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GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Domine Vescera Ragosta, President Virginia Harnois, Vice President Bruce Hallworth, Treasurer Susan Marineau, Secretary Barbara Lysik Harold Hemberger Elaine Farley John Bucci Milo J. St.Angelo Stephen Cicilline Heather Grogan Christopher LaRoux, Director Hours: Monday - Thursday 10 am– 8 pm Friday & Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm

The Library will be closed on November 11 and November 23. The Library will close at 5:00 pm on November 22.

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Greenville Public Library Happenings

The Newsletter of the Greenville Public Library, Smithfield, Rhode Island

573 Putnam Pike, Greenville, RI 02828 / Phone: 401-949-3630 / Fax: 401-949-0530 / TDI: 1-800-745-5555 / www.yourlibrary.ws

November 2006

All proceeds from our Holiday Silent Auction will go towards the Library Building Fund. We have a wonderful array of silent auction items including jewelry

designed by Rosemary Rose, a car wash gift certificate to Apple Valley Car Wash, a U.S. Savings Bond, and artwork. If you are interested in providing an item

for our auction, please contact Dorothy Swain at (401) 949-3630.

An original oil on linen by

Domine Vescera Ragosta entitled

“Promised Land”

Adult Programs & News

1

Children’s Programs & 4

Teen Talk 5

New Titles 6

Library Calendar 7

inside

Holiday Silent Auction

The pleasure of your company is requested at our 2nd annual Holiday Silent Auction on Saturday, December 2nd from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Tickets are $10.00 per person. Join us for choco-lates and champagne while you browse our outstanding display of silent auction items.

EXHIBITOR

OF THE MONTH

A collection of Veterans’ memorabilia organized by George Sutcliffe will be on display in November.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Ms. Geraldine Critz will be exhibiting photographs of Block Island.

Please note: the Library will

be closed on Saturday,

November 11 for Veterans

Day and Thursday,

November 23 for

Thanksgiving. We will close

at 5:00 pm on Wednesday,

Some Items from Our Holiday

Silent Auction

Food for Fines

We are sponsoring a Food for Fines program from November 1 through November 10. Patrons with overdue fines can either pay the fine or donate non-perishable food items to completely clear the fine. All food will be donated to the welfare office at the Smithfield Town Hall. Please give generously.

Public Library Association: • Exclexions • K.B. Kreations • Mick Frickles Eatery • Dr. Sharon Doolittle, DVM • Compulandz • Collins Optical • Dr. David Colannino, DPM • Bradford Sutcliffe Insurance

New Business Association Members

The Library would like to thank the following new business members of the Greenville

• Anderson Winfield Funeral Home • Northpaws Veterinary Center • Smithfield Chiropractic • Dutch Auto Body • Smithfield Plumbing and

Heating These business members help support many library services and programs.

Adult Programs and News ——

the Rhode Island 7th Infantry (Civil War). Many members of this Infantry lived in Smithfield. This program is free and open to the public. Please call the Library for more information.

Mystery Book Club

Tuesday, November 7 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm. This month, we will be discussing Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich. There will

also be a speaker from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Ms. Gloria-Jean Marscotte will be discussing “The Detective Novel: Who, What, When, Where and Why: the Literary and Social History of the Detective Novel” This program is free and open to the public, and funded in part by the RI Council for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Flu Clinic

Thursday, November 9 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Come to the Library for

your flu shot! Please call the Library to schedule a time.

Civil War Program

Thursday, November 16 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Robert Grandchamp, researcher/author, will present a fascinating talk on

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Apple Valley Car Wash gift certificate

U.S. Savings Bond for $50.00

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 10:30 AM Homeschoolers' Art Class 10:30 AM Pre-school Storyhour 12:00 PM Homeschoolers' Art Class 1:15 PM Preschool Storyhour 2:30 PM Homeschool-ers' Spanish Class 4:00 PM Smithfield All-Stars - YA 6:00 PM Quilters

2

10:00 AM BASIC II Computer Class

4:00 PM Scene-It? - YA (YMCA)

3

10:15 AM Toddler Storyhour


4

10:00 AM BASIC I Computer Class

5 6

10:00 AM Quilters

10:30 AM Turtle-Time Storyhour

7 10:00 AM BASIC I Computer Class

1:30 PM Who, What, When, Where and Why? The Literary and Social History of the Detective Novel

4:00 PM Teen Advi-sory Library Council - YA

8 10:30 AM Homeschoolers' Art Class 10:30 AM Pre-school Storyhour 12:00 PM Homeschoolers' Art Class 1:15 PM Preschool Storyhour 2:30 PM Homeschool-ers' Spanish Class 4:00 PM Smithfield All-Stars - YA 6:00 PM Quilters

