HAVERSTRAW KING’S DAUGHTERS PUBLIC LIBRARY Excellence in Service Since 1895 January /February 2012
Grant Awarded
New Library Catalog Our online library catalog and checkout system was replaced on December 8th, 2011.
We are pleased to The new catalog has a different look and feel, and offers additional searching announce that Haverstraw capabilities. You will see it on the Public Catalog computers at the library or visit our King’s Daughters Public website www.HKDPL.org from home and review your account, search for items owned Library has been awarded a 2012 Community Arts by the 45 local participating libraries, or place a request. Grant for Huan Yin Please ask at a service desk in either building if you have questions. If you would like a Rockland Welcomes China, quick introduction, we will have staff available at 12:30pm and 6:30pm during January two musical programs for guided tours of the new software. Stop at the Adult Reference desk and let us which celebrate Chinese know if you are interested. culture. Join us this Spring for presentations by Library Director Search Chinese Theater Works The search is continuing, and the Library Board of Trustees expects a new Director to and the Butterfly Chinese be announced shortly. Dance Ensemble .
Free Music Downloads
Borrow eBooks for Your Kindle!
We said it was coming, and now it’s here. E‐Books may now be Have you tried borrowed through the Library’s OverDrive interface to be read on your Freegal? This is Kindle. The quickest way to get started is to click on the Kindle image a free music below MyHelp on the right side of the digital downloads page, which d o w n l o a d you can get to from the Library’s homepage – www.hkdpl.org. You will service where need your Library barcode number and PIN, as well as your Amazon/ you can select up Kindle username and password. Come into the Library and we can show you how to to three songs a week from get started, then download an e‐book using our wireless network. Be sure to log in the vast Sony Music catalog before searching so that you see the e‐books we are purchasing just for our own to download and keep on your computer or mobile patrons. If you want to download something right now, remember to click the box device. All you need is your that says ‘available items only’. If the title you want is not available you can place a reserve, and you will be notified by email when it is ready for you to check out and HKDPL library card barcode download. number and your PIN, usually the last four digits of the telephone number we have on file for you. Click on music download on our homepage to get started!
Would You Like to Talk About Books?
We have had requests for an evening book discussion group, and we would like to get one started. Right now, it looks like Wednesday or Thursday would be the best nights. Let us know what you might be interested in reading…fiction, non‐fiction, Library Closings classics? If you are interested, please get in touch by emailing January 1
[email protected] or calling 786‐3800 x33. Even if you January 2 have left your name before, please get in touch again and we’ll get back to you. February 20
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Adult Programs**
*Library Cards Must Be Presented For All Programs Requiring InPerson Registration. Preference is given to HKDPL cardholders for all adult programs. For information on adult programs call Karen Romaner at 786‐3800 ext. 23
Happiness: Living an Optimistic Lifestyle SelfDefense for Women Monday, January 9, 6:30 pm Monday, February 6, 7 pm Learn new ways of thinking and behaving that will make your life happier with Life Coach Diane Lang. Zumba Wednesday, January 11, 7:30 pm Tuesdays, February 14 & 28, 7:30 pm Join the party! Burn fat, sculpt your body, and have fun while dancing to Latin music with Myrza Mendez‐Torres and Orlando Santiago‐Perez.
Learn how to prepare for and avoid dangerous situations, and learn physical techniques to defend your‐ self, from Master Raymond Portante, Black Belt and owner of East Coast Martial Arts,
Songs That Won the Academy Award, with Mitch Kahn Sunday, February 19, 2 pm
This program is packed with music, nostalgia, and anecdotes about singers, Live Healthy in the New actors, and the composers of Academy Year* Award‐winning songs. Thursday, January 12, 6:30 pm Lunch and a Movie Chef Shawn and nutritionist Tuesday, February 21, 1 pm Laura Hubbell show how to Enjoy a newly‐released movie on our big screen. Bring maintain your weight, fight diseases, and live longer with lunch; we provide popcorn and a beverage! “Superfoods.” IN‐PERSON REGISTRATION. Registration open now for HKDPL cardholders and opens January 9 for Keeping Spirits Bright with Spring all others. $2 non‐refundable materials fee due at Flowers* registration. Tuesday, February 21, 7 pm Zumba Gold Barbara Chinsky Cohen, owner of Saturdays, January 21 & February 11, 11 am Petals and Stems Florist, gives flower arranging tips and a demonstration. FOR SENIORS! Burn fat, sculpt your body, and have fun REGISTRATION REQUIRED. while dancing to Latin music with Myrza Mendez‐Torres and Orlando Santiago‐Perez.
