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Current News & Events / Re: Summer job opening for student at Fairfax Library

« on: April 07, 2011, 06:32:22 AM »

Thanks for the info.  I will double check Vermont's minimum wage.  We used the figure that was correct (we thought) when we built the budget
in December.

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Current News & Events / Summer job opening for student at Fairfax Library

« on: April 06, 2011, 10:16:32 AM »

SUMMER STUDENT POSITION
AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY

Accepting applications until April 27 for a 20 hour per week library assistant position at the Fairfax Community Library.

Stop by the Fairfax Community Library or BFA guidance office for an application.

The position runs from approximately June 20 through August 26.  The days/hours will be determined by the student and the town librarian.  The pay is VT minimum wage ($8.15/hour).

You must have completed your sophomore year to apply.  BFA students and local homeschoolers encouraged to apply.
Interviews will be held in early May.

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Current News & Events / New books and audios on CD at the Fairfax Library

« on: April 05, 2011, 02:25:55 PM »

New Books 4/5/11

Non Fiction
33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival   - 
    Franklin, Jonathan
Gandhi: A Life          -   Chadha, Yogesh
Big Book of Civil War Sites: From Fort S   -
    Parzych, Cynthia
Business Plans Kit for Dummies (With CD)   -   
   Peterson, Steven D.
Computers for Seniors for Dummies   -   Muir,
   Nancy C.
Good Among the Great: 19 Traits of the M   -   
   Van De Mark,   Donald
In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona, a   -
   Waltrip, Michael

Fiction
Fifth Witness           -   Connelly, Michael
Mr. Chartwell           -   Hunt, Rebecca
Race to Splendor        -   Ware, Ciji
Scrap Everything        -   Gould, Leslie
Remote Control          -   Isaka, Kotaro
River Marked            -   Briggs, Patricia
Toys                          -   Patterson, James
Death at Pullman        -   McNamara, Frances
Deathless               -   Valente, Catherynne M.

Audio books on CD
Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Capture   -   
   Eig, Jonathan
Inner Circle            -   Meltzer, Brad
Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai   -   
   Xu, Ruiyan
Model Home              -   Puchner, Eric
Port Mortuary           -   Cornwell, Patricia D.
West of Here            -   Evison, Jonathan
Ladies of the Lake      -   Smith, Haywood
Fifth Witness           -   Connelly, Michael

Children’s
Firefighters            -   Whiting, Sue
If You're Happy and You Know It!  - McQuinn,
   Anna
Bedtime Monster: A Dormir Monstruito (Bi lingual  -   Brunell, Heather

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Current News & Events / Wildlife program @ the library during April school break

« on: March 24, 2011, 06:41:54 PM »

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"Three Turtles and a Marigold" at the Library
« on: March 22, 2011, 02:08:30 PM »
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Fairfax Community Library and Ivana Iguana Wisdom & Rescue present:

3 Turtles and a Marigold
A  program for families and kids of all ages!
Wed. April 20th from 10-11 a.m. at the Library

Visit and interact with 3 Painted Turtles!

•   Learn about turtles, wetlands and the environment.
•   Find out how children can directly help wildlife.
•   Hear about the importance of letting wild animals stay in their natural habitat.
•   Discover what to do when finding an “orphaned” baby or injured wild animal.     
 
“Three Turtles and a Marigold” includes a hands on project children will complete and take home.
 No registration needed.  Free and open to all!

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Current News & Events / New Books at the Library

« on: March 23, 2011, 10:54:45 AM »

New Books 3/23/11

Night Road  Kristin Hannah
Leaving    Karen Kingsbury
Spiral       Paul McEuen
The Big Saturday Tent Wedding Party
       Alexander McCall Smith

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Current News & Events / Write a Cutting Edge Resume

« on: March 16, 2011, 02:41:51 PM »

Professional Writer and teacher Linda Bland will lead "Winning Resumes", a workshop for anyone who is thinking about reentering the workplace, changing jobs, or graduating from school.  If you haven't updated yours in years, it's time to learn how resumes are being done now!.

This workshop is sponsored by the Fairfax Community Library and is free to our patrons and Fairfax residents.

Tuesday, April 12th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm. at the Library.  Call or email to register.  849-2420 or fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com.

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Current News & Events / New Books at the Library 3/10/11

« on: March 10, 2011, 12:15:37 PM »

NEW BOOKS:  3/10/11

Book of Spies           -   Lynds, Gayle
Death Instinct          -   Rubenfeld, Jed
Discovery of Witches    -   Harkness, Deborah
Fancy Nancy Tea Parties   -   O'Connor, Jane
Fatal Error             -   Jance, J. A.
Hothead – Ripkin, Carl Jr.  (Juvenile Fiction)
His Other Wife          -   Bedford, Deborah
Informationist: A Thriller   -   Stevens, Taylor
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Re   -   Moran, Michelle
Marrying Daisy Bellamy   -   Wiggs, Susan
Night Vision            -   White, Randy Wayne
Notorious Pleasures     -   Hoyt, Elizabeth
Silent Sea              -   Cussler, Clive
Story of the Trapp Family Singers   -   Trapp, Maria
Though Not Dead         -   Stabenow, Dana
Wild Man Creek          -   Carr, Robyn
Constant Princess       -   Gregory, Philippa
Snow Falling on Cedars   -   Guterson, David

Nonfiction
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare -  Abbott Karen  (Bio of Gypsy Rose Lee)
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets   -   Menzel, Peter
Good Neighbor Cookbook   -   Schlosberg, Suzanne

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Current News & Events / NEW library Hours starting March 14!!

