THE GOODWIN LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

422 Main St., Farmington, NH 03835/ 603-755-2944 www.goodwinlibrary.org

Operating Hours: PLEASE NOTE: OUR HOURS HAVE CHANGED Mon. 2-8 / Tues. 2-5 / Weds. 12-8 / Thurs. 12-5 / Fri: 12-5 / Sat. 9-2/ Sun: CLOSED

September 2012
Fall/Winter Hours are BACK. We are opened MonSat. Please check the hours at the top of the page! Farmington Film Society Presents a Special Event THE HUNGER GAMES Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 6:00 P.M.

The Film Society is excited to kick off our 3rd season with the most acclaimed movie of the year based on the international best selling series by Suzanne Collins. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen, the Girl on Fire. Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl Tribute to compete in the Hunger Games where they fight to the death in a televised spectacle designed to entertain the rich. What happens when Katniss, who steps in for her younger sister, and Peeta, a boy from her district, are the chosen tributes to compete in the 74th Annual Hunger Games makes for a thrilling, compelling film you wont soon forget! Come join us for this special free screening. Adults and teens 13 and over are welcome. Teens, come in costume and get a free Hunger Games button. Well have door prizes and free popcorn. Please call for more information 755-2944 x 2 Goodwin Library Book Club Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 6:00 PM Book Clubbers, welcome back after our summer hiatus. As usual, we will start our fall discussion with all the awesome books we read over the summer. Join us and bring your favorite titles to talk about and recommend. Be sure to pick up the book for our October discussion: Gaston Lerouxs classic tale of suspense and romance The Phantom of the Opera

Gardeners Roundtable Harvest Dinner The Gardeners met for the 3rd Annual Harvest Dinner at a River Road residence. Fifteen local gardeners shared dishes made from vegetables each had grown themselves from a variety of organic and heirloom ingredients. Eva Christensen of Earthtenders Compost Company on Rte. 11 treated everyone to a big bag of compost (for their garden, not their dinner!) and everyone was delighted to be able to take a bag home Goodwin Librarys favorite speaker Dr. Tomato and his wife (David and Loretta OConnor) attended and we are excited that both he and Eva will be speakers this fall. There will NOT be a September meeting, as everyone is busy canning and freezing their harvest.

Gardeners Roundtable Special Program

Preparedness 101
How to survive any coming disasters

Wednesday, October 3 at 6:00 PM

A special event program with David OConnor Learn what to do and how to keep your family, friends and community safe
Are You and Your Family Ready for the Unexpected? Whether you are dealing with a snow or ice storm with power loss; hurricane or tornado; flood; man-made disaster or systemic meltdown, you

will learn such critical considerations as:

Pre-emptive preparations Threat and situational evaluation Developing a survivor mindset Understanding the biological effects of fear and panic The philosophical and logistical things to consider now Security and movement

Be interactive or just sit and listen. Dont miss this one time presentation workshop. Tell your friends and family to come to this free session! The Public is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Goodwin Library Writers Group Wednesday, September 26 at 6:00 PM Same time, NEW NIGHT, as we begin our 10th year of the Writers Group! If you are a writer of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoirs, songs (or cartoons!) or anything else that you would like to share we are a criticism-free zone and happy to support new or established writers equally, so dont be shy, come on down and join in the fun. Friends of the Goodwin Library Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 6:00 PM A huge thank you to all our Volunteers who helped us store, move, sort and sell over 3000 books at our Hay Day Book Sale. We made over $500.00 this year, our best year ever! Join us at our September meeting as we plan our Annual Fall Bake Sale, and our Annual Count Week. Gentle Reminder: Please remember to pay your Friends Dues. Every dollar raised through our dues and fundraisers is used to support Library Programs. Keep up-to-date on all our Friends activities at www.goodwinlibrary.org/friends Children & Young Adult News Another crazy, busy Summer Reading Program has ended.and we are celebrating yet another fun and successful six weeks of reading, crafts, entertainers and more! CONGRATULATIONS to the 170 children and teens who participated this year, reading 1,396 books, nearly 100 more books than last year! When we said DREAM BIG and READ! You knocked our socks off! Great job, everyone! In addition to reading books, our young patrons were engaged in a host of other activities that allowed them to earn stars for our Wall of Shining Stars in the Childrens Roombe sure to stop by and see this sparkling display of achievement! A HUGE thank you to all the wonderful folks and businesses who provided programs, supplies, donations, prizes and SO much more for the children & teens of Farmington & Middleton. Please be sure to see this amazing list of donors on our Childrens Room Blog, http://goodwinkidsblog.blogspot.com/ For more news, check out our teens blog at http://goodwinteensblog.blogspot.com/ and friend Goodwin Librarians on Facebook! Story-Times are Back! Registration begins Monday, September 17 for our Fall Story-Time Session. The Six-week session begins the October 10- November 14. Babies and Books (ages 1-2) Thursdays from 10:3011:00 Preschool (ages 3-4) Wednesdays from 1:30-2:15 Sleepytime (Kindergarten to 3rd grade) For more information, please contact the Childrens Room librarians at 755-2944, ext 3.

READING WITH AVA Wednesday, Sept. 5 2:30-4:00PM Ava has returned from a refreshing vacation and is excited have her human friends reading to her again. There are still open time slots available. New Day & Time: Beginning Thursday, Oct. 4, Ava will be at the Library on THURSDAYS, from 3:00-4:30. Please call or email (755-2944, ext 3; children@goodwinlibrary.org) to make an appointment today! Genealogy Reminder: Our Historical/Genealogical collection is a secured collection and requires the assistance of Staff for access. Due to staffing limitations, we are unable to assist patrons on a drop-in basis. Please e-mail your requests to reference@goodwinlibrary.org and include your contact information. We will make every effort to find your information prior to your visit. If you have a library card, you may access our database Heritage Quest from the Library and/or home. We also offer ProQuest; however, this database can only be used in the Library. Visit www.goodwinlibrary.org and click the Catalog tab to access this information. Community Information Where to find: Farmington Community Suppers return: Beginning Wednesday, Sept.5, from 5:30-7:00PM at the Farmington Rec. These suppers are FREE Mustard Seed Caf hosts a community Sunday dinner on the First and Third Sunday of each month from 3:00-5:00 PM at the First Congregational Church of Farmington. Public is invited, donations are welcomed. Interfaith Food Pantry is open the Last Saturday of each month 9:30-2:00 in the basement of the First Congregational Church of Farmington. Donations may be made at any church or at the Library. All food donations for the Goodwin Library Food for Fines program supports the Interfaith Food Pantry. Blessed Bargains offers gently used clothes, toys, books and house goods at bargain prices. It is open the Second and Last Saturday of each month from 9:30-2:00. The shop is located in the basement of the First Congregational Church of Farmington.