Winter Film Series
Introduction to Citizenship If your thoughts turn to barbeques, running through Thursday, January 26, 6:30 pm sprinklers, and cool drinks at the ballpark during the long This program guides immigrants through the process of winter months, check out these summertime movie becoming a US citizen. Based on curriculum developed by favorites. All movies are shown on Wednesdays, Literacy Volunteers of Westchester/Rockland Counties. 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Talking Drums with Kobla Dente Adventureland (2009)‐ February 1 ‐ 109 mins. Sunday, February 5, 2 pm Before Sunset (2004) ‐ February 8 ‐ 80 mins. Explore African culture through songs, chants, dance, and movement activities, and take the journey of the “Talking Drums” with world class drummer Kobla Mensa Dente.
(500) Days of Summer (2009) ‐ 95 mins. A Summer in Genoa (2008) ‐ February 22 ‐ 93 mins. The Wackness (2008) ‐ February 29 ‐ 99 mins.
**Programs are paid for by taxpayer dollars
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Why Buy When You Can Borrow? Check Out Our New Movies, TV Series & Books! Movies
January Fiction
30 Minutes or Less
All I Did Was Shoot My Man ‐‐ Walter Mosley Believing the Lie ‐‐ Elizabeth George The Chalk Girl ‐‐ Carol O'Connell Hope: a Tragedy ‐‐ Shalom Auslander The Hunter ‐‐ John Lescroart Non-Fiction The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century ‐‐ Carne Ross
Atlas Shrugged – Part I Colombiana Conan the Barbarian Cowboys & Aliens The Debt Friends with Benefits
The Help
February Fiction Catch Me ‐‐ Lisa Gardner Cinnamon Roll Murder ‐‐ Joanne Fluke Kill Shot ‐‐ Vice Flynn Victims: an Alex Delaware Novel ‐‐ Jonathan Kellerman Yours, Mine, and Ours ‐‐ MaryJanice Davidson Non-Fiction Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day ‐‐ Daniel Amen
Larry Crowne Margin Call Midnight in Paris Moneyball Mr. Popper’s Penguins One Day Our Idiot Brother Pirates of the Caribbean; On Strange Tides Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Listen to a Good Book
Super 8
Tom Clancy Locked On
TV Series
Michael Connelly The Drop
Blue Bloods: the first season
Patricia Cornwall Red Mist
Borgias: season one
Michael Crichton Micro
Hot in Cleveland: season one
Clive Cussler Devil’s Gate
Mike & Molly: the first season
Don Delillo Angel Esmeralda Janet Evanovich Explosive Eighteen Richard Paul Evans Lost December
Try Out Some New Software
Sue Grafton V is for Vengeance
W.E.B. Griffin Covert Warriors Try out Microsoft Office on our mid‐level computers. Microsoft Steven Hunter Soft Target Office includes Word (word processing), PowerPoint Dean Koontz 77 Shadow Street (presentation), Publisher (desktop publishing), Excel (spreadsheet James Patterson Kill Alex Cross application), and Access (database management). Also available Nora Roberts Next Always are Microsoft Office 2007 Multi‐Language (including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Danielle Steel Hotel Vendome Stuart Woods D. C. Dead Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and more— 35 languages in all!) and Microsoft Encarta (a digital 330.973 Sus Ronald Suskind Confidence Men multimedia encyclopedia.) A non‐Microsoft product, StyleEase for 973.7 O’Re Bill O’Reilly Killing Lincoln APA & MLA Style, works with Microsoft Word to help students B Jobs Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs automatically create citations as they write their essays and academic papers. Both APA and MLA citation styles are available. Questions? Suggestions? Comments? These styles, plus Chicago, Turabian, ISO and others, are also Get in touch at
[email protected] available in the References tab in Microsoft Word.
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TEEN ZONE
Old-Fashioned Pancakes
Learn how to make old-fashioned pancakes from scratch. Teens will measure, mix and cook pancakes on a griddle. Toppings include syrup, bananas, and butter. Wednesday, January 11 @ 6:00 - 7:00pm. Register!
Chocolate Lollipops & Fondue. Teens will make lollipops. While they are refrigerating they will enjoy melting pot fondue with heart-shaped sugar cookies. An early taste of Valentine’s Day! Tuesday, February 7 @ 6:00 - 7:00pm. Register!
Teens Choose Their Favorite Books of the Year Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore The Iron King by Julie Kagawa Matched by Ally Condie Angel: Maximum Ride by James Patterson Paranormalcy by Kiersten White Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
New Games for PS3 and XBOX Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Battlefield 3 Batman Arkham City Just Dance 3
We have them all ! Check them out!
Adult Services Computer Classes
Looking for Your Roots?
