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News and Information From Mount Prospect Public Library May/June 2011

Jackie Hinaber The Sesquicentennial: 2011-2015 Found Her Niche… The Civil War: Thank you for giving 24 years of service to the Library 150 Years Later

She’s frank, and I knew that when she had ideas, she’d share them . She’s a good organizer . If a project needs By Dick Bragaw doing, she’s a good person to have do An outgoing person who loves it . She works well with people,” says working with people and who’s Blaine, who had seen these qualities at very interested in the community, church . Jacqueline Hinaber wanted to find a Only 50 signatures were required to way to serve . If she hadn’t found her get on the ballot . “Gosh darn, I’ll do it,” Ci v i l Wa r Fa c t s — way to Mount Prospect Public Library Hinaber told her husband, Paul . There The first shots of the Civil War Board of Trustees 24 years ago, some were nine candidates for only three were fired by the Confederates on April d i d y o u k n o w ? other organization would no doubt seats so the odds may not have sounded 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter, a federal fort in • The first Union shot of the Civil have received the benefits of her good, but, after the votes were counted, South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor . War was fired by Captain Abner extraordinary volunteer spirit . Hinaber was one of the new Trustees . The years 2011 through 2015 mark Doubleday. He was the second senior Lucky for the Library Board, “I was so pumped . It’s exciting, the sesquicentennial of the Civil War . officer at Fort Sumter, under Major Hinaber listened when a friend from being there with these inspiring, Whether you call it the Civil War, the Robert Anderson. Trinity United Methodist Church, Bill motivating, good people,” she says . War Between the States, the War of • The first human death of the Civil Blaine, encouraged her to run for the For 24 years, she hardly looked back, the Rebellion, or the War for Southern War occurred on April 14, 1861, the Board . He was Board President at the winning reelection three times until Independence, the events of the years day after the battle of Fort Sumter time (1987), and Hinaber was pregnant, deciding this year, “Maybe I should 1861-1865 were some of the most ended. Private Daniel Hough died expecting her third child . Blaine knew step back and let someone else have traumatic in the nation’s history . The when the cannon he was loading (for that Hinaber was keenly interested in a turn ”. She didn’t run for reelection, secession of the southern states and the Union’s 100-gun salute to the the Library, as she was a regular patron, and, in the April 5 election, Brian President Lincoln’s decision to prevent U.S. flag) discharged prematurely. and thought she had much to offer the Gilligan, a longtime member of the them forcibly from leaving the Union Fort Sumter National Monument, SC Board . Consolidated School District 59 Board, triggered a conflict that would see “She’s a smart lady . I felt she had ran unopposed for her seat . fighting on battlefields as far apart as available for you to develop a deeper some wisdom to bring to the Board . —see Thanks, Jackie! on page 8 Pennsylvania and Texas, Missouri and understanding of the conflict, whether Florida . your interests lie in the politics, the While Virginia experienced more —see Civil War on page 2 Civil War engagements on its soil than any other state and no major battles were fought in Illinois, Illinois did play What’s a seminal role in the war . Illinoisans shaped the course of the war and the state felt its effects . Several key Inside players had links to Illinois, including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S . Grant, Adult Events ...... 2. John A . Logan, and Richard J . Oglesby . Books & Movies ...... 4. Illinois was a major source for Union Calendar ...... 5. Army troops and supplied food, clothing, and iron products . Jump Start Your Business . . . . 2. • St. Charles, IL served as a training Library Life ...... 4. June 1–July 31 Summer Reading Program ground and recruiting center . Senior Session ...... 3. Whether you enjoy romance, mystery, comedy, or history, the Library, like • Cairo, IL, with its southern location Shakespeare, has it all . Join our Summer Reading program and read your and access to waterways, was a critical Teen Zone ...... 7 way to prizes . Between June 1 and July 31, pick up a book, DVD, CD, or launching point for several military Youth Activities ...... 6. magazine to begin your pursuit of mini-prizes and qualify for drawings to initiatives . win even bigger prizes . The more you read, the more you can win . Where • Alton Prison would see almost The Library will be closed: else can you be rewarded for doing something you love? What fools these 12,000 Confederate prisoners pass mortals be…that do not join our Summer Reading program! through its gates . Monday, May 30 There are hundreds of resources Memorial Day Adult Events (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 2

Motivation Makeover for Reports, and present an overview of The Library and the Chamber of Commerce have come together to Your Job Search free websites such as ConsumerSearch, CNet, Kelley Blue Book, and the Better present a series of programs designed to Monday, May 9, 7 p.m. Business Bureau . This hands-on help local businesses be successful . Get Has your job search stalled out? Do you training session will take place in the tips, techniques, and valuable information feel you have exhausted all avenues? Let Computer Training room . Computer from experts in their fields . Attend one Roberta Glick, Career Counselor at JVS and keyboarding experience are program or the entire series—either Career Planning Center, show you how recommended . Space is limited to 13. way, you will have new tools to help you to resuscitate your job campaign by (R) grow your business . identifying barriers and incorporating SMART goals into your strategy . (R) Making Networking Productive Warren William: Tuesday, May 10, 8:30 a.m. Cheese Tasting 101 Magnificent Scoundrel of This how-to workshop will help business professionals turn personal connections Tuesday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Pre-code Hollywood into long-lasting mutually beneficial relationships . Ron Ben-Joseph, Adjunct You can’t judge cheese by looks alone! Monday, May 16, 7:30 p.m. Professor at College of DuPage and Triton College, will review networking goals The cheesemongers at Whole Foods Warren William was often cast as and tactics