| New Videos Available
Thanks to a generous gift from the Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation of NH, we have just added twenty-two new videos to our DVS collection. They are - Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday, two romantic classics starring Audrey Hepburn; the heartwarming Christmas story Miracle on 34th Street; some chosen mostly for the youngsters - Casper the Friendly Ghost, Honey I Blew Up the Kids, the Mighty Ducks and Rookie of the Year. Clear & Present Danger, Basic Instinct, Patriot Games, Total Recall, L.A. Story, Speed and True Lies are for the action/adventure fans - plus Star Wars and three more of the Star Trek series (Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country, and Wrath of Khan); The Santa Clause offers a good laugh for all;Chaplin approximates the life of silent comedian Charlie Chaplin;On Golden Pond was actually filmed on Squam Lake; and Scent of a Woman is a film on many viewers' all-time Top-10 list. If Santa leaves a VCR under your tree, be sure to let us know. We'll send you an up-to-date copy of our complete list of DVS videos, and our loan policy.
Re-Name That Tune!
Can you translate these pretentious phrases into well-known Christmas songs and carols? The answers appear in another part of this issue.
1 - Move hitherward the entire assembly of those who are loyal in their behalf.
2 - Listen,the celestial cherubs produce harmonious sounds.
3 - Nocturnal hours whose stillness is unbroken.
4 - Embellish the interior passageways.
5 - Exalted heavenly beings to whom harkened.
6 - Twelve o'clock on a clement night witnessed its arrival.
7 - The Christmas preceding all others.
8 - Small municipality in Judea southeast of Jerusalem.
9 - Diminutive masculine master of skin-covered percussionistic cylinders.
10 - Omnipotent Supreme Being, elicit respite to ecstatic distinguished males.
11 - Natal celebration devoid of color.
12 - In awe of the nocturnal time span characterized by religiosity.
13 - Geographic state of fantasy during the season of Mother Nature's dormancy.
14 - The first person nominative plural of the triumvirate of Oriental monarchs.
VETS ON THE WEB
Veterans with access to the Internet can find fast access to information on VA benefits, facilities, special programs and medical information , plus links to related sites, at the Department of Veterans' Affairs web site. The URL is http://www.va.gov.
Veterans who want to check on their benefits by phone may call (800) 827-1000.
Please check your closets, bookshelves, drawers, under the bed ... anywhere that recorded books might be hiding when they should be returned to this library. No Returns means No New Books! The book you've been waiting for may be in someone's closet right now. We have a 3-month loan period. Right now we are sending Overdue Notices on books that have been on loan for a year or longer. That's a long time to remember what happened to a book! We plan to improve on this, and slowly move toward sending notices on books that are out for four months.
Attention Kids!
It's time for the 1998 Publish-a-Book Contests
The Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishing Co. has been publishing books from this contest since 1988. The Young Publish-a-Book Contest is for students in grades 2 and 3, and requires entries 300 to 500 words in length. The Publish-A-Book Contest is for grades 4 & 5, requiring entries from 500 to 700 words long. One winner in the Young section will get a $500 prize and a publishing contract for a paperback edition of the winning book, and there will be 10 Honorable Mention awards of $25. Three winners in the older contest will receive $500 prizes and publishing contracts, and there will be 20 Honorable Mention awards. Entries must be sponsored by a teacher; only one entry per author is permitted; an official entry form must accompany the entry AND entries must be postmarked by February 15, 1998. You can get the information you need, and an official entry form, from the publisher's Web site at www.steck-vaughn.com.
Scholarship Winner Announced
The winner of the Theresa Herron Award for 1997 is Molly Blank of John Stark Regional High School. Congratulations, Molly! The award honors the memory of an active woman concerned with quality education for visually impaired students in New Hampshire and in the nation. It is made by the National Federation of the Blind of NH, and funds education-related expenses of any kind. Molly Blank was presented with the award at the NFB-NH annual convention banquet on November 1.
Our Warmest Thanks -
Go to these very special people who have remembered this library and its services during 1997 with gifts, through wills and bequests, and as memorials to departed loved ones. What better time to acknowledge their generosity than Thanks-giving time?
- Anonymous
- Ann W. Bickford
- Charlotte Bursey
- Paul & Martha Comtois
- Jean Jennings in memory of Thomas Jennings
- John Hancock Signature Services
- Ruth A. Lepovsky
- Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation of New Hampshire
- Phylis Levine in memory of her parents
- Deborah Evans and the staff of De Wolfe New England Real Estate, Portsmouth, in memory of Ellen Little
- John Scopoletti
- Florence B. Smith
Re-Name That Tune - answers
1. O Come All Ye Faithful
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
3. Silent Night
4. Deck the Halls
5. Angels We Have Heard on High
6. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
7. The First Noel
8. O Little Town of Bethlehem
9. Little Drummer Boy
10. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
11. White Christmas
12. Oh Holy Night
13. Winter Wonderland
14. We Three Kings
Flash! Magazine Change!
When the new magazine list becomes available on January 1, Asimov's Science Fiction will be available on cassette, not on flexible disc as originally announced. We'll adjust everyone's subscription accordingly.
Pam's Picks
Pamela Ober has been noticing that some of the most delightful books in our collection are not being requested as often as they are in public libraries. So we're giving her a column to draw these to your attention.
RC 38077 Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil - John Berendt this is being made into a movie, and should be! Bizarre people and activities in Savannah, GA - including a murder - make this seem too outlandish to be a true story, but it is. It's been a bestseller for more than 170 weeks.
RC 27750 Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen Howlingly funny tale of crooked fishing tournaments, murder, political corruption & environmental degradation.
RC 31050 The Eight - Katherine Neville Four women's quest for Charlemagne's chess set spans two centuries, from 17th century France to modern NYC.
RC 35454 Booked to Die - John Dunning An ex-cop takes up the peaceful life of a book dealer, but finds a killer in the rare book trade.
RC 38593 Second Nature - Alice Hoffman Woman liberates "wolf-man," tries to introduce him into modern society - but is society ready for him?
RC 40010 Kolymsky Heights - Lionel Davidson A Native American Rhodes scholar sneaks into Siberia to smuggle out a scientific breakthrough.
RC 25248 Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy A tale of family sorrow and personal redemption.
RC 43291 Undaunted Courage - Stephen E. Ambrose A new perspective on the struggles, triumph and aftermath of the Lewis & Clark expedition.
RC 31118 The Journals of Lewis & Clark Yes, the language is stilted and archaic - but these are the on-the-spot words of the first white men to cross what would one day be the United States of America.
NH Lions Blind Bowlers Committee Needs Your Help!
The Lions Blind Bowlers is combining with the Lighted Heart Clubs into a new nonprofit organization. They want to expand the recreational activities they offer, and they want to hear from YOU.
If you would be interested in any kind of group recreational activity, from relatively sedentary things like card parties to quite active sports and games like cross-country skiing, sign below giving permission for us to give your name, address and phone number to the NH Lions. Someone will contact you to discuss what activities interest you, and then the new group will see what activites bring out the most interest.
YES, you may give my name, address and telephone number to the NH Lions Blind Bowlers Committee.
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NHLS Bureau of Services to Persons with Disabilities
117 Pleasant Street
Concord NH 03301
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