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April 2021 Newsletter
Message from Library Director Deanna Wilson
I am both honored and humbled to be coming back to Charlotte Hobbs
Memorial Library as the new library director. I have missed my job as
assistant director dearly and cannot wait to get back to work in this new
capacity! I would like to thank Susan Clout for bravely taking on the
challenge of filling this position during perhaps the most trying time for our
little library. Thank you as well to the library’s board of directors, to the
Friends of the Library, and to the community for the many donations which
continue to pour in. Thank you to Marie Barker for her tireless service to the
library. Without all of you, we would not be where we are today: getting
back on our feet again. Finally, I want to express my infinite gratitude to our
previous directors, Shelby Monroe and Anna Römer. I have learned so
much working under their management and aspire to lead our library with
the excellence that these wonderful women exhibit!
I am committed to serving this community to the best of my ability. Please
know that my door will always be open for your questions, concerns,
suggestions and input. I look forward to crossing paths with you at the
library very soon!
The library will gradually re-open the community room to interested groups
starting in April! Please watch the website (www.hobbslibrary.org) as
information becomes available.
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Introducing Library Director Deanna Wilson
Having grown up in Lovell, Deanna Wilson has been a patron of the
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library since she was a child. The love of
reading that was stirred in those days has followed her through life,
eventually culminating in her becoming children's librarian at CHML in
2015. She was subsequently promoted to the position of assistant director
and served in that capacity until 2020.
As Library Director, Deanna is committed to providing quality programming
for children and adults and nurturing a love of reading in the community as
a whole. In this way, she hopes to pass on to others what CHML has given
to her.
Deanna also maintains a private practice as a licensed massage therapist.
When not working, she enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her
husband and two children.
Message from Interim Director, Susan Clout
First, I want to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to fill in at the
library these past nine months. It’s been a wonderful learning experience
for me. Thank you for your patience and your trust while I found my way as
the interim director. I quickly needed to learn how to run Zoom meetings,
how to write a grant, how to decide what books to order and then order
them. I had to learn the Sierra program (book checkout), the Minerva
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program (searching for books), Squarespace (to manage the website),
Mailchimp (for sending mass emails) and Little Green Light (a program we
use to keep track of our donors). I learned how a non-profit organization
like CHML works and how the Board has such a crucial role in the
everyday operations.
It was exciting meeting so many new people. Some of you have been here
forever but we had yet to meet. Many others are new to our community. It’s
been wonderful to work at a business that is part of the new growth in town.
I know I’ll see many of you around, especially if you play golf. That’s where
I’ll be this summer. If I can’t be seen, I’m on the green!
I am as excited as you to welcome our new Library Director, Deanna
Wilson. I have lots of faith in her and I’m sure she will accomplish great and
memorable things during her time here.
Zoom-Based Programs
Storytime with Naomi – April 7 - 3-3:45 PM
Writing Group – April 8 - 12:30-2PM
Page Turners – April 12 – 1:15 PM
Storytellers – April 19 – 1:00 PM
Writing Group – April 22 - 12:30-2PM
Meet the Author – April 29 – 7:00 PM
In-Person Programs (anticipated)
Cribbage – Wednesdays, 9AM-12PM
Saying “Yes” and Saying “No”
Storytime with Naomi returns via Zoom (and will be on a computer in the
Library for viewing there) on Wednesday, April 7 from 3-3:45 PM. Go to
the Children’s Page to find the Zoom link. In April, enjoy some funny stories
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about the importance of being ourselves, and how our “no” to what isn’t us
can be our “yes” to happiness. Stories this month: Laura Numeroff,
Sherman Crunchley; Penninah Schram, “The Magic Pomegrante” (a
Jewish folktale); David Shannon, A Bad Case of Stripes. We also have a
chance to talk about the stories.
Folktales and picture books are for anyone who loves a good story. A nice
thing about picture books is that you have the story told in two ways: from
the author writing and from the illustrator. Sometimes those are the same
person, as is true for this month’s stories, and sometimes there are
interesting differences in the stories told. Folktales invite us into the oral
storytelling traditions of different peoples, shaped and reshaped over the
years from teller to teller.
PAGE TURNERS: BOOK DISCUSSION ON MONDAY,
APRIL 12 at 1:15 PM EST
All patrons and friends of the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library are
welcome to join the Page Turners, the Library’s afternoon book discussion
group, which is currently meeting online.
On April 12, we depart from our series on new
Americans to read a Victorian page-turner, Wilkie
Collins’s The Moonstone (1868), often considered
one of the first detective novels. Print copies of The
Moonstone are readily available through Minerva,
and electronic versions are free on Kindle or at
Project Gutenberg.
We return on May 10 to our series on new Americans
by way of Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly
Gorgeous (2019), a novel about a Vietnamese
immigrant family in Hartford, CT that has been widely
praised for its luminous writing and its powerful, painful story. And on June
14, we will revisit the lyrical prose of Paule Marshall, whose Brown Girl,
Brownstones we read in January, to read her 1983 novel Praisesong for
the Widow.