and share tips from master networkers . Participants will have the will share culinary tidbits while treating the unsympathetic, woman-seducing opportunity to practice what they have learned . (R) your taste buds to a variety of cheese scoundrel in the 1930s pre-code era of samples and recipes . There is a $2 movie making . He also starred as the Paper Crafting: Five and a glue stick; all other supplies are nonrefundable fee due at registration, big screen’s first Perry Mason and was Fabulous Cards included in the $10 nonrefundable and space is limited . Please sign up at Julius Caesar to Claudette Colbert’s material fee. Space is limited . Stop Tuesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m. the Registration Desk (no phone or Cleopatra in Cecil B . DeMille’s 1934 by the Library’s Registration Desk to It’s always handy to have extra birthday, online registrations) . (R) epic film . So why has such a prominent reserve your spot (online registration is thank-you, or get-well cards on hand . actor been lost in the annals of movie not available) . (R) It is especially thoughtful when you Smart Shopping: Be an history? John Stangeland, author of give ones that are handmade . Learn the book Warren William: Magnificent Informed Consumer how to create your own cards with Computer Learning Lab: Wednesday, May 11, 7 p.m. Scoundrel of Pre-code Hollywood, will paper crafting instructor Tina Gary . We E-mail, Internet, and Don’t waste your money on inferior give an introduction to the actor, will provide you with the instruction, Office 2007 products . Whether you are buying explain the influences on his career, guidance, and materials for making 5 Wednesday, May 25, 4 p.m. hiking boots or a laptop, learn which and show The Mouthpiece, in which different cards, using stamps, ribbons, Thursday, June 23, 3 p.m. websites give you honest reviews . Williams plays a crafty and imaginative punches, and rub-ons . This fun class is Have you taken a computer class but Librarians Steven Browne and Cynthia lawyer whose clients are crooks . Don’t for anyone 16 years old and older who still have questions? Get answers Dieden will demonstrate exclusive miss this fascinating look at this enjoys card-making or for someone during this open lab where a computer Library tools, including Chicago forgotten screen star from Aitkin, who would like to get started making trainer will be available to answer your Consumers’ Checkbook and Consumer Minnesota . (R) cards . Please bring a pair of scissors specific questions about any one of the Civil War: 150 Years Later —continued from page 1 in partnership with state and local battles, or the social ramifications of communities, to serve as a national the era . The National Park Service, forum for the commemoration caretaker for over 70 Civil War- of this event . In Illinois, several related sites, has created a website, organizations are mounting exhibits focused on this time period, including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, the Lake County Discovery Museum, the Waukegan History Museum, Tuesday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. and DuPage County The Battlefield Balladeers bring the sights and sounds Historical Museum . of the Civil War to life within an authentic musical Civil War-related framework and historical context . Dressed in clothing links will be posted true to the time period, this group recreates the on our website, and we sounds of the Blue and Gray with patriotic, romantic, invite you to kick off the and comical songs using the acoustical instruments sesquicentennial with of the time—guitar, minstrel banjo, harmonica, a bang at our Music and tambourines . Join us for this sesquicentennial of the Civil War Era celebration of the pageantry and musical heritage of concert . America’s Civil War era . This program is cosponsored by Mount Prospect Historical Society. (R) (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 3 topics covered in our regular computer What’s It Worth? Get an interactive demonstration as tech Marstrand, Smogen, and Sweden’s first classes: E-mail, Internet, Word, Excel, Antique Appraised specialist Jack Waddick shows you how town, Sigtuna . From its traditional or PowerPoint . Use this time (and our the iPhone and iPad are improving clothing, food, and castles to the more Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 p.m. computers) to practice skills or work people’s lives . Everyone is welcome… unexpected, such as Uppsala University’s Get an appraisal of one item and learn on a project with the confidence that no technical mumbo jumbo . (R) autopsies for the fee-paying public, more about antiques and collectibles . a tutor is available to help you . No Sweden will beguile your heart . (R) Antiques teacher and appraiser Karl registration required; stop in anytime Handcraft a Beaded Gates will present a general history and between 4 and 6 p .m . (NR) High Blood Pressure: overview of current and past trends Necklace and Earring Set Tuesday, June 14, 7:30 p.m. in the antique world . Gates, a former Take Control of Your Eye Health: Cataracts Create your own unique beaded jewelry . appraiser for the U .S . Department Health During this hands-on introductory and Floaters of Treasury, has conducted several Tuesday, June 28, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, 7:30 p.m. class, talented jewelry maker Diane appraisal seminars at MPPL in Learn what you can do to help keep As the eyes age, they can develop Conrad will show you how to fashion a recent years . Gates will appraise one your blood pressure under control . Dr . cataracts and floaters . If your vision simple but elegant necklace and earring item brought from home by each Michael Unger will provide an overview has become blurry, cloudy, or dim, set from a variety of beads, silver-toned guest . To have an item appraised a of the risk factors, causes, diagnosis, you may have developed a cataract in spacers, and faceted, fire-polished $4 nonrefundable program fee is due and treatment of hypertension . Don’t one or both of your eyes . If little flecks glass crystals . Your finished project at registration. Please stop by the let untreated high blood pressure are drifting across your field of vision, will be a perfect gift for “someone Library to register; no online or phone damage and weaken your arteries, you may have floaters . While cataracts special” or a great present to yourself . registrations to have an item appraised . which can lead to stroke, heart attacks, are one of the most common causes The $12 nonrefundable class fee will If you are interested in just