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Welcome to the New Year, 2001, and to the month of January. January is Bread Machine Baking Month, Celebration of Life Month, Fat Free Living Month, International "Get Over It" Month, International Life Balance Month, International Quality of Life Month, January Diet Month, Love Yourself Month, National Be On-Purpose Month, National Book Month, National High-Tech Month, National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month, National Reaching Your Potential Month, National Yours, Mine and Ours Month, and Oatmeal Month.
This is "Someday We'll Laugh About This" Week, which encourages us not to wait until "someday" arrives. This is also National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week and New Year's Resolutions Week.
Wednesday is the anniversary of the day in 1888 when Marvin Stone patented a drinking straw made out of paraffin-covered paper. It replaced natural rye straws. Thursday is Trivia Day, and Saturday is the anniversary of the day in 1912 when New Mexico became the 47th state in the USA.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Be sure to catch up on the construction progress as you visit the library this week. And remember that the children's collection has been moved to 316 North Richardson, and children's programming will resume on January 10, with the Grand Opening of the temporary library annex.
BOOK TALK
Reference Librarian Loretta Clark presents this week's book information. Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene delivers a tribute to his father's generation in his new book, "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War." When Greene is called back to his hometown to say good-bye to his dying father, he also meets and becomes friends with Paul Tibbets, who piloted the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Greene combines excerpts from his father's wartime journals, interviews with Tibbets, and his own personal recollections. The book conveys the feelings of many World War II veterans about not only the war, but also the way they feel that the younger generation views the freedom that they fought and died to preserve. Young people, and maybe some not so young, will gain a better perspective of the events surrounding World War II and the use of the atomic bomb to bring an end to it.
Photographs are a good way to see history, and "Moments, the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs: A Visual Chronicle of Our Time" provides images of war, politics, and some moments of joy. Not all photographs win prizes, but all contain dynamic visual treasures. "American Photography: A Century of Images" is a dynamic collection of images and an historical look at ourselves.
DID YOU KNOW?
If you want to start off the new year being more likeable, here are some helpful hints from David J. Lieberman, PhD, leader in the field of human behavior. First impressions are crucial, so to make your opening moment most effective, smile - smiling is easy and smiles convey confidence, happiness, enthusiasm, and acceptance. Also perpetuate a positive attitude by using positive words. Making others feel good also increases your appeal. Since similarities are the basic source of mutual liking, make shared interests your conversational focus.
Finally remember that doing nice things for others may be appreciated and earn you a reputation for likeability. But allowing others to do things for you will also make them like you more. It makes people feel good to help others.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
"If you feel you have a score to settle, make it zero to zero and start over again." (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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