And the nominees are....

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Well, we don't know yet.

The nomination period for the 3rd annual Gloversville READS! is officially open, and everyone in the community is asked to put forth their favorite read for 2014.

Nominations will be accepted between Monday, October 28th through Tuesday, November 26th, 2013.  The Library is offering two different ways community members can nominate a title (and author); using a paper ballot or an electronic submission.  Paper nomination forms are available at the Library, on posters around town, and in the Leader-Herald on Mondays throughout the nomination period.  Folks can submit online by going directly to SurveyMonkey (www.surveymonkey.com/s/HR9SNC9) or using a QR code with the SurveyMonkey address imbedded. 

The first READ held in 2012 focused on baseball and featured the title Shoeless Joe by Ray Kinsella.  The 2013 title, Following Atticus, was chosen by community vote and was celebrated by a variety of programs including a visit by the author Tom Ryan, Atticus himself and their new family member, Will.

A good READ title brings a community together through a common book.  By reading, discussing, and exploring the topic with related programming a community strengthens its commitment to reading while finding out new details about itself and its citizens. Following Atticus certainly accomplished those goals. 

Community-wide voting to choose the winning book will take place after the first of the year.

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Friends' Celebration Update

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For the seventh year in a row, the Friends of the Gloversville Public Library hosted a successful Celebration fundraiser. The event took place last Sunday, Sept. 22, in the Library. The event raised over $28,000, which helped to round out the funding needed to complete the Library’s window renovation project.

Chairwomen Lyn Kicinski and Betsy Bachelor extend their gratitude to the dedicated volunteers and generous sponsors.

 

Celebration Update

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This year’s Celebration is right around the corner. If you haven’t marked you calendar already, it’s September 22, from noon to 2 p.m. at the library. Join us while we “Celebrate the People of the Adirondacks.” Tickets are $30 per person and are due by September 13. Please submit this reservation form with payment.

Gracious donors have made a wonderful basket raffle possible again this year. The raffle baskets are on display in the library. Tickets can be purchased for $1 each or six for $5. This year there are two megabaskets, valued at more than $800 each. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20. Winners will be drawn at the Celebration, but you need not be present to win.

Our auction will truly celebrate the wonderful people hailing from and living in our area. We will feature returning favorites and new standouts—a restaurant package; artwork; glass work; fabric pieces; and entertainment and home décor offerings and services. And we will be auctioning a signed copy of Gloversville native, Joseph E. Persico’s latest book, Roosevelt’s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II.

The event will be catered by the Union Hall Inn. There will be food stations serving sweet and savory small bites. Limited first‐floor seating will be available—plenty of seating upstairs. Admission is $30. Reservations may be made in the library. 

Baskets are back.

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The 2013 Celebration is underway with 23 baskets on display at the Library.
Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 for baskets valued over $100.
Tickets for the 'mega-baskets' valued over $800 are $5 each or 5 for $20.

Tickets will be on sale through Saturday, Sept 21.

"Creating Adirondack Memories" 

"Creating Adirondack Memories" 

"Celebrating the People of the Adirondacks" is the theme of this year's Friends' fundraiser.  The brunch and silent auction with basket raffle will be held on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Library.  The goal this year is $20,000 toward the Library's window replacement project, scheduled to start this fall.