New A/V Materials Bookends at the Jackson- Fall, 2014 Madison County Library: (from Mike Baker, Inside this Issue Media Librarian) Pages The President’s Corner Music CDs 1-2 President’s Corner by Perry Burrows, President, Friends of Love Marriage & Divorce by Perry Burrows the Library Board by Toni Braxton The Friends of the Library group is 3 Library Foundation Pure Heroine busy planning the 2014-2015 program by Lorde Update year with some new board members and by Elaine Christian Storyline a renewed sense of growing the county by Hunter Hayes 3-4 Library Director’s population who take advantage of the Love in the Future Column library system. by John Legend by Dinah Harris I met a lady just yesterday from a town in Oregon whose library offered very Kuntry Livin 5 Isaiah Johnson by Big Smo little. She was amazed at what our system Interview provides to our citizenry. I felt proud of being a part of Jackson’s success in 5-6 Children’s DVDs Department News expanding what we offer. by Jennifer Brewer The FOL Board had three new I, Frankenstein additions: We welcomed back Dr. Ken The Grand Budapest Hotel 6-7 Tennessee Room Newman to the board, a man who has The Class of '92 by Jack Wood served before and is dedicated to the library and its offerings. Another new 300 Rise Of An Empire 7-9 All you Need is a board member is Eduardo Morales who is Good Book Joe by Sue Ann Barnes already filled with ideas and programs to address our J/MCL system. Mr. Gonzales 9 Notes from Treasurer is also involved with Mayor Gist’s work Audio Books by Jane Maclin Moore to enrich cultural activities that reach all The Chase of the populations of the county. And, I by Janet Evanovich 9-10 Board of Trustees came onto the scene as the new president- Robert B. Parker's Report elect of the FOL board. Our program by Terica Smith Cheap Shot committee has just about filled our by Ace Atkins program schedule for 2014-15; please put 10 Off on my Sixty-fifth The Smoke at Dawn Birthday these events on your calendars so you can by Jeff Shaara by Perry Burrows come and enjoy them: Deep Blue On September 4, Don Huneycutt will by Jennifer Donnelly 11 Books of Madison review and discuss John Fea’s 2011 book County Event Was America Founded as a Christian The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches Nation during the First Thursday Noon 12 Noon Book Reviews by Alan Bradley Reviews. Bookends Fall 2014 Page 2 On October 2, Dr. Arthur Hunt, a professor Jackson. It is a pleasure and an honor for me at UT-Martin will present “Crockett Speaks”, to be a part of that growth. a culmination of many years of research on *Note: the Scots-Irish pioneer, patriot, and leader. He Arthur W. Hunt III is Associate Professor of tells Crockett’s story from a first person point Communications at The University of of view in period costume. Check out www:// Tennessee at Martin. Born and raised in crockettspeaks.com. This will appeal to a Clarksville, Tennessee, he became interested diverse population of attendees and we want in David Crockett after reading Cameron to fill the meeting room with excitement filled Judd's historical novel Crockett of visitors. (Who says there’s nothing to do at Tennessee based on the life of the state's most lunch in downtown Jackson?) famous volunteer. Having a previous On October 10 and 11, Jackson will be background in theatre and having taught fortunate to experience the Scottish Festival storytelling at another college, Hunt decided at the Old Country Store. The Friends of the he would pursue a project that would allow Library group has been asked to set up a tent his appreciation of local history, his love of and table and read Scottish stories to the drama, and desire to make Crockett come to children and other attendees to that annual life something all audiences could enjoy. event. When asked what he likes most about On November 6, R.F. Stewart, author, will portraying Crockett, Hunt said, “I like his have a reading/signing of her novel based on energy. Crockett was a live wire--a fighter! Western State Mental Hospital in Bolivar, He fought the rugged frontier. He fought for TN. his wife, Polly. He fought in the Creek Indian In late November, we are trying to tie down War. He fought bears. He fought for political a date for author Ace Atkins to be our first recognition.” Hunt said Crockett represents literary guest at the Fall Community that strain of American heritage we call “the Symposium. We hope to offer one such event fighting Scot-Irish.” in the fall, and another in the spring. You’ll Although Crockett rode to national have to wait for the next newsletter