listening kidney failure, and more . (R) of vision loss, they are treatable with cover all materials and instruction to to this presentation, please register for cataract surgery . Floaters, though, complete this project in just one evening . What’s It Worth? Learn About Antique MPPL Foundation may respond to dietary changes or Payment is due at registration . Project Appraisals. (R) Presents: Amazing Music supplements . Dr . Eirit Yonatan of The samples will be available for viewing With the Kontomble Eye Site will review the causes of each at the Library . Space is limited . Stop condition and treatment options . (R) by the Library’s Registration Desk to Ensemble reserve your spot (no phone or online Wednesday, June 29, 7:30 p.m. New Career Search registrations ). (R) Enjoy the rich sounds of the Kontomble Strategies Ensemble when they perform music Monday, June 6, 7 p.m. Sweden — Our Hearts created by instruments both exotic Harper’s career coaches will give job Beguiling and familiar . These accomplished seekers new techniques to incorporate Tuesday, June 21, 7:30 p.m. musicians, who formed this group into their career search strategies . They Learn why the Swedes believe their while students at Northwestern will share résumé tips, discuss the The iPhone/iPad land is the loveliest land on the earth . University, are versed in hundreds of benefits of informational interviews Revolution Myrla Brand will take you on a pictorial different percussion instruments and and networking, and answer your Monday, June 13, 7 p.m. journey of the country that gave us will share interesting facts and history individual questions . They will also You will be amazed at what these Alfred Nobel, Pippi Longstocking, as they take you on a musical percussive provide an overview of Harper’s devices can do . The iPhone and iPad smorgasbords, and the Glass Kingdom . journey . This program is sponsored unique Career Stimulus Program are true Internet Pocket PCs with See the Gota Canal, the manufacturing by Mount Prospect Public Library that combines expert speakers with thousands of applications spanning of the Dalarna wooden horse, Foundation. (R) networking round tables and breakout business, education, entertainment, Stockholm, the islands of Oland and sessions on job hunting help and finance, gaming, healthcare, music, interview tips . This session will navigation, news, photography, empower you to successfully take the reference, sports, travel, weather, and next step in your career transition . (R) more . Sit back and enjoy this fun and Senior Session Exercise for Life Finding a Job After 50 Tuesday, May 17, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, 1:30 p.m. Exercise is vital to maintain strength, Yes, finding a job after age 50 can be flexibility, and function in order to challenging . Learn how to turn your enjoy daily living . At this month’s age into an advantage . At this month’s Senior Session, Angela Wallace of Senior Session, a representative of Age Alexian Brothers Medical Center will Options, the area’s Agency on Aging of discuss the importance of exercise and Suburban Cook County, will discuss the proper techniques for performing some of the issues faced by mature moves safely and effectively . Learn job seekers . Topics will include how a The Architect Behind Randhurst Mall: Victor Gruen how to incorporate seasoned worker can write a résumé Thursday, June 16, 7 p.m. exercise into your that highlights achievements and When Randhurst Mall opened, it was the largest air-conditioned space in America daily routine to makes the candidate highly attractive and one of the largest shopping centers in the country . Learn about the man who help you achieve to potential employers . An overview introduced the concept of the modern American mall, Vienna-born architect your wellness of the services offered by the Senior Victor Gruen, along with little-known facts about Randhurst and its effect on the goals . (R) Community Service Employment development of Mount Prospect . Presented by Greg Peerbolte, Director of Mount Program will be provided along with Prospect Historical Society, this program is part of the Society’s series, Mount the opportunity to ask questions . (R) Prospect Stories. (R) (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 4

Bo o k s a n d Conversations Mo v i e s a n d Mo r e

Books are available 30 days prior to each Coffee, Books, & More Movies @ MPPL has taken 10 years, two little Fockers, and countless hurdles for Greg to finally discussion at the Fiction/AV/Teen Desk. The Girl With the get in with his tightly wound father- (NR) Dragon Tattoo in-law, Jack . When all the families by Stieg Larsson Food for Thought come together for the twins’ birthday Wednesday, May 18, party, Greg must once again prove to Little Bee 10 a.m. by Chris Cleave the skeptical Jack that he’s fully capable Forty years after the as the man of the house . But with all Wednesday, May 4, disappearance of Harriet Vanger the misunderstandings, spying, and 1 p.m. from the secluded island owned and The King’s Speech covert missions, will Greg pass Jack’s A couple in crisis accept inhabited by the powerful Vanger [2010; Rated R; 118 minutes; Drama] final test and become the family’s next a junket to a Nigerian Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, family, her octogenarian uncle hires patriarch . . or will the circle of trust be beach resort as a last-ditch attempt to Helena Bonham Carter. journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Directed by Tom Hooper. broken for good? (R) reconcile . When they stray outside the Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional Wednesday, May 4, 7:30 p.m. resort walls, they are confronted by young hacker, to investigate . Thursday, May 12, 1 p.m. Movie Discussion machete-wielding soldiers who force After the death of his father King them to determine the fate of two The Art of Racing in The Big Sleep George V and the scandalous African girls, irrevocably changing the Rain by Garth Stein [1946; Not Rated; 114 minutes; Drama/ abdication of King Edward VIII, Bertie, Mystery] their lives forever . Wednesday, June 15, the second son who has suffered from a Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. 