« on: March 08, 2011, 01:25:03 PM »

Fairfax Community Library has new hours beginning on March 14th, 2011.  We are open later on Monday and Wednesday evenings,
and for an extra hour on Saturdays.  Thank you to everyone who supported the town budget at town meeting this year, which included funds for these improvements!

School Year Hours:  (late August through mid June)

M & W  8:00 – 5:30
T & TH  8:00 – 8:00
F          8:00 – 3:15
SAT      9:00 – 1:00

NEW Summer Hours:

M W F    10:00 – 5:30
T & TH   9:00 –  8:00
SAT       9:00 –  1:00

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Current News & Events / Cinderella Ate my Daughter and other New books at the library 3/3/11

« on: March 03, 2011, 04:43:47 PM »

New Books 3/3/11
Sing you Home   Picoult, Jodi
The Night Season   Cain, Chelsea
The Complaints  Rankin, Ian

Non-fiction:
Cinderella Ate my Daughter:  Dispatches form the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture   
     Orenstein, Peggy

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Current News & Events / Re: Grant received at library

« on: March 02, 2011, 02:52:00 PM »

Thank you, Mr. Brown!  We are excited about it!

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Current News & Events / Re: What Is It? Part 1

« on: March 01, 2011, 02:13:15 PM »

For combing burrs out of cow tails?

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Current News & Events / This week's new books at the library

« on: March 01, 2011, 02:12:04 PM »

New Books 3/1/11   

Angel Harp    Phillips, Michael
The Curse-Maker   Stanley, Kelli
Death of a Chimney Sweep   Beaton, M.C.
Devotion of Subject X    Higashino, Keigo   JAPAN'S BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, AMERICAN DEBUT
Left Neglected   Genova, Lisa  NY TIMES BESTSELLER
Perfect Mistress   Alexander, Victoria  BOOKLIST BEST OF ROMANCE LIST
Sentry   Crais, Robert
Swamplandia!   Russell, Karen   NY TIMES BESTSELLER
Treachery in Death   Robb, J.D.
Weird Sisters  Brown, Eleanor   BOOKLIST STARRED REVIEW

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Current News & Events / Grant received at library

« on: March 01, 2011, 12:19:01 PM »

The library received word yesterday that our grant to improve our DVD collection for children and young adults was funded by the Winnie Belle Learned Fund!

In the next year we will be purchasing films, mainly ones that are based on books.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let us know.

About the Winnie Belle Learned Fund -

The Winnie Belle Learned Fund was created in 2007 by Dr. Burnett Rawson in honor of Winnie Belle Learned, a Vermonter, educator, and his benefactress.  Born in 1863 in Westford, Vermont, despite many personal hardships, Ms. Learned received her teaching certificate, and was a teacher and principal in Massachusetts for many years before returning to her native Vermont in 1911where, with a relative, Jennie Burnett, she operated Cherry Hill Farm in Williston.  In 1932, during the Depression, Ms. Learned took notice of Burnett Rawson, a distant relative, and asked his mother’s permission to take him from the family farm in Underhill so that he could study.  Her generosity and vision allowed him to attend the University of Vermont and its medical school. After military service and further medical studies, he practiced urology in New York for many years before retiring to his native Vermont.

Dr. Rawson’s goal for Winnie Belle Learned Fund is to help the small public libraries of Vermont foster literacy, love of learning, critical analysis and intellectual exploration in their communities, particularly among children and their families.

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Current News & Events / Better Internet access at the library

« on: March 01, 2011, 09:02:35 AM »

NEW!!
We now have a new log in for three of our public access computers that provides access to the Internet with a lower level of filtering. Library staff can log in any adult community member who requests this. If you had trouble getting to social media sites etc. before because of the filters, this should take care of that problem.

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Upcoming School Events / Used book & movie sale

« on: February 21, 2011, 04:39:21 PM »

This Saturday, Feb. 26th from 9-1 is the used book and movie sale, and combined effort of the library and the high school England trip.  This one day event takes place outside the elementary school gym (where town meeting takes place).
We have been weeding our collection and accepting donations, so there are lots to choose from including books on tape, videos, and picture books for kids.  Low prices.  Free note cards of the Fairfax Covered Bridge for each customer.  Proceeds to benefit both the library and the High School England trip.