Cuba Circulating Library
June 2016
Newsletter of the Cuba Circulating Library
39 East Main Street, Cuba, NY 14727
(585) 968-1668 www.cubalibrary.org
Check It Out!
By Leah Vooys, Director
The Page Turners will be on break
for the months of July and August.
We are starting a second book group
– Page Turners II ~ Nonfiction – this
will be held the fourth Wednesday of
the month at 1:30pm. The first meeting
will be July 27th, when the group will
discuss Dead Wake by Erik Larson.
The main book display for this
month shows patrons that “finding a
good read is as easy as one, two,
three…” with titles that include those
numbers. The display also features
titles encouraging patrons to “Explore
the Great Outdoors.”
FICTION
Mary Kay Andrews, The Weekenders
Nevada Barr, Boar Island
Steve Berry, The 14th Colony
Stella Cameron, Melody of Murder
Robyn Carr, What We Find
Mary Chamberlain, The Dressmaker's
War
Michelle Cox, A Girl Like You
Jude Deveraux, The Girl From Summer
Hill
Louise Erdrich, LaRose
Charlaine Harris, Night Shift
John Hart, Redemption Road
Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone
Linda Howard, Troublemaker
Craig Johnson, The Highwayman
Martha Hale Kelly, Lilac Girls
Deborah Lawrenson, 300 Days of Sun
Laura Lippman, Wilde Lake
Sharon McCrumb, Prayers the Devil
Answers
Catriona McPherson, Quiet Neighbors
Tamar Myers, Tea With Jam and Dread
Mike Nappa, Annabel Lee
On May 7th we had our annual
Spring Tea. Susan Williams
Beckhorn, a juvenile author, was
our speaker. She did a wonderful
presentation and our staff and
volunteers did a wonderful job of
providing refreshments for this
program.
On May 11th, the
library hosted a
needle felting
class. There were
Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants
Katherine Hall Page, The Body in
the Wardrobe
James Patterson, 15th Affair
Richard Russo, Everybody’s Fool
John Sandford, Extreme Prey
Helen Simonson, The Summer
Before the War
Danielle Steel, The Apartment
Jacqueline Winspear, Journey to
Munich
PAPERBACK FICTION
Mary Balogh, Only Beloved
Lenora Bell, How the Duke Was
Won
Valerie Bowman, The Irresistible
Rogue
Valerie Bowman, The Untamed Earl
Eva Gates, Reading Up a Storm
Sabrina Jeffries, The Study of
Seduction
Susan Mallery, Best of My Love
LARGE PRINT
Reed Farrel Coleman, Robert B
10 people in attendance and it was a
rather fun program. And on May 24th
the library hosted a program through
Ardent Solutions, “Walk with Ease”
– a six week program aimed to
encourage more walking. It is a
program created by the arthritis
foundation.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
Jazz Ensemble with Ken Crane June
17 at 7pm, Team Trivia July 6 at
6:30pm, ChooseMyPlate.gov
Nutrition Program July 13 at 10am,
Country Memories Band July 13 at
7pm, Elaine Hardman’s Aluminum
Can Flowers July 19 at 6pm, SelfDefense with AKT Combatives July
20 at 6pm.
Parker's Blind Spot
Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of
All Things
Stephen King, Finders Keepers
J.D. Robb, Festive in Death
Sherryl Woods, Swan Point
AUDIOBOOKS ON CD
Jeffrey Archer, Cometh the Hour
Mary Higgins Clark, As Time Goes
By
Jojo Moyes, After You
Anna Quindlen, Miller's Valley
Karen Robards, Darkness
NONFICTION
DK, Help Your Kids With Computer
Coding
Peg Moline, Doctor's Book of Natural
Health Remedies
Debbie Moore, Loving Lee
Oliver Sacks, Gratitude
Lesley Stahl, Becoming Grandma
Joby Warrick, Black Flags: The Rise
of ISIS
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Check It Out!
Thoughts From Tina...
Our storytime topics
this month were
gardens, dogs, fire
safety, and sneezing.
I used the skills
learned in the ALA
class I recently took,
Storytime Shenanigans, planning
storytimes around an awesome book
instead of picking a theme and trying
to find books that fit. The resulting
storytimes were both more engaging
and entertaining.
For the final storytime of the
(school) year, we held a “messy”
storytime. I put together several
“sensory” bins, such as soil with
June 2016
By Tina Dalton, Youth Services Librarian
bulldozers, dried rice dyed in rainbow
colors, and cloud sand (flour and baby
oil). The kids had a wonderful time.
We finished up our tween video
game club meetings on May 26. This
club ran on Thursdays throughout the
month of May. We had two game
systems running
consecutively: Wii U
and Xbox 360. We
also set up four
laptops for Minecraft
gaming. We used two projectors, and
the kids really enjoyed playing their
games on the large screen. The kids
had a great time, and have requested
more gaming programs.
Memorials For May...
FOR
GIVEN BY
John O. Culbert, Jr.
Mark & Julia Andrzejczak
Joyce Enderle
Lisa Robinson and James Sprague
Arthur Higby
Dale & Cynthia Dutton, Michael & Marjanne
Kunz, Lisa Robinson & James Sprague, Nancy
Robinson, and Ray &Jane Sader
Myrtle Hunt
Town of Cuba Memorial Auxiliary VFW Post
2721
Steve Mahon
Shirley Poore
Tonya Sherrill
Nancy Robinson
A gift was received from the A.A. Arnold Community Center in honor of Leah
Weber, Library Director.
In addition to our usual teen
programming, this month we held
team cooking competition,
Chopped. This program was held
at the Cuba Cultural Center and
was modeled after the Food
Network show, Chopped. There
were two rounds of cooking, an
appetizer round and a dessert
round. We started with four teams
of two, eliminating two teams
after the appetizer round. The
teams were given three mystery
ingredients they were required to
use, in addition to some stock
pantry items they could choose
from. The appetizer mystery
ingredients were Canadian bacon,
Dr. Pepper, and a tomatillo. The
dessert mystery
ingredients were
goldfish crackers,
coconut milk, and
a mango. We had
three adults
volunteer as judges, and all judges
said they were very impressed
with how well the teens did
cooking. They got along well in
the kitchen, they all had fun, and
were great sports about supporting
the teams that moved on to the
next round. It was a really fun and
successful activity, and the teens
want to do it again this summer.
We have scheduled another
“Chopped” event for August 1.
Coming Up...
Ken Crane Jazz
June 17th at 7:00 P.M.
in the Cuba Circulating Library
Community Room
Book Sale
Monday, June 13 5-7
Tues - Thurs, June 14-16 10-7
Sat. June 18 10-2:30 $2 bag sale
At the Cuba Circulating Library