone / Karen Cushman Young Adult Fiction Author: Jane Yolen Series: Pit Dragons Young Adult Fiction ° Titles: Dragon’s Blood, Heart’s Blood, A Sending of ° Dragons The Juggler / John Morressy ° The Seeing Stone / Kevin Crossley Author: Patricia C. Wrede Series: Enchanted Forest - Chronicles Holland ° Titles: Dealing with Dragons, Searching for dragons, ° Calling on Dragons, Talking to Dragons Peregrine / Joan E. Goodman ° Catherine, Called Birdy / Karen Cushman

° Midwife’s Apprentice / Karen Cushman ° The Forestwife / Theresa Tomlinson ° Child of the May / Theresa Tomlinson

Watch as Medieval Times come to life in Life in the Middle Ages, an exciting and in- formative video series! ° Check The Castle It ° The Church Out! ° The City ° The Countryside ° The Doctor ° The Noble ° The Serf ° The Monk ° The Knight ° Social Structure in the Middle Ages ° A History of the Middle Ages Velma Boroff Eaton Library Assistant March 31st marked 30 years for retiring Library Assistant, Velma Boroff. Velma began her library career at the Fort Re- Thoughts on Her Retirement cover Public Library where she worked for over ten years. In 1985, Velma began At the library in Fort Recovery working at the library in Eaton where she has remained for the last nineteen-and-a- A job she loved, was her discovery. half years. When, to Eaton, in ‘85 she came -- Including her duties at the circulation desk, Velma was also in charge of the Story Hour pro- Experienced, she was, in the library game. gram for thirteen years. She read stories and planned crafts for the children in each of the library’s branches. The wife of “Preacher Dick” to some, “We had good attendance in every branch,” Velma said, “Even in the summer!” the library’s “Story Lady” she’d now become.

A retirement carry-in was held at the Eaton branch on Around the county she would go March 24th, giving everyone who has worked with Velma a chance to wish her well. Doing pre-school story hours rain or snow. The traveling around was not that great -- She was often delivering several book crates! It was worth it, we did know, For Velma loved the children so! Going on a bear hunt, acted out by all Was one of Velma’s stories, my favorite to recall.

Velma hard at work receiv- Pictured (L-R): Dana Kesling, Folks saw her less in recent years, ing and calling on all those retired Children’s Librarian, Dick But on the phone, her voice they’d hear. items library patrons put on Boroff, Velma, and Phyllis Ben- hold and request! nett, Eaton branch librarian. She called if patrons had overdues, And called them if their holds came through. For working fast, she was first-rate. Daily, she processed delivered crates. What more she did, we now all know -- To fill the hole, we all must grow!

A description of Velma that comes to mind -- Celebrating together! Library staff presented Velma Velma with her husband, Dick with a money tree, flowers, and a She’s loyal, hard-working, dedicated, and kind. gift card! We miss you, Velma, and wish you much happiness!

--Phyllis Bennett-- Eaton Branch 2005

Publication created by Cheryl Richter, 2005 All book synopsis’ taken from Product description unless otherwise noted.