9 10:00 AM BASIC II Computer Class11:00 AM Flu Clinic / Well-ness Van (BCBS) 4:00 PM Scategories - YA (YMCA) 5:45 PM Songwriter's Club 6:30 PM Cesareo's Circle

10



11

Veteran's Day - Library Closed

12 13

10:00 AM Quilters


7:00 PM Board of Trustees meeting

14


4:00 PM Who Wants to be a Chocolataire? - YA

4:00 PM Fall Craft for Kids

15 10:30 AM Homeschoolers' Art Class 10:30 AM Pre-school Storyhour 12:00 PM Homeschoolers' Art Class 1:15 PM Preschool Storyhour 2:30 PM Homeschool-ers' Spanish Class 4:00 PM Garden Club Ac-tivity for Children 6:00 PM Quilters

16 10:00 AM BASIC II Computer Class

4:00 PM Turkey Pic-tionary - YA

6:30 PM Rhode Island 7th Infantry lecture

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18


19 20

10:00 AM Quilters


21


22 Library Closing - 5:00 p.m. 10:30 AM United HealthCare Medicare Complete Open Enrollment Meet-ing 10:30 AM Homeschoolers' Art Class 12:00 PM Homeschoolers' Art Class 2:30 PM Homeschoolers' Span-ish Class

23

Thanksgiving - Library Closed

24

4:00 PM Teen Reader's Cafe - YA

25

10:30 AM Children's Art Class

26 27

10:00 AM Quilters


6:30 PM NorthWest Community Health Care Bd. Mtg.

6:30 PM Pleasant View Condo Assoc.

28


6:30 PM Parents versus Teen Jeopardy! - YA

29 10:30 AM Homeschoolers' Art Class 10:30 AM Pre-school Storyhour 12:00 PM Homeschoolers' Art Class 1:15 PM Preschool Storyhour 2:30 PM Homeschool-ers' Spanish Class

6:00 PM Quilters

30

10:00 AM BASIC II Computer Class 4:00 PM Outburst for Teens - YA (YMCA) 6:30 PM Pleasant View Condo. Assn. Mtg.

Events for November 2006

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Adult Fiction

A Christmas Secret Perry, Anne

Abundance, a Novel of Marie Antoinette Naslund, Sena Jeter

Act of Treason Flynn, Vince

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories Jones, Edward P.

All Mortal Flesh Spencer-Fleming, Julia

Always Say Goodbye: A Lew Fonesca Mystery Kaminsky, Stuart M.

Angels of Morgan Hill VanLiere, Donna

Backward in High Heels Kelman, Ju-dith

Brother Odd Koontz, Dean R.

Capital Crimes Kellerman, Jonathan

Cattle Sarwa, Greg M.

Chasing the Dead Schreiber, Joe

Christmas Letters Macomber, Debbie

Cinderella Pact Strohmeyer, Sarah

Cross Patterson, James

Crossroads Café Smith, Deborah

Dangerous Love Small, Bertrice

Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder Coben, Harlan

Death's Witness Batista, Paul

Echo Park Connelly, Michael

Empire Card, Orson Scott

Finding Noel Evans, Richard Paul

For One More Day Albom, Mitch

Grave Surprise Harris, Charlaine

Gunpowder Plot Dunn, Carola

Hard Way Benjamin, Carol Lea

Knitting Under the Influence Lazebnik, Claire

Light of Evening O'Brien, Edna

Lost Colony Colfer, Eoin

Memory Keeper's Daughter Edwards, Kim

Mephisto Club Gerritsen, Tess

Morrigan's Cross Roberts, Nora

Murder at the Opera Truman, Margaret

Nature Girl Hiaasen, Carl

Not Easily Broken Jakes, T. D.

One Good Turn Atkinson, Kate

Out Cold Tapply, William G."

Return of the Player Tolkin, Michael

Road McCarthy, Cormac

Running with Scissors: A Memoir Burroughs, Augusten

Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at SeaClark Mary Higgins

Secret Heiress Gould, Judith

Secret Supper Sierra, Javier

Sharp Objects Flynn, Gillian

Sign of the Cross Kuzneski, Chris

Silence of the Grave Indridason, Ar-naldur

Strange Candy Hamilton, Laurell K.

Thanksgiving Night Bausch, Richard

The Gods of Newport Jakes, John

The Green Trap Bova, Ben

The Handmaid and the Carpenter Berg, Elizabeth

The Long Night of Winchell Dear Waller, Robert James

The Senator and the Priest Greeley, Andrew M.

