Woodworking Project

Have you always wanted to learn woodworking? Do you like to work with your hands and build things but don't have the tools at home? The Macedon Public Library is starting their 2010 Arts and Crafts Night with Woodworking taught by Denny Brunner of Arbor Art Senior Workshops.



This lovely stool would make a great gift or addition to any home.
The project dates are January 7, 14 and 21 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
The cost is $5.00 and includes instruction and all materials.





Please stop by the Macedon Public Library to see the stool and learn more, or call us at 315-986-5932.

New Story Time Schedule

Story time for 2-year-olds will be held on the following Tuesday mornings at 10:10 and at 10:40. Parents and caregivers are required to accompany your child.

January 5
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9

Story times for 3, 4 and 5-year-olds will be held on the following Monday mornings at 10:30 and on Tuesday afternoons at 1:30. Attendance by parents and caregivers is optional.

January 4 and 5
January 11 and 12
January 18 and 19
January 25 and 26
February 1 and 2
February 8 and 9

Wacky Wednesdays, reading and crafts for those in kindergarten through 4th grade, will be held on the following Wednesday afternoons at 4:00.

January 6
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3
February 10

Holiday Hours

In celebration of the holiday season the Macedon Public Library will be closed:

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (December 24 and December 25)
and
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day (December 31 and January 1)

Happy Holidays from Jefferson and the staff!!

Ornament Painting

There is still plenty of room left in our adult Thursday night craft classes. This month we are painting Christmas ornaments! Courtney Dentel of the Pottery Spot in Palmyra, will provide a variety of ornaments to choose from each week. The cost of each ornament will be between $7 and $9. They will make great gifts, or keep them to beautify your own home.

So stop in to register. The classes will be December 3, 10 and 17 at 6:30.

Thursdays Adult Classes

The Drawing Class has been going well. The artists are a bit shy about showing off their work, but we were able to sneak a photo to show you how productive there were.




The next class with be Ornament Painting, Dec. 3, 9 and 16. This will be taught by Courtney Dentel, who conducted the Pottery Painting Class this summer. The price for this class will depend on the ornament you choose to paint. The selection and sign-up sheet will be available next week at the library. Hope to see lots of you there!

Holiday Books

I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but it's time to talk about holiday books. The library has to think of our inventory in advance of the mad rush, so here are some books that you might find our our NEW shelves:

The True Saint Nicholas by William Bennett
A Simple Christmas by Mike Huckabee
Angels at Christmas and That Holiday Feeling, both by Debbie Macomber
A Blue and Gray Christmas by Joan Medlicott
Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle
A Christmas Blizzard by Keillor Garrison
Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs
Christmas Cake by J. Lynne Hinton
A Wish for Christmas by Thomas Kinkade
The Quilter's Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Page
Matchless by Gregory Maguire
Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart
Memory Quilt by T.D. Jakes

As you can see there is something for everyone. So come in and "check out" our NEW shelves and get into the holiday spirit!

Next Adult Class - Drawing

The Macedon Public Library continues to offer Arts and Crafts Night at the Library in November with a Drawing 1 Class. Class with be held on Thursdays from 6:30 - 7:45, November 5, 12 and 19.

The class will be taught by local teacher Amy O'Connor. Our project will be still life graphite pencil drawings. The library will provide paper, pencils and erasers. You must provide the still life object(s), such as artificial fruit, bottles, or items that may have special meaning to you. The fee will be $12.00 and the class limited to 10 students. So sign up soon!

Adult Classes - Quilting

Well, the ladies of the Quilting Class had a wonderful experience making a small Log Cabin Quilt. Many thanks go to June and Margaret, who used many hours preparing for this class and making it the fun but productive time it was.

Here are some of the finished products! Aren't you jealous?

BOOK SALE

The semi-annual Friends of the Macedon Public Library Book Sale is gearing up for another spectacular fall! Please join us:

Thursday, October 29 --- 10:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday, October 30 --- 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 31 --- 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
$3.00 per bag on Saturday ---12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Spiders

The spiders came!

Liz Thompson, the Batphile who visited us this summer to teach us about bats, came again on Wednesday to teach us about spiders. Obviously, Liz has some "creepy" issues. Luckily for us.

Naturally, the kids had a great time. One got to dress as a spider (for identification purposes), and several got to pretend to be the various types of insect catching spiders. Did you know some spiders catch their prey with spit?!

We also learned that spider venom is being studied for medicinal purposes, and that the U.S. government is trying to re-create spider silk for its strength.

Thank you Liz! What creepy creature will you study next?

Spiders are Coming................................

October 21st
4:00 p.m.
Community Room

Bullis Open House

On Sunday, October 4, the Bullis Committee hosted an Open House honoring benefactor Miss Jeannette Aurelia Bullis, her family and their contributions. Special guest, "Nettie" was there to welcome the guests.




Included were a display of special Bullis books, a demonstration of Bullis book repair and refreshments (special bologna sandwiches, one of Nettie's favorite dinners). Also, history buff and producer, Joseph Hill, graciously shared his research on General John Lapham Bullis and the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts that he lead.

We thank all who came and hoped that you enjoyed the afternoon as much as we did.

Grant for Children's DVDs

Many thanks to the Friends of the Macedon Public Library for their grant "Promoting Juvenile Learning and Literacy Through DVDs". With these funds we were able to purchase DVDs based on books as an inducement to read.

They are displayed in the children's section with the books they are based on. We have encouraged our patrons to take both home.

Come in and "check them out".

Fall Story Time Schedule

The Summer Reading Program, Be Creative at Your Library, was a huge success!! The kids had a great deal of fun and the staff is exhausted, all signs that we did something right!

