News, Information, and Fun Things to Do
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Middleborough Public Library
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August 5, 2020
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We're so glad to see many of you returning to the Library, now that we're open to the public again. Curbside Pickup is still available (see below) but you're now able to come inside for a brief visit to select your own items.
Computers are available for 45-minute time slots. Please check the large signs at the main door and the entrance into the Children's Room for more details about available library services, or check our complete re-opening guidelines.
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Genealogy Room Open By Appointment
Please call or email Reference Librarian Libby Fox if you'd like to make an appointment to use the resources in our Genealogy Room. 508/946-2470 ext. 1213
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"Library To Go" Bundles For Adults
Now adults can enjoy the convenience of our book bundle service with our new "Library To Go" program. Use this "menu" to request a book bundle consisting of three books and one DVD chosen from the adult collection based on your order. Choose from among themed bundles such as "Best Sellers," History Makers" (biography/memoir), or "You Can't Make This Stuff Up' (nonfiction.)
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With the building re-opened, you can simply visit us to pick up your bundle at the Main Desk. If you prefer, you can request curbside pickup and can schedule a time at your convenience. Just remember to bring your library card! |
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Curbside Pickup Reminders
Schedule your own Curbside Pickup appointment using your SAILS library card number and PIN. Start at our Curbside Pickup Portal, log in, and choose an available date and time to pick up items you have waiting for you at the Library.
Once booked, you may change your appointment if needed, and can even check in with us when you've arrived at your scheduled time.
Please note: appointments must be scheduled at least an hour in advance of your desired pickup time to give staff adequate time to prepare your materials.
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Click here to read our full curbside pickup guidelines.
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Book Bundles for Kids
The Children's Room also offers book bundles for kids. If you want to borrow books about a certain subject and don't have specific titles in mind, our librarians will select them for you. Fill out the "book bundles" form, and we'll be in touch to work out all the details.
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Your 2020 Summer Reading Program Deadline is Almost Here!
The "Imagine Your Story" virtual summer reading programs will wrap up on Thurs., Aug. 13. Kids, teens and adults can still register and participate any time until then.
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Grand Prizes -- The more you read and participate in activities, the better your chances of winning a grand prize! We're supporting our local busineesses this year, providing gift cards to local eateries, shops, and other organizations.
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Amazon Reading Raffle -- If you've been reading like crazy this summer, you could win an Amazon gift card in the reading raffles being offered in the Children's and Teen programs. Kids who read 40 or more hours, and teens who read 20 or more hours are automatically entered into the raffle for a $25 Amazon gift card!
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Raffle Tickets -- If you've been awarded virtual raffle tickets for earning logging or activity badges, you'll need to put them in the drawings you'd like to win by Thurs., Aug. 20.
On Beanstack, go to your Ticket Drawings tab to distribute your tickets into the prizes you want most! Using the Beanstack Tracker app, click on the summer reading banner image under Your Challenges to see your Drawings.
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Questions? Please contact Amanda Meyer, Children's Librarian, at 508/946-2470 or ameyer@sailsinc.org
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HELP US REACH OUR COMMUNITY READING GOAL!
This year kids and teen readers are trying to read a total of 300,000 minutes as a community.
If we reach this milestone, the library will be entered into a drawing to receive Bruins prizes that we can pass along to summer reader participants.
We're on target to reach our goal--so keep logging your time!
TIP: If you haven't kept up with logging your time, or you joined the program late, you can always enter your estimated reading time in batches.
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Imagine Your Story Summer Reading programs are sponsored by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and supported through the generosity of the Friends of the Middleborough Public Library. The Beanstack summer reading platform is made possible by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and with the assistance of the Massachusetts Library System.
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Summer Reading Recipes
Scroll down a bit and see if you can stop your mouth from watering. Our Library patrons have been busy the past few weeks submitting recipes as one of the activities in this year's Adult Summer Reading Program. We've included a sampling below.
There's still time to participate as programs for all ages are active through Thurs., Aug. 13.
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Michele Benyue:
I make my kids cheesy breadsticks. They love them so I cook them once a week.