Thirteen Moons Frazier, Charles

Thirteenth Tale Setterfield, Diane

Trouble in High Heels Dodd, Christina

Trouble Magnet: A Pip & Flinx Adven-ture Foster, Alan Dean

Two Days After the Wedding Medlicott, Joan A.

Zero Walter, Jess

Adult Non-Fiction

Ageless: The Naked Truth about Bioidentical Hormones Somers, Suz-anne"

Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Re-claiming the American Dream Obama, Barack

Beader's Stash: Designs from America's Favorite Bead Shops Levaas, Laura

Complete Guide to Bed & Breakfasts, Inns & Guesthouses: In the United States, Canada, & Worldwide Lanier, Pamela"

Curves to the Apple: The Reproduction of Profiles/Lawn of Excluded Mid-dle/Reluctant Gravities Waldrop, Rose-marie"

Daily Cocktail: 365 Intoxicating Drinks

and the Outrageous Events That In-spired Them Miller, Dalyn A.

Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office Ribowsky, Shiya

Design Ideas for Decorative Concrete and Stone Frankel, Ellen

Donna Dewberry's Designs for Enter-taining Dewberry, Donna S.

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advan-tage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power Weil, Andrew

Empires Collide: The French and In-dian War 1754-1763 Sheppard, Ruth

Endangered: Wildlife on the Brink of Extinction McGavin, George

Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10, and 20 Years Canton, James M.

Faith and Politics: How the Moral Values Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together Dan-forth, John

Forever Young: My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr. Noonan, William Sylvester

Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen with Poster and Other Santelli, Bob

Heart Disease: Everything You Need to Know Myers, Robert

Heist: Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, His Republican Allies, and the Buying of Washington Stone, Peter H.

Home Water and Moisture Problems: Prevention and Solutions Branson, Gary

In the Line of Fire Musharraf, Pervez

Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose McGraw, Robin

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It Wozniak, Steve

Jimmy Stewart: A Biography Eliot, Marc

Koi Blasiola, George C.

Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks Kovel, Ralph M.

Life After Death: The Burden of Proof Chopra, Deepak

Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir Bryson, Bill

Mandela: A Critical Life Lodge, Tom

Mind Set!: Reset Your Thinking and See the Future Naisbitt, John

More Natural Cures Revealed: Previ-ously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease Trudeau, Kevin

My Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H. W. Bush Koch, Doro Bush

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause Boston Women's Health Book Collec-tive

Overthrow: America's Century of Re-gime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Kinzer, Stephen

Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life Deen, Paula

Pitchers & Punches: 50 Crowd-Pleasing Drinks! Gage, Allan

Plan Your Kitchen: Hundreds of Design Combinations At-A-Glance Mack, Lorrie

Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths Timmer-mans, Stefan

Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook: Over 200 Recipes for Easy Entertaining Ray, Rachael

Red Hat Society Cookbook

Rolling Stones: In the Beginning Rej, Bent

Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers Edwards, Elizabeth

Sciatica Solutions: Diagnosis, Treat-ment, and Cure of Spinal and Piriformis Problems Fishman, Loren

Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House Upde-grove, Mark K.

Seven Years to Seven Figures: The Fast-Track Plan to Becoming a Millionaire Masterson, Michael

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships Goleman, Daniel P.

Timeless Interiors: Rooms Inspired by the Past Stoeltie, Barbara

Tyler's Ultimate: Brilliant Simple Food to Make Any Time Florence, Tyler

War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back Dobbs, Lou

In Memoriam The Library would like to thank the following people for donating materials in memory of loved ones:

An American Heroine in the French Resistance: The Diary and Memoir

of Virginia D’Albert-Lake

by Virginia D’Albert-Lake

Donated by

Loretta LaRoux

Dare To Repair by Julie Sussman

Donated by

Michele McGrath

Teed Off! by Tom Carey

Donated by

The Boyes Children

In memory of David W. Boyes

“Uncle Dave” The Secret To A Great

Golf Swing by Mark Cortson

Donated by

the Boyes Children

In memory of Louise E.

and Frank E.

St. Angelo

Sundials: History, Art, People, Science

By Mark Lennox-Boyd Donated by

Milo J. St. Angelo

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Adult Programs and News

Sultans of Swat: The Four Sluggers of the New York Yankees by the New York Times

The Many lives of Marilyn Monroe By Sarah Churchwell

In memory of Roger W. Nani

Donated by Stephen R. and Kerri Nani

Shakespeare in the Garden

By Michael Hales

Dr. Zhivago (DVD)

In memory of Joseph S. LaRoux:

Overcoming Life’s Disappointments

by Harold S. Kushner

Donated by Chris LaRoux

In memory of Francis Curley “Uncle Buddy”

Fall Storyhours in Progress

• Turtle Time Mondays 10:30 am ages 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 accompanied by a caregiver • Toddler Storyhours Fridays 10:15 or 11:15 am ages 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 accompanied by a caregiver • Preschool Storyhours Wednesdays 10:30 am or 1:15 pm ages 3 1/2 - 5 1/2

Please call the Children’s Room regarding availability. Registration is required, no walk-ins please. Please note: no sessions will be held on Wednesday, November 22 or Friday, November 24.

Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 14 at 4:00 pm for ages 6-11. Come to the library to hear some great Thanksgiving stories and then select a craft to make from a variety of Thanksgiving projects. Registration is required and

begins on November 1.

Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Wednesday, November 15 at 4:00 pm for ages 5-12. Create a wonderful centerpiece for your holiday table. This workshop is presented by the members of the Apple Blossom Garden Club. Sign up beginning November 1.

Girl Scout Trees

The Library’s lobby trees are decorated monthly with crafts made by Girl Scout Troop 544 under the direction of Mrs. Diane Maione and her daughter Tanya. Come by and take a look!

Greenville Nursery School Decorations

The bulletin boards and doorways in the Children’s Room display artwork made by the children at the Greenville Nursery School. Visit the Library to see how creative these young artists are.

Children’s Display Bubble

Put some PEZzazz in your day and see the children’s room bubble display. Please come visit Nicholas Cerroni’s marvelous PEZ dispenser collection.

Children’s Department News

to draw fantastic creatures in November and feathered friends in December.

Learn to Knit

Mondays, November 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 4:00 -5:30 pm for ages 6 and older. Knitting

classes with Mrs. Junier continue for those children interested in making a holiday gift. Introductory classes were held in October. A $5.00 fee per class will be charged for the November classes. Participants must bring a pair of size 8-10 wooden needles and a skein of sport weight yarn in their favorite color. Each participant will decide on a specific project to complete.

Art Classes

Saturdays, November 25 and December 9 at 10:30 am for ages 6-10. Adele Karbowski, artist and teacher, will be presenting the second class in a series of one hour art classes held monthly. Registration is required and must be done in person. A $5.00 fee per class will be required at registration, which is now in progress. Learn

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Teen Talk

For more information on any teen programs or to register, stop by the reference desk or call Aaron at 949-3630 ext.103

Smithfield All Stars Wednesdays at 4:00 pm. Tri-Town Community Action Agency in association with the East Smithfield Library and Greenville Public Library is offering this innovative co-educational program to 11 - 15 year old young adults. Ron Manni, the Prevention Specialist at Tri-Town will facilitate this program designed to reinforce positive qualities in youth. This program is sponsored by Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island. Register now!

Scene it? Thursday, November 2 at 4:00 pm for ages 11 and up. The Library is offering you a chance to see how well you know popular culture by playing the fun party game Scene It? Sign up now.

Teen Advisory Library Council

Tuesday, November 7 at 4:oo pm for ages 11 and up. Do you have some great ideas about how to make the library better? Well, here is an opportunity for you to

share them with us. The Teen Advisory Library Council is a group of area young adults who help with selecting materials and planning programs at the library that will be used by their peers. Please contact Aaron Coutu at 949-3630 ext.103 if you are interested.

Scatterbrains Thursday, November 9 at 4:00 pm for ages 11 - 17. It’s a race against time as you try to come up with just the right word! Come with your friends to play this fun game. Sign up today.

Registration is necessary.

Outburst Thursday, November 30 at 4:00 pm for ages 11-17. Let it all out! Can you name 10 things that fall under a category. That is all it takes to play Outburst, a fun and easy party game. Register today.

Parents vs. Teens Jeopardy

Tuesday, November 28 at 6:30 pm. Teens are always accused of being know-it-alls. This is your chance to prove to your parents that you really do. The teams will be set up so the parents will be taking on their own teens in an exciting game of Jeopardy.

Turkey Pictionary Thursday, November 16 at 4:00 pm for ages 11- 17. Come to the Library to celebrate the approaching Thanksgiving holiday by playing Pictionary. Work to decipher Thanksgiving-theme clues being drawn by your friends. Please register soon.

Teen Reader’s Cafe Friday, November 24 at 4:00 pm for ages 11-17. We will be meeting to discuss Weetamoo, Heart of the Pocassets (from the Royal Diaries series) by Patricia Clark Smith. Come and discuss how the arrival of the Pilgrims affected the native peoples in the area as seen from the perspective of a future leader of the Pocasset people.

Who Wants to be a Chocolataire

Tuesday, November 14 at 4:00 pm for ages 11-17. Come join us play one of America’s favor-ite games with chocolate.

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For more information on any teen programs or to register, stop by the reference desk or call Aaron at 949-3630 ext.103

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