Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7:30 PM

• Call the Meeting to Order
• Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes
• Communications
• Director's Report
• Committee Reports
• Unfinished Business and General Orders
  • Jungle Java Express Lease Renewal discussion
  • First Quarter Budget Amendment
• New Business
  • President's Volunteer Service Award presentation
  • Plante & Moran 2012 Audit presentation
• Call to Audience
• Adjourn

Once again, the library is celebrating Earth Day with an extended week's worth of programs for all ages. Join us for the following programs:

• Meatless Mondays: April 22, 7:00 PM. One meatless day per week helps take a big strain off the environment. Door to Door Organics explains.
• Michigan Made: April 23, 7:00 PM. Taste and experience Michigan made products from Heart of Michigan.
• Rain Gardens and Live Walls: April 25, 7:00 PM. Learn to create eco-friendly rain gardens and living plant walls with landscaper Jeremy Christianson.
• Native American Dancers for Mother Earth: April 27, 2:00 PM. Enjoy the rhythmic sounds and beautiful dance that celebrates Mother Earth.

Margaret Thatcher, Britain's only female prime minister has passed away at the age of 87. Thatcher served as the leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990 and was known as the Iron Lady.

Reagan and Thatcher: the difficult relationship by Richard Aldous

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: a political marriage by Nicholas Wapshott

The Iron Lady: a biography of Margaret Thatcher by Hugo Young

The Downing Street years by Margaret Thatcher

The rise and fall of Margaret Thatcher [videodisc]

Mad Men  returns to the airwaves on Sunday, April 7 at 9:00 PM on AMC.  The two-hour premiere of the series' 6th season continues the story of Don Draper and his colleagues at the New York City advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. When we last saw Don and the gang it was the spring of 1967 and they were all at crossroads in both their personal and professional lives. Providing additional backdrop to the series is the political and social upheaval of the 1960s. If you're a new viewer - or just want to watch again - you can catch up now with Mad Men  seasons 1-5 from the Library's collection. Welcome back Don Draper!

Life itself: a memoir by Roger Ebert

I hated, hated, hated this movie by Roger Ebert

The great movies III by Roger Ebert

The great movies II by Roger Ebert ; photo stills by Mary Corliss

Aloha, lady blue by Charley Memminger

Dante's wood: a Mark Angelotti novel by Lynne Raimondo

Good man Friday by Barbara Hambly

The guilty one by Lisa Ballantyne

What darkness brings: a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery by C. S. Harris

Storyteller Alfreda Harris shares tender, heart-warming, humorous tales of mothers and motherhood. Please join us to share a laugh or a tear as we celebrate our mothers.  All ages are welcome on Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 PM.

Join other handcrafters for an evening of sharing and learning.  All ages and stages are welcome at this informal gathering on Monday, May 13 at 7:00 PM in the library Purple Room.  Bring your own project, yarn and needles.

Poetry can be celebrated the year-round, but especially so in April. Established in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings together poets and booksellers, literary organizations and publishers to celebrate the importance of poetry and its vital place in American culture. We at the Canton Public Library would like to participate by showcasing our many poetry resources in this Special Collection.

Award Winners

The wild iris by Louise Gluck — 1993 — Gluck's sixth collection presents a series of spare, somber lyrics that has always invested his best work.

Neon vernacular: new and selected poems by Yusef Komunyakaa — 1994 — A collection of poems from the author's earlier books combined with a dozen new poems.