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Library Topics
June 30, 2025
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Address: 301 N.
Pennsylvania
Phone #: 622-7101
Hours: Sunday 2-6
Monday and Tuesday 9-9
Wednesday through Saturday 9-6
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Wednesday is the beginning of July, which is
Anti-Boredom Month, Cultivate Your Character Month, National Baked Bean Month, National
Blueberry Month, National Get Along with Your Ex Month, and National Purposeful Parenting
Month.
Wednesday is also the anniversary of the day in 1847 when the first adhesive postage
stamps were issued by the US Postal Service, and it is National Postal Worker Day.
In addition, Wednesday is the anniversary of the day in 1862 when
President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a bill levying a 3% income tax on annual incomes
of $600 to $10,000 and 5% on incomes over $10,000. Interestingly, Wednesday is also
International Joke Day and National Financial Freedom Day!
Thursday is I Forgot Day, a day to make up for all of the birthdays,
anniversaries, new births, graduations, etc., that you forgot to acknowledge with a
greeting or gift. Friday is Compliment-Your-Mirror Day, during which you should compliment
your mirror on having such a wonderful owner and keep track of how many other mirrors you
meet during the day smile at you!
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. storytime recognizes Fireworks Safety Month with
a program by the Roswell Fire Department that will be held in the parking lot south of the
library. Wednesday afternoon's 3:30 storytime features truck stories and a make-a-humvee
craft. Saturday morning's 10:00 picture storytime includes a tutti-fruitti hat craft.
BOOK TALK
Librarian Barbara Harris provides this week's book information. Perhaps
it's because they see human beings at their worst as well as their best that members of
the clergy are so frequently the investigators in detective novels. G. K. Chesterton's
Father Brown has many successors in today's mysteries.
Priests are the featured sleuths in books by William X. Kienzle,
William F. Love, Andrew M. Greeley, and Ralph McInerny, and Ellis Peter's famous Brother
Cadfael represents an earlier era. Nuns are achieving equality as detectives in the works
of Winona Sullivan, Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, Veronica Black, and Monica Quill
(McInerny's pseudonym).
So far, Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small is the sole Jewish clergy
investigator. The novels of D. M. Greenwood and Kate Charles feature the Church of
England, and Isabelle Holland's heroine is a pastoral counselor in an Episcopal parish.
Other clerical detectives include a former pro football player, in Charles Merrill Smith's
books; the clerk of a Quaker meeting, in mysteries by Irene Allen; and the wife of a New
England pastor, in books by Katherine Hall Page.
DID YOU KNOW?
Here are a few job searching strategies from "Bottom Line
Personal." Poor job-search etiquette can jeopardize hiring chances even in times of
low unemployment. Research the companies to which you apply. Once you have sent a resume,
wait two weeks before following up. If you haven't heard anything, send a second letter.
Restate your interest, list several accomplishments that fit the position, and attach
another copy of your resume.
Show enthusiasm and present a professional appearance at any interview
- and follow up with a thoughtful letter. Acting overconfident about job prospects will
alienate employers - no matter what the unemployment rate is.
If the ad says "no phone calls," do not call - you may be
disqualified for failing to follow instructions. Keep all contacts with the company
professional and friendly. Even if you do not get this job, you may get another at the
same company later if people think well of you.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "What should not be heard by little ears
should not be said by big mouths." (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
Address: 301 N. Pennsylvania
Phone #: 622-7101
Hours: Sunday 2-6
Monday and Tuesday 9-9
Wednesday through Saturday 9-6. |
