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Connections Newsletter - Jul/Aug 2008

Our bimonthly newsletter, Connections, is now available online as a pdf file (attached below).

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Eligibility

This service is provided to Canton residents who are physically unable to come to the library due to a permanent or long-time illness or disability, as well as for seniors without a way to get library books.

Receiving Your Library Books

Canton Public Library cardholders may fill out the form below. We will contact you to discuss your book delivery. If you do not have a Canton Public Library card, you may apply for one at the library. You may also apply for your library card online.
 

Arts and Literature

Art and Art Museums

Literature and Poetry

  • Bartleby — classic poetry and (unabridged) books online
  • Project Gutenberg — classic works for downloading or reading online

Literature Criticism, Guides, and Notes

Challenge of the Decades...Schoolhouse Version

Akeelah and the Bee; produced in 2006; takes place same time Blackboard Jungle; produced in 1955; takes place in 1950s The Breakfast Club; produced in 85; takes place same time The Browning Version; produced in 1994; takes place in 1951 Coach Carter; produced in 2004; takes place in 1999 Dead Poets Society; produced in 1989; takes place in 1959 The Emperor's Club; produced in 2002; takes place same time Fast Times at Ridgemont High; produced in 1982; takes place same time Ferris Bueller's Day Off; produced in 2000; takes place same time Finding Forrester; produced in 2000; takes place same time Freedom Writers' Diary; produced in 2007; takes place in 1999 Goodbye, Mr.

What If You Could Rewrite a Classic?

Here's your chance to give Romeo & Juliet a happy ending by entering the Humanities Montana Festival of the Book "Happy Tales" literary contest. "Contest rules: take any literary work with a sad, disturbing, or negative ending and supply a happy, affirmative, uplifting, humorous ending. The new ending must more or less parody the idiom, style, atmosphere, and so on, of the original. Entries will be judged on the bases of humor, insight, and quality of parody."

Summer Reading at Canton Public Library Off to Record Start

Staff checked out books, CDs and DVDs at record pace on Monday as the Canton Public Library set a new one-day circulation record....

June 2008 Lunch & a Book

Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (Large Print) The author of Bel Canto describes her intimate 20-year friendship with the late Lucy Grealy, tracing their introduction at a writer's workshop, the integral part their friendship played in their writing careers, and her witness to Grealy's medical deterioration.

Summer Blood Shortages Spur Canton Public Library Blood Drive

The Red Cross Blood Mobile will be at the Canton Public Library on Friday, June 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Appointments are....

Meeting Minutes -- June 12, 2008

June 12, 2008
7:30 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, James Gillig, at 7:30 p.m.

Present: J. Fausone, J. Gillig, G. Snow, C. Young, C. Van Auken, N. Williams

Absent: 

Also Present: E. Davis, S. Rzetelny

CALL TO AUDIENCE

No Comments. (A. Heidemann, Don Turner, Michael Siegrist, Eric Hess)

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The agenda was approved as presented.

A Playlist for Graduation

Besides Pomp and Circumstance, here's a list of songs you may remember on your graduation day: A Moment Like This Here's to the Night Celebration Unwritten Changes Good Riddance Goodbye I'm Moving On I Will Remember You Don't Forget to Remember Me

Recreational Trail to open this weekend

The Lower Rouge River Recreational Trail is set to open this weekend, a date that coincides with the Rouge Rescue Day. A 2.5 mile section of the trail, beginning at Haggerty Road and ending at Sheldon, is the first completed portion. Plans to extend it all the way to the I-275 bike path in one direction and Canton Center Road in the other direction are underway. The trail is open to joggers, walkers and bicyclists. No motorized vehicles allowed. There are also mountain bike paths cut into the trail to form a 3-mile course. The trail access point is off of Morton Taylor Road just north of Michigan Avenue. Our own Eva Davis will be on-hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Summer Library Programs Promise Prizes and Fun

Can a trip to the Canton Public Library earn you a PlayStation3? It can if you are....

ValueLine Database

The Value Line Research Center database includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. You can access this from any computers in the library or from home.

Adult Summer Reading Program Gathers Steam at Canton Public Library

Summer reading programs have been popular with school age children for decades. Now a new trend is gaining popularity....

And the Winning Speller is...

13 year-old Sameer Mishra from West Lafayette, Indiana was crowned the winner in last night's Scripps National Spelling Bee. He spelled "guerdon" correctly which means, "something that is earned or gained." Among the audience was 94 year-old Frank Neuhauser, the winner of the 1st national spelling bee in 1925. First-time participant was Sidharth Chand, 12, from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, who came in second place.

To Bee or Not to Bee

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Be sure to check out the five movie titles that make up this Fave Five, in the spotlight this week... for obvious reasons.

Meeting Minutes -- May 29, 2008

May 29, 2008
7:30 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, James Gillig, at 7:30 p.m.

Present: J. Fausone, J. Gillig, G. Snow, C. Young, C. Van Auken

Absent: N. Williams

Also Present: E. Davis, S. Rzetelny

CALL TO AUDIENCE

No Comments. (A. Heidemann, C. McLaughlin)

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The agenda was approved as submitted.

Spotlight on Spelling Bees

http://www.usaweekend.com/08_issues/080525/080525spelling-bees.html

In the Sunday Free Press USA Weekend magazine, an article described how kids, teachers and the community get involved in making local spelling bee events such a success.