In the Gallery: July 2008

At a designated time in July, the whine of fireworks is frequently heard. The sound evaporates and is replaced by a colorful explosion of scintillating rainbows trickling down to re-awaken the spirit in work-weary souls. Each pyrotechnic event is unique, yet together they create an awesome celebration, and "eye candy feast". In the designated month of July, the Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery introduces a cool "fireworks display" of THE ARTISTS GOEBEL, Kim, Rachel and Rebecca. Each artistic piece is unique, yet together they create an "eye candy feast" and celebration of family talent meant to joyfully re-awaken heat-weary souls. The most predominant force behind this family profusion of colorful beauty and talent is definitely, Kim. Blest with an innate love of nature and art, Kim reveled in sharing her joy with her two daughters, hoping it would stimulate their own innate talents. When Kim's girls were small, she enjoyed working on art projects to give as gifts to loved ones on special occasions. The gift would be especially appreciated, because of the budding artistic hands that created the project. On Kim's busiest day, the girls simply couldn't understand why they couldn't "help" mom with her art projects. Kim has been teaching art to kindergarten through fifth grade students at Sugar Creek Elementary School for the past 22 years. In her free time she loves to experiment with pastels, paint with watercolors, dyeing fabric and painting scenes on fabric that she will later quilt. She paints as realistically as possible and pays close attention to detail. For commission, Kim paints pastel pet portraits from owner's photographs. Riding horseback thrills her. Teaching riding lessons to interested children and adults is the frosting on the cake. Aren't we blessed to have this Renaissance woman living right here in our midst! hen first daughter Rachel was born, infused with a lovely bouquet of creative genes, it didn't take long for this talent to bloom. At only two, Rachel drew an outstandingly realistic spider unassisted, really impressing her mother. That drawing is now carefully preserved in Rachel's baby book. While at CHS, under the tutelage of art teacher Sheila McCormick, Rachel's artistic skills matured even further. She learned to express herself more fully in drawing, painting and sculpture, but her real artistic love turned out to be photography. She learned to develop her own negatives and make photographic prints in the darkroom. Her favorite photographic subjects include her friend, Amanda, Sister Rebecca and a menagerie of animals. A recent CHS graduate, Rachel is more than ready to try her wings at college. Whether or not art will play a part in her future is unimportant. What is important is her early exposure to nature and art at her mother's knee. According to Kim, second daughter Rebecca, a sophomore at CHS, is also a talented artist, though she doesn't feel as talented as her big sisterl. As a child, Rebecca loved to draw and paint, most especially when making unique and unusual gifts for her dad, Tennessee Grandma and other relatives at Christmas or holidays. With her mom and sister "Becca" she created "special" keepsakes, lovingly cherished by recipients. "Uncensored artistic spontaneity flowing from small loving hands is always the most precious gift", Kim says. You will see some of these mementos in the exhibit. "Becca" enjoys volleyball and basketball even more than art. Though Rebecca has made other choices for now, Kim is pleased that she has been exposed to the fundamentals of art if she ever does want it in her future, even as a hobby.

As a compliment to the work of the Artists Goebel, the Gallery Display Cases are filled to the brim with "old", interesting and unusual items from the collections of members of Crawfordsville's own ANTIQUE STUDY CLUB. This still-active club has been a staple in Crawfordsville society for as long as club history and current members can remember. Happily missing are the historic days when prospective members were required to pass a "white glove" test before being approved for membership. Whew, glad that's disappeared! Though much more relaxed today, these women are no less passionate about anything and everything having to do with "antiques", and take great joy in sharing what they have, and what they know about what they have, with others. A few of the exquisite pieces in this "fireworks exhibit" include Japanese Dragonware (Lithoplanes), an everyday white silk kimono, nineteenth century pottery, Flo Blue stoneware, a plethora of Madam Alexander Dolls, Parian white biscuit porcelain, Jewel Tea Company's Hall China, the old East Main Street Baxter Drugstore's soda fountain memorabilia and many things oriental and more. The club's purpose is to further the interest in and appreciation of all things "old". You name it, if it is old; this group has studied it at one time or another. Except for January, the Antique Study Club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 1:00 pm in a member's home. Each meeting begins with a short business meeting, features a lesson prepared by a club member on a subject of her choosing and refreshments. Once a year, the group takes an "antique journey" to a special interest destination where everyone can enjoy and share in an "antiquated" experience. Membership is open to anyone with a love of or interest in learning about and antiques. Dues are $5.00 per year. The group boasts 19 members and 2 honoraries.

Do come to the Library to enjoy this exquisite double fireworks festival, direct from the creative hands of the ARTISTS GOEBEL and the collective hands of the ANTIQUE STUDY CLUB. You definitely won't be sorry!

Written by Diane Hammill

Preview Shelf -- Lots Going On Downtown

As the Crawfordsville Library tends its summer reading programs, it's time to finish the list of local businesses donating prizes to the adult program, "Color My World". China Inn, Elaine's Tea Shop & Catering, John Stevens, Johnny Provolone's Pizza, Kwik-Kopy Printing, La Rose on Main, Little Mexico, Subway Sandwiches & Salads, Vanity Theater-Sugar Creek Players, and Wendy's have made generous contributions. This weekend, as Indiana Plein Air Painters visit to work among us, their new book "Painting Indiana II" is ready to borrow presenting scenes from simple farming to a global industry. With texts by Gary & Kathleen Truitt, the paintings illustrate the state's rural history, and the book is worth a long look. Other new nonfiction covers other kinds of art. David Michaelis' "Schulz and Peanuts" is the biography of a barber's son growing up from modest beginnings to create perhaps the world's favorite contemporary child characters; Charles Schulz chose themes never before attempted – like loneliness, isolation, melancholy, and the unending search for love, mingling old fashioned sweetness with adult awareness. Next, Country Living magazine offers "500 Quick & Easy Decorating Projects & Ideas" with colorful photographs and minimal descriptions. Kitchen art is represented by five new issues. "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" by Mark Bittman contains 900 pages of simple meatless recipes. Robin Robertson's "One-Dish Vegetarian Meals" offers dairy-free options. "A Baker's Odyssey" by Greg Patent celebrates time-honored recipes from America's rich immigrant heritage and includes a DVD. Southern combinations of all kinds are found in "Paula Deen's Kitchen Classics". She is the proprietor of The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, and is seen on the Food Network. Basketball is the next art. The legendary coach and student of Dr. James Naismith John McLendon is featured in "Breaking Through" about the history of integrated basketball. Steve Friedman's "The Agony of Victory" tells about champions in various sports and the prices they pay for glory; all were driven by a burning need to prove themselves, along with their realizations that no victories can bring lasting happiness. A group of stories makes up "Sunstroke" by Ivan Bunin, the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, capturing momentary impressions of the fleetingness of life. "Bryson City Tales" by Walt Larimore tells experiences during a doctor's first year of practice in the Smoky Mountains. "Writing Motherhood" by Lisa Garrigues shows ways to save experiences as they come along, showing that mothering provides endless material for writing, just as writing brings clarity and wisdom to mothering. "Chasing the Flame" by Samantha Power, Pulitzer winner, tells about Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and representative in Baghdad, who died in the 2003 attack in Iraq, and also gives background of this perilous and thorniest episode of recent history. "Unchristian" by David Kinnaman shows the major criticisms leveled against Christians and how to best represent Jesus. Charles Grodin's "If I Only Knew Then…Learning from our Mistakes" tells stories from celebrities with their insights that could keep readers from suffering in the future.

New Local History Database

We have a new database for genealogists and local historians -- the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Look for the link on our Local History page: http://www.cdpl.lib.in.us/lh

This database contains records of 6,125 burials in this cemetery. It also includes links to more than 4,000 obituaries and more than 1,000 burial/transit permits.

Waynetown, Indiana's Masonic Cemetery is located just on the west side of Waynetown on 136. At a stated meeting of the local Waynetown Masonic Lodge on 23 Jan 1872, a committee consisting of Joseph S. Henry, George Small, Nathaniel Blackford, John R. Thomas, and George D. Brown reported that they could purchase four acres of ground from Matthias Brant at $200.00 per acre; four acres from Simon Armantrout for $100.00 per acre and four acres from George Small for $125.00 per acre. The proposal was accepted. William Ridger, who passed away in 1921, bequeathed $5,000.00 to the cemetery on condition that an equal amount be raised. This imposed condition was met by popular subscription, and the entire amount of $10,000.00 become an endowment fund for the permanent upkeep of the cemetery. The cemetery was incorporated in1921. Trustees in 1930 were John W Shuler, C. C. Westfall and William E Rider. As of 2007, the cemetery now has grown to approximately 80 acres with 11 acres plotted for burials. The other 69 acres is on farm ground that later on can be plotted for more burial ground. In 2007 Donald Proctor donated the burial permits from 1948 to 2006 to the Crawfordsville Public Library. These papers were arranged, copied, and indexed by library page Adam Rice. These papers have been bound and are shelved under RL 929.5 Proctor in the Cemetery book section.

Volume 1 contains burial permits 1959-1986
Volume 2 contains burial permits 1986-1996 and burial transit permits 1948-1959
Volume 3 contains burial permits 1995-2000
Volume 4 contains burial permits 2001-2006
Volume 5 contains miscellaneous records arranged by state of issue 1949-2006 and a cumulative index

Donald and Peggy Proctor have been working for several years to gather as many obituaries as possible for persons buried in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. They provided the obituaries and the burial permits.