10 a.m. Directed by Howard Hawks. The Kitchen Boy debilitating speech impediment all his Nearing the end of his Wednesday, May 11, 7 p.m. by Robert Alexander life, is suddenly crowned King George life, Enzo, a dog with Humphrey Bogart stars as Philip VI of England . With his country on Wednesday, June 1, a philosopher’s soul, tries to bring Marlowe, Raymond Chandler’s tough, the brink of war and in desperate need 1 p.m. together the family, pulled apart by cynical, but charming private eye . of a leader, the King’s wife, Elizabeth, Based on the 1918 a three-year custody battle between Marlowe investigates the gambling the future Queen Mother, arranges for Bolshevik revolutionary daughter Zoe’s maternal grandparents debts of the wealthy General her husband to see an eccentric speech murder of Czar Nicholas II and the and her father Denny, a race car driver . Sternwood’s younger daughter and therapist, Lionel Logue . After a rough rest of the Russian royal family, the is plunged into a world of blackmail, start, the two delve into an unorthodox story is told from the perspective of the deception, and violence . Lauren Bacall course of treatment and eventually event’s only surviving witness, a young is the general’s older daughter, and the form an unbreakable bond . With kitchen boy . sparks fly between her and Bogie in a the support of Logue, his family, his classic duo performance . (NR) Coffee & Conversation government, and Winston Churchill, the King will overcome his stammer Wendy and Lucy Friday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. and deliver a radio address that inspires [2009; Rated R; 80 minutes; Drama] Topic: Water and unites his people . (R) Starring Michelle Williams, Will Patton, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink” Will Oldham. was the lament of the Ancient Mariner . But it may also become a modern lament Directed by Kelly Reichardt. as water becomes a scarce commodity both here and around the world . Will the Wednesday, June 8, 7 p.m. demand for water outstrip its availability? Who controls water rights? Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of Friday, June 17, 7:30 p.m. lucrative work at the Northwestern Topic: Inflation Fish cannery and the start of a new Is the scourge of the ‘70s primed to make a comeback? What causes inflation? Can it life with her dog, Lucy . When her car be controlled? How is it measured? What does it have to do with the cost of living? Little Fockers breaks down in Oregon, however, the Coffee & Conversation provides an open, nonpartisan forum for community members to [2010; Rated PG-13; 98 minutes; Comedy] thin fabric of her financial situation share their views . This moderated discussion strives to encourage greater understanding Starring Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, comes apart, and she confronts a series of diverse viewpoints and offers a venue where people can participate in honest discussion . Ben Stiller; Robert DeNiro. of increasingly dire economic decisions The evening’s coffee is generously provided by Starbucks Coffee, Mount Prospect. (R) Directed by Paul Weitz. with far-ranging repercussions for Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 p.m. herself and Lucy . (NR) Adult Summer Thursday, June 9, 1 p.m. In this sequel to the Meet the Parents Reading [2000] and Meet the Fockers [2004], it Program June 1-July 31 Friends, readers, Li b r a r y Li f e Available on countrymen, lend me www.mppl.org your ears… announcing May June A Midsummer Knight’s Duct Tape Creations Tales With Tails Read . Enjoy your choice 30-minute Chocolate The Ins and Outs of Gmail of books, movies, and magazines . For each round completed, spin the wheel to win Desserts gift cards, book bags, and treats . Tackle Shakespeare (in any format) and you will SUPER Saturday! : Very Funny Magic earn a chance to win a Barnes & Noble gift card . Continue your quest for prizes by SUPER Saturday! : A Musical Journey, With Dennis DeBondt Wiggleworms-style! qualifying for our raffle drawings: A Night on the Town, A Night at the Show, or A Features subject to change. Night at Home . One lucky participant will be crowned the ultimate champion and win a Barnes and Noble Nook . However, nothing will come of nothing—so sign up now for our Summer Reading program . Play Your Way to Reading Teen Advisory Board (TAB) 16 Monday, May 16, 1-3 p .m . 23Meeting, Monday, May 23, May (NR) Y 4:30-5:30 p .m . (NR) T Play Your Way to Reading Storytime at Caribou Coffee Warren William: Magnificent Paper Crafting: Five Fabulous Tuesday, May 3, Wednesday, May 11, 3 11 Scoundrel of Pre-code Hollywood Cards, Tuesday, May 24, 10 a .m -noon. (NR) Y 11-11:30 a .m . A 24 Monday, May 16, 7:30 p .m . A 7:30 p .m . A $10 fee Storytime at Caribou Coffee MOVIE DISCUSSION: The Big Sleep SENIOR SESSION: Play Your Way to Reading Wednesday, May 4, 11-11:30 a .m . Y Wednesday, May 11, 7 p .m . (NR) A 4 17 Exercise for Life 25 Wednesday, May 25, FOOD FOR THOUGHT Book Smart Shopping: Tuesday, May 17, 1:30 p .m . A 10 a .m -noon. (NR) Y Discussion, Little Bee by Chris Cleave Be an Informed Consumer Music of the Civil War Era Volunteen Orientation Wednesday, May 4, 1 p .m . (NR) A Wednesday, May 11, 7 p .m . A Tuesday, May 17, 7:30 p .m . A Wednesday, May 25, 4-5:30 p .m . Y MOVIES @ MPPL: The King’s Speech MOVIES @ MPPL: COFFEE, BOOKS, & MORE Computer Learning Lab: Wednesday, May 4, 7:30 p .m . A The King’s Speech 12 Discussion, The Girl With the E-mail, Internet, and Office 2007 Thursday, May 12, 1 p .m . A 18 Free Comic Book Day Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Wednesday, May 25, 4 p .m . (NR) A Saturday, May 7 (NR) G Play Your Way to Reading Wednesday, May 18, 10 a .m . (NR) A 7 Library Closed for Memorial Thursday, May 12, 1-3 p .m . (NR) Y Motivation Makeover for Your Job Swietujmy Polski Dzien Dziecka! 30 Day, Monday, May 30 Search, Monday, May 9, 7 p .m . A Chinese Calligraphy and Celebrate Polish Children’s Day! 9 Eye Health: Cataracts and Character Drawing Wednesday, May 18, 6:30-8 p .m . Y JUMP START YOUR 14 Floaters, Tuesday, May 31, Saturday, May 14, 10-11 a m. . 31 BUSINESS: Making Regular Library Board Meeting 7:30 p .m . A 10 and noon-12:30 p .m . NR G Networking Productive 19 Thursday, May 19, 7 p .m . Tuesday, May 10, 8:30 a .m . A SUPER SATURDAY: Chinese Folk and COFFEE & CONVERSATION Classical Dance, Saturday, May 14, Cheese Tasting 101 Friday, May 20, 7:30 p .m . A 11-11:45 a .m . Y 20 Tuesday, May 10, 7:30 p .m . A $2 fee

Registration is required for all programs except those denoted by Adult A Teen T Please sign up on the Internet at (NR) . Programs are held at the Library unless otherwise noted . Youth Y All Ages G www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, Fees, when applicable, must be paid at the Registration Desk and are (NR) No registration necessary nonrefundable unless the program is canceled . The Library requires or by calling 847/253-5675. at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed.

