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Station Branch GGreat NNeck LLibrary January/February/March 2015 • Volume 33 Number 1 • www.greatnecklibrary.org STATION BRANCH LAKEVILLE BRANCH PARKVILLE BRANCH The Gardens at Great Neck, 475 Great Neck Rd, Great Neck 10 Campbell St, New Hyde Park 26 Great Neck Rd (2nd level) Monday 9 am - 9 pm Monday 10 am - 6 pm Monday 9 am - 9 pm Tuesday 9 am - 9 pm Tuesday 10 am - 6 pm Tuesday 9 am - 9 pm Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Wednesday 10 am - 9 pm Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Thursday 10 am - 6 pm Thursday 9 am - 9 pm Friday 9 am - 6 pm Friday 10 am - 9 pm Friday 9 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Saturday 10 am - 6 pm Sunday 1 - 5 pm Sunday closed Sunday 1 - 5 pm Levels will be closed LEVELS TEEN CENTER December 22 through DAYS: HOURS: LOCATION: January 4. Monday - Thursday 4 - 10 pm Saddle Rock Elementary* Friday & Saturday 6 pm - 12 am Station Branch Sunday closed Levels reopens at 4 pm on Monday, January 5. *Levels operating schedule will vary, depending upon school holidays. AUTHORAUTHOR VISITVISIT Winter 2015 Film presented by the GREAT NECK LIBRARY held at TEMPLE EMANUEL Series: “Take Two” 150 Hicks Lane • Great Neck, NY • www.emanuelgn.org Everything old is new again. These films with similar themes made years apart -- endure, captivate and delight over and over again. The Library’s film matinees will be held on Thursdays at the SUNDAY, MARCH 22 AT 2 PM Station Branch at 2:00 pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm). Gail Sheehy January 8 ........ The Grand Seduction (2014, 115 minutes, PG-13) The Great Neck Library presents world-renowned author, journalist, and lecturer, January 15 ...... Local Hero (1983, 111 min, PG) Gail Sheehy, at Temple Emanuel (150 Hicks Lane in Great Neck). Ms. Sheehy is the January 22 ..... Jersey Boys (2014, 134 min, R) author of her recent memoir, Daring: My Passages, plus sixteen additional books. Daring is the chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking ‘girl’ journalist in January 29 ...... Nowhere Boy (2011, 98 min, R) the 1960s. She reveals the obstacles and opportunities she encountered when she dared February 5 ..... When Harry Met Sally (1989, 95 min, R) to blaze a trail in a ‘man’s world’, and has changed the way millions of people world- February 12..... What If (2014, 90 min, PG-13) wide look at the stages of their lives. February 19 ... The Railway Man (2014, 108 min, R) Her earliest book, Passages, was named by a Library of Congress survey as one of the February 26 ... The Deer Hunter (1978, 184 min, R) ten most influential books of our times and stayed on The New York Times Bestseller List March 5 ......... Big Night (1999, 109 min, R) for more than three years. She was one of the original contributors to New York March 12 ....... The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014, 122 min, PG) magazine and was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for more than three decades. Signed copies of Daring: My Passages will be March 19 ....... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012, 128 min, R) available for sale at the conclusion of her talk. March 26 ....... A Most Wanted Man (2014, 121 min, R) Temple Emanuel is graciously hosting various Children’s Seating for residents of the Great Neck School District is on a first-come, and Adult programs while the Main Building is closed first-seated basis. Seating for non-residents will begin 15 minutes for renovation. Please see our Events Calendar for more before the program starts, if seats are available. information. Temple Emanuel parking is in the rear of the Temple. There is a rear entrance not far from the Please arrive early as seating is limited. parking lot near the gardens. Call the Reference Department at 466-8055, ext. 218 for more information. A Message from Board President Marietta DiCamillo Welcome to a new year and one that Contracting Inc. of TEEN SCENE @GNL should prove to be a pivotal one in the Holbrook, Long history of the Great Neck Library as we Island as our contrac- embark on the construction phase of the tor for the Main MONDAY, MARCH 9, 16, 23, 30 Main Library renovations. Library Renovations. and APRIL 13, 20 The Great Neck Library closed on the VRD was selected as the sale of its first tax exempt bonds on lowest qualified bidder as part of the public December 11. The $10.4M Dormitory of bid process as vetted by our Dominic Calgi SAT Prep Course the State of New York (DASNY), Great and David Chen of Calgi Construction and 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Neck Library Revenue Bonds, Series 2014 Russell Davidson of KG&D Architects. Station Branch Library produced net proceeds of $10.76M which The Town of North Hempstead is currently are committed