Preview Shelf -- Adults Invited to Summer Reading Challenge

Adult patrons are signing up for "Color Your World", this year's adult summer reading program at the Crawfordsville District Public Library. Carol Bennett, Brooke Myers and the circulation staff are already busy registering readers' books. Here are more of the local businesses generously offering prizes: Ace Hardware, Bal-Hinch Scrapbooking, Chad Budreau-State Farm Insurance, Chase Bank, Creek Jewelers, Flowers 'n Things, heathcliff, Moon Dance Cafe, Papa John's Pizza, Rancho Bravo, Steak 'n Shake, and Wright Implement."The Year of Living Biblically" is A. J. Jacobs' humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible, to "be fruitful and multiply", to love his neighbor, and to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers as he travels the country. "From Eden to Exile" is Eric Cline's work unraveling mysteries of the Bible including Noah's Ark and the Ten Lost Tribes. Christopher Hitchens offers "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything". "God did not make us," he writes; "We made God." "Plain Secrets" is Joe Mackall's story as an outsider among the Amish in Ohio for 16 years, the most traditional and insular of the Amish sects, and his story of his unusual friendship and his nephew. Fascinating ideas continue. "Be the Change" by Zach Hunter is "your guide to freeing slaves and changing the world"; Zach is proving that one person can make a difference, revealed in this book. Gustavo Arellano's "Ask a Mexican!" was an assignment given by his newspaper boss and it became this interesting book so that he now speaks at universities and answers lots of mail. "Letters from the Front Lines: Iraq and Afghanistan" by Rear Admiral Stuart Platt offers 13 chapters by 13 members of our Armed Forces. TV personality Studs Terkel's memoir at age ninety-five is "Touch and Go" a review that is "youthful, vivacious, and enormous fun". Then opposite this is "The Jamestown Project" by Karen Kupperman, detailing how the settlement become the model for all successful English colonies including Plymouth. From the kitchens of Martha Stewart Living comes "Great Food Fast" from the "Everyday Food" magazine featuring 250 recipes with illustrations that make any reader hungry at any time of day. "Street Food" is Tom Kime's equally tempting trip through recipes of the "Eastern" continents. To travel by armchair, "The Rough Guide to Egypt" by Dan Richardson is a thoroughly indexed companion, and "Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day" by Philip Matyszak is a wonderful review as well as helpful pre-trip preparation.Three new books have waiting lists. "The Nine" Jeffrey Toobin's testament inside the secret world of the U. S. Supreme Court, is told through interviews of all the parties involved. "Beyond the White House" by Jimmy Carter is subtitled "Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope" and is the story of his post-presidency work for The Carter Center. Alan Greenspan's "The Age of Turbulence" is part detective story as he attempts to understand the nature of the post 9/11 world, conjecturing the world economy in 2030 from his vantage point at the Federal Reserve. Let's conclude with a few novels. In the Montana Territory of 1880 a seamstress must change her safe life in the Lori Wick novel "Cassidy". "The Courtship" by Gilbert Morris is a chase shortly after the Great Depression that requires Christian patience and trust. A father is trapped in a submarine accident, while a son is desperate to save him and a digital readout is ticking toward explosion in the Caribbean Sea during a church-couples' cruise in John Bevere's "Rescued".

Adult Summer Reading 2008

June 16-August 31

Read the books!
Play the colors!
Win the Prizes!


How it works: This program is open to adult library card holders 18 or older.

Register at the Circulation Desk starting June 16th.

Patrons will fill out an entry form for each book read between Monday and Sunday for the Weekly Prize drawing.

Weekly Prize drawings will be held on Wednesdays and the winners will be notified by phone.

Patrons will get an additional chance at the Weekly Prize drawing by writing a review about the book.

Read 12 books before August 31 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing.

Grand Prize drawing will be held on Sept. 3, 2008.
The winner will be notified by phone.

For more information, contact Circulation Desk at the Crawfordsville District Public Library, 205 S. Washington Street, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, 765-362-2242 ext. 2, circ@cdpl.lib.in.us

Preview Shelf -- Adult Summer Reading Program

The Crawfordsville District Public Library announces its summer reading program June 16 to August 31 for patrons 18 years and older. "Color Your World" is the theme. The challenge will be reading 12 books to complete the game board; the four categories are mystery, romance & historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction, and non-fiction. Just sign up at the circulation desk. There will be weekly drawings and a grand prize, incentives to find new reading pleasure. Local businesses are generously joining the Friends of the Library to sponsor prizes. Here are a third of them: Random House, El Rinconcito Veracruzanao, Serenity Hair Studio & Spa, Kasey Hoffman–Crawfordsville Chiropractic, Country Hearts & Flowers, Good to Go Xpresso, Corbin Insurance, Dari-licious, Fountain Trust Company, Homestead Greetings, Jennifer McGaughey-Visible Changes, and Pizza Hut. Walter Mosley's "Blonde Faith" is his tenth Easy Rawlins thriller putting him on the streets of L. A. to solve a case that threatens the lives of his closest friends. Martha Grimes' "Dakota" is the sequel to "Biting the Moon" and the amnesiac and drifter is still running through the Western plains hunted by a stalker she doesn't remember. The Stone Barrington novel "Shoot Him If He Runs" by Stuart Woods concerns the CIA driven crazy by a certain fugitive hiding on the island of St. Marks. Margaret Truman's "Murder on K Street" takes us on a fast trip through the U.S. capital she knows so well, solving the murder of an Illinois senator's wife. "Dead Time" by Stephen White explores a long-ago camping trip when a young woman disappeared from the Grand Canyon floor, causing trips to NYC and LA to unearth secrets and deceptions. "Blood Dreams" a Bishop/Special Crimes Unit novel by Kay Hooper is a hunt for a serial killer no cops can stop, whose last victim was a powerful U.S. senator's daughter. "Bloodline" is a Repairman Jack novel by Paul Wilson in which the criminal has connections to a facility researching DNA. In "Fast Track" The Sisterhood, sisters who go to great efforts to exact justice, are launched by author Fern Michaels to occupy a new home on Big Pine Mountain in North Carolina, where they are pressed into a dauntng assignment with a small chance to succeed. Michaels' "Hokus Pokus" then calls them to help the Supreme Court Chief Justice who's being blackmailed. The beginning of the tea shop mystery, "The English Breakfast Murder" by Laura Childs, involves the proprietor helping Charleston's Sea Turtle Protection League shepherd hundreds of tiny green loggerheads safely into the sea, during which she spots a dead body bobbing in the waves. "Everlasting" by Kathleen Woodiwiss creates an historical romance after the Crusades when a lovely lady must marry one of scandalous repute to save her stepfather from debtor's prison. "The Elevator" by Angela Hunt holds three women trapped while they conceal shattering secrets, little knowing they center on the same man, and they're forced to unite to fight for their lives. In the Oregon Territory of the 1800s a woman is raised in a strict religious colony, and after an epidemic she takes surviving orphans back East encountering a suitor she's unprepared to face. In the Montana Territory of 1880 a seamstress also must change her safe life in the Lori Wick novel "Cassidy". A father is trapped in a submarine accident, while a son is desperate to save him and a digital readout is ticking toward explosion in the Caribbean Sea during a church-couples' cruise in John Bevere's "Rescued".

In the Gallery this month!

The air blows warm. Fresh green sprouts have turned into flowers, trees and bushes with the most delightful colors. Scintillating scents float lazily on the breath of a breeze while jacket-less kids fly kites and jump curbs on skateboards. Now we know it's finally time to welcome June with open arms. The air inside is cooled. The painting's colors are breath-taking. Beyond beautiful fine art interpretations float on wispy white Gallery walls. Now we know it's time to welcome with open arms fine artist Brad Bernard's exhibit, IMAGES FROM LIFE: Contrasts & Parallels, to the Library's Gallery for the entire month of June. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Brad Bernard began his formal training at The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. After completing his undergraduate studies, he worked as a muralist designing murals for schools, churches and community centers and at the same time also worked as an art instructor throughout the Milwaukee community teaching "at risk" youth, the developmentally challenged and elderly populations. Later he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the University of Mississippi at Oxford. After receiving his MFA, he taught Advanced Placement Studio Art courses at Oxford High School, also in Oxford, Mississippi. Brad Bernard has an extensive fine arts and art education background. Most notably, one of Brad's many painted murals is featured in: Walls of Heritage/Walls of Pride: African American Murals, by James Prigoff and Robin J. Donitz (2000). This seminal, scholarly work chronicles thirty years of mural art work by such artists as John Biggers, Romeare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence and Brad himself. In speaking of his exhibited works Brad tells us that this body of work represents but a small overview of the art he has created during the past six years, with the exception of two limited edition prints, Mother and Child and Last Supper on Holy Hill, which were created in 1994 and 1996. Each of the series presented is inspired by his personal metaphysical insight, religious images and ritual, and blues/gospel musicians Brad has met and/or seen perform. The larger abstract pieces based on fire are examples of a larger series titled Burning Processions. Different sources of burning within man-made fires (wood, charcoal, and coal) serve as metaphors for the human characteristics and experiences of spirituality, sexuality, and creativity. Images based on lava and/or the surface of the sun represents characteristics of God-made fire to emphasize the idea that all human experience is a microcosm with the God-consciousness of the heavenly creator. The series Praise and Soul is inspired by scenes typically found within the Missionary Baptist denomination of black churches across America. Each piece reflects on a particular aspect of a praise and worship ritual depicting prayer, singing, service, and ritual. The series as a whole serves as a commentary of the black church and the gospel culture as it compares, contrasts and sometimes overlaps into the blues culture. Blues Routes depicts portraits of blues/gospel musicians. Brad uses a patchwork of road maps/signs, symbols and photocopies as a compositional backdrop and to incorporate historical and biographical imagery. Each subject is immersed in a map of their home town or state with intersecting roads, rivers, interstates and highways, with a patchwork quilt design further implying the "comfort of home" idea. Many of the depicted musicians, who toured nationally and internationally, often have their full-time residence in the place of their birth. Brad is the husband of Ravyn Wilson-Bernard, currently an Owen Duston visiting English professor at Wabash College. Since his arrival in Crawfordsville last summer, Brad has exhibited his work in the Art League sponsored Crawfordsville Downtown Art Exhibition last fall and is scheduled to exhibit his work at the Eric Dean Gallery on the Wabash campus from January 19 through February 21, 2009. This fall will begin his tenure as an art professor at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Now doesn't that entice you to visit the Library Gallery sometime during the month of June, just to ogle and enjoy? See you there.

