Winter, 2006 Join the Sturgis Library’s Reading and Discussion Group Winter/Spring 2006 Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and its Rewards in a Changing America Like it or not, work is an economic necessity for most of us. Even if it weren’t, however, it might be missed, for our identity tends to be inextricably related to what we do. But how we do what we do may be the most significant aspect of our work. The books in this series suggest that our occupations can be fulfilling as well as frustrating, callings instead of chores, not only obligations but vocations. Their variety of views, personalities, and problems can make us look again, and more wisely, at the work that consumes so much of our time. Feb 28th Growing Up Judy Askew By Russell Baker CCCC Mar 28th Nickel & Dimed Paula Krebs By Barbara Ehrenreich Wheaton College Apr 25th Death of a Salesman David Fedo By Arthur Miller Curry College May 23rd Up From Slavery Elaine Craghead By Booker T. Washington Wheaton College Jun 27th The Lowell Offering Sandy Kaye By Benita Eisler Curry College EACH TUESDAY EVENING SESSION IS HELD AT 7 PM IN THE LOWELL ROOM REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Copies of the books will be made available through the Sturgis Library CALL US AT 508-362-6636 TO REGISTER
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Winter, 2006
Join the Sturgis Library’s Reading and Discussion Group
Winter/Spring 2006
Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and its Rewards in a Changing America
Like it or not, work is an economic necessity for most of us. Even if it weren’t, however, it might be missed, for our identity tends to be inextricably related to what we do. But how we do what we do may be the most significant aspect of our work. The books in this series suggest that our occupations can be fulfilling as well as frustrating, callings instead of chores, not only obligations but vocations. Their variety of views, personalities, and problems can make us look again, and more wisely, at the work that consumes so much of our time.
Feb 28th Growing Up Judy Askew By Russell Baker CCCC Mar 28th Nickel & Dimed Paula Krebs By Barbara Ehrenreich Wheaton College Apr 25th Death of a Salesman David Fedo By Arthur Miller Curry College May 23rd Up From Slavery Elaine Craghead By Booker T. Washington Wheaton College Jun 27th The Lowell Offering Sandy Kaye By Benita Eisler Curry College
EACH TUESDAY EVENING SESSION IS HELD AT 7 PM IN THE LOWELL ROOM
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Copies of the books will be made available through the Sturgis Library CALL US AT 508-362-6636 TO REGISTER
ADULT FICTION Becka, Elizabeth—Trace Evidence (1st novel) Frey, Stephen— The Protégé Gregory, Phillipa—The Other Boleyn Girl Littell, Robert—Legends (CIA) Lively, Penelope—Making it Up Stewart, Leah—The Myth of You and Me Willett, Marcia—The Birdcage Xinrah—Sky Burial
DVD Angel at my Table Girl in the Café Look Back in Anger Me, You and Everyone we Know Off the Map Turtles Can Fly
NON-FICTION Akbar, Said Hyder—Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenagers Story Browning, Guy—Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade—How to Survive Life’s Smaller Challenges Hammel, Eric M.—Pacific Warriors : Marines in WWII : A Pictorial Tribute Kunitz, Stanley—Wild Braid - A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden Lewis, Tom—The Hudson : A History Truss, Lynne—Eat Shoots and Leaves Talk to the Hand Women’s Letters : America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
MUSIC Cream Live at the Royal Albert Hall London May 2005 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Jackson Brown Solo Acoustic Raoul Midon—State of Mind Celtic Crossroads Craig David—The Story Goes
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Do you have a couple of hours to spend one day a week helping out at the library? We are in particular need of shelvers in the children's area. If you are interested, please contact Marcella Curry at 508-362-6636 for more information.
JOIN US FOR DINNER AND SUPPORT THE LIBRARY
Please join us for the first annual Sturgis Library Trustee’s Dinner the evening of April 2nd at the Dolphin Restaurant in Barnstable Village. Gather with Trustees, Friends and staff of the Library for a fabulous dinner, while supporting on-going operations and special projects! Price of the dinner, with a choice of two entrees, is $50.00, a portion of which will benefit Sturgis Library. Save the date and make plans to attend. Call Lucy Loomis at 508-362-6636 for more information and to reserve a place. Only 100 tickets will be sold.