Cheesy Breadsticks
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Next, take a ball of dough. Roll it out into a rectangle on a floured pan. Pour melted butter on the top and spread it evenly across the top of the dough. Sprinkle some garlic on the dough, followed by Italian seasonings. Finally sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese all over the top. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes before cutting it into sticks, which you can dunk in tomato sauce.
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Gina Smith:
Rice Pilaf
2 cups chicken broth
Italian seasonings to taste
2 Bay leaves
1 TBL butter
1 cup rice
Combine first four ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil. Pour in rice and reduce heat to simmer for 20-25 minutes. Serve as a side dish or add leftover meat or veggies.
French Italian Fusion Pizza
1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
Pesto
Brie
Pancetta
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out crescent rolls onto pizza stone or cookie sheet. Spread pesto to taste on top of crust. Cut brie into 1/4” slices and spread over pesto. Brown pancetta in frying pan and place on top of brie. Bake for 10- 15 minutes or until crust is light brown.
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Kelly Clancy:
Watermelon Salad
Combine watermelon with chopped English cucumbers. Sprinkle with feta cheese and drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette.
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Christina Lane:
Banana Bread
2 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 C sugar
5 bananas
1/2 C olive oil
Bake at 350 degrees. Time varies based on pan. Done when knife inserted comes out clean. Enjoy!
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Heather Boerman:
This is a fall family favorite passed down from a childhood neighbor
Spinach Balls
2 boxes of frozen chopped spinach
1 1/2 C parmesan cheese
2 C stuffing
1 onion, chopped
1 stick of butter, softened
1 tsp garlic salt
1 egg
Make into small balls and cook 350 degrees until crisp.
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Katie Sestito:
Mimi's Macaroni Salad
Add ingredients based on the number of people you're serving.
Hot dogs, sliced
Mayo to taste
Cooked macaroni elbows
Pickles, chopped
Pickle juice, to taste
Carrots, chopped
Peas, cooked
Cool hot dogs, peas and macaroni then combine all ingredients. Serve cold.
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RETURN SCREEN-FREE PACKETS BY AUG. 13 |
Summer Reading participants who are using screen-free packets to log their reading time and complete summer reading activities, should return their packets by Thurs., Aug. 13 so that we have time to quarantine them and enter your information in Beanstack before announcing our Grand Prize winners!
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Don't Miss these Upcoming Kids Programs! |
Tiny Tots Online
For families with babies and toddlers; siblings always welcome. Miss Amanda leads the last two weeks of this program on at 10:30 a.m., Thurs., Aug. 6 and 13. Hear stories, sing songs, join in movement activities and work on early literacy skills. Tired, fussy and hungry kids are all welcome. Families must register for the Zoom link here.
Lego Week, Zoom Meet-Up Tomorrow!
Don't forget -- tomorrow, Thurs., Aug. 6 at 1:00 p.m. is the Zoom Meet-up where you can share your favorite Lego creations with Miss Amanda and other Library patrons. |
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Friday, August 7: Check our Facebook page for your final Summer Reading Activity Reminder.
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Friday August 14: Shark Week starts August 9 and runs through August 16, so let's have some fun with sharks! Go to the Kids Homepage on our website, and use Gale in Context or Brittanica Kids to read about sharks.
You also can check out the Clark the Shark books by Bruce Hale. We have some of them here in Middleboro, and more can be placed on hold from other SAILS libraries.
You can even check out an audio book version in Overdrive.
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Book News from Around the Country |
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Although this social media campaign started a few months ago, we love it so much that we wanted to bring it to your attention if you haven't seen it yet.
Publishers Weekly magazine launched their #booksareessential effort to promote the importance of books to our culture, and to show support for the publishing industry, booksellers, authors, illustrators, and others affiliated with the business who've been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Finnish illustrator Pirita Tovanen designed the clever logo where the novel Coronavirus is held up to the reader's face like an N95 mask.
If you'd like to participate, take a selfie with a favorite book held up in front of you and post to your favorite social platform with the campaign hashtag.