227 Main Street * PO BOX 107 * Lovell, Maine 04051 * (207) 925-3177 * hobbslibrary.orgCharlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Newsletter – April 2021 5 If you would like to attend the Page Turners meetings or wan further information about this Library offering, please contact Sue Lanser at lanser@brandeis.edu or 925-6244. She can add you to the Page Turners mailing list and ensure that you receive discussion questions and a zoom link in advance of each meeting. Our April meeting will be fully online, so you don’t have to be in Lovell to take part. And when we return to meeting at the Library, we will continue to include an online option for those who cannot attend in person. “Escape” at the Hobbs Story Swap Monday, April 19, 1:00-2:30 pm Our April theme – timely, always timely – will be ESCAPE. All are welcome! Join the Story Swap on Zoom to tell or listen to 5-minute tales bouncing around the idea of getting away. Tell about successful escapes, wished-for escapes, barely-made-it escapes, or, after a year of pandemic constraints, the just-plain-inescapable! Folktales, historical stories, family memories, anything. In addition to telling our own stories, in recent months we’ve talked about work by other storytellers. Here are three brief stories about very different “escapes” that you might like to view before our April 19 meeting: The late Syd Lieberman tells “Aunt Helen” – his great-aunt’s escape from the Nazis (video is very blurry – best to watch it in a small screen) https://racebridgesstudio.com/video/aunt-helen/ Donna Washington tells a Brer Rabbit story, “Scaring Crows” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFyCD- O5nbc&feature=youtu.be Elizabeth Ellis tells the story of Mary MacLeod Bethune saving her school from the Ku Klux Klan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJ6BTjw4pU 227 Main Street * PO BOX 107 * Lovell, Maine 04051 * (207) 925-3177 * hobbslibrary.org
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For more information or to get the Zoom link, contact Jo Radner
(jradner@american.edu, 207-925-6244).
Meet the Author Jim Nichols April 29 at 7:00 PM EST
"Meet the Author" welcomes author Jim Nichols on Thursday, April 29th at
7pm. A Maine Literary Award winner for his novel, Closer All the Time, Jim
will discuss his 2020 novel, Blue Summer. Jim's roots travel back many
generations in Maine and his wonderful family stories reflect those deep
connections. To find out more, please visit his website www.jimnichols.org.
To join the event, please visit the library homepage (www.hobbslibrary.org)
by April 29th at 7pm for the Zoom link.
Annual Arts & Artisans Fair
Mark your calendar for the annual Arts & Artisans Fair to benefit the
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library. The fair, in its 46th year, will be held on
Saturday, August 21st at the New Suncook School, 95 Main Street, Lovell,
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ME from 9 am to 3 pm. This very popular juried fair features high quality
handmade works of art including pottery, jewelry, photography, paintings,
fiber arts, herbal products, wooden products, knitwear, specialty food items,
and much more! This year we will also offer a digital site so you can make
purchases from wherever you are – make sure to check it out!
We are currently accepting artisan applications from past participants and
from new artists. New artists must be juried before completing the 2021
Artist Agreement; requirements are noted on the library website (New
Artist Requirements). We are also seeking volunteers to assist with the
event and donated items for the raffle; please contact Christine Rothman at
aafair@hobbslibrary.org.
Join us on August 21st for a wonderful summer event with plenty of
surprises, raffles, and delicious food!
Book Cellar
Spring is around the corner so drop by the Book Cellar and pick up some
gardening and home improvement books. Maybe you need a new
cookbook with springtime flavor? Or a fascinating story to read in the
sun? The Book Cellar books are priced from 10 cents to $4.00!!! You can't
find these deals anywhere else! Just come in, pick your books, and pay at
the library front desk. Your purchases support the library's general
fund. We need you and these books need a home!
Interested in helping out? We need volunteers to process books, take
discards to donation sites, and shelve books. If you've always wished you
could work around books, please call Julie Frum at 207-647-4510. Join the
fun!
Friends of Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Julie Frum, Fundraising Chair * Miriam Gibley, Treasurer * Sue Lanser, Steering
Committee Chair * Anna Römer, Membership/Fundraising Liaison * Rosie White, Board
Liaison
Friendsofhobbslibrary.org
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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Strategic
Framework
Thank you for participating in the first phase of our new strategic framework
development! After receiving community reflections, our consultant will help
the Board build the framework to guide us for the next 3-5 years.
Lovell Town Planning Board Survey Coming Up
The Lovell Planning Board has formed a committee to work on an update
to the 1992 Town of Lovell Comprehensive Plan that was developed in
accordance with State legislation passed in the late 1980s.
The goal is to provide input to our town government to plan and prepare for
the challenges we will face in the future. As part of the committee’s work,
town residents and taxpayers will be asked to participate in a survey so that
we may accurately understand and represent the citizens and needs of our
town today and for coming decades.
We urge you to complete our survey honestly and candidly. Our goal is to
get a high level of participation to assure that the information we gather is
an accurate representation of our town population.
We hope to use the survey results as part of a plan that will help uide our
local government, decision makers, and all those interested in the future of
our town.
The survey will be online and in paper, with copies at the Charlotte Hobbs
Memorial Library, available in April-May.
Thank you in advance for your help!
(From the Town Planning Board)
Newsletter Deadline for May issue is April 22nd
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Board of Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Rev. Naomi King, President * Ann Diskin, Vice-President * David Frum, Treasurer *
Andrea Mächt, Secretary * Alice Carberry * Bárbara Collins * Tim R. Cyr * Elizabeth
Eeames * Susan Gregson * Gilson Riecken * Christine Rothman
Contact Information
Deanna Wilson, Library Director
227 Main St * PO Box 105 * Lovell, Maine 04051
Hobbslibrary.org * (207) 925-3177
thedesk@hobbslibrary.org
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