Diane Hammill, Coordinator
Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery
Crawfordsville Public Library

Preview shelf -- Come Join The Summer Adventure

Karen Record announces that the Crawfordsville Library's summer reading program called "Under the Sea" begins Monday. Children of all ages including teens are invited to sign up to read books, and to participate in crafts, story times, and Friday "Floats & Films". Special programs will include the Seahorse Show June 5th, Oceans of Bubbles June 14th, and magician Mark Lehmann's appearance July 12th. Local businesses are joining the Friends of the Library and Crawfordsville Park and Recreation in supporting awards. Some sponsors are McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, and Steak 'n Shake; more will be listed later. The library constantly adds to its collection. "Choosing Simplicity" promotes finding fulfillment in a complex world (the cover shows the front of a canoe facing a serene lake). Linda Pierce studied 211 people who simplified their lives; she gives workshops on work/life balance. A rogue travel writer Chuck Thompson who's traipsed through 35 countries gives the truth about travel as he sees it in "Smile When You're Lying". Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" is his documented trip around the world on an empty stomach searching for adventure and good food. "Who Was First?" by Russell Freedman presents pre-1492 discoverers; artifacts reveal Columbus was among the last, not the first explorers to reach the Americas. "Young Stalin" by Simon Montefiore "unveils the shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar"."A Charmed Life" is Liza Campbell's experience as the last child to be born at Cawdor Castle in Scotland, family seat of the Campbells, featured in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". "Bread and Roses" by Bruce Watson recalls the mills, migrants, and struggle for the American dream that began with protested pay cuts in the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts labor standoff. "Leading Ladies" by Kay Hutchison profiles the lives of 63 American women pioneers from all walks of life who have "woven thin threads of opportunity into sweeping tapestries of achievement." "Penguins of the World" by Wayne Lynch, "Good Dog, Stay" by Anna Quindlen and "Crows" by Candace Savage all have appealing illustrations for a few good hours among animal friends. "The Daylily: A guide for Gardeners" is a beautiful manual by John Peat and Ted Petit. Jacques Cousteau (d. 1997) offers "The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus" as he takes us exploring and conserving our natural world; it's a big story.
New poetry books are "Quantum Lyrics" by Van Jordan with lines likened to beautiful music, while "Gulf Music" by Robert Pinsky is known for its familial, cultural, tribal, national and spiritual sounds. "Simply Dreams" by Jacqueline Towers is an A-Z guide of meanings of common and unusual symbols, to learn what the subconscious is trying to tell us. "Four Days to Glory" is Mark Kreidler's review of his wrestling career in Iowa. FBI profiler John Douglas' "Inside the Mind of BTK" is the true story behind the 34-year hunt for a notorious Wichita serial killer. Having a younger family live with the father's parents for three months is a gracious but challenging task, expressed by Judith Viorst in "Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days". "40 Digital Photography Techniques" by John Kimlooks is helpfully organized, even describing different cameras, and comparing their products. Screenwriting is explained in "Save the Cat!" by Blake Snyder who has sold dozens of scripts for films.

Preview Shelf -- Toby Herzog Donates Works

Wabash College Professor of English Tobey Herzog has given the Crawfordsville District Public Library a copy of his book "Tim O'Brien". In several intriging ways the subject (O'Brien) and author (Herzog) have lead parallel lives, besides both serving in Vietnam. Herzog writes, "The moral and physical terrain of Vietnam serves as a heightened setting in which O'Brien explores the nature of truth, the function of memory and imagination, the possibility of moral courage, and the power of love." Herzog's second gift, his new book, "Writing Vietnam, Writing Life" reflects interviews and examines the compositions of four of his contemporary Vietnam-involved authors Philip Caputo, Larry Heineman, O'Brien, and Robert Olen Butler. Both Herzog's books thoughtfully consider the larger questions of that war era. Other additions to the library's collection begin with "The Insider's Guide to the Colleges". This 2008 edition from the staff of the Yale Daily News has comments from students on campuses. "Acing the College Application" is Michele Hernandez' advice to maximize chances for admission to the college of choice. "Paying for College Without Going Broke" is from The Princeton Review and shows how new federal laws affect this situation. There are also "1001 Ways to Pay for College", and "Adult Students: a Painless Guide to Going Back to College" with stories of success from these students and admission officers, both books by Gen & Kelly Tanabe. Requested novels are historical this time. "The Scandal of the Season" by Sophie Gee takes the reader to London high society in 1711, observed by Alexander Pope, who fashions the daring poem "The Rape of the Lock" that will catapult him to fame and fortune. "The Notorious Mrs. Winston" by Mary Mackey is full of accurate historical detail and vibrant characters during the American Civil War when an abolitionist falls for a Confederate soldier. "A Passion Most Pure" by Julie Lessman is the first volume of The Daughters of Boston fastening on the year 1916 during World War I, and extending the scene to the green hills of Ireland. Here are requested mysteries. "Killer Heat" by Linda Fairstein is a Manhattan serial killer search. Margaret Coel's "The Girl with Braided Hair" presents a vivid picture of the Native American, past and present, capturing the rugged atmosphere of Wyoming, and concentrating on a thirty-year-old murder.."Three Sisters" by James Doss is his 12th Charlie Moon story, a Colorado murder case, tracked by a Ute shaman, the tribal investigator's aunt. M.C. Beaton's "Death of a Gentle Lady" is a Constable Hamish Macbeth story about the meddling elderly favorite of Lochdubh, Scotland who turns up dead, and the issue of closing his beloved police station. "Malice" by Robert Tanenbaum is his most suspense-filled book yet as a New York district attorney takes on a cartel that uses terrorists to further its criminal empire. Here's requested nonfiction. "Come On People" by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint presents personal accounts of setbacks and rebuilding of lives in the face of adversity. "Legacy of Ashes" is Tim Weiner's history of the CIA. In "Loving Natalee" Beth Holloway writes about her daughter's 2005 kidnapping in Aruba and its aftermath. "Write It When I'm Gone" holds Thomas DeFrank's off-the-record conversations with President Gerald R. Ford, which could not be released until after his death. Jonathan Aitken's biography "John Newton; From Disgrace to Amazing Grace" describes the man who not only wrote one of the greatest hymns of all time, but lived one of the greatest stories of salvation by helping abolish the slave trade, altering the course of western history.

Scrapbook Workshops

May 17, 2008
Presented by Susan B. Griffith at the Crawfordsville District Public Library

Crop Workshop, 9:30-4:30
$10.00 ($5.00 for half day)
Tools and some supplies available for purchase

Beginners Class, 10:00-12:00, $8.00, materials charge

Register at Circulation Desk 362-2242, by May 15. Questions can be directed to Sue at 307-7738 or suegriffith@accelplus.net

Library Gallery Blooms with Photos and Postcards

After a long extended vacation, the magic month of May has arrived in all of its glory to perfume the stale air of winter and color the still brown earth and woods with delicately colored blooms and bushes. It's a perfect time to let the sparkle of spring fill in the crevices of winter still left behind. After a prolonged vacation, the long-awaited magic of Wabash College Professor Dr. Z's mesmerizing photographic travel odysseys have arrived in all their glory to grace the still warm walls of the Library's own Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery all during the merry month of May. It's a perfect time to let the spring of new beginnings blossom and fill in the crevices of your art-starved soul right here at the Library. John Zimmerman grew up on a 120-acre family farm in northeastern Iowa. After nine years of one-room country school education, he entered Monticello Public High School where he took a chemistry course the first year it was offered. His excitement with the subject led him to a B.S. in Chemistry from the State University of Iowa, followed by a Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. His four decade Wabash College chemistry teaching career began that same year in 1963. Although now retired, he continues to work daily in the Wabash College Hays Science Center. Photography became part of John's life when he was given an Argus C3 35mm slide film camera in 1959. That began decades of documenting family life and trips throughout the United States and Canada. The original Argus C3 has evolved through six different cameras to the current Nikon D100 digital single lens reflex model. Entry into the digital camera world, including access to post-shot tools like Photoshop and digital printing, has revolutionized the number and quality of images one can take. In the early 90s John began to document Wabash College activities, especially athletics, music and theater. This led to documenting student travel in Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Wales, St. Petersburg, Russia and two summers on an archaeological dig in Crete. This exhibit features a blend of prints taken over the past two years with some "old favorites." The majority of the images are "instinctive shots taken mostly on the run." As such they tend to be more documentary than artistic. Come Travel with Me was one of John's favorite performance numbers in the 2006 Wabash College Glee Club Wales, Scotland, and England tour repertoire. The Come Travel with Me blend of lyric and piano accompaniment always energized John to look forward to the next day's adventures. It is in that spirit that John is pleased to share images from some of his more recent travels and has named his exhibit COME TRAVEL WITH ME: A Photographic Engagement with Dr. Z.

As an addendum to the Gallery exhibit Harley Sheets will share a small part of his enormous 15,000 to 20,000 Postcard Collection with the community in the Display Cases of the Gallery during both the months of May and June. Mr. Sheets is the vice-president of the Indianapolis Postcard Club, was born in Lebanon, Indiana, and has lived in Danville, Indiana for the past 20 years. He is a devout collector of Indiana High School and Boone County postcards. On Saturday, June 21 at 2:00 pm in Rooms A & B in the Library's Lower Level, Mr. Sheets will present a 20 to 30 minute synopsis on postcard collecting and give information on what makes postcards both valuable and collectible. Following the presentation, he will offer free postcard appraisals for those who may have collections and accumulations of their own. Mr. Sheets offers libraries and other organizations these programs as a way of giving back to a hobby which he enjoys immensely. He has named his exhibit COME LOOK & LISTEN TO ME: A Postcard Engagement with Harley Sheets. Do come visit these Library Gallery exhibits and enjoy another spring adventure.