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"Book Blurbs" -- What We've Been Reading |
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Every few weeks, we bring you a brief Book Blurb from the staff about what we've been reading. This week we offer two titles from our newsletter editors. |
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Submitted by Reference Librarian Libby Fox
Author Robert Kolker compassionately tells the true story of Mimi and Don Galvin of Colorado Springs who had 12 children, six of whom suffered from schizophrenia. Starting with their marriage in an optimistic post-WWII America through the recent past, Kolker offers a window into one family's life as they struggle to raise a large family while seeking proper diagnoses and treatment for their mentally ill children.
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The book alternates between vignettes of the parents and each of the 12 children's lives, and descriptions of the advances made in psychiatry, neuroscience and therapy over the past 70 years. It was the two youngest Galvins' (and the only daughters) wish that bringing their family's story to light would give hope to others struggling with schizophrenia and mental illness.
Click on the title above to place a hold on the print copy, or click here to place a hold for the e-book or e-audio book in Overdrive. |
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Pax by Sara Pennypacker (2016)
Submitted by Young Adult Librarian Christine Dargelis
Twelve-year-old Peter and his pet fox Pax have been inseparable since he found him as a kit, but now Peter's been made to set him free while his father enlists in the military and he goes to live with his grandfather. Peter quickly realizes his mistake and sets off on a quest to find Pax who is unprepared to survive in the wild.
Pennypacker's story alternates between Peter's and Pax's points of view, capturing the fear, anguish, and love that both feel in losing each other. Each is desperate to reunite but must first face new challenges: Peter finds emotional guidance and strength from a reclusive woman who is confronting her own demons; and Pax must learn to hunt and coexist with his own kind and predators--both animal and human.
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Through Pax's perspective, the reader is able to feel what life might be like for a fox, both its harsh realities and simple joys. As the ever-encroaching evidence of war threatens Pax's safety, Peter--fortified with a new-found truth about himself--races to his rescue in a dramatic ending that is both heartbreaking and hopeful.
Click on the title above to place a hold on the print copy or audio book, or click here to place a hold for the e-book or e-audio book in Overdrive. |
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Musical Moment of the Week
Not only are the members of the 35-piece Durham Medical Orchestra talented musicians in their own right, but they're also dedicated members of the healthcare field, some of whom you'll see performing in their scrubs as they play Steven Bryant's "The Machine Awakes."
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This piece from the Raleigh News & Observer offers a fascinating look at how this collaborative video was constructed and on how these healthcare heroes manage to work on the pandemic front lines and still find time to make beautiful music together while social distancing.
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This Week's Marvelous Museum Passes
If you're looking for some summer fun, try borrowing one our re-activated museum passes. Passes for both Massachusetts Parks and the Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich are available again, with a few new twists.
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Heritage Musems & Gardens
Your discount for Heritage now comes in the form of a 50% off promo code that you don't have to check out or handle.
- You'll receive the code online at the time of your reservation. No visit to the Library is necessary.
- Simply save the code and use it at the time of your online ticket purchase through the Heritage website.
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MA Parks
The MA Parks Pass will work the same:
- You may pick up the pass any time during the three days leading up to your visit.
- Passes are due back the day after your visit (but will never be due on a Friday or Sunday).
- You'll need to fill out the agreement form in the parking lot (if picking your pass up curbside) and hand it back to us after showing staff your library card.
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COVID-19 Critical Content |
We know you've got lots of sites where you can go to get information on the Coronavirus pandemic, so each newsletter, we'll provide links to a few trusted and respected sources. |
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1. Effective starting this past Sun., Aug 1, all visitors to Massachusetts and returning residents alike must quarantine for 14 days following an out-of-state trip unless coming from Hawaii, New York, New Jersey or any New England state. Also exempt is anyone who can produce a negative COVID-19 test result administered up to 72-hours prior to arriving in Massachusetts. Please see the travel order guidelines for more information.
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2. The CDC has created a School Decision-Making Tool for parents, caregivers and guardians to be used to help weigh the risks and benefits of available educational options to help them make decisions about sending their child back to school. It can:
- Help you assess your child’s and your family’s risk of COVID-19;
- Consider factors that will help you make a choice, if offered, of instructional format (e.g. virtual, in person, or a hybrid option); and
- Help you prepare for the school year, regardless of format.
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