IN‐PERSON REGISTRATION opens 1 week prior We have several electronic resources available to to each class for HKDPL cardholders, 3 days assist you, in addition to books you can check out prior for all others. *Mouse skills required and the material available in our local history collection, for use in the Library. Ancestry.com January 4 ‐ Introduction to Computers ‐ 6:30 pm and HeritageQuest are well‐known tools for January 16 ‐ Using the Mouse‐ 6:30 pm genealogical research; all you need to access January 18 ‐ Using the Internet* ‐ 6:30 pm them is your HKDPL card. Ancestry.com can be January 24 ‐ Microsoft Word* ‐ 6:30 pm used in the Library; HeritageQuest can also be January 25 ‐ Review* ‐ 6:30 pm accessed from home. And if your family is local, February 2 ‐ Introduction to Computers ‐ 11 am don’t forget the Historical New York Times. With February 9 ‐ ‐ Using the Mouse ‐ 11 am coverage back to the Civil War, this can be a February 13 ‐ Using the Internet* ‐ 11 am valuable resource for finding family. February 16 ‐ Microsoft Word* ‐ 11 am
**Programs are paid for by taxpayer dollars.
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Youth Services Programs - Main Library Featured Programs
Please Register at the Youth Services Desk Family Movie Ages 5-11. Families Welcome.
Cookie Decorating Wednesdays, January 11 & 18 & February 8 & 22 4:30 - 5:15 pm for Grades 1-6. Decorate cookies and then eat your delicious creations! No registration required.
Enjoy a movie on our big screen! Bring blankets, pillows, and whatever makes you comfortable. A grown-up must accompany children into the library and remain with them during the movie. No registration required. Thursday, 1/5 at 6:00 pm Thursday, 1/19 at 6:00 pm Thursday, 2/2 at 6:00 pm Thursday, 2/16 at 6:00 pm
Celebrate Chinese New Year! Wednesday, January 25, 4:30 - 5:15 pm. For ages 3-11. It’s the Year of the Dragon! Celebrate with crafts & games! Registration begins 1/11 for HKDPL cardholders and 1/23 for everyone else.
West Haverstraw Elementary’s Reading Adventures!
My Friend Martin!
Monday, January 16, 2:30 - 4:00 pm Tuesdays, January 17 For ages 3-11. & February 28, 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Watch a movie about Martin Luther Come listen to West Haverstraw King, Jr., then do an inspirational Elementary School students read craft! Registration begins 1/3 for stories to family and friends! HKDPL cardholders and 1/13 for everyone else. No registration required.
Zoo Animal Party Wednesday, February 29, 4:30 - 5:15 pm. For ages 3-7 Make fun animal crafts and play games! Registration begins 2/15 for HKDPL cardholders and 2/27 for everyone else.
Mondays are Fundays! Mondays, 5:00-6:00 pm for Grades 3-6
Mondays in January - Wii Play - Game On!
Celebrate Black History Month!
Weekly Video Gamers’ Club! Challenge yourself and your friends on the Wii! Play on our big-screen T.V. No registration required.
Mondays in February Graphire Tablets
Sunday, February 12, 2:30 - 4:00 pm. Celebrate with crafts & games! Families welcome! Registration begins 2/1 for HKDPL cardholders and 2/10 for everyone else.
Play games and create artwork using our Graphire tablets! No registration required.
***A Library Card is required for all programs with registration.*** **Programs are paid for by taxpayer dollars.
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Youth Services Programs — Main Library Winter Storytime Session: January 23 - February 16
Tales & Tunes For walkers up to 36 months and their adults. Stories, fingerplays, songs, & bubbles! Mondays at 7:00 pm & Tuesdays at 11:30 am Parent/Caregiver participation required.
Registration begins January 3 ffor Haverstraw Library cardholders and January 18 for everyone else.
Stories & Craft For ages 3 - 6 Stories, crafts, and more! Mondays at 2:00 pm Preschool Storytime For ages 3 - 5 Stories, songs, puppets, and more! Tuesdays at 1:30 pm and Thursdays at 10:30 am Family Storytime For ages 2 - 5 and their caregivers. Stories, songs, fingerplays, and more! Wednesdays at 10:30 am & 1:30 pm Stories in Spanish & English For children ages 2 - 7 Thursdays at 6:00 pm.
Toddler Time For ages 2 - 4 and their adults. Fridays, January 13 & February 10, 10:30-11:15 am. Registration begins one week prior to the event for Haverstraw Library cardholders only. Parent/Caregiver participation required. Wee Craft Together For ages 2 - 4 with a caregiver. Mondays, Jan. 9 & Feb. 6, 10:30 - 11:00 am & Tuesdays, Jan. 10 & Feb. 7, 6:00 - 6:30 pm Listen to stories, & make a fun craft together! Registration begins one week before program for HKDPL cardholders & the day before for everyone else. Parent/Caregiver participation required.
Bouncing Babies For non-walkers and their adults. Rhymes, songs, and fingerplays for you and your baby! Thursdays at 11:30 am. January 26 - February 16.
