THE BREWER TIMES

The Newsletter of the Brewer Public Library September 2002

Robert Frost in the Millennium Spotlight

Usher in the fall season with Robert Frost, America's greatest poet. Revisit his bending birches, his ice storms and his paths diverging in the wood, and discover something new as well; his dramatic works, and some of his never before published prose writings. ROBERT FROST, COLLECTED POEMS, PROSE, and PLAYS (Richard Poirer and Mark Richardson, editors), a Millennium Collection book, has all of this and more.

Millennium Collection Books are shelved according to call number. For help finding this volume or any other in the Millennium Collection, inquire at the circulation desk.

Friends of the Library

Meeting Schedule

Next Meeting: Monday, September 16, at 7:00 P.M. at the Library.

Friends to meet Monthly. For greater consistency in attendance and improved effectiveness, the Friends of the Library will meet the third Monday of every month starting with the September meeting.

More Used Books in the Annex! The used books sold in the first floor lobby of Brewer Public Library are not the only ones available. Climb the stairs and investigate "The Annex" for further offerings from The Friends of the Library.

Children aged about 3 to 5 years old are invited to participate in Story Hour beginning Friday, September 13, and continuing every Friday that school is in session. Please register in the children's room of the library. Topics for the month are:

September 13 - Popcorn

September 20 - Fall

September 27 - Rainbows

Story Hour is repeated twice each Friday morning, at 9:30 A.M. and again at 10:30 A.M.

MOO!

Join the Campus-Community Shared Reading Experience

Plan on attending author Jane Smiley's lecture on Thursday, January 30, 2003 at the Coppertop Theater, University of Wisconsin - Richland Center, 7:00 P.M. In the meantime, read MOO, Jane Smiley's darkly comic novel set at a Midwestern agricultural campus. Featuring large pigs, large grants, and political, sexual, and intellectual intrigue, this novel turns the campus into a microcosm of today's western world with a vision that is alternately sad and wise, but always comic. All UW-Richland students will read MOO during the fall semester, and community members are invited to read the book as well and participate in upcoming discussion sessions. Copies of the book are available at the Brewer Public Library. So start reading, and watch for announcements of upcoming discussion sessions in the Brewer Times and from UW - Richland Continuing Education.

Science Related Magazines and Newsletters Available at the

Brewer Health and Science Resource Center

(Upper Level of the Library)

Science News

Cold Fusion

Discover

Newsweek

Townsend Letter

Scientific American

New Energy News

Planetary Assoc. of Clean Energy

Infinite Energy

Space Energy Journal

Frontier Perspectives

The Brewer Health and Science Resource Center offers these resources as well as many others in the areas of Alternative Health Options, Sustainable Agriculture, and Energy Science.

News from The Friends of Brewer Public Library

Friends Annual Meeting

Members are urged to attend the annual meeting on Monday, September 16 at 7:00 P.M. at the library. Any member whose 2002 dues are paid may vote. Agenda items include:

1. Election of officers, Vice-President and Treasurer.

2. Presentation by James Gollate re "Love of Learning II: Moo " - what will be FOL's role?

3. Upcoming used book sale tentatively scheduled Oct. 18 and 19.

4. Goals and working budget for 2003: programs, material, equipment.

5. Friends Logo.

6. Establish FOL UWRC scholarship.

*The Friends will meet monthly starting this month.*

New Friends Brochures

Our Friends membership brochures have a new look, thanks to Gordon Glass for permitting us to use his copyrighted artwork, and to Tim Hogensen, who worked with the Friends on the update. The new brochures will be available at the circulation desk.

Millennium Moments

Over a dozen members of our community will be recording short excerpts from books in the library's Millennium Collection of classic American literature. Thanks to the generosity of Ron Fruit and WRCO, these promotional spots will air on a rotating basis. The Friends submitted the grant application that provided the funds for the purchase of this collection, and the radio spots are to inform the public and encourage the reading of these books.

A Breath of Fresh Air

Library staff and patrons are breathing easier, thanks to two new ceiling fans purchased by the Friends and installed in the area above the main circulation desk. Many thanks to Fred Graf for the time and expertise he donated to this project.

Friends Book Sale

Plans are in the works for another Friends book sale, tentatively scheduled for October. Watch for details after the Sept. 16 meeting, or leave your name at the circulation desk if you want to help with the sale.

Computer Workshops

Thanks to Moody Ahmad and Jim Zwadlo for teaching a series of computer workshops in July and August. The Friends hope to sponsor more computer skills workshops in the future.

Please submit news, event information, book reviews, and other library related material for the October newsletter by September 26. Submissions may be left at the children's desk or e-mailed to Greg Myszkowski at grmyszko@yahoo.com.