From Bibs to Books, Friday, Hidden Harry Potter, Thursday, June 17 June 17, 9:30-10:15 a .m . (NR) Y 23 June 23, 2-3:30 p .m . G Open Storytime Computer Learning Lab: E-mail, MOVIE DISCUSSION: Wendy Friday, June 17, 10:30-11 a .m . (NR) Y Internet, and Office 2007 and Lucy, Wednesday, June 8, 8 Thursday, June 23, 3 p .m . (NR) A 7 p .m . (NR) A CREATE-A-CRAFT: Royal Fun Friday, June 17, 11:30 a m. -5. p m. . From Bibs to Books, Friday, MOVIES @ MPPL: Little Fockers (NR) Y 24 June 24, 9:30-10:15 a .m . (NR) Y 9 Thursday, June 9, 1 p .m . AT COFFEE & CONVERSATION Open Storytime Story Tots, Monday, June 13, June 1–July 31 Friday, June 17, 7:30 p .m . A Friday, June 24, 10:30-11 a .m . (NR) Y Summer Reading Program 13 9:30-10:15 a .m . (NR) Y Story Tots, Monday, June 20, SUPER SATURDAY: The iPhone/iPad Revolution 9:30-10:15 a .m . (NR) Y The Brothers Grimm, Saturday, A Midsummer Knight’s Read: Monday, June 13, 7 p .m . A 20 25 June 25, 11-11:45 a .m . Y Summer Reading Program CHAT & CHEW: Where the Mountain 1 Open Storytime, Tuesday, June 1-July 31 Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Story Tots, Monday, June 27, June 14, 10:30-11 a .m . (NR) Y 14 Monday, June 20, 1-2 p .m . Y 9:30-10:15 a .m . (NR) Y FOOD FOR THOUGHT 27 Open Storytime Book Discussion, The Kitchen Boy BOOK VOYAGERS: Hooray for the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting Tuesday, June 14, 6:30-7 p .m . (NR) Y by Robert Alexander Red, White, & Blue Monday, June 27, 4:30-5:30 p .m . (NR) T Wednesday, June 1, 1 p .m . (NR) A Handcraft a Beaded Necklace and Monday, June 20, 4:15-5:15 p .m . Y Open Storytime, Tuesday, Earring Set MOVIES @ MPPL: Little Fockers Open Storytime, Tuesday, 28 June 28, 10:30-11 a .m . (NR) Y Tuesday, June 14, 7:30 p .m . A $12 fee Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 p .m . AT June 21, 10:30-11 a .m . (NR) Y 21 Open Storytime COFFEE, BOOKS, & MORE New Career Search Strategies SENIOR SESSION: Finding a Job Tuesday, June 28, 6:30-7 p .m . (NR) Y Discussion, The Art of Racing Monday, June 6, 7 p .m . A 15 After 50, Tuesday, June 21, 1:30 p .m . A 6 in the Rain by Garth Stein High Blood Pressure: What’s It Worth? Get an Antique Wednesday, June 15, 10 a .m . (NR) A Open Storytime Take Control of Your Health Appraised, Tuesday, June 7, Tuesday, June 21, 6:30-7 p .m . (NR) Y Tuesday, June 28, 7:30 p .m . A 7 Regular Library Board Meeting 7:30 p .m . A $4 fee 16 Thursday, June 16, 7 p m. . Sweden—Our Hearts Beguiling LEGOMania: Medieval What’s It Worth? Learn About Tuesday, June 21, 7:30 p .m . A Madness, Wednesday, June 29, The Architect Behind Randhurst Mall: 29 Antique Appraisals 1-2 p .m . OR 3-4 p .m . Y Victor Gruen Advanced Chess, Wednesday, Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 p .m . A Thursday, June 16, 7 p .m . A 22 June 22, 3-4:30 p .m . YT MPPL Foundation Presents: Amazing Music With the Kontomble Ensemble Wednesday, June 29, 7:30 p .m . A Youth Activities (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 6

Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, or by calling 847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR) . Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect Fun With Books! cardholders for programs with limited attendance . Please have your MPPL card when registering . The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed. Summer Storytimes Play Your Way to and knowledge to help you become a —just around the castle, er, corner! Reading more successful chess player . After this Stop searching hither and yon to get away from the heat! Join • for children age 6 and under class, you’ll be ready to take on your us for one of our storytimes . No registration required during Tuesday, May 3, 10 a.m.-noon opponents in our annual Open Chess the summer; just join us at the appointed time . The sessions Thursday, May 12, 1-3 p.m. Tournament . (R) begin Monday, June 13. (NR) Monday, May 16, 1-3 p.m. Storytimes at Wednesday, May 25, 10 a.m.-noon Hidden Harry Potter • for adults, teens, and children entering Caribou Coffee Book Voyagers We’re opening the doors to learning and grades 3 and up • for children ages 6 and under —for youth entering grades 1-3 fun! Drop in with your little one for Thursday, June 23, 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 11-11:30 a.m. This group is for young adventurers who like the opportunity to get your hands on Enter the magical world of Harry Potter Wednesday, May 11, 11-11:30 a.m. to listen to stories, eat snacks, and participate a variety of toys, games, and activities with this thrilling insider’s peek at one Come to special storytimes at Caribou in fun activities. (R) designed to promote early literacy skills . of the most treasured film series . Hear Coffee, located at 90 E . Northwest Learn creative ways to help get your child inside jokes and uncover behind-the- Highway, where we will present stories Hooray for the Red, ready to read…just by playing together! scenes tidbits and other fascinating and songs to children and their parents . White & Blue All children must be accompanied by facts sure to delight film buffs and Register through the Library. (R) Monday, June 20, 4:15-5:15 p.m. an adult. No registration is necessary; just Potter fans alike . Learn exciting trivia It’s almost time for fireworks, flag drop in. (NR) during this fun-filled presentation waving, picnics, and parades! Join us as of the most exciting scenes from the we celebrate summer’s biggest holiday a Swietujmy Polski Dzien first six films . Reserve your seat on the Chat & Chew —for youth entering grades 4-6 little early . Dziecka! Celebrate Hogwart’s Express Polish Children’s Day! and let the movie Chew on some good food while chatting • for children age 3-7 and their families magic begin! about a great book! Spend