to find out prominence on the coattails of Andrew about our April surprise Symposium! Jackson--also of Scot-Irish stock--he later On December 4, yet to be determined or distanced himself from Jackson over Indian announced, we will host an Hispanic artist to removal and acquisition of property for poor feature his work, and introduce it to the farmers in West Tennessee. Crockett grew up Jackson area. in East Tennessee, settled in Middle We are well on our way to help extend the Tennessee, and spent the last years of his life Jackson/Madison County Library System in West Tennessee. When Crockett went to across the county and make other counties Texas in 1835, he knew nothing of the aware of what we have to offer here in Alamo; he was looking for new lands to settle his family. Bookends Fall 2014 Page 3 the use of firearms, battlefield medicine, and Jackson Madison County Library Foundation 2014 Fall Update close-range combative tactics. by Elaine Christian A wonderful line up of authors will complete the afternoon sessions. The Book The 2014 Books of Madison County Event Festival will be held at The Ned, 314 E. Main benefitting the Library foundation will be Street. A cocktail dinner will be held at the held on October 14. A wonderful schedule of Suites of Larue, 416 E. Lafayette Street. The presenting authors has been planned for the dinner will be followed by dessert and coffee afternoon book festival. The evening will be with the Madison County Authors which will capped off with dinner with the authors of be held at the downtown Library. Tickets will Madison County. be $25 for the book festival or $75 for the full day including the dinner. Tickets are available at either the downtown or the north library. For more information please call Elaine Christian at 731-234-1862. Library Director’s Column by Dinah Harris We just finished a very, very busy season Mark Greaney will be the keynote speaker of summer reading. June and July were filled at the event. Greaney is a New York Times with summer reading programs for all ages. bestselling co-author of the most recent four Each week there was one teen program, one of the Tom Clancy series including the adult program, and one big program for the newest book Support and Defend released in kids. This was in addition to several smaller July. Mark also publishes his own series - programs each week for the kids. The Gray Man. A feature film adaptation of The adult program theme was “Literary The Gray Man is in development by New Elements.” Eighty-nine adults participated in Regency Pictures. this program. Adults earned entries in our Mark has a degree in International prize giveaway by filling out weekly Relations and Political Science. In his worksheets, attending programs and reading research for The Gray Man novels he has books. Janice Boss was the big winner of the traveled to more than fifteen countries, Kindle Fire given away. visited the Pentagon and many Washington, Our teen program theme was “Spark a D.C. Intelligence agencies, and trained Reaction.” We had 38 teens register to alongside military and law enforcement in participate. Our reference librarian, Whitney Norwood, did a great job working with the Bookends Fall 2014 Page 4 teens. She had some very interesting programs employee Austin Kolb donated an X-Box for them including a talent show. PM Music gaming system for the room. The Friends of donated a Stratocaster guitar which was given the Library furnished the television to use with to Skylar Spencer, the talent show winner. the X-Box gaming system and also several Amber Martin played the keyboard and won games. Eduardo Morales and Boy Scout second place; Jonathan Martin came in third Troop #12 painted the room. Library staff with a number on the saxophone. Teens members Jennifer Brewer and Mirasol earned entries by attending programs and Fitzgerald assisted with the design and décor. reading books. The grand prize winner was All this teamwork produced a space that the Anna Moore; she received a Kindle Fire. teens are really enjoying! Our children’s programs had record We are now in the process of planning what numbers in attendance. Please be sure and programs and classes that we will be offering read Miss Jennifer’s column for more in the fall. If there is a specific topic you information on that. would like to know more about, let me know. The Teen Room was dedicated to the We will see if we can arrange a class. memory of Sally Ford on June 26, thanks to a I look forward to seeing you at one of the generous donation of $5,000 from the upcoming first Thursday “Noon Book Hohenberg Foundation.