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Information on events, library related happenings, and other deep thoughts from our library staff.

Senior Center Book Group

Did you know that Hoover's Senior Center has a book group? Each month the members get together to discuss a book of the group's choosing. May's selection is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and June's discussion is on Jeffrey Zaslow's The Girls from Ames.

If you are a member of the Senior Center, we would love for you to come and join us for a lively book discussion on the second morning of each month at 9:30 a.m. And if you are not a senior, but know someone who is, pass this along!
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The Farmer and the Horse

First it was organic foods, then locally produced, in recent years the move towards using animal power in lieu of diesel for farm production has increased substantially.

Normally relegated to pioneer reenactments, animal power is making news (On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns), even though they are generally seen as only feasible for small farms.

Check out the documentary, The Farmer and the Horse, for the ups and downs of using animal power.
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Mary White Sowell - Friends Gallery Featured Artist - May 2011

Mary White Sowell is an experimental artist working mostly with acrylics and mixed media. Her favorite subjects are of a figurative nature plus abstracts with many textures. For ten years, she managed her own Art to Wear jewelry business, Melange, with accounts throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Her line was primarily centered around hand sculpted porcelain and paper jewelry.

Children's Book Week: May 2-8, 2011

Today is the first day of Children's Book Week! If you're looking for a way to celebrate, check out the official website. It offers links to Children's Choice booklists, puzzles, story starters, and an official CBW bookmark featuring Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

What We're Reading

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

The First Thursday Book Group will meet to discuss this book on Thursday, May 5th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 in the Theatre-level conference room.

Radio gal Frankie Bard, poses a question to a dinner party, “What would you think of a postmistress who chose not to deliver the mail?” This serves as the dramatic backdrop of Sarah Blake’s compelling novel, The Postmistress. As war rages through Europe, two women isolated physically and emotionally, reside in fictional Franklin, Massachusetts, on the coast of Cape Cod, listening to war reporter Frankie Bard as she details the blitz in London. For the postmaster (never call her a postmistress), Iris James, it’s only a matter of time before the war ends up on Franklin’s

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