an hour talking Children under about favorite characters, villains, and story Create-a-Craft Wednesday, May 18, 6:30-8 p.m. —for all ages Celebrate Polish Children’s Day at age nine must be lines while participating in theme-related activities. Books are available at the Youth the Library with a storytime in Polish accompanied by an Children under age 9 must be accompanied Services Desk. (R) and English, music, and a craft . Enjoy adult. (R) by an adult. No registration is necessary; just delicious ciastka/cookies and juice, too . Where the drop in. (NR) LEGO Medieval Mania Guests of all backgrounds are invited to Mountain Royal Fun register for this special event . (R) • for kids entering grades 2-4 Wednesday, June 29, 1-2 p.m. Meets the Moon Friday, June 17, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Advanced Chess Wednesday, June 29, 3-4 p.m. by Grace Lin Hear ye! Hear ye! Drop in to create • for children entering grades 4-8 Get ready to battle it out building Monday, June 20, castles, crowns, and other crafts fit for a Wednesday, June 22, 3-4:30 p.m. castles, fortresses, towers, and all things 1-2 p.m. little king or queen . Learn to conquer the chess board and medieval! First, you’ll be enchanted your opponent in this advanced chess with tales of knights, princesses, and skills class . Take part in a hands-on dragons . Then you’ll get to launch Super Saturday! session focusing on chess playing an assault on MPPL’s LEGO supply —for all ages strategies, such as mastering the middle to create your own masterpiece! This of the board . Chess instructor Ron program is reserved for Mount Prospect Chinese Folk and The Brothers Grimm Oberman will provide the insight Public Library cardholders. (R) Classical Dance Saturday, June 25, 11-11:45 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 11-11:45 a.m. Through the power of theater and Discover the beauty of China’s rich storytelling, The Brothers Grimm of culture through the artistry of dancers Ouroboros Theatre will perform four June 1-July 31 Ming-Yan Davis and Olinda Chang . beloved stories: Hansel and Gretel, Snow • for children up to age 11 This program is sponsored by the Mount White, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Hark, ye young maidens and knaves! Come forth and partake in our Prospect Public Library Foundation in Fisherman and His Wife . (R) Summer Reading program. Embark on a quest that will take you to celebration of Asian Heritage. (R) a medieval world of dragons, castles, fairies, and knights. Compete for prizes, earn rewards, and be crowned a reading champion. Kids’ Fun Run Returns categories separated Saturday, June 25, 9:30 a.m. boys and girls: One Slide to Avoid On your marks, get set, go! Kids, children ages 6-8 lace up your running shoes and and 9-12-years-old . Summertime brings visions of you lose it . Prizes will be awarded to children enjoying playgrounds, replete A Dominican join in the excitement of the 2nd Annual Kids’ Fun Run benefiting top finishers in each of the with slides of all types—straight, University study four brackets . Participants curved, tube—but there’s one slide published in 2010 Mount Prospect Public Library Foundation . The 1 .5 mile fun run is may also present their bib every child should try to avoid: the concluded that children numbers to the Youth Services Desk summer academic slide . who participated in summer reading being organized by Stay Fit Physical Therapy & Core Wellness, Inc ,. at the Library to receive an additional Summer learning loss is real . programs were further ahead in reading prize . Freewill donations to the Children lose between one to three than those who did not . Mount Prospect, and will take place at Melas Park, 1326 W . Central Road, Library Foundation will be accepted months of learning over the summer . That’s why we offer a Summer on race day . To learn more, visit Studies support this fact, but so does Reading program . Mount Prospect . The race will feature two age www .mpplfoundation org. . common sense . If you don’t use a skill, —see Summer Slide on page 7 (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 7 Scandalous Teen Zone Hollywood News and activities for teens in grades 6-12! By John Stangeland Although we tend to think of the Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, or by calling early history of movies in America 847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR) . Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect as a quaint, simpler time, nothing cardholders for programs with limited attendance . Please have your MPPL card when registering . The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed. could be further from the truth . If you were to be deposited in front of a Joan Blondell & Warren William in Smarty. Saturday, May 7 theater screen during the early 1930s, Like movies from the 20s & 30s? The first Saturday in May is the largest one- you might encounter many of the Don’t miss this program: day comic book giveaway . Get your free comic same things we regularly see in films Warren William: Magnificent at the Library! We are joining participating today: illicit sex, unpunished crime, Scoundrel of Pre-code Hollywood comic book shops across North America adultery, murder, prostitution, and Monday, May 16 at 7:30 p m. . and around the world to give away comic coarse language . This era—known books absolutely free, no strings attached . On imperfectly as Pre-code Hollywood— enforcement mechanism . Within vague Saturday, May 7, stop by Fiction/AV/Teen or was a quickly closing window when boundaries of public taste and sufficient Youth Services to pick up a free comic book . the seamy, hidden world of American box-office receipts, Hollywood Limit one per person while supplies last. Fill out life was routinely