Successful Ornament Auction & Bake Sale
Our thanks to everyone who supported these fundraising events.
We raised $1,000!
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
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Sturgis Library News Kids Corner!
Youngsters’ Yoga! Yoga is an awesome way for kids to direct their afterschool energy into
something creative and rewarding! So, why not sign them up and check it out? Please stop by or give the library a call if you’re interested in
further details! 508.362.6636
Join Kyla Allen at the Sturgis Library for
The Family United Network of Barnstable will continue to
hold their Thursday and Friday playgroups at the Library. Ages 0-4. Registration through F.U.N. Call Quianna at 508.775.6240 for
more information!
Reluctant Reader? Try one of these!
Teen Top Ten of 2005 1. Girls In Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares 2. The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen 3. Looking For Alaska by John Green 4. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult 5. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick 6. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson 7. The Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah
8. Teen Idol by Meg Cabot 9. The Garden by Elise Aidinoff 10. How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater by Marc Acito
Compiled by the Young Adult Library Services Association, from more than 2,500 teen votes!
ReelKids Our free family movie series is back!
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Join us for a weekly “big screen” movie, complete with
Popcorn and Juice! Ages five and up with parent or minder in attendance, please.
All films based on books. Tentative movie schedule available
soon for those who like to read the book first!
Thursdays at 4 o’clock, starting February 2nd.
Sturgis Storytime -Through June 21st -
Wednesdays 10:30-11:00am Join the Youth Services Librarian for
stories, songs, and crafts suitable for children ages 3-5. Regular attendance requested.
Please call 508.362.6636 for more information on any children’s program!
Sturgis Library News
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The Sturgis Library Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome two new board members
Jackie Crowley grew up in Needham and spent a few weeks every summer on the Cape. She attended Wellesley College where she studied anthropology and archaeology. She worked in the Egyptian Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and took several archaeological expeditions to Egypt. She then transitioned to the energy marketing business, working in Boston, New York, and Connecticut before making the move to Cape Cod. Jackie is active with Barnstable school activities and Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville. She is an energy consultant and aspiring novelist. She shares a home on Old Jail Lane with her mother and daughter, and a crazy one-year-old cat named Ike.
Sheila Bearse was born and raised in Connecticut, and graduated from St. Raphael’s as an X-Ray Technician. She relocated to the Cape 40 years ago to start her family and fell in love with Cape Cod houses. She has been sell-ing real estate on Cape Cod for 30 years. When not showing houses, she enjoys sitting at Sandy Neck, working in her yard, and spending time with her grandchildren. She lives in Barnstable Village with her husband, John Crowell.
Letter from the President Sturgis Library Board of Trustees In the fall, the Board and staff met in an all-day session to begin to plan for the next five years. Our first task was to revisit the mission of the Library and update our Mission Statement. The revised statement was then used as the platform for de-veloping our goals for years FY2007 through FY2012. A community forum was held in November to gain input from the public, and more work was done with the Library Director and Planning Committee in order to submit a draft to the Board for their January Board meeting. Further refinement will be necessary, but we expect to share our goals, objectives, and activities in our next newsletter. I would like to offer the revised Mission Statement here, and would encourage you to share your thoughts:
The Sturgis Library, a historic public library in the village of Barnstable, has the dual responsibilities of preserving and promoting Cape Cod history while providing progressive library services to meet the needs of a contemporary community. The library strives to:
• Support the lifelong pursuit of personal, vocational, cultural and intellectual self-improvement • Foster literacy and creativity in residents of all ages • Promote the free exchange of ideas and serve as a community meeting place • Offer a gateway to dynamic technological resources and informational databases • Serve as a regional archive and research center for the study of Barnstable County history, genealogy, and
maritime culture On another note, we are pleased to report that we have appointed two new members to our Board of Trustees. They are Sheila Bearse and Jackie Crowley. Please see their profiles featured below. Our Burgundy Barge Raffle was a great success, raising $12,000, which surpassed our fundraising goal. We received positive feedback, and plan to offer a similar event in the next few years. Building on this success, the seven Barnstable libraries are sponsoring a joint fundraiser which will feature a cruise to Bermuda. Details about the trip can be found in this newsletter, on our website, or by visiting the library cruise page: http://www.mmpl.org/bermuda_cruise. Ellie Claus December 28, 2005
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Sturgis Library News
The seven village libraries of the Town of Barnstable are sponsoring a joint fundraiser -- a fabulous cruise to Bermuda. Join us as we kick-off this fundraiser with a gala party at the Centerville Library. You can find out all about the cruise while enjoying island drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Chat with the library directors and our travel agent, and meet your future fellow passengers. There's nothing like a taste of the tropics in the dead of winter.
