Wednesday is Professional Secretaries Day, as well as Kindergarten Day. Thursday is National Playground Safety Day, and Friday is Hug a Prom Sponsor Day. Friday is also the birth and death anniversary of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), whose 36 plays and 154 sonnets, extraordinary explorations of human nature, are the most influential and lasting body of work in the English language

Sunday is National Good Telephone Day. Here are some guidelines for the day (or any day, for that matter): answer the phone by the third ring; don't leave anyone on hold for a millennium; don't make rude remarks about the caller, even if he is on hold; don't slam the phone on any surface during a call; and do thank the person for calling before saying good bye!

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

The trees are in bloom; flowers are appearing everywhere. Spring is featured at Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. storytimes, with an April Showers mobile as the craft. Participants in Saturday morning's 10:00 storytime will think mathematics and make an abacus and a counting mural.

BOOK TALK

The library's Bob Kerwick provides this week's book information. When we hear the term "vigilante," many of us tend to think of old Western movies, with mounted horsemen riding off in pursuit of rustlers. We have a number of books in the library depicting just this type of vigilante action, but the books discussed here have nothing to do with the Old West or with rustlers or horse thieves. They are books about modern day vigilantes fighting modern day crimes.

"Apache," by Lorenzo Carcaterra, is not about Native Americans. It is a term applied to a group of former New York City policemen, retired for medical reasons due to wounds received in the line of duty. They may be retired, but they still want to be cops, so they band together to take the war on drugs to the dealers and suppliers, even at the risk of their own lives.

In "Rising Phoenix" by Kyle Mills, we find a TV evangelist who wants to use the money coming into his ministry to fight the evils of drugs. He hires a former DEA/CIA agent to set up a program to poison the nation's drug supply and places ads in major newspapers and on radio and television warning people that "Drugs Can Kill." Soon, emergency rooms all over the country are filling up with poisoned patients. Is this the answer to the drug problem?

In Erika Holzer's novel, "An Eye For An Eye," we find a group know as "Victims Anonymous," whose goal is to seek retribution for crimes committed against them or their families. New members are recruited in courtrooms and funeral homes across the country. However, criminals are not the only targets of this group; they also go after judges and prosecutors whom they feel are too lenient with criminals!

As always, this is only a partial listing. The friendly reference staff will be happy to help you find more!

DID YOU KNOW?

On May 18, you will be given an opportunity to vote on a bond issue that will almost double the size of the existing library. Between now and then, we will be bringing you more information about the library, its services, its users, and its needs. We hope that you will visit your Roswell Public Library to see for yourself how busy it is and how much it provides our community.

If you have questions or would like a speaker to visit your organization or club, contact Betty Long at 622-7101 or Darlene Logan at 624-8191.