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Beth Totten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Beth Totten, public relations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Canastota, NY \u2013 Dec. 2015_ Have you made any resolutions for the New Year?\u00a0 Have you always wanted to be more creative?\u00a0 Have you decided to learn about local history or genealogy?\u00a0 If so, you will want to stop at the library for some great resources.<\/p>\n

The Rebecca Eddy Memorial Writing Contest is back.\u00a0 The library is now accepting poetry and short stories for this contest.\u00a0 Entries will be received until March 31 at the close of business.\u00a0 This contest, organized by Joan and Doug Eddy, is a memorial to their daughter, Rebecca.<\/p>\n

Ms. Eddy was a graduate of Canastota High School and John Hopkins University.\u00a0 The contest is to encourage creative works in writing for all ages.\u00a0 Entry forms are available at the Circulation Desk.\u00a0 Entry requirements indicate that one entry of a poem or short story (500 \u2013 5,000 words) may be submitted.<\/p>\n

There are four age categories for submission and entries of those age categories will be judged in both poetry and short stories.\u00a0 The age categories include:\u00a0 Age 10 and under, 11 \u2013 14 years old; 15 \u2013 18 years old and over 18 years old.\u00a0 Entries may be in any style, genre or subject and the contest is free to enter.\u00a0 There are no residential requirements. An awards ceremony will be held in April.<\/p>\n

Are you interested in looking up information about your ancestors?\u00a0 Are you interested in the people, places and events that have made the Canastota area such a great place?\u00a0 We have interesting files of local history in our Archive Room that are from the year 1806 until today.\u00a0 Local historical resources housed here include information on early businesses, inventors, settlers and events in the area.\u00a0 The Archive Room is open to the entire community whenever the library is open.\u00a0 We hope you will take some time to browse our diverse and interesting files.<\/p>\n

Throughout the month of January, we will be displaying the YWCA Mohawk Valley\u2019s Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivor\u2019s Art Exhibit.\u00a0 More than one dozen pieces of artwork and literature make up this display which tells a compelling story of survival shared by women, children and men who have experiences domestic and\/or sexual violence.\u00a0 The story mirrors their individual journeys from fear, to rage, then relief and finally, elation.\u00a0 The Mohawk Valley Survivor Art Exhibit is a traveling exhibit which is scheduled to appear at a new location each month for awareness purposes.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. Jean Ryan the Consumer Frauds Representative of the New York State Office for the Attorney General will talk about \u201cIdentity Theft & Ways to Protect Your Identity.\u201d\u00a0 This informative talk will last about one hour.\u00a0 Please RSVP as a light lunch will be served to all who attend.<\/p>\n

The Book Chat group invites you to join them in 2016 for a year of interesting reads. On Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. the group will be discussing \u201cBittersweet\u201d by Miranda Beverly-Whitenmore.\u00a0 \u00a0The book introduces us to Mabel Dagmar.\u00a0 On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate,\u00a0the\u00a0beautiful, wild, blue-blooded Genevra Winslow.\u00a0Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at Bittersweet, her cottage on the Vermont estate where her family has been holding court for more than a century; it\u2019s the kind of place where children twirl sparklers across the lawn during cocktail hour.\u00a0 We hope you will join us in reading the book and for the discussion.<\/p>\n

During the months of January, February and March, Central New York communities are hosting a CNY Read. They have selected the book, \u201cTo Kill A Mockingbird\u201d by Harper Lee as the book everyone will be reading and talking about during that time period.\u00a0 At the Canastota Public Library, we will show the movie, \u201cTo Kill A Mockingbird.\u201d\u00a0 This 1962 American Drama stars\u00a0Gregory Peck\u00a0in the role of\u00a0Atticus Finch\u00a0and\u00a0Mary Badham\u00a0in the role of Scout. Come and see the movie at no charge on Wednesday evening, Jan.27 at 6 p.m. in our Lawson Community Room.<\/p>\n

If you want to try your hand at learning to knit you will want to consider joining one of our knitting groups.\u00a0 Join either our Thursday Evening Group which meets at 6pm each Thursday or our Morning Group which meets each Friday at 10am.\u00a0 We currently have about 30 members who meet in the morning and 15 who attend evening group meetings.\u00a0 Both groups meet in the Lawson Room.\u00a0 Members knit, crochet and there are even some loom workers in the groups.<\/p>\n

The library is here to help you make a great start with all of your resolutions for 2016. Don\u2019t have a library card?\u00a0 They are free\u2026stop in and see us today.\u00a0\u00a0 The library is located at 102 W. Center Street in Canastota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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