Diane Hammill, Coordinator, Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery, Crawfordsville Public Library,
2008

Preview Shelf -- Dana Ellis to Entertain "Young Ladies" at Special Library Event

Beginning today, May Day, girls aged six to fourteen are invited to register for the Crawfordsville District Public Library's Fourth Annual "Blossoms & Brunch" on Saturday, May 24th from 10:30 to noon. Light pastries and beverages will be served to these young patrons and their guests. The featured speaker will be Montgomery County acrylic artist Dana Ellis, who will help the group create their own souvenir mementos. The special event will take place in the Donnelley Room on the library's lower level. Just call Linda Brady, 362-2242 in the Youth Services Department, extension 114. Here is some newly-available fiction. "Home to Holly Springs" is Jan Karon's pre-sequel after many books in the Mitford Series, now tracing where Father Kavanagh had been born and raised, to find the missing pieces of his life. It is the first of the Father Tim novels. "Queen of Broken Hearts" is an uplifting tale by Cassandra King telling about women helping each other in a small Alabama town. "Sabrina" by Lori Wick features Denver, Colorado in 1880 when a young lady redeems herself from crimnality to useful Christian womanhood. "Summer Hill Secrets-2" takes us to Pennsylvania's Amish country where enlightening experiences help a youngster grow up. In "The Manning Sisters" by Debbie Macomber a young woman accepts a teaching job in Montana, bringing adventures far different from life in Seattle. The book is part of The Manning Family series. Susan Mallery's "Accidentally Yours" pits a woman who believes in the power of love against a man believing in the power of money. "Swept Away" by Toni Blake is a "lonely island" romance as a bride-to-be escapes to be alone and meets a man in his own dangerous position. "The Year of Fog" by Michelle Richmond centers around the aftermath of a six-year-old's disappearance in thick San Francisco mist. Whitley Strieber incorporates his research in "The Grays" a fictional account of the conspiracy behind alien presence on Earth. Joyce Carol Oates' "The Gravedigger's Daughter" is a struggle in post-World War II upstate New York by the daughter in a family who escaped the Nazis in 1936. "The First Patient" by Michael Palmer is "An exciting thriller…full of surprises; captures the intense atmosphere of the White House" said President Bill Clinton. In "Lady Killer" by Lisa Scottoline a young woman searches for her missing rival from high school in a thriller about opposite personalities. "L.A. Outlaws" by T. Jefferson Parker paints a picture of theft and big personalities in a "dance around the secrets that brought them together". Down-to-earth helps are "The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting" by Andrew Martin, and "Scrawny to Brawny" about building muscle the natural way by Michael Mejia and John Berardi. "Careers with Animals" comes from Ellen Shenk. "Don't Miss Out" by Anna and Robert Leider is the "ambitious student's guide to financial aid". How about "365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child" by Steve & Ruth Bennett, or a traveller's guide to making a difference around the world called "Volunteer" from Lonely Planet. Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Satran's "Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana" looks like a very complete supply of ideas to help you name your baby. "All the Math You'll Ever Need" is a self-teaching guide by Steve Slavin. "Simply Face Reading" by Jonathan Dee has the purpose to "deepen your understanding of friends, family, co-workers, and other people in your life". "Simply Palmistry" by Sasha Fenton says "Our hands provide a glimpse of our personalities, health, aptitudes - and even what might happen...in the future".

Preview Shelf -- More New Books About Our State

The Crawfordsville District Public Library has four more new books about Indiana. "Indiana Cooks!" holds great restaurant recipes for the home kitchen gathered by Christine Barbour and Scott Feickert. One chapter is about Maize, An American Grill in Lafayette. Other nearby places are the Limestone Grille and Truffles in Bloomington, and Dunaway's, Elements, Oakleys Bistro and R Bistro in Indianapolis. After the introduction to Maize, the recipes offered are its Indiana Corn and Potato Chowder, Buffalo Rock Shrimp Salad with Roasted Indiana Corn Relish and Maytag Blue-Cheese Dressing, Skewered Salmon on Indiana Corn Cake with Shagbark Hickory Glaze, and Blackened Ribeye on a Double-Stuffed Potato with Grilled Vegetables - in case you'd like to whip them up. "The Indiana Rail Road Company" by Christopher Rund features America's new regional railroad, originally part of the Illinois Central, reborn as a profitable carrier. "Kickin' Hoosiers" by Kathryn Knapp profiles Jerry Yeagley and Championship Soccer at Indiana University, 40 years of determination. " Frank Hohenberger's Indiana Photographs" is a down-home tour taken between 1904 and 1950, with delightful looks at common and special sites both rural and urban. John Hart's mystery "Down River" describes a boy with a turbulant childhood that turned him into a fighter, barely acquitted of murder, exiled unjustly, hiding in New York City , then returning to Rowan County, North Carolina where he is accused and must prove his reformation. Bernard Cornwell's "Sword Song" is the recreation of the Battle of London in 885 A.D. written as the fourth volume in his Saxon Tales built around Alfred, the only English king to have "the Great" added to his name. "Creation in Death" by Nora Roberts writing as J D Robb features a detective named Eve in the year 2060 and how she captures an illusive mass murderer. "The Cameleon's Shadow" by Minette Walters features a disturbed British lieutenant just back from Iraq, who cuts all ties and moves to London where accused of crime he must heal himself to prove innocence. Andrew Greeley's "Irish Tiger"is a Nuala Anne McGrail story of a senior engaged couple in danger, helped by the singer turned Warrior Woman of ancient Erin. "A Lick of Frost" by Laurell Hamilton is fantasy about a onetime private investigator in the mortal world now heir-apparent to the faerie throne, endangered by a wicked aunt Queen. "Every Secret Thing" by Ann Tatlock is a biography of a new English teacher at the preparatory school she attended, who finds new friendships and a captivating mystery. In "Dream When You're Feeling Blue" (remember that song lyric?) Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago during World War II and profiles three sisters and their Irish family, bringing alive the atmosphere of that era. Luanne Rice has written "Light of the Moon" traveling across the sea for a magical tale of a lonely woman with a promise to keep. "Between Sundays" by Karen Kinghsbury features three characters: a star athlete, another player with a promise he made years ago, and a young woman caring for a foster child who thinks the star athlete is his father; the plot unites them all. James Grippando's "Lying with Strangers" forces a young doctor to prove the accident forcing her car into a pond was a deliberate crime.

Genealogy Club meeting

The Genealogy Club of Montgomery County, Indiana Corp. at 7:00 pm, on May 13th, 2008. The program is entitled "Proper Way to Repair Broken Tombstones" by Kim Hancock, Cemetery Restoration Volunteer.

Kim has done a lot of tombstone work on the Oneal Cemetery in Ripley Twp. This program will be held at the Crawfordsville District Public Library in the Donnelly Room. Public invited. Call (765)362-2242, Ext 4 for more information.

Fourth Annual Blossoms and Brunch

Coming in May: Fourth Annual Blossoms and Brunch

Saturday, May 24: 10:30 - Noon

An elegant Saturday morning "girls day out" event for young ladies (ages 6-14) and their favorite adult lady.

The Youth Services Department will provide a brunch of light pastries and beverages
followed by a guest speaker who may inspire you to a new hobby. Each participant will
make a keepsake craft to remind her of this memorable morning.

Space is limited. Sign up early to join us for this popular spring-time event.

Sign-up will begin May 1.

Preview Shelf -- How the Library's Popularity Has Grown

Recently issued statistics about the Crawfordsville District Public Library (available on the web page at cdpl.lib.in.us) show an amazing increase in program attendance from 12,313 in 2005 (last full year in the Carnegie) to 27,264 in 2007. Circulation of items rose from 157,695 to 175,063 (both locations have had good activity). Adult media circulation (cassettes, CDs, DVDs etc) in 2007 shows a collection of 7,925 items with a circulation of 37,295. Busy place. The new history "My Dearest Friend" contains letters by Abigail and John Adams beginning with his flirtatious 1762 note to "Miss Adorable," the 17-year-old Abigail Smith and ending in 1810 when she wrote to wish him a safe journey heading home to Quincy, Massachusetts as retiring President. Their "My Dearest Friend" correspondence referred to family affairs as well as to the unfolding founding of our nation. The significance of this book is its inclusion of some letters never seen before. Editors are Massachusetts Historical Society managers of the Adams papers Margaret Hogan and James Taylor. "Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation" comes from Mike Robbins and Geza Vermes. "The Nativity" history and legend untangles centuries of varied storytelling and places the birth and events surrounding it within their historical context. "The Misunderstood Jew" is Amy-Jill Levine's treatise of humorous insight into Jewish-Christian relations by seeking to understand and affirm Jesus' Jewishness. "The Sisterhood" is Dorothy Solomon's portrait of the lives of Mormon women from 1830 to the present era. Two craft books are "Knitting for Baby" with 30 heirloom projects by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas and "Big Girl Knits" 25 bold projects shaped for "women with curves" by Jillian Moreno and Amy Singer. Memoirs begin with Dang Thuy Tram's "Last Night I Dreamed of Peace" (a translation) saved for 35 years before being published in Vietnam, made by a volunteer doctor in a Viet Cong battlefield hospital sharing her thoughts during the two years she served before being killed in that war. A wartime memoir from Anne Frank's best friend, Jacqueline van Maarsen who still lives in Amsterdam is "My Name is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank". "William & Rosalie" is also a Holocaust testimony by two Polish survivors now in their 80s in Texas, who have waged an effective campaign against prejudice and discrimination. "Iraq and Back" by Colonel Kim Olson USAF (Ret.) is subtitled Inside the War to Win the Peace; the author now travels our country speaking about leadership, political-military insights, and educational issues. Good reads are "Animals of Asia & Australia" by Tom Jackson, and "Whalewatcher" a global guide to studying dolphins and porpoises as well as whales in the wild by Trevor Day. "Teach Your Own" by Holt and Farenga is The John Holt Book of Home Schooling. "America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money" comes from the experiences of Steve and Annette Economides. "Don't Panic - Dinner's in the Freezer" by Susie Martinez makes your mouth water any time of day. Paul Harvey says, "Of all the how-to books ever written, the best …are the Bible, Voltaire's 'Candide' and this one". It's a top-sergeant's lesson in practical economics.