on display . Tales of producers could still do as they pleased, a raffle slip and you could win a gift card to alternate lifestyles or moral turpitude and during the early 30s they were Comix Revolution . Comic books generously donated by Comix Revolution. (NR) were sometimes couched in innuendo pleased to do so often . The films they but just as often open in their depiction created during this time were raw and of the ambiguous, questionable spaces earthy, tackling stories and issues not between morality and necessity . often associated with classic Hollywood . Hollywood and censorship have In Alfred Green’s Baby Face, Barbara always gone together . Even before the Stanwyck is thrown into prostitution by era of commercial feature films started her father . And in the Busby Berkeley Teen around 1914, many local and state musical Footlight Parade, Joan Blondell Summer review boards were regularly dictating ousts gold digger Claire Dodd from Reading Program the morality of motion pictures . During her apartment with the parting shot: these early years of cinema, producers “As long as there are sidewalks, honey, To sleep, perchance to dream…of gift cards, movie tickets, and more . endured these ad hoc efforts to suppress you’ve got a job!” These prizes could be yours just by checking out books, music, movies, film content, but it wasn’t until the In 1933, however, the National and magazines . Everything you read—including something from early 1920s that national indignation League of Decency promulgated a your school’s summer reading list—will get you closer to winning . over a series of risqué films and movie new furor about cinema morality Watching movies and listening to books and music count as well . community scandals forced studio and its effect on children . Once again This is no fierce vexation of a dream—you win prizes just bosses to embark on a self-imposed Hollywood studios were obliged to self- for doing something fun! This program is sponsored cleanup campaign . To avoid boycotts regulate or risk the wrath of religious by the Friends of the Library. from religious organizations or organizations across the U .S . What they government intervention, producers agreed to in 1934 dictated the direction sequencing, and introduces geometry created the Motion Picture Producers of cinema and, by extension, the Summer Slide concepts . Crafts are another way and Distributors of America to enforce development of American culture for —continued from page 6 to disguise math as fun . Building a the Hays Code, a loose assemblage decades to come . The Production Code Children view summer as a mobile develops an understanding of moral imperatives devised by the Administration, a body with the sole vacation from school . They just want for weights and balance . Turning studios and administered by a former purpose to enforce the Code and award to have fun . We don’t begrudge them your child’s drawings into puzzles U .S . Postmaster General under their certificates of approval, was created . their fun, but we do want to keep their teaches the concept of the whole and employ, William H . Hays . The cliché Without a Code certificate displayed skills up . So we work very hard to make its parts . Use juice boxes to build concerning the fox guarding the at the beginning of their films, studios our reading program exciting and “apartment buildings” to teach the henhouse was never more apropos— risked local censorship and the religious rewarding . concept of units—one-story building Hollywood was far more interested in public’s ire . Film and television—where Summer is also a great time to let versus a three-story building . Look creating an image of contrition rather these risqué productions of the past your children choose what they want around the house—an analog clock than actual change . For the rest of the could not be shown until the dissolution to read . Our summer reading program can show a child how to multiply by decade producers continued very nearly of the Code in the 1960s—were doesn’t limit your child’s choices . Any five . A calendar will help your child as they had before . sanitized, slowing the social and book works . And when it comes to understand how to multiply by seven . By 1929, elements of the Catholic personal development of generations keeping up reading skills, any reading Expand your repertoire of math Church were once more threatening worldwide . is productive . So if your child wants to teaching tools by borrowing items a boycott of movies . Two self-styled When the Code was slowly broken read Sponge Bob, Captain Underpants, from our toy collection . Try Zimbbos, religious moralists concocted a new down by the marketplace in the 1960s, or another title that may not fall under an elephantastic balancing game, our set of film rules that were adopted by the MPPA turned to ratings, rather the category of classic literature, let Tangrams set, or one of the hundreds studios to again stave off government than censorship . Our modern system of him/her—that’s what summer is for . of other toys and puzzles that can help intervention in the film business . Put labeling is a direct ancestor of the efforts Want to prevent the summer slide promote mathematical concepts . into effect in 1930, The Motion Picture to regulate content . But for a short time in math? One great math activity to Ask us for other ideas . We are here Production Code was restrictive, in the 1930s, people could see flashes of do with kids is cooking! It provides to help you keep your child on track puritanical, and backward—however, America’s inner life reflected on screen, practice with fractions, reinforces this summer! being a product of the studios sometimes ugly, often harsh, but equally themselves, it likewise had no serious truthful and enlightening Mount Prospect, IL 60056 IL Mount Prospect, 10 Street Emerson South Mount P Thanks, Jackie! The Many Facets of —continued from page 1 Jackie Hinaber Another of the victorious Library P rospect Board candidates in that May 1987 election was Laura Luteri, who went on to serve with Hinaber for more ublic Library