So now it's time to plan for back to school and our fall programming. Our first six weeks will start the week of September 21 and end Halloween week, October 27. We have the usual 2 year-old story times on Tuesday morning, 10:10 and 10:40. 3, 4, and 5 year-old story times are on Monday mornings at 10:30 and Tuesday afternoons at 1:30. And our Wednesdays would not be Wacky without stories and crafts at 4:00. A schedule is available at our front desk.

Come in to register or call us at 315-986-5932.

Jefferson Gets Crafty

As I've been telling everyone, we started our adult craft classes this summer, and everyone has been having a great time! Even Jefferson joined us for some pottery painting and crocheting!

Jefferson struggled because of his lack of thumbs, but that's definitely a smile on his face!!

Adult Pottery Painting Class

We all had way too much fun in our pottery painting class Thursday nights. I am usually unable to draw a decipherable stick figure, yet was able to make a beautiful tile trivet with the help of creative painting techniques and stencils!
But what was more important was the giggling and camaraderie! Thank you Courtney, I hope to visit you at the The Pottery Spot in Palmyra and increase my painting skills and confidence.


Our next set of classes are:
September 10 - Card Stamping
September 17 - Card Embossing
September 24 - Quilling

There are examples of each of these card crafts on display at the front circulation desk and the reference section in the Macedon Public Library. However, it is suggested that if you are taking the embossing class, you take the stamping class first as there is a progression. Quilling can be stand alone class.

Newbery Challenge Pizza Party

The annual Newbery Challenge Pizza Party, our final event of the summer reading program, was this afternoon, and everyone seemed to have a great time. The challenge is to read six Newbery books (winners or honor books) from different time periods over the course of the summer. We had 12 children and 3 adults finish the challenge.









I am always amazed at the diversity of books that the kids choose to read, and yet there are always a few standards. I asked the same questions: "What was your favorite book?" and "What book was your least favorite?" I was surprised this year as to how many kids struggled to find a least favorite, and usually it was the ones they thought would be the easiest read. We were also surprised as to how many of these books were the first in a series, and how many have been made into movies.

Thank you Reliant Community Credit Union for your continued support,
both in purchasing the books and supplying the pizza and prizes!

Summer Classes

The Summer Reading Program is technically over, and what a lot of fun we had! In addition to all of the performers, the last three Thursdays were filled with laughter and learning!

July 31st was our annual Geocaching trek. Our ever helpful Phil Klingler again took a group of children and their parents to Bullis park, where he taught them how to work a GPS system and locate special treasures.





On August 6th we tried something new - a Clowning Around Workshop taught by magician and clown, Ron Cain. The kids learned the basics to juggling, paper air plane flying, making balloon shapes and the proper way to wear the red nose.



Since our theme this summer was "Be Ceative at Your Library", we had MaryJane Wenner bring all of her "stuff" and let everyone who came create Scrap Art.

We hope everyone had as good a summer as we did!!!

Wild Wings

Wild Wings brought six beautiful raptors (carnivore birds of prey), to visit us yesterday. We started out on the hill, but the heat and bees soon chased us inside. However, even with the change of plans we learned about both the birds and this wonderful not-for-profit educational organization that houses and cares for permanently injured birds.

We are all invited to their facility at Mendon Ponds, where we can view all 24 birds and even volunteer.

Thank you Pat and Buzz for a very informative afternoon.

Jefferson Lazy Summer Days

Jefferson Bear has been very lazy this first dog days of August. He put his feet up in the Young Adult section, and hasn't moved all week.




June did manage to move him temporarily to meet the Courtney triplets. But just the thought of managing three cubs sent him right back to snoozing!

BATPHILE

Last week Batphile, Liz Thompson, visited the Macedon Public Library and introduced us to The Mysterious World of Bats.







Liz was very informative and showed us slides of bats from around the world. Did you know that there are over 1,100 kinds of bats, but only three kinds are considered "vampires"?. None of them live in North America. So what's all the fuss about?

The kids had lots of questions, and we even had a few adults come on their own to learn about these fascinating creatures. Here, Jacob learns that with his weight and size he would need very long wings to fly like a bat.

Thank you, Liz. And great article about you in Sunday's Democrat & Chronicle!!

Adult Crocheting Class

The Adult Crocheting Class, funding by the Friends of the Macedon Public Library Endowment Grant, has been a great success!!!!



The beginners mastered single crocheting and almost mastered double crocheting. Those more experienced learned additional skills to enhance their crocheting technique. Fun was had by all!!





NEXT ON THE AGENDA: Pottery Painting Project starting this Thursday, August 6th. This can be up to three weeks, or as little as one, depending on the project you choose. Please stop into the Macedon Public Library and peruse your choices.

New Fiction

I have been remiss in my "New Book" postings, but I warned you that for me the summer is consumed with children: story times, dinky prizes, public performers, etc. But here are some highlights:

Fire and Ice by J.A. Jance
The Defector by Daniel Silva
Dying for Mercy by Mary Jane Clark
Guardian of Lies by Steve Martini
Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles
Dust to Dust by Heather Graham
Burn by Linda Howard
A Dream to Call My Own by Tracie Peterson
Black Hills by Nora Roberts

Come in and peruse our shelves. I know there are lots more (just ask the pages)!

Crocheting Class

On Thursday, July 23, our wonderful staff member, Nina, held a beginner's crocheting class. Again, no pictures of the actual kids were taken, but here are some photos of the lesson itself.









Some people had so much fun they are asking for another class. Let us know if you are interested.

Thanks Nina!