Preview Shelf -- Those Liberal Arts

The Crawfordsville District Public Library, with all kinds of reading, listening, and "doings", offers the public a generous and full education. This week's book listings, as always, are an example. Requested books arrive each week. The first book weighs six pounds. It's called "The Rembrandt Book" and Gary Schwartz, who lives in the Netherlands and writes a biweekly Internet article (The Schwartzlist), includes information about the artist's life, homes, portraits, and paintings. It could be called "Rembrandt 101". Next for contrast come other arts. The piano/vocal scores called "Billy Joel's Greatest Hits" offer Piano Man and Just the Way You Are. There is Eric Clapton's "Clapton" the autobiography telling us about surviving his difficult boyhood when his "solace was the guitar". Laurie Swim's "Quilting" is from the World of Crafts and includes exercises like fabric sketching and fabric bouquet; she shares some novel ideas. "Quilt Masterpieces" by Susanna Pfeffer presents stories and plates of 48 specific fine quilts from the distant and recent past. "The Art of Landscape Quilting" by Zieman and Sewell shows patterns with depth and designs that mimic fine painting. "The Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques" by Nancie Wiseman is spiral-bound and directs button holes, woven seams, borders, bands, and finishes helpful in many situations. On to history. "Leviathan" by Eric Dolin holds the details of whaling in America, from identifying a stranded whale on the Dutch shore in 1598 to showing the British factory ship, the Balaena, hunting in the Antarctic in 1946. "15 Stars" by Stanley Weintraub profiles Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Marshall, three generals who saved the American century, showing how much of a difference three men can make. "Marine Air" by Robert Dorr gives the history of the Flying Leathernecks in words and photos. Bill Yenne's "Rising Sons" identifies the Japanese-American GIs who fought World War II for the United States, a special segment of the Greatest Generation. "The Indiana Legion: A Civil War Militia" by John Etter, of Westfield, Indiana includes the good bibliography and footnotes made by this re-enactor, graduate student in history at Butler, and researcher of the Indiana Militia; he honors the 50,000 men believed to have served in the active home guard and the many thousands more in the Minute-man militia. :Images of Civil War Medicine" is a photographic history of facilities and the scientists active during the war. "The Frank Family That Survived" by Gordon Sander is told by the grandson of the head of the family showing how Anne Frank was betrayed and how her family eventually survived the Nazi war in Holland."Blood Struggle" is Charles Wilkinson's story about the rise of the modern Indian nations in America. The "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians" edited by David Wishart has many new entries focusing on contemporary tribes and lots of new photos."Women of Courage" holds intimate stories from Afghanistan with colorful pictures of that culture and one-page articles about 40 women in all walks of that life. Two books about the "dark continent" are "Africa on Six Wheels" a semester on safari by Betty Levitov, and "A Continent for the Taking" in which, after 24 years of study, Howard French talks of the tragedy and hope on that continent

Scrapbook Workshops

April 5, 2008
Presented by Susan B. Griffith at the Crawfordsville District Public Library

Crop Workshop, 9:30-4:30
$10.00 ($5.00 for half day)

Tools and some supplies available for purchase

Beginners Class, 10:00-12:00
$8.00, materials charge

Register at Circulation Desk 362-2242, by April 3.Questions can be directed to Sue at 307-7738 or cmsuegriffith@comcast.net

Genealogy Club meeting

The Genealogy Club of Montgomery County will meet at 7:00 pm, April 8th, 2008. Our lecture is "Getting Organized" by Linda White (Local History/Systems Librarian for Thorntown, Indiana). The program will be in the Donnelly Room. The Public is invited. Call: (765) 362-2242, Ext 4 for more information.

Library's Gallery Hosts Sugar Creek Quilters

Quilter's winter hibernation-retreat has ended! At the first sign of spring, freshened by their "pieceful" winter quilting adventures, our Sugar Creek Quilt Artists are consumed with a desire to share their fantastic fabric forays with the outside world. In a not-so-quietly blooming profusion of color and beauty, these magical quilts are dancing for joy on the walls of the Public Library's Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery. They patiently await the expressions of delight bursting forth as you these works of art from Monday, March 17 until Thursday, May 1, 2008.

With a core of 60 active members, Sugar Creek Quilters try to learn about and enjoy everything relating to the art of quilting. Member's interests range from those who enjoy simply being around or under quilts, to those who create bed quilts, art-quilts, patterns, clothing and everything in between. Members' fun-loving camaraderie, whether visiting a quilt shop, taking a class or quilting together, is an amazing thing to see and is always stimulating.

The group meets in the Public Library's Lower Level on the third Monday of each month at 6:45. Everyone is welcome! Cost for membership is $15.00 per year. This includes a monthly newsletter, the opportunity to take workshops and to hear state-of-the-art speakers at every monthly meeting. Each meeting includes member's show-and-tell.

Quilters come in all shapes and sizes! Their unique and unusual ideas also come in all shapes and sizes, from king-size bed quilts to teeny wall hangings. However the quilter's inspiration comes, the quilt is always fascinating to see and learn from. Color choices reflect personal preference; difficulty of design depends on the individual quilter's skill and proficiency. Some members are quick to finish quilts, others take their time. Some enjoy beading and sparkling things up and others like plain and not so fancy. The beauty of this exhibit is in its uniqueness, with something for everyone to enjoy and perhaps want to emulate.

Come as often as you would like and stay long as you can during the six weeks of this quilter's expose. I promise you'll enjoy yourself each and every time!

Preview Shelf -- Waynetown Native's Book Available

It is a special pleasure to add books of local interest to the Crawfordsville District Public Library collection. Recently, patron Robin Pebworth donated "Perfect Justice" by his friend D. Thomas Johnson, a Texas lawyer and Indiana University ATO fraternity brother. Johnson is a Waynetown native and 1957 graduate of Waynetown High School. His father was a doctor there for many years and his sister, resident Etta Ruth Fruits is retired from the Waynetown Clerks office. The novel is a clever, fast-moving medical malpractice law case with a reasonable number of interesting characters, and a satisfying but surprise conclusion. The library receives many purchase requests. Here are some new books ready to borrow. Rebecca Shaw offers three Barleybridge novels, "A Country Affair", "Country Wives", and "Country Lovers" which mix ingredients of picture-postcard village life in the Yorkshire hills of England. Sherryl Woods' two stories called The Sweet Magnolias (a group of women) are "A Slice of Heaven" and "Feels Like Family" about her town called Serenity in South Carolina. L. A. Banks' two episodes in A Vampire Huntress Legend are "The Bitten" and "The Damned"; enough said. "74 Seaside Avenue" by Debbie Macomber is a beautiful house with a view of Puget Sound where a beautician is the main character in a good-spirited gossip "ring". "Inferno" by Karen Harper describes an isolated town in Montana where a serial arsonist is sought by the FBI. JoAnn Ross' "Impluse" takes place in Hazard, Wyoming, a mountain town invaded by a deadly hunter. "Don't Scream" by Wendy Staub takes us to the Berkshires in Massachusetts where four friends pledge never to reveal what happened in those woods. Carla Neggers' "Abandon" explains a vicious attack at a lakefront cottage in New Hampshire. There's "A Merry Heart", "Looking for a Miracle", "Plain & Fancy", and "The Hope Chest" in Wanda Brunstetter's series Brides of Lancaster County about Amish life. Joan Medlicott's "At Home in Covington" embraces life in a small North Carolina mountain town. Gilbert Morris' "The Miracle" tells how a young woman struggles to uphold her faith, family, and dreams during the Great Depression. Here's some lively nonfiction. In "A Commonwealth of Thieves" Thomas Keneally explains the improbable birth of Australia. John Tayman offers "The Colony" the harrowing history of the exiles of Molokai, the Hawaiian island American leprosy settlement, beginning in 1866 when twelve men and women and a small child arrived aboard a leaky schooner with little food, and little hope. "The French & Indian War" is presented by Walter Borneman. "Empire of Blue Water" is Stephan Talty's story of Captain Morgan's great pirate army, the epic battle for the Americas, and the catastrophe that ended the outlaws' bloody reign. "Challenging China" is a group of essays by independent Chinese voices describing their struggle and hope in this era of change; its publisher is Human Rights in China and its editors are Sharon Hom and Stacy Mosher. Other new studies are "Road from Ar Ramadi" by Staff Sargeant Camilo Mejia, who rebelled as a conscientious objector to the Iraq war. A Central America native, he served the U.S. military at the age of 19 for three years, then transferred to the Florida National Guard and fought in Iraq for five months. "Imperial Life in the Emerald City", a National Book Award finalist, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, tells about Iraq's green zone and how the American liberation of Iraq involved chaos, calamity, and civil war. Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" encompasses a year when she and her family moved from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vowed to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood.

Preview Shelf -- Booksale Soon!

Here comes another Second Saturday; beginning at 9 a.m. Friends of the Crawfordsville District Public Library will receive the public in their lower level bookstore suite where lots of good reading is available for donations. Right now they'd be especially glad to receive any children's books you'd like to contribute to their shop. Here are some recent nonfiction arrivals. "Home Sense" offers simple plans to enhance where and how you live, from Eduardo Xol who is a designer on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. "Blind Spots" by Madeleine Van Hecke addresses why smart people do dumb things; Wendy Northcutt writes, "This book allows us to see ourselves more clearly and assess others more tolerantly". Malka Zipora's "Rather Laugh Than Cry" tells stories about Hassidic women living in large urban settings. "Is Religion Dangerous?" by Keith Ward handles questions like, Are religious beliefs irrational? Does religion do more harm than good? The Times Literary Supplement says he "takes the common sense view that while religion, like everything else (say politics, sex, science, knowledge, and life itself), can be dangerous, on the whole it contributes to human flourishing." "30 Days to a Simpler Life" by Connie Cox & Cris Evatt concerns improvements like Create a Serene Bedroom, Dress with Less, and Set up an Efficient Office. "Organize Your Life" by Ronni Eisenberg advocates freeing oneself from clutter. "Building Powerful Community Organizations" is Michael Brown's personal guide to creating groups that can solve problems and change the world. "Tabloid Love" by Bridget Harrison is about the quest to "have it all, a great job and true love", as she runs her own Sunday New York Post column and shares its adventures. Also new are "The Analects of Confucius" which is a literal translation with an introduction and notes by Chichung Huang. "Safari Living" from Mini Lifestyle Library is a group of Tim Beddow's photographs of interiors and exteriors of lodges and camps on the eastern reaches of Africa. "The Chocolate Tree, A natural History of Cacao" the 1,000-year-old Latin American bean, comes from Allen Young. Judith Hellman's "Mexican Lives" rich and poor, urban and rural, north and south, tells a different story than most Americans have heard. "Traditional Wooden Toys, Their History and How to Make Them" is told and shown by Cyril Hobbins. "Victorian Dolls' House Projects - A Day in the Life" by Christiane Berridge takes the reader through the day, from morning to night-time, as a highly original and effective way to bring that house to life, encompassing something for all levels of ability with 70 projects to challenge crafters. A step-by-step guide from concept to finished script makes up "Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting" by Syd Field. "Antique Trader Pottery & Porcelain Ceramics Price Guide" has full-color photos and is edited by Kyle Husfloen. Dodge Woodson's "Builder's Guide to Wells and Septics" can be very important sometimes. The National Underwriter Company's TaxFacts 2007 "Social Security Source Book" covers Medicare, Railroad Retirement, Military, Railroad and Federal employee benefits."The Golden Age of Advertising - the {19}60s" by Taschen books reproduces print ads for foods, cars, appliances, and plane trips that bring back that colorful easy domestic world, "a hefty nostalgia trip, & whether you're old enough to remember these gems, or just into retro, this is lovely stuff."