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know each other,” Luteri says . “We PROSPECTMOUNT 60056 IL POSTAL CUSTOMER WSSECR didn’t always agree, but in dedication and drive to make the Library a better place, we were on the same page, or, you might say, the same street ”. Their years on the Board covered a period when the Library five times went to the voters with referenda for approval of expansion, failing again and again before the successful 2002 referendum that supported today’s new, expanded building at 10 South Emerson . Luteri remembers the frustration of one failed referendum effort . Supporters had gathered at the Library to watch the election returns, and it was soon clear voters had said

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“In walks Jackie, wearing white bib Finally, it was whittled down to 2, a Center, where MPPL’s South Branch is . S PAID overalls and a painter’s hat, ready to go local library professional who had housed . . Postage to work . ‘If the Village won’t vote for it, been a director and a current staff Her passion for libraries attracted . 299 we’ll just have to build it ourselves,’ she member, Marilyn Genther . Genther her to an opportunity on the Board of said, and everyone howled . It was just had joined the MPPL staff as Head the North Suburban Library System the comic relief we all needed ”. of Adult Services in 1986 and was (NSLS), a consortium of over 650 Hinaber served as Board President promoted to Deputy Director in 1987 . academic, public, school, and special from 1992 to 2000, a difficult period The Board selected Genther . “We made libraries in Cook, Kane, Lake, and when MPPL’s resources were stretched the right choice . Marilyn became an McHenry counties . “She’s dedicated after referenda failed . “People didn’t outstanding executive director ”. and passionate about libraries and realize the problems we were having Hinaber takes an active interest what they can do for the community,” Mount Prospect with a building that was too small . We in developing library technology Genther says . Hinaber served six years Public Library had to take a loan out and pay it back . and is awed by the power of RFID, a on the NSLS Board, from 2000 to 2007, 10 South Emerson Street The staff was working under great radio frequency device that enables a including two years as president, 2005- Mount Prospect, IL 60056 pressure . Jackie gave us the leadership librarian to walk down a row of shelves 2006 . 847/253-5675 • TDD 847/590-3797 we needed during the hardest times,” and determine if anything is missing “Jackie has a very nice leadership www.mppl.org says Luteri . and not checked out or out of order . style . She earns respect and has a way Telephone Renewal/My Account It is said that a Board’s biggest She’s eager to see MPPL implement of getting people to work together, 847/590-3200 responsibility is hiring the Executive self-checkout to cut down waits in line . in good times and not-so-good Director . Just a few years after Hinaber One of Hinaber’s proudest times,” says Sarah Long, former NSLS Library Hours was elected, President Blaine tapped achievements was working to start an Executive Director . Monday-Friday 9 a m. -10. p m. . her to head a search committee to elected officials after-hours meeting The Library’s current Board Saturday 9 a m. -5. p m. . recruit a successor for Executive that the Library has now hosted for President, Dick Tani, says Hinaber Sunday noon-5 p m. . Director Patricia Kelly, who retired . several years . It brought together attracted him to the Board . They had Library Board of Trustees “We did a national search and elected officials from the Village, state known each other in a book club, Barbara Burns carefully considered more than 30 legislature, park districts, and school and when an opening came up on the Dale Barbara Draznin candidates from 12 states,” Hinaber districts . She believes these informal Board in 2004, she encouraged him to Jane Everett apply for it . “She’s a good friend and Sylvia Haas a very good supporter of the Library,” Jacqueline C . Hinaber he says, “friendly, likeable, thoughtful, Welcome Trustee Richard Tani and a very hard worker ”. Brian Gilligan John A . Zulaski What will Hinaber miss the most On April 5, Brian Gilligan, a resident for 23 years, was The Board of Library Trustees meets the when she leaves the Board? “The third Thursday of each month at 7 p .m . at the elected to the Library Board of Trustees . Mr . Gilligan people . I love serving on the Board Library . Meetings are open, and the public is comes to the Board with years of experience serving and have so much respect for the staff, welcome to attend . Mount Prospect’s citizens, first with the Mount Prospect though it’s much larger now and I no Youth Commission and most recently on the Board longer know or recognize everybody . Marilyn Genther, Executive Director Cathy Hill Deane, Deputy Director Brian Gilligan of Community Consolidated School District 59 . A They are a dedicated, caring group of Frank Corry, Deputy Director professor, he teaches accounting and finance courses at Morton College people, and I’m continually amazed in Cicero . Mr . Gilligan is currently working on his doctorate in business at how much fun they have with each administration and frequently uses the Library’s reference services for his other .” school work (and appreciates the Library’s computers and high-speed Internet connection ). Ma y /Ju n e 2011