WHEN: Sunday January 22nd, 2006
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
WHERE: Centerville Library
585 Main Street Centerville
ADMISSION: FREE!
For more information,
call the Centerville Library at 508-790-6220
Bermuda Cruise Party!
Sturgis Library News
JOHN STOBART LECTURE & RECEPTION
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 3:00—5:00 p.m.
Join us during Cape Cod maritime Days for a lecture by JOHN STOBART, America’s most celebrated marine artist. Noted for his dynamic harbor scenes and ship portraits, Stobart has devoted his career to showing the majestic beauty of sailing ships from a previous era. A wine and cheese reception and opportunity to meet the artist will follow. This event is sponsored by the Sturgis Library and the Barnstable Historical Society. Tickets are $20.00 in advance or at the door. Seating is limited so be sure to purchase your tickets early!
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Sign Up to LEARN MORE in the New Year Did you know that the library offers access to special resources through its website and the CLAMS network? Did you also know that these resources are available to you from the library or at home for free – the only thing you need is your library card? You can: • Search for and read articles from hundreds of popular and specialized magazines and scholarly journals. • Use an online reference book -- subjects include science, literary criticism, nature, medicine, business, history, and more.
• Search for and read articles from select newspapers, including the New York Times, the Cape Cod Times, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe going back nearly 20 years.
• Research information on businesses and companies. • Access a wealth of material for kids, teens, and students to answer questions or help with homework. • Find biographical information on a million different people including literary figures, people in science,
multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts.
• Access electronic books on popular topics such as travel, computers, consumer health, and business.
Interested in LEARNING MORE? Contact the library to sign up for a tutorial in using these resources. Small group tutorials will be offered on Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. Using these resources is easy, and we’ll help you
get started. Call us at (508) 362-6636 to sign up.
These online resources are funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. You can find them at http://www.mlin.org/books/magazine/index.php
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Annual Campaign CONTRIBUTORS
The Board of Trustees would like to thank the following foundations, local businesses, community organizations, individuals and families who contributed over $60,000 to the 2006 Annual
Campaign, as well as the many local businesses which made donations in kind during the year.
Sturgis Founders $1,000 and up
Samuel I.A. Anderson Carrie & Scott Bearse
Sheila Bearse Jane Carleton
Dorothy & Herbert Carver Ellie & Clyde Claus
William & Antonia Cook Dr. & Mrs. David C. Doll
Joseph H.B. Edwards Friends of Sturgis Library Marilyn & Chick Fuller
Suzy & Jack Genest James G. Hinkle Joanne Lyman
Beatrice Magruder Tony & Lorraine Shepley
Jacqueline Simpkins The Ware Family
Lothrop Fellows $500 to $999
Roger & Helen Boocock Sean & Suzy Cummings
Waters and Phyllis Davis Mr. & Mrs. Charles Harden
Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Harrington Richard N. Marchand
Howard & Virginia Woollard
Hooper Trustees $250 to $499
David J. Ansel Kristen Bearse & John Field
Elizabeth Blair Dr. & Mrs. Loren C. Burger
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Charboneau Edith Eastman
Peter & Tracey Eastman Roy T. Hammer
Richard B. Janney James & Jean Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Liddy Emerson Markham