Ingenious High School Artists Embellish CDPL Gallery

While not-so-patiently awaiting the first breath of spring "outside"; the Library's Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery offers you an "inside" profusion of beauty to tide you over until real spring decides to descend. It is a fresh, energetic explosion of over 300 colorful images from the imaginings of young Montgomery County artists. This spring awakening will be exhibited in the gallery from Sunday, February 24th until Sunday, March 16th during regular library hours.

High School Art Students, with the help of Art Teachers and Tri Kappa Sorority members, will again wow you with their rich talent and focused tenacious skills. Every art student who wishes to enter this event may do so, in one or several of the following categories; Ceramics, Computer Graphics-Graphic Design & Communication Arts, Drawing 1 and 2, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography 1 and 2, Printmaking, Sculpture and Textile & Fiber Design. The six High School Art Teachers, Sheila McCormick and Marianne Ballenger of Crawfordsville High School, JD Minch and Mike Strickler at North Montgomery, Eleanor Brewer and Janet McVay at Southmont, suggest categories which may challenge individual students, teach skills needed by those students, encourage artists to put forth their best effort and lastly, get pieces gallery-ready by matting and shrink-wrapping each one. Ribbons and Financial Rewards, in each of the fourteen categories, are given for first, second, third place and honorable mention. An Award is also given for Best of Show and People's choice. Each year Tri Kappa members hire an experienced, independent artist to judge student work. This year's judge is our very own local artist and member of the Hoosier Salon, Jerry Smith. Without the Tri Kappa volunteers this philanthropic event would not take place. Each year Tri Kappa women, most of who are employed full time outside the home, volunteer to work with high school art teachers creating categories, time-lines, student data bases for printing labels, labeling each piece upon receipt, hiring judges and last but certainly not least, placing each piece of art in a categorically artistic manner on the walls and in the display cases of the gallery. When you visit this amazing exhibit of artistic diversity, be prepared to be awed by the scope and depth of talent emanating from these high-spirited young artists. You will have the opportunity to vote for your favorite piece for the people's choice award! Enjoy!

Preview Shelf for CDPL

The Crawfordsville District Public Library now has an electric typewriter available for use within the building. The novel "The Gathering" by Anne Enright gives a brave look at Ireland and a sympathetic look at the characters of a large Irish family haunted by the past. "The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett is a funny novella about the Queen of England whose new passion for reading leads to funny consequences for the country at large. Jim Butcher's "Captain's Fury" is book four of his Codex Alera in which forces of nature take physical form. Michael Chabon's "Gentlemen of the Road" brings back the rollicking spirit of legendary adventures as an itinerant physician and an ex-soldier make their way through the Caucasus Mountains circa 950 A.D. Linda Miller's "McKettrick's Luck" is the first in a new McKettrick Men series about a westerner whose ancestors tamed the wilds of Arizona. A tale of the American West rodeo, involving poison and rumors is Catherine Anderson's "Sun Kissed". Bret Lott has edited "The Best Christian Short Stories" of Homer Hickam, Larry Woiwode, Erin McGraw and others. Two mysteries are Maggie Sefton's "A Killer Stitch" finding holiday knitters in Fort Connor, Colorado mixed up in the death of an alpaca rancher, and Peter Tremayne's "A Prayer for the Damned" a mystery of Ireland in 668 A.D. when a King is accused of a crime on the eve of a wedding he is to attend. Nonfiction covers many vistas. "America's Best Value Colleges" 2008 edition describes 165 schools that The Princeton Review staff thinks give "the most bang for your buck without saddling you with loans". "What Color Is Your Parachute?" updated by Richard Bolles is the practical manual for job hunters that's been almost permanently on best seller lists. "Here If You Need Me" by Kate Braestrup is the inspiring story of pursuing her lost husband's dream and becoming a minister herself, seving as chaplain for search-and-rescue missions in the Maine woods. "Rachel in the World" is Jane Bernstein's memoir learning to accept her daughter's disabilities and finding unexpected pleasures locating a place for her in the world. "Rickles' Book" is an easy-to-read pleasureable memoir by the comedian and good man Don Rickles.
Laurie Steelsmith's "Natural Choices for Women's Health" gives secrets of natural and Chinese medicine for a lifetime of wellness. "12 Simple Secrets Real Moms Know" is Michele Borba's treatise on getting back to basics raising happy kids. Paul Coughlin's "No More Jellyfish, Chickens, or Wimps" proposes ways to raise secure, assertive Christian kids in a tough world. On that note, "Thanks!" is Robert Emmons' book about how the science of gratitude can make one happier. An important look at religious passions that are driving world politics is Mark Lilla's "The Stillborn God" revealing the sources of the quest to bring political life under God's authority, and its role in shaping Western thought. In "The Art of Power" Thich Nhat Hanh says power is only good for increasing our happiness and the happiness of others. Al Janssen and Brother Andrew who began taking Bibles to Christians behind closed borders in 1955 have joined to write "Secret Believers" telling what happens when Muslims believe in Christ. "Predators" by Gregory Cooper and Michael King tells how to recognize predatory behavior before it strikes, and how to deal with it if we find ourselves in its grasp. "Common Ground" by Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel shows how to get beyond partisanship, restore civility, and move our country forward.

Genealogy Club of Montgomery County, Indiana

Genealogy Club of Montgomery County, Indiana 7:00 pm, March 11, 2008.

Early Surveying Procedures & Indiana's 10 O'clock Line
By Jim Swift and Henry Swift, Boone County surveyor & H. S. student
Crawfordsville District Public Library , Lower Level in Donnelly Room.
Public Invited! Call (765) 362-2242, ext. 4 for more information.
Officers will met at 6:30 pm.

Preview Shelf -- A New Library Service!

The Crawfordsville District Public Library has begun to send out automatic e-mail reminders to patrons two days before their items are due. The system is using the e-mail address you provided when you registered for your library card. If you believe that we have an old or incorrect e-mail address, contact us so we can correct it. If you did not provide an e-mail address but wish to do so now so you can receive automatic reminders, contact us so we can add it. You can also request to add or change your e-mail address online by logging on to your account at the library's web site. Please note that the library does not share your personal data such as e-mail addresses with anyone.

"Household Secrets" by Frances Halahan comes as advice from National Trust experts aimed at keeping possessions looking good and devoid of deterioration; ceramics, metals, textiles, furniture, and paper goods are targeted. "It's About Time" is David Mermin's treatise about how Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to readers without training in the sciences, revealing that some of our most intuitive notions about time are wrong. "Death in the Pot" is Morton Satin's documentation of several culinary mishaps and misdeeds from the ancient world to today, like Athen's contaminated cereals which lead to their defeat in the Peloponnesian War. "Salem Witch Judge" by Eve LaPlante tells the life and repentance of Puritan Samuel Sewall who sent 20 people to death on trumped-up witchcraft charges; this history includes his later very good deeds like authoring the first American antislavery tract, and supporting the education of Native Americans. It's important to note the author is the judge's 6th-great granddaughter. Yasmin Khan's "The Great Partition" is about the supposed blessed division of India in 1947, freeing India from British rule and creating the Muslim state of Pakistan; this brought displacement and death, benefitting a few at the expense of the very many, and the repercussions resound even 60 years later. "The Lost Men" is Kelly Tyler-Lewis' presentation of Sir Ernest Shackleton's harrowing 1914 expedition crossing Antarctica; he "had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties". Mildred Kalish's "Little Heathens" is about hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression. "The Game Within The Game"" by Walt Frazier shares his keys to success in basketball, his vivid memories, anecdotes, and his controversial opinions. "Getting Open" by Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody tells about Bill Garrett and the integration of college basketball. My Life In and Out of a Helmet is the subtitle of "The Bus" by Jerome Bettis who describes his troubled childhood in Detroit on the long road to ten glorious seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. "The Great Expectations School" by Dan Brown reports his first year experiences as a novice teacher of fourth-grade problem cases; he offered help by starting a Visual Arts Club to teach photography and film making. "Falling Forward" by Grammy Award winner Sandi Patty explains her fall from grace, how she got help, and how her life now is happy. It begins, "Moving ahead while being aware of the scrutiny of others is not easy." Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt's "The Bond" is the statement of three Doctors how they learned to forgive and reconnect with their absent fathers.

Scrapbook Workshops

Scrapbook Workshop presented by Sue Griffith

March 8, at the Crawfordsville District Public Library

Crop Workshop 9:30-4:30 -- $10.00 for whole day, $5.00 for half day

Beginner Class 10:00-12:00 -- $8.00 materials charge

"Celebrate!" theme class 1:30-3:00 -- $5.00 materials charge

Pre-register at Circulation Desk (362-2242) through March 6.

General questions regarding the workshop can be directed to the Reference Department at Extension 117 and specific questions can be directed to Sue at 307-7738 or cmsuegriffith@comcast.net

Automatic e-mail reminders

Do you want to be reminded by e-mail when your items are almost due? If so, be sure we have your correct e-mail address!

The Crawfordsville District Public Library has begun to send out automatic e-mail reminders to patrons two days before their items are due. The system is using the e-mail address you provided when you registered for your library card. If you believe that we have an old or incorrect e-mail address, contact us so we can correct it. And contact us if you did not provide an e-mail address but wish to do so now so that you can get automatic reminders.

You can also request to add or change your e-mail address online by logging on to your account in the Polaris catalog.

Note: The Crawfordsville District Public Library will not share your personal data such as e-mail addresses with anyone.

Fascinating February Fantasy Fills Library's Art Gallery

In 2006, the North Montgomery Community School Corporation introduced fifteen new curriculum reform initiatives meant to improve each student's educational experience. It is hoped that through these enhancing adventure experiences students will be even better prepared to reach their highest potential academically and in later life. These enterprising "Bratton Initiatives" were named for the outstanding Montgomery County resident, William E. Bratton, member extraordinaire of the famed Lewis and Clark Louisiana Purchase Discovery Expedition and later Montgomery County's first official Superintendent of Public Schools.

