Ant Farm

As a part of the "Catch the Reading Bug" Summer Reading Program, I bought an AntWorks farm from ThinkGeek.com. The harvester ants are living in a nutritious gel developed by NASA for experiments in space. I unplug the LEDs while the Library is closed, so the ants gets some "down time."

Emily Davis and White-Nose Syndrome

Emily Davis, renowned spelunker and bat expert, will speak at the Schoharie Library on Thursday June 19th @ 7 pm. Her topic will be white-nose syndrome in bats, which is the apparent cause for many overwintering deaths in caves in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut.

Skip West was Here!

Skip playing the kalimba (thumb piano)
Skip & Teddy the Bear
That trombone can get your feet moving!

Book Discussion June 5th

Marcy McKinley and the Book Discussees

Skip West in Concert June 7th

Skip West (from Wocester, NY) will play and sing and dance a concert at the Schoharie Free Library on Saturday June 7th at 10:30 a.m. A winner of the Parents Choice Gold Award for Children's Music, Skip plays guitar, mountain dulcimer, banjo, trombone, ocean drum and kalimba (thumb piano). He'll have us all singing, dancing, moving, and playing authentic instruments from other countries!

Skip's Website

Skip's CDs will be for sale, too - "Blue Sky City," Share Your Song," "Daddy's Lullabies" and "All Around the World."

Library Vote May 20th

Voter Proposition - on the Schoharie Free Library
On the May 20 ballot there is a proposition that would authorize Schoharie Central School District to collect $55,000 annually to support and maintain the Schoharie Free Library. The current library levy is $50,000 and has been that amount for five years. The request for an additional $5,000 annually is to help the library defray rising costs of operating the facility. It is estimated that if approved, the additional cost to taxpayers would be two to three cents per thousand dollars of assessment.
Public Budget Vote, Tuesday May 20th, 9am-9pm at the school. Please show your support for the Library!!

"The Senator's Wife" Rescheduled

The book discussion of "The Senator's Wife" has been rescheduled for Thursday June 5th @ 7 p.m., due to the difficulty of getting enough copies of the book. Hope to see you here!

Frank from Selkirk's

If you have to ask "Frank who?" than you're not from around here... Frank has been badly injured in a fork lift accident, and it's time to let him know how much his cheerful, friendly, personal approach has been appreciated. Please send him a card:

Frank Brimlow
c/o Bassett Hospital
One Atwell Road
Cooperstown, NY 13326-1394

NYSCA BOOK DISCUSSION for Spring

The Library will host a book discussion of "Tallgrass" by Sandra Dallas on Thursday May 29th @ 7 pm in the Eaton Community Room. It will be facilitated by Judith Prest. Copies of the book, a reminder slip, the complete schedule and a Selections booklet with descriptions of all the books chosen for this year's Books a la Carte series are available at the Circulation Desk. For more, see http://www.mvls.info/books

This series is made possible with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Sponsored by the Mohawk Valley Library System and participating member libraries.

"The Senator's Wife" Book Discussion

A book discussion of “The Senator’s Wife” by Sue Miller will be held at the Schoharie Library’s Eaton Community Room on Thursday May 1st from 7-9 pm. It will be led by Marcy McKinley, who declares this book “timely!” It is about a retired, multiple-philandering U.S. senator, his wife, and the young couple who live in the other half of a two-family house. The novel explores possible reasons for the behavior of political wives (for example, Silda Spitzer) and is bound to bring out some lively opinions.
Copies of the book will be available at the Schoharie Library. Please call 295-7127 with any questions.