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Welcome
to National Boys and Girls Club Week, National Sleep Awareness Week, and
National Cleaning Week, which serves as a reminder to tackle those spring
cleaning chores! This is also the
beginning of National Kite Month.
Wednesday
is the Anniversary of the Battle of La Glorietta Pass in 1862.
At Pigeon’s Ranch, a stagecoach stop about 19 miles southeast of Santa
Fe, Confederate forces briefly prevailed over Union troops in what some have
called the most important battle of the Civil War in the Southwest.
If Union troops failed to hold here, the Confederate forces would gain
control of the rich gold fields of Colorado and California.
Friday
is the anniversary of the day in 1858 when the first pencil with an eraser top
was patented by Hyman Lipman. Sunday
is April Fools’ Day, National Re-pot Your Plant Day, and the day we switch to
Daylight Savings Time. Remember to
set your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night – Spring
Forward, Fall Back.
WHAT'S
HAPPENING?
At Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 story
times, participants will learn about butterflies and caterpillars in stories and
crafts. Saturday morning’s 10:00
story time celebrates April Fools’ Day in stories and crafts.
Everyone is invited to join the Roswell Public
Library in celebrating Self-Check Day, Monday, April 2, 2001.
Bring your own library card to check out your books and materials using
our automated self-check system. We’ll
have fun and “freebies” all day long! Theme
for the day is Do-it-yourself@yourlibrary!
BOOK
TALK
Adult
Librarian Barbara Harris provides this week's book information.
The recent motion pictures "Shakespeare in Love" and
"Elizabeth" have introduced a new generation to (and reminded the rest
of us of) the adventure, intrigue, romance, and great clothes of
sixteenth-century England. It's no
surprise, then, that an increasing number of writers are using Elizabethan times
as the setting for mystery novels.
Simon
Hawke, an experienced novelist who also teaches an occasional college course on
Shakespeare, is one of the latest to try his hand at this genre.
In "A Mystery of Errors," he introduces us to Symington Smythe,
a young man from the provinces hoping to make his mark in a London theater
company. He's soon nicknamed
"Tuck" by a new friend and fellow theatrical hopeful, young Will
Shakespeare. The two have so many
adventures that only the most exacting and grumpiest mystery fans will complain
about the farfetched plot. After
all, as Hawke points out, Shakespeare's own plots were hardly logical.
For
another view of the Elizabethan stage, read Edward Marston's mysteries featuring
Nicholas Bracewell, the manager of an acting company.
The period also provides a broad enough setting for a variety of other
investigators. Sir Roger Carey has
the difficult task of maintaining royal authority on the English-Scottish border
in P. F. Chisholm's books. Leonard
Tourney writes of merchant Matthew Stock, who is joined in his adventures by his
wife Joan. In Ursula Blanchard,
lady-in-waiting and spy, Fiona Buckley has created a heroine as spirited as her
royal mistress. Elizabethan
enthusiasts will also enjoy Michael Clynes' books set at the court of Henry VIII
and the Italian Renaissance mysteries of Elizabeth Eyre and George Herman.
DID
YOU KNOW?
According to a new study by the National
Institute for Healthcare Research, people who go to church, synagogue or mosque
regularly tend to have lower blood pressure, stronger immune systems, and lower
rates of cancer, heart disease, and mental illness.
As a result, they live longer.
THOUGHT
FOR THE WEEK:
"Too
many people believe that admitting a fault means they no longer need to correct
it.” (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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