to be used for the renovation in the process of reviewing our permit The SAT Prep Course is taught by NYS certified math and verbal skill experts. project. applications. As soon as the permits are High school juniors and seniors, and those who have not taken this course in the The entire issue of the bonds was sold approved, the construction work will begin. within three hours of the offering by An updated project timeline is available for past will be given priority. Students should bring a calculator, pen or pencil, and a Roosevelt and Cross on November 19th, your review on our Renovation webpage at notebook to class. There is a $25 fee per student for the course (fee includes and generated an original issue premium of http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/libinfo/ the textbook). Advanced registration is required. A minimum enrollment of nearly $660,000. The success of the sale libreno.php. thirteen students is required for the course to take place. had much to do with the Library garnering Our Main Library will remain closed a “Aaa rating” from Moody’s thanks to for the duration of the project for the safety In-person registration is on Monday, February 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the prudent fiscal management under the of both our patrons and Library staff and to guidance of our Library Board, our shorten the construction timeline. Hopefully Station Branch Library. Preference will be given to Great Neck School District Treasurer, Josie Pizer and our Business by now you have had an opportunity to Residents. Arriving early is recommended. Telephone registration for any Manager, Neil Zitofsky. visit at least one of our three branch remaining openings begins on Tuesday, February 24 at 10 am by calling the In its review, Moody’s looked at the last libraries which have all had improvements Station Branch Library at 466-8055, ext. 234. six years of summary General Fund rev- made to better accommodate additional enues and expenditures, as well as six years library materials, staff and patrons to serve of Balance Sheets and audit reports for our public during this renovation year. 2013 and 2014. Also, working in the Additional evening hours have been Did one of your top reads make the annual list Library’s favor is our tax collection process added to the Parkville Branch on Monday of favorite books voted by teens from across the country? via the School District which practically nights and the Lakeville Branch on Friday eliminates the risk of default. nights along with Sunday hours added at It is believed that the Great Neck our Station Branch. Library Staff is investi- Library is the first public Library to receive gating the viability of adding an external And the winners are… a Aaa rating from Moody’s. The Aaa rating, book drop adjacent to Bayview Avenue at as compared to an Aa2 rating, saves the the Main Library site for your convenience 1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Library an estimated 10 basis points when returning materials on the north end (0.10%) in bond interest expense. This of the peninsula. 2. Splintered by A.G. Howard equates to just under $25,000 per year, or We are thankful to our community part- 3. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson nearly $500,000 over the twenty year term. ners, the Great Neck School District, the th On November 19, 2013, the voting Great Neck Park District, Temple Emanuel, 4. The 5 Wave by Rick Yancey public in the District approved a referen- Temple Israel, and the Village of Saddle 5. Monument 14: Sky on Fire dum for the $10.4M bond with a maximum Rock for generously offering us access to by Emmy Laybourne annual debt service of $875,000. The aver- programming space for Levels, Children’s age annual debt service payment has now and Adult programming. Details on all of 6. Earth Girl by Janet Edwards been finalized at $733,000, a savings of our offerings are provided in this news- 7. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau more than $2.8 million for local taxpayers letter. Most of all we are thankful to you, over the life of the bonds. our Library patrons for your support of our 8. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson At a Special Board meeting on renovation project and for your under- 9. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardug December 8, your Library Board of standing and patience during this renova- Trustees officially selected VRD tion period. 10. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner Click on the link from the Teen Laura Weir, Great Neck Library Interim Services homepage on the Library Director, will retire from the library system website or search for “Great Neck Library Teen Services.” effective December 26.
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