An important one of these initiatives is the sponsoring of a district-wide public art display showcasing these unique and unusual artistic adventures of Kindergarten through Twelfth grade students under the tutelage of NMSC art teachers Lisa Cosby, Debby Feldman, Kim Goebel, JD Minch, Mike Strickler and Angela Vinson. Over two-hundred imaginative images have been gleaned from this exciting and stimulating collaborative effort.

Joining the NMSC student artwork this year will be the work of home schooled Montgomery County student artists exhibiting photography resulting from a home-school Photography Class taught by artist/photographer Dawn Meadows. This exhibit includes the work of Dawn's students Arlan R. Lucas, Chelsey Olson Brooke Raley and a piece of Dawn's photography.

Those yearning to experience this Fantastic February Fantasy will find it in the Library's Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery from Thursday, January 31 until Friday, February 22. Do come often and stay long. Find the scent of spring in a plethora of outstanding and varied images direct from the hands of these young artists, who hold our future in their talented hands. You won't want to miss a single piece! Enjoy!

Written for the Journal Review by
Diane Hammill, Coordinator
Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery
Crawfordsville Public Library

Scapbook Workshops in February

Scrapbook Workshops
February 9, 2008
Presented by Susan B. Griffith
at the Crawfordsville District Public Library

Crop Workshop, 9:30-4:30
$10.00 ($5.00 for half day)

Beginner's Class, 10:00-12:30
$8.00

Romance/love page class, 1:30-3:00

Bring photographs or other items to be entered.
Register at Circulation Desk 362-2242, by February 7.

General questions regarding the workshop can be directed to the Reference Department at Extension 117 and specific questions can be directed to Sue at 307-7738 or cmsuegriffith@comcast.net

Books in Memory of Daphene Daggy Morrison

The large print bookshelves on the main floor at the Crawfordsville District Public Library display 30 new volumes, mostly fiction, with bookplates "In Memory of Daphene Morrison", and then "Presented By" with the name of the individual or organization donor. Mrs. Morrison was a native of Thorntown, where she graduated from high school; she also graduated from DePauw University. Some of her generous Crawfordsville volunteer activities benefited First United Methodist Church, P.E.O., Delta Kappa Gamma, Montgomery County Retired Teachers, Wesley Thrift Shop and the FISH Food Pantry. Large print books all carry plain round yellow stickers. They are a constantly increasing portion of the CDPL collection, due in part to the generosity of those making memorial gifts to the library. The not-as-new large print books are available right ahead of the elevator on the upper level. A new list of large print books also appears on the library's website, www.cdpl.lib.in.us - the third item under "What is RSS?" Here are a few of the titles in the Morrison memorial collection. Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" tells with his unique humor his experiences growing up and developing his comedy routines. In Brad Thor's thriller "The First Commandment" a covert counterterrorism agent chases a sadistic assassin, against the advice of superiors, because the criminal has a Guantanamo Bay background. "A Summer Smile" by Iris Johansen also spawns risky business, this time terrorist hostages. A journalist's assignment is to find a troubleshooter for the military in "Spook Country" by William Gibson. W.E.B.Griffin's "The Shooters" concerns a present day intelligence agent handling big dangers in South America. "The Elves of Cintra" which is Book Two in Terry Brooks' series Genesis of Shannara tells of fifty years from now, when the world is polluted, as a few heroes with magical power lead refugees from embattled Seattle to the Oregon wilderness. "Life's A Beach" by Claire Cook promises funny moments with diverse characters and humorous situations. Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple mystery "The Bloody Tower" finds a mother of twins in 1925 writing an article about the Tower of London where as a visitor she spies a dead Yeoman Warder. Here's more of the memorial collection. "Lottery" by Patricia Wood deals with a simple boy, taught whom to trust, who, at 31 years old, wins the big prize and has new problems to consider. Colleen McCullough's "Antony and Cleopatra" is her follow-up to "The October Horse"; now Caesar is dead and Rome is divided. The historic novel has six Parts and seven maps. "The Chocolate Jewel Case" is JoAnna Carl's "Chocoholic Mystery with Tasty Chocolate Trivia!" featuring a murder plot and intersperced mini-reviews of what she calls Chocolate Books. "One-Way Ticket" is a Brady Coyne novel by William Tapply involving the Boston mob demanding debts never owed by their victim. Here are other new books at 205 S. Washington Street. The "2007 Indiana Football Digest" includes several paragraphs about North Montgomery, Crawfordsville, and Southmont on pages with their local advertising. The paperback, "ESPN Sports Almanac 2008" looks all-inclusive. Five Hal Leonard music books include one with beginning pianist versions of greatest hits labeled "ABBA Gold", "The Easy Classical Fake Book", and the piano scores of vocal selections "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "The Sound of Music" and "West Side Story". "First Lessons in Beginning Guitar" comes from Mel Bay. They're on the shelves 782 and 787.

Preview Shelf -- How the Library is Governed

The Crawfordville District Public Library is directed by Larry Hathaway, who is also Executive Officer of the Library Board of Trustees. The Trustees meet monthly and as necessary, and right now besides all the business they conduct, they also plan tours of the various departments and visit the gallery exhibits. Serving the Board are Robert Burgess, President, appointed by the County Council, Isobel Arvin, Vice President, appointed by the City Council, Secretary & Assistant Treasurer Susie Hildebrand appointed by the Union Township Board, Treasurer John Culley appointed by the North Montgomery and South Montgomery School Boards, Pat Stull and Linda Petrie appointed by Crawfordsville Schools, Dwayne Rater appointed by the County Commissioners, and James Ayers, library Attorney. Inspiration, information, and entertainment, all are available through the CDPL. First, inspiration. "Chicken Soup for Every Mom's Soul" and "Chicken Soup for the Christian Teenage Soul" come from writers Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen and their staffs. There's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's "Shalom in the Home" with "smart advice for a peaceful life". There's "Hearts and Minds Uplifted: The Power of Falun Dafa" originating in China but with benefits for all races, ethnic groups, professions and age groups everywhere. "Daily Life Strategies for Teens" by Jay McGraw is designed to boost self-confidence, build friendships, resist peer pressure, and achieve goals. Richard Rybolt's "75 Ways to Beat Depression" contains "words of hope & solutions that work". "Fires in the Bathroom" is advice for teachers from high school students by Kathleen Cushman. The experience of ultra-Orthodox Jews opening a kosher slaughterhouse in 1987 Iowa, led to conflict and conflict resolution on the cutting edge of cooperation, in "Postville" by Stephen Bloom. Next comes information in the form of biography. "John Donne The Reformed Soul" by John Stubbs shows how he embarked on a personal reformation searching for a God who could unite everyone instead of trying to save the Roman Church from being exterminated by Queen Elizabeth's Protestant regime. "Boone" by Robert Morgan is billed as the story of America and its destiny, because the author reveals the complex character of frontiersman Daniel Boone whose heroic life was stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him. Scott Donaldson's "Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Poet's Life" revives appreciation of the leading American poet at the time of his death in 1935, one who regarded writing poems as nothing less than his calling. "Nixon and Kissinger" Partners in Power by Robert Dallek is a joint biography, a provocative, groundbreaking portrait of a pair of outsize leaders whose unlikely partnerships dominated the world stage and changed the course of history. A personal story by Mary Gordon called "Circling My Mother" gives a rich, bittersweet memoir of their relationship, and her role as daughter. Her "single" mother died in 2002 at 94, and lived a life colored by immigration, world war, the Great Depression, and physical affliction.Entertainment (this is so individual) might come in the form of special ideas. "The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature" by Joseph Lau and Howard Goldblatt is the first to include representative works from the three principal areas (China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) for the entire modern period. "Wildly Romantic" is Catherine Andronik's story of the English Romantic poets like Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats. These rebels believed poetry should express strong feelings in ordinary language; in their years, the early 1800s, poetry could land a person in jail.

Beginning Genealogy Workshop

Beginning Genealogy Workshop
February 25, 2008
6:30-8:30

Crawfordsville District Public Library, Room A

Pre-register by February 22
765-362-2242 ext. 4 or ext.118
gen@cdpl.lib.in.us

Sponsored by:
Genealogy Club of Montgomery County, IN
Crawfordsville District Public Library

Genealogy Club of Montgomery County "After Hours Genealogy Research"

Genealogy Club of Montgomery County "After Hours Genealogy Research"
5:00-9:00 pm
Friday, January 25, 2008
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Pizza Supper and Research -- no charge -- donations accepted towards pizza.

5:00 pm Pizza, Donnelly room, lower level
5:45 pm Research in local history and reference area, 2nd floor (no time limit on computers)
9:00 pm final closing

Advanced arrival [Before 5:00 pm] is required. Library is locked after 5:00 pm. Visitors are welcome.

Please confirm your expected attendance by Wednesday, January 23rd 765-362-2242 Ext 118 or gen@cdpl.lib.in.us.

Scrapbook Workshop

Scrapbook Workshop to be held on January 19, 2008
Presented by Susan B. Griffith
At the Crawfordsville District Public Library, Classroom D

Crop Workshop, 1:00-5:00
Cost $5.00

Beginning Scrapbooking Workshop, 1:30-3:30
Cost $8.00

Bring photographs or other items to be entered.
Register at Circulation Desk 362-2242, by January 17, 2008.

General questions regarding the workshop can be directed to the Reference Department at Extension 117 and specific questions can be directed to Sue at 307-7738 or cmsuegriffith@comcast.net

CDPL Gallery: Teachers Become Artists in Retirement

It may be snowing, cold or dreary outside but the month of January, in its brightest wisdom, presents each of us with a fresh opportunity to begin again, unfettered and free of the past. Unfettered and free of classroom routine, retired lifetime teachers June Gourley and Jan Sieferman, in their brightest wisdom, let their latent talents free to pursue exciting experimental experiences in pencil, pastel, oil paint, watercolor and quilting. The fruition of these joy-filled journeys awaits you in the Library's Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery during the entire month of January, 2008. Come see what they did.

When June Gourley was approached to display her work in what she described as "this beautiful facility where such wonderful works of established artists have been shown", she was reluctant to respond positively. After active pursuit, she agreed that sharing her hobby would be an honor, most especially if doing so might encourage others to pursue experimentations of their own heart's desire.