Mrs. Robert D. Muir Margaret Nichol
Gayle Nyre & Ron Wilcox Carol & Joe Segar Elizabeth C. Wright
Mrs. Raymond Wynkoop
Kittredge Benefactors $125 to $249
Patricia C. Andlauer Joan Bentinck-Smith
Richard W. Clark Elissa Crowley & Kenneth Olsen
Jacqueline L. Crowley Peter & Susan Eleftherakis
Lloyd & Linda George Edward & Janet Gildea Charitable Foundation
Ethel & Warne Gooch Sherry Greene-Starr & Gordon Starr Nancy A. Haskell & Sara Widdicombe
Frank & Helen Hinckley Frances B.L. Hunsaker
Mr. & Mrs. F.W. Jacobanis Dr. & Mrs. H. Walter Kaess
John Krainin Kenneth Kramer
Mrs. Alexander Laird Mary E. Lee Ceeb Leech Lucy Loomis
Virginia Lukingbeal Judy Lynch
Ellen & Hub Mathewson Mary Ellen McTague
Don & Diane Michaels Cy & Weezie Nelson
Peggy Noland & Sam Noland John & Evie Obbard Jack & Judy Olcott
William C. Orman, in memory of Barbara A. Orman
Leona & Milton Penn Bruce & Janice Richards
Neil & Sara Ringler Rob & Pru Stewart
Barry & Nicole Sturgis Mrs. Dieter H. Sussdorf
Sally A. Syrjala Richard G. Tasker
Ted Theodores Elisabeth T. Wheeler
Pamela & Harold Wilson Joan & Whitney Wright
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Patrons
$60 - $124 Thomas R. Adams Vaino A. Ahonen
John & Joan Alberghini Robert & Lois Alberts
Claire & Leroy Anderson Barbara Angus
Kenneth J. Arnold Steven M. Babbit
David & Lucy Banner Wayne & Evelyn Bassett
Forrest Beam & Jo Ann Kelley Kathleen L. Benson Harriet Blanchard Joanne L. Bluhm
John & Phyllis Bouchard Christine L. Brazelton
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Broberg Mr. & Mrs. John Brosnan Vernon & Barbara Brown
Rick & Carol Cahoon Jim & Maggie Calvin
Esther Camelio Ann Canedy
Nadeane Carlisle Robert & Juliet Carlson Maureen & David Cater
Pat & Jack Coffey Mrs. Charles J. Cogan
Mr. & Mrs. Clarke Coggeshall Mrs. J. Wells Coggeshall
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Coggeshall David Condon
Robert D. Cotell J. Patrick Crippen Nancy L. Crowley
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Doe Eleanor Donovan
Michael & Mary Ann Donovan Ken Dorman & Kathleen Raftery
Mike Downs Mike & Liz Dunning
Charlie & Sandra Eager John & Christine Ehret
Brian Farrell Craig & Joan Farrenkopf
Ann L. Gabriel Frederick & Ellin Gallagher
Eleanor Garvey Mr. & Mrs. William J. Gedrim
Rose Mary Glavin The Rev. & Mrs. E.V.N. Goetchius
Dr. & Mrs. William Golden Joan F. Grossmith
Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm F. Groves Mr. & Mrs. Edward O. Handy, Jr.
John D. Harris Gretchen & Ted Hibben
Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Hilton Ted & Margaret Housman
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Herb & Rosemary Kaupp
Edward E. & Marilyn Kelley Mary Ann & John King
Adelma Knott Wm. Daniel Knott
George & Susan Kovatch Jon & Wilma Kraus
Mr. & Mrs. Albert R. Lamb, III Robert & Pat Lavery
Mary G. Lay Henry H. Livingston, III
Carol T. Lummus Greg Masterson
James & Linda McAuley Winifred McDonough Adele H. McKeever
Ken & Marge Mercer Charles & Mary Ann Morrice
Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Morton Mr.& Mrs. Robert O’Brien
Richard G. Osborne Rob & Bev Parke
Richard & Ernestine Pashoian Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Perera
Robert Perry Rabbi Deborah Pipe
Lisa Raymond Edith L. Richards
Dr. & Mrs. Keith C. Richards Myrne Riel
John & Ginny Rueter Richard T. Senoski Hedi & Quin Shea
Ronnie & Paul Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Stafford
Beverly & Ed Tassinari Ellen & Robert Temkin
John Temple & Ann Miller Paul & Bunny Thompson
Mrs. Warren E. Titus Mr. John Van Iderstine Hugh & Judy Van Liew
Cary G. Varblow Peg Vetorino
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Vetterling Nancy C. Weinstein
David Welch Kathleen & Walter White
Barbara Wylan Jacquelyn L. Young
Helen Zupko