Pajama Storytime For ages 3 - 5 Enjoy a storytime with everyone in pajamas! Stories, songs, fingerplays and more! Tuesdays Jan. 10 and Feb. 7 at 7:00 pm.
No registration. You must have your Haverstraw library card with you to attend the program. Parent/Caregiver participation required.
TWEEN LEGO ENGINEERS LEGO LEAGUE For children ages 4-7. Fridays in January & February, 4:00-5:00 pm. No Registration Required. Use our LEGOs or bring your own, and have fun!
For ages 8-12. Fridays in January & February, 4:00-5:00 pm. No Registration Required. Use our LEGOs or bring your own.
Check out Youth Services Online! Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/HKDPLyouth and become a fan of ‘Youth Services Department’ at Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library on Facebook!
***A Library Card is required for all programs with registration.*** **Programs are paid for by taxpayer dollars
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Youth Services Programs -Village Branch Tuesday Drop-In Crafts @ the Village
LEGO Building Club @ the Village!
For grades K - 5.
For ages 7-12. Fridays, Jan. 6 & 20 & Feb. 3 & 17, 4:00-5:00 pm.
Tuesdays Jan. 10 & Feb. 21 4:00 - 4:30 pm. Come and join us for a craft! No need to register, just drop in!
Family Storytime @ the Village
No Registration Required. Use our LEGOs or bring your own. Work in groups or with a friend!
Celebrate Black History Month
Tuesdays, Jan. 10 & Feb. 7 10:30-11:15 am. Stories, songs, puppets, and more for preschoolers! Just drop in!
@ the Village! Saturday, February 11, 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Celebrate with crafts & games! Families welcome! Registration begins 2/1 for HKDPL cardholders and 2/10 for everyone else.
Wii Play @ the Village! Fridays, Jan. 13 & 27 & Feb. 10 & 24 4:00 - 5:00 pm. For grades 3-6. Challenge yourself and your friends on the Wii! We play on the big screen in the Community Room! No registration required.
Neary’s Reading Adventures @ the Village! Mondays, January 23 & February 27, 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Come listen to Gerald Neary Elementary School students read stories to family & friends!
Celebrate Chinese New Year @ the Village! Tuesday, January 24, 4:30 - 5:15 pm. For ages 5-11. Celebrate with crafts & games! Registration begins 1/11 for HKDPL cardholders and 1/23 for everyone else.
We had lots of fun at our recent DINOSAUR PARTY! Look at the wonderful puppets our patrons created!
**Programs are paid for by taxpayer dollars
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Richard Freeman, President Stephen Cobb, Vice President Gail Kaiser, Financial Officer Bernadette Koop, Secretary Patricia Soto Sonia Burgos Crannage Kathleen Vandervoort
POSTAL PATRON
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EDITOR Cheryl Fellner
Our Mission Statement The Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library’s mission is to provide the community with educational, cultural, recreational, and entertainment resources through its collection of materials, programs, and other resources that it makes available.
LIBRARY HOURS Rosman Center Monday-Thursday 10am-9pm Friday 10am-5:30pm Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 1pm - 5pm Village Library Monday Noon-8pm Tuesday-Thursday 10am-6pm Friday 10am-5:30pm Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday Closed
BOARD MEETINGS 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:30 pm
Free Tax Help - February 1 through April 17
Tuesdays, 3 pm ‐ 7 pm Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 10 am ‐ 2 pm It’s tax time, and AARP Tax‐Aide is here to help. This free tax preparation service is for middle ‐ to low‐income taxpayers. Special attention is given to those age 60 and older. Please bring with you the following: notices, booklets, and/or forms received from the IRS and NYS; copy of last year’s returns; W‐2s; unemployment compensation statements; all SSA‐1099 forms; forms indicating federal income tax paid; dependent care provider information; receipts or cancelled checks for income and property taxes paid and charitable contributions; and, social security numbers for all dependents. The IRS has requested the following changes in tax preparation procedures: the Greeter will give you an intake sheet to be filled out and signed; the Counselor will prepare your return; and, another Counselor will review your return for quality.
It’s Snowing - Schools are Closed - Is the Library Open? If the North Rockland School District closes for the day, the library opens at 1:00 pm. If the weather is still bad by 11:30 am the library will not open. Library closings and/or changes in hours are announced on our recorded phone message, on WHUD 100.7 FM and WRCR 1300 AM radio, and on cancellations.com. No fines on snow days!
Art Exhibits January ‐ Robert Huntoon continues his exhibit of acrylics, oils, and prints. February & March ‐ Reprints of photographs of Letchworth Village, taken by world famous photographer Margaret Bourke‐White in 1933. These photographs have been made available to us by the Hudson Valley Developmental Disability Services Office.
