Murder Mystery Dinner And Auction
The Library's Fundraising Committee is actively preparing for our fall fundraising event. This year's promises to be a fun-filled evening, a "murder mystery dinner" performed by a professional troupe of actors and intriguingly entitled "Murder In the Crystal Ball." It will be held in the Banquet Room of one of Hyde Park's favorite eateries, The Eveready Diner, beginning at 6:00 PM on September 15.
The evening's events will also include a silent auction. Donations for the auction are still being welcomed as of this writing, as is sponsorship for the event. All donors and sponsors will be recognized in the event's accompanying booklet. To take advantage of this opportunity to support the library.
The cost of the sit-down dinner and evening's entertainment is $50.00 per person. Reservations are limited to the first 100 people. Auction items are available for bidding from the start of cocktail hour (6:00 PM) until just after dessert.
For more information, call 845-229-2559 or 845-471-3806. You may also visit the library's website at www.hydeparklibrary.org for details.
Quilt Tickets Available
Our annual quilt raffle will be on Saturday, October 27th. Our volunteer quilters have provided us with yet another beautiful quilt. Tickets will be on sale at the library and at various special venues throughout September and October.Ý But the drawing date will be here before you know it. Pick up your tickets today ($1.00 for a single: $5.00 for a book of six).
Community Day
We encourage all town residents and visitors to stop by our information booth on Community Day to be held this year at Dinsmore Park in Staatsburg beginning at 1:00 PM. Traditionally, both of the libraries in the Town of Hyde Park (Hyde Park Free Library and the Staatsburg Library) have been on hand to hand out informational materials and, in our own case, to register new library users. We look forward to doing the same this year. September is National Library Card Sign Up Month, so getting the word out on library services would seem to be very appropriate.
Library Election
The annual vote to elect board members will be held at the library on September 13. from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM. This year's candidates are both currently active board members. Ruth Hurd is running for her second term on the board. She is an Educational Consultant and the recently retired Director of Career and Technical Education for Dutchess BOCES. She is currently serving as Board Treasurer and has been active on several library committees, including Planning, Personnel and Finance.
She is a member of the School Administrators Association of New York State and the Association of Career and Technical Education Administrators.
Richard J. Taylan is seeking a third term on the Library Board. He has been active on our Public Relations, Technology and Grants Committees. He is also the liaison to our Friends of the Hyde Park Library group. As chair of the grants committee, he has been instrumental in the library's receiving numerous grants. A retired teacher in FDR High School's Science Department, Richard has been continuing in the education field as an adjunct instructor at SUNY New Paltz and Marist College and has served as a policy board member for the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center. He was listed in "Who's Who Among American Teachers" in 1998.
As reported in a recent Townsman article, the Hyde Park Library District will not be seeking an increase in the tax levy for 2008.
News From the HPFL Children's Room
After a successful Summer Reading Program, we will once again be starting up with our fall events in September. Mother Goose Story Time resumes it Monday sessions on September 17 at 9:30 AM. Our Toddler Time immediately follows at 10:30. Our Preschool Story Hour will once again be held on Tuesdays, beginning September 18 at 10:30 AM.
Book Club News
Our Mystery Book Club meets on Friday, September 14 at 12:00 PM. This month's selection is "True Confessions" by John Gregory Dunne. Our regular Book Club selection for September will be Michael Shaara's "Killer Angels." Sessions will be held on Monday, September 17 at 7:00 PM and on Friday, September 21 at 12:00 PM. Our Teen Book Club begins on September 20 at 6:30 PM. Please call 229-7791 to speak to Mrs. B. for further details.
Foreign Film Night / Artist's Reception
Artist Leslie Abend will be on hand to for a reception in honor of her current exhibition on Friday evening, September 14 at 7:00 PM.
The Philadelphia based artist also holds a Ph.D. in French Studies from CUNY and will take an active part in the discussion related to the second entry in our Fall Foreign Film Series, Jean Cocteau's "La Belle et la Bete" ("Beauty and the Beast") which will be screened on that evening beginning at 8:00 PM.
The third entry in our Foreign Film series, "Jeux Interdits" ("Forbidden Games") will be screened two weeks later on Friday, September 28 at 7:30 PM.
Citizen Court Monitoring Workshop
The Library will be hosting representatives from the Fund For Modern Courts on Wednesday, September 19th from12:30-2:30. The program will serve as discussion of issues surrounding justice courts and will offer basic training tips for individuals interested in becoming court monitors. All are welcome. Lunch will served.
Software Freedom Day
September 15 is Software Freedom Day, and the library will have speakers on hand that day to educate consumers about the various free software programs that are available to the public today. Local proponents of free software will hold a day of tutorials, and free software demonstrations in the Library's
Annex. The general public is invited. Admission is free.
Main lectures start at 1:30 PM, but demonstrations will be available from 10:00 AM onwards. Free software for MS-Windows and Linux will be given out at the event.
Writers' Group
Our First session of our newly formed Writers Group will be held on Monday, September 24 at 7:00 PM. The group hopes to provide a somewhat informal, supportive environment for aspiring writers in various genres. If interested, please call 229-7791 ext. 205.
Parenting A Second Time
Around
The Library will be working with Cornell Co-Operative ExtensionÝto sponsor a series of "Parenting A Second Time Around" workshops on Tuesday evenings beginning September 25 at 6:00 PM. These two-hour weekly sessions will run until October 30.
Defensive Driving Class: A
defensive driving class will be held in the Library Annex on September 18 and 20th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Attendance at both sessions is required. To register, please call (845) 895-5098.
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