BrownBrownNov. / Dec. 2016

• A NEWS PUBLICATION FROM THE STAFF & FRIENDS OF THE JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY •

Shades of

Dedicated people, bound together like pages in a book, have the strength to achieve great things.

For more information or to Own-a-Day, go to our website at www.jvbrown.edu, or call the

Development Department at 570-326-0536, ext. 134.

2016 RecognitionNovember 3 Victoria Tate’s 4th BirthdayNovember 5 Marlin R. and Brenda Shirey Cromley DayNovember 6 Devin Marty DayNovember 10 “We thank all Marines for their service”November 11 In Honor of Col. Paul A. Lady, Ret. DayNovember 14 Sue Matteo DayNovember 16 Alexander P. Mulfinger DayNovember 17 Victor & Caroline DayNovember 18 In memory of Nancy Ann CharlesNovember 23 Gary & Diane Fague DayDecember 1 Dorothy “Dot” Kotch DayDecember 4 Linda Confer DayDecember 6 Patty Confer DayDecember 7 Happy Delaware Day from Fred HollandDecember 13 All The Wright DogsDecember 14 Connie Plankenhorn DayDecember 15 Jean Redka DayDecember 17 Teagan Marty DayDecember 23 In Memory of Andy Lady

Want to know what type of books people who work in a library read? Check out the recommendations by members of the James V. Brown Library staff on our website and weekly e-news-letter to see what we just can’t put down right now!

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Holiday Specials

Find weekly titles online atcalendar.jvbrown.edu

The library’s “Own-a-Day” program makes the perfect gift. For $100, you can Own-A-Day at the library and have your gift be recognized on the receipts at circulation desks, on the flat screen TVs inside the library, on the library’s home page, and in the library’s email and printed newsletters. This is the perfect way to honor or memorialize someone special, publicize a business, or celebrate a birthday or anniversary.

NOVEMBER 15Casseroles

DECEMBER 20Holiday Delights

Do you love browsing through cookbooks and try-ing new recipes? Do you en-joy sampling and sharing new dishes? Then grab your apron and sign up for the James V. Brown Cookbook Club! We pick a theme and select several cookbooks, you pick and make a recipe, then we all get together to share the finished products.

Library wins state awards The library received two honorable mentions in the Carolyne L. Smith Best Practices in Early Learning Award by the Pennsylvania Library Association during the annual conference October 16-19 in the Poconos. The awards were for the Pint Size Pollocks art program and Sensory Storytime. This is the fifth consecutive year that the library has received awards from PaLA. The library also nominated Lycoming County Commissioner Rick Mirabito for the Pennsylvania Library Association’s Elected Official Award for 2016, which was presented October 3 at the library. Mirabito was appointed a life member of the James V. Brown Library Board of Trustees in 2015 and serves as the county representative on the board of trustees for the Lycoming County Library System.

Victorian ChristmasStop by the library in celebration of the 18th annual Victorian Christmas event on Saturday, November 19. This year’s theme is Lumber ~ Boom to Barons and the library was founded by lumber baron James Brown. The Rotunda will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Volunteer Henriette Evans is offering free college preparation assistance to help local families get through the college application process. Just drop in from 5 to 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month and from 2 to 4 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month and Evans will share information, answer questions, and guide teens and parents in SAT prep, the college application process, FAFSA completion and more.

Your support is so important! Please give to the 2016 Annual Fund! The Library is the place to be for passionate, curious learners and information explorers. • Your gift to the Library will purchase the books and online resources our community depends on. •Yourgift will ensure that children will have the opportunity to come to story times and learn to love reading, long before they go to school. •Yourgiftmakes it possible for the Library to provide comput-ers for teens to use for homework, research and to keep up with the ever-changing digital world. •Yourgift buys the right books and expanded the resources on the shelves, so eager readers young and old can find and enjoy them. •Yourgift truly matters. When you see Einstein in your mailbox this November, please open the envelope and give. Or go to jvbrown.edu and click on Support the Library to give online.

We cannot do it without you!

Roan, Inc. has been giving to the Library’s Annual Fund since its beginning. They say:

“Our family supports the James V. Brown Library because we recognize the importance of literacy, education, public access to information

and all the wonderful programs they have to offer.”

November is National Novel Writing Month and the library is a “Come Write In” location for NaNoWriMo. Write your novel and meet with other Wrimo authors from 4:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday in November in the Winters Room.

Nov. & Dec. Book Review LuncheonsThe luncheon will start at 12 noon in the Lowry Room of the Welch Family wing of the James V. Brown Library. Those who wish may purchase lunch at noon for $6. To reserve lunch, use the online reservation calendar on the library website (http://calendar.jvbrown.edu) where you will find a prompt for reservations or call Dana at the Library at 570-326-0536, ext. 114. Reservations should be made by the Wednesday before the review, specifically November 2 and November 30. (Please note that you should register only if you wish to reserve lunch.) You may bring your own lunch or simply attend the book review which will start at 12:30 p.m. Parking is available in the public lot off Market Street, adjacent to the Welch Wing.

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www.jvbrown.eduSLIDE INTO THE FRIENDS BOOKSTORE FOR YOUR WINTER READS! The Friends need your unwanted books, CDs & DVDs! Donations gladly accepted at the library circulation desk. Tax donation receipts

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This man remembered you in his will.

Mon. & Fri. 10:30AM-1:30PMTues. & Wed. 1:30PM-4:30PM

Sat. 12:15PM-3:00PM Shopping at the bookstore is a rewarding way to support Friends. Proceeds are used to help fund library programs and services. Please visit us soon and spread the word

to your friends and family about the great used books and media bargains!

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Dr. William McCauley will present the Nov. 4 book review program on the book The BigFatSurprise:WhyButter,MeatandCheeseBelong intheHealthyDiet by Nina Teicholz. Teicholz challenges everything we thought we knew about dietary fat. She documents how the low-fat nutrition advice of the past several decades has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population with disastrous consequences for our health, in light of the epidemics of obesity, diabetes and heart disease facing our nation today. Bill McCauley was born in Sutton, West Virginia. He received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Virginia, with an internship and residency at the Hospital University of Pennsylvania. Dr. McCauley moved to Williamsport with his wife, Beverly, in 1975 to accept an appointment as a physician in pulmonary medicine at Susquehanna Health . Dr. McCauley and his wife have t w o g r o w n sons.

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Lucy Henry will present the special Dec. 2 book review, “SingMeaStory,” which will feature a vocal and dulcimer performance by Ms. Henry. Come and listen to ballads and folk songs that communicate a storyline through music. Ms. Henry sings with the Williamsport Civic Chorus and has performed with VJQ, a vocal jazz quartet, and Black Bear Crossing, an acoustic folk group. She is a frequent performer with the Williamsport Community Theater League, a flutist in the Flute Choir and performs with the Penn Central Wind Band. Ms. Henry was one of the founders of the local branch of the New Horizons Band and continues as one of the conductors. We hope you will attend this book review and enjoy a delightful musical segue into the holiday season.