$1—$59 Robert & Jane Allen
Anonymous Kate Armstrong
Harry D. Azadian Sara P. Baker
Randy & Pat Bartlett Sue Bartlett
Mr. & Mrs. Davis R. Bates
Rick & Peggy Bernard
Barbara Brown Clifford Brown Marcy Burman
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Carroll Marcia Chaves Clifford Family Wendy Corbiere
Rod & Judy Crocker Mr. & Mrs. George G. Cronin
Owen Duff Mr. & Mrs. Andre G. Duprey
Robert Dusseault William H. Eaton
Margaret Edwards A. Lovell Elliott Anne S. Emery
Jeannette A. Ennis Mr. & Mrs. Bernhardt W. Erk
Betty Short Fitterer Ella Joyce Fraser
Robert & Alexena Frazee Ron & Laurel Gabel Florence M. George
Diane & Frank Gibson Marjorie Gibson
Janet Gow John W. Hagstrom
Stephen & Jean Hall James & Claire Haworth Mr. & Mrs. G.W. Hazard Lynette & Robert Helms Dianna & Roger Henson Mr. & Mrs. Alan Houston
R.F. Howard Jane & Peter Huester
Jean Iversen Maureen L. Johnson
Doris E. Kendall Joyce Kevorkian Charles LaMarca Beverly Landry
Mrs. James Leonard M.G. Locklin
Earlene MacDowell Haynes R. Mahoney
David S. Martin Mrs. Nancy Mastico Isabel H. Matterson
Barbara Moore Harry & Kerin Morales
Thomas J. & Evelyn R. Mullen Yuankyn Ni & Hong Wei
Mr. & Mrs. P. Gordon Nelson Elwinna Nickerson
Joe & Joyce Paradis Miya Patrick
Elizabeth Pease Christina Penta
Janet & John Petruccione Janet Portser
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$1-$59
Dr. & Mrs. S. Richard Prothero Lorna & Robert Rathburn
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Revere, Jr. John Peter Rooney
Leonard Ross James & Bettina Royce Mrs. Joan E. Schlander
Dorothy Schofield John & Candace Schulenburg
Mary V. Scott Judy Slade
Shannon Smith Andrea Spencer
Lolita Stull Marjorie L. Swett Eleanor Talbot Maureen Taylor
Larry & Margaret Thayer Beverly Turner
Lenore Walsh & Robert Jackson Barbara L. Walters
The Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth Warren Muriel & John Watson Carla & Bill Wieners
Bernard Wilber Kent Williams
Nancy Woebcke Robert & Sharon Woelfling Sheldon & Elisabeth Woolf
Helen J. Wright Eugene Zubrinski
Cookbook Club
The cookbook club meets one Monday a month from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. We discuss books, recipes, restaurants -anything related to food - if you love to cook it’s a great way to spend a dreary winter evening. If you are interested in joining us, please call Elizabeth (508 362-6636) at the library for details.
A MESSAGE FROM FRIENDS OF THE STURGIS LIBRARY
Happy New Year from the Friends of the Sturgis Library. We are pleased to underwrite the costs associated with the printing and mailing of this newsletter. If you have not joined the Friends or renewed your membership, please consider doing so now; dues are $15 per family. We have three programs remaining in this cycle: Wednesday, February 8 Steve Heaslip, Staff Photographer of 2:00 p.m. the Cape Cod Times, “Cape Cod as I See It” (illustrated) Wednesday, March 22 Peg Rasmussen, 2:00 p.m. Master Gardener, Speaker, “The Gardens of Provence” (illustrated) Sunday, April 23 John Squibb & Blue Montuna return for a 2:30 p.m. musical afternoon. (A $3 donation is requested) Please join us for these events. Finally, we are looking for a volunteer to chair/co-chair the Plant Sale to be held on Saturday, June 3. If you are interested, please contact me, Roy Hammer, at 508-362-2593. Our thanks to Phyllis Davis who was chair for so many years. Roy T. Hammer, President
Book Lovers Book Sale Every Tuesday and
Thursday 1:30—4 pm
and Saturday 10 am—3 p.m.
This issue of our newsletter
was underwritten by Friends of the Sturgis
Library. The Board of Trustees and staff thank the Friends for their on-going
support.
In This Issue... Thank you to all those who contributed to the 2006 Annual Campaign!
Calendar of Events and Programs
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