Always an admirer of local Crawfordsville artists, June's desire to take up pencil and brush remained under cover until her retirement in 2001 when a four-year move to Fairfield Glade, TN presented an opportunity to frequent art galleries and watch artists working in watercolor, pastels, colored pencils, oil, and acrylics. She began taking an occasional workshop in 2002, audited drawing and watercolor classes at Roane State, joined their Art Guild and even displayed a few paintings in their art gallery.

In the beginning, June didn't know about alizarin crimson, sap green or any of the magic colors that could be combined together to form even more beautiful colors. She had yet to learn about paper weights, types of brushes, techniques and the processes for using the new equipment her husband began gifting her with. Dear husband Tom even gave up his favorite fishing tackle box, just so June could have a convenient way to store and carry her art supplies. WOW! WHAT A GUY!

June believes those who begin expressing themselves creatively in high school or before have a decided advantage over those who begin later. But it's never too late to begin, her husband reminds her, as he speaks to and of her with endearment, as his very own "Grandma Moses"!

In 2002, June finally mustered the courage to take a workshop from local artist Jerry Smith and gained some self-confidence. Later workshops with Rob O'Dell gave her further opportunities to learn, grow and take risks without "hyperventilating". She began seeing her work more acceptably; realizing that artists whom she most admires have been working at it for a long time and as a neophyte she was just beginning.

June still refers to her work as a "hobby" but three paintings of her daughter and granddaughter may be found in Thailand, another in a gallery in Michigan. A portrait painted from a photo of her grandson may be found in their home in Kyrgyzstan (by China). She hopes to paint portraits of her twelve grandchildren. A lofty goal indeed! June also enjoys painting and giving away greeting cards which recipients enjoy and love to frame.

As a child June was often found sketching, no TV in those days! As a fifth grader, she was chosen to attend Saturday classes in art at Ball State. She remembered how important those early art experiences were to her as a child, thus she always tried to include as many art projects as possible in her own kindergarten and first grade classrooms.

"My life has been blessed", she says, "having a career that I loved, a wonderful family and now having the time and zest to pursue multiple art adventures in retirement".

Retired Art teacher, Jan Sieferman, was born and educated in Evansville, Indiana. She remembers winning a drawing contest in the fourth grade without benefit of artistic training. She and her best friend were the artists for the Memorial School Newspaper and designed and built sets for plays and productions at the school. One of her favorite Christmas gifts was an oil painting set.

After high school, Jan attended Marian College in Indianapolis, but graduated from the University of Evansville with a degree in Elementary Education. When a very special young man entered her life, Jan became engaged, married and finished college in the evening while teaching in Parochial schools during the day. Must have been love!!

She and her husband, Ed, moved to Crawfordsville in 1967 so he could attend Purdue/Butler Universities. She began teaching at Hose School, had two small children at home and completed a Master's Degree in Education at Indiana State. After child number three came along, Jan took a semester off. After that way-to-short maternity leave ended, Jan returned to the classroom, but this time as a K-12 art teacher.

Jan's interest in and desire to create her own art suddenly burst forth at this time, so she began taking art classes from Jill Stockwell, and a whole other career was born for Jan. There wasn't a craft or technique available that Jan didn't tackle, but with three small children and all of their activities, there was little time to pursue individual projects.

Shortly before retirement, Jan was inspired by her daughter's quilting ability and began taking basic quilting classes at The Sewing Connection, where she discovered a whole new, glorious color palette in FABRIC! For the last seven years she has collected, studied and developed a whole new area of creativity using fabric. She joined the Sugar Creek Quilt Guild and met new friends with like pursuits to enjoy.

One quilt, even a small wall hanging, takes months to complete, so Jan forces herself to continue taking watercolor classes from Rob O'Dell where she can continue growing in that medium also and can see quicker results.

Jan substitute teaches when called, is caregiver to her husband and 93-year old father who lives with them, has six grandchildren, four of whom are talented teenage athletes whom she enjoys following. She loves to read anything and everything of interest and quickly quotes the phrase, "SOOO many books to read, SOOO many quilts to quilt, SOOO many paintings to paint, oh where oh where have all those free retirement hours I looked forward to gone"? Blowing in the wind, I suspect!

Written for the Journal Review
By Diane Hammill, Coordinator
Mary Bishop Memorial Art Gallery
Crawfordsville Public Library
Dhammill1306@accelplus.net

Preview Shelf -- Here Is The Upcoming Library Holiday Schedule

This year's schedule of closings at the Crawfordsville District Public Library encompasses Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, namely December 23, 24, and 25, and December 30, 31, and January 1st. The staff wishes everyone happy holidays. There is a new translation of "War and Peace" by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky to be more faithful to Tolstoy's style and accessible prose. Sean Covey's "The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make" looks like an important guide for teens about academic stress, parent commmunication, media bombardment, dating drama, abuse, bullying, addictions, depression and peer pressure. Current event treatises begin with Mike Evans' "The Final Move Beyond Iraq" which he says is the battle for the soul of America. "Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide" by Bijan Omrani and Matthew Leeming, which in a world full of books about abuses and terror, gives greater confidence that the country might be firmly put on the road to recovery; it is published to appeal to the armchair traveller by including history and culture, 19 maps and many color photos. "The Devil Came on Horseback" is Brian Steidle's document as a witness to the genocide in Darfur. Anne McKinney offers three volumes of "Real Resumes", one about manufacturing jobs, one about administrative support, office & secretarial jobs, and one about customer service jobs. Four new books discuss houses. "Frank Lloyd Wright Design" by Maria Constantino shows many of his buildings illustrating his constant goal to move forward with new concepts. "House Thinking" is Winifred Gallagher's room-by-room look at how we can make arrangements more logical. "Smaller, Smarter Home Plans" from the Garlinghouse Company features 300 space-saving designs. "Let's Get Comfortable" is Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams' illustrated manual of welcoming interiors. A beautiful colored craft book is "Basketry: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques" by Bryan Sentence. An equally appealing volume is Frank and Stephen Philbrick's "The Backyard Lumberjack" showing felling, bucking, splitting, and stacking. "Start Your Own Business on eBay" is explained by Jacquelyn Lynn . MP Dunleavey's "Money Can Buy Happiness" shows how to get out of debt, and how to spend to get the life you want. Moira and Nicholas Hankinson's "Recycle!" contains 60 projects for home and garden using materials at hand, like an ax-handle stool, hoop chandelier, slate-tiled wall, and a cast-iron boiler planter. An instructional manual about "Photography" by Barbara London et al teaches skills, emphasizing both technique and visual awareness. "Math for the Trades" offers skills needed for work from Learning Express. Two animal books are Jon Katz' "Dog Days" telling about the animals of Bedlam Farm in the unpredictable adventure of farm life. "Penquin Life" by Andy Rouse photographs scenes of the Antarctic species including Macaroni, Rockhopper, Gentoo, and Chinstrap penguins."The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman is about our effects on the planet, how if humans disappeared our massive infrastructure would collapse and vanish, while some of our highest art and culture might endure for a while.Jack Devitt's "Indiana Toolmakers and Their Tools" explains American "whatsits", tools whose value and use are not readily apparent, dedicated to Milan Ramsey who studied them. His lifelong mission of giving hope to the world describes the series of photographs that show "Billy Graham: God's Ambassador" by Russ Busby. "Faith & Doubt" is an anthology of poems edited by Patrice Vecchione

Preview Shelf -- Holiday Library Books are Easy to Find

On the Crawfordsville District Public Library main floor the east wall has a colorful label to indicate the youth department's holiday materials, books, videos, and DVDs placed together for your convenience, and marked with a green candy cane label. Upstairs is a section collecting Christmas reading on both sides of the third set of shelves from the elevator. Here's some new fiction. Nicolas Sparks' "The Choice" is a tale about love found and lost, and the decisions we hope we'll never have to make. Doris Lessing's "The Cleft" finds an aging Roman senator telling the story of an ancient community of women living in an coastal wilderness Eden. "The White Cascade" is Gary Krist's recounting of the Great Northern Railway disaster and America's deadliest avalanche in 1910. Leslie Meier's "Bake Sale Murder" is about cul-de-sac politics and backstabbing .Susan Mallery's "Irresistible" is about romance. Debbie Macomber's "Back on Blossom Street" weaves a tale of a variety of women in a Seattle knitting class who help each other solve their personal problems. "Beautiful Dreamer" by Christopher Bigsby finds a white man trying to prevent a lynching in a small southern town, then finding himself branded by the mob."Letter from Point Clear" by Dennis McFarland is about the Alabama south, dealing with character differences and attempts to soothe them. "Code Black" by Philip Donlay is an airplane thriller. "Regatta" is Benjamin Ivry's celebration of oarsmanship for all of us who passed that way and enjoyed being part of a racing crew. Another helpful book is "Stealing Your Life" in which Frank Abagnale offers the ultimate identity theft prevention plan. "Rural Renaissance" by John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist is a personal guide to the joys of country living and the statistics and resources that help. Voyage of the Turtle" by Carl Safina pursues the earth's last dinosaur. Thorsten Milse's "Little Polar Bears" is a book of photographs from the Wapusk National Park west of Hudson Bay which protects them while still allowing controlled visits to the area. Erin Williams and Margo DeMello's "Why Animals Matter: The Case for Animal Protection" puts forward the idea that making humane choices helps our whole planet. New possibilities fill "Retired with Husband: Superwoman's New Challenge" by Mary Louise Floyd. "House of Testosterone" holds Sharon O'Donnell's hilarious essays of survival as a mom in a household of males. "Hard Call" is John McCain's review of historic great decisions; some were Winston Churchill's foresight in preparing England's Navy for war, Gertrude Ederle's confidence in swimming the English Channel, Reinhold Niebuhr's humility in changing his pacifist views, and Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Betty Rollin's "Here's the Bright Side" is about the silver linings in clouds, in other words it's a funny book about surprising upsides to challenging low blows. Preacher Tony Campolo's "Letters to a Young Evangelical" argues against politically polarized and predominantly secular living. Kerry Patterson and four other authors' "Influencer: The Power to Change Anything" begins with three ideas - motivating others to change, replacing bad behaviors with powerful new skills, and making things happen. Leonard Susskind's "The Cosmic Landscape" explains his thoughts about string theory and the illusion of intelligent design. "Ancestral Trails" The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History" is Mark Herber's second helpful edition.