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Welcome to Administrative Professionals Week (Administrative Professionals Day is Wednesday), Astronomy Week (Astronomy Day is Saturday), Jewish Heritage Week, National Karaoke Week, National TV Turnoff Week, National Volunteer Week, and Sky Awareness Week. Today is the anniversary of the day in 1800 when Congress approved an act providing "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress . . . and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them." Thus began one of the world’s greatest libraries, the Library of Congress.
Thursday is Richter Scale Day, celebrated on the birth anniversary of the developer of the earthquake magnitude scale, Charles Richter (1900-1985). Friday is Hug a Prom Sponsor Day, National Arbor Day, National Child Care Professionals Day, and National Hairball Awareness Day. Saturday is Kiss-Your-Mate Day and National Sense of Smell Day, Sunday is National Puppetry Day, and Monday is National Honesty Day.
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Wednesday’s 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. story times feature bee stories and crafts. Saturday morning’s 10:00 story time celebrates baseball. On April 27, the library’s Free Fourth Friday Fun for Adults program will show you how to make decorative papers for stationery, cards, and other projects. Attendance is limited to 20 adults, so get your spot reserved now by calling 622-7101 and asking for the Children’s Department.
BOOK TALK
The library’s Bob Kerwick provides this week's book information. Everyone remembers the book and movie Jurassic Park about a group of scientists who clone prehistoric animals to populate a spectacular Amusement Park Zoo for profit. Now we have two books about prehistoric animals in modern settings without human intervention of any kind.
The first is "Cavern" by Jake Page. The action takes place in and around the WIPP site, Carlsbad Caverns, and other, yet undiscovered caverns in the area. Several WIPP employees disappear without a trace, and a team of investigators is sent in from Washington to solve the problem and put a proper "spin" on the situation. Meanwhile, Jack Whittaker, a local caver, makes a startling discovery of an enormous cave, rivaling Carlsbad Caverns in size and beauty. He also discovers the footprint of a bear that is larger than any he has ever seen or even heard about. When he takes a photo of the bear print to his ex-wife, who happens to be the Curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carlsbad Museum, she tentatively identifies it as that of a short faced bear that has been extinct for thousands of years. A return trip to the cave indicates that the print is fresh and there is evidence of recent, possibly human, kills by the bear. This book has lots of action and local color.
The second book is titled "Fatalis." Written by Jeff Rovin, author of "Vespers," it is set in southern California and begins with the disappearance of two men in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains. This is followed by other disappearances and strange killings. The local sheriff is convinced that they are due to the actions of bobcats/mountain lions. His plan to solve the problem is to hunt them down and kill them all. A local newspaper publisher convinces anthropologist Jim Grand to help her save the last remaining Saber tooth Tigers.
DID YOU KNOW?
Now that the weather is warming up and we’re spending time in the garden, remember this tip from gardening columnist Larry Hodgson. Do not tend houseplants after working in the garden until you shower and change clothes. Spores and pests picked up outdoors may damage houseplants. Also, use separate tools for outdoor and indoor plants.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "Pride is the disease that makes everyone sick except for the person who has it."
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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