February Events

Incliment weather closings & delays

Please remember that if our local schools are closed due to weather conditions, then we will also be closed. We also follow their delay schedule for winter weather conditions and may close early (without advanced notice) if weather conditions are unfavorable. We always do our best to inform patrons of evening event cancellations, but please call ahead if you are questioning the weather.

Coming this summer….

MAKE A SPLASH—READ! 

 

     This year’s summer reading program will begin on June 21, 2010 and run through August 6, 2010.  Please check back often for more details on all of the fun programs and events that we will be offering.  

  

 

Vermont Reads 2010: The Day of the Pelican

“One day, to her own surprise, she realized that she was no longer thinking of going back home to Kosovo. Not because she thought America was a perfect country. If it were a perfect country, Baba would have a good job by now, and Mama wouldn’t have to clean motel rooms. Being Muslim or Christian or Jewish or nothing at all wouldn’t matter, and the president wouldn’t be talking about going to war in yet another Muslim land. Perhaps, though, there were no perfect countries. America was their new beginning . . .”

        – Meli Lleshi, eleven-year-old Albanian girl who arrives  in Vermont from Kosovo, The Day of the Pelican

     In 2010, Vermont Reads will explore Katherine Paterson’s novel, The Day of the Pelican, which tells the  life-affirming story of the Lleshi family, Albanians living in Kosovo in the mid-1990s as Kosovo was trying to fight off Serbian oppressors. Suddenly the Lleshis are homeless refugees. They find their courage tested by hunger, illness, a long, arduous journey, and danger.

     The Day of the Pelican, Paterson’s newest book (published October 2009), recounts the story of a family suddenly turned into refugees, and the trials of life in a war-ravaged world. It traces their journey as refugees after they are brought to America by a church group and begin a new life in Barre, Vermont. In this story of some of the newest of Americans are echoes of the stories of many earlier American immigrant families, and the struggle to remain a family in the face of clashing cultures and changing worlds.

     Each year about sixty Vermont towns from around the state get involved with Vermont Reads. This year once again, Highgate is please to have been chosen to participate in this wonderful event. For more information on Vermont reads, or the Vermont Humanities Council, please visit: http://www.vermonthumanities.org

Join us for Skater Tots!

Join the Highgate Public Library and Success By six on Tuesday mornings during the month of January at 9:00am for some ice time. During the month of February, Skating will be held on Tuesdays* at 1:00 pm.

 Skates and crates will be available, but children may also wear boots if they are more comfortable. Please contact Michelle Douglas at the town office or Liza Comiskey at the library if you have any questions. There will be no skating during February the week of school vacation.

Highgate Public Library 2010 Trustee Meeting Schedule

Tuesday January 5th at 5:30pm
Tuesday February 2nd at 6:00pm
Tuesday April 6th at 6:00pm
Tuesday May 4th at 6:00pm
Tuesday June 1st at 6:00pm
Tuesday September 7th at 6:00pm
Tuesday October 5th at 6:00pm
Tuesday November 2nd at 6:00pm
Tuesday December 7th at 6:00pm

* There are no meetings during the months of March, July, and August.

All meetings are open to the public and are held at the Highgate Public Library. For more information please call the library at 868-3970.

2010 Holiday Closings

 The Highgate Public Library will be Closed on:

Monday January 18: Martin Luther King JR Day

Monday February 15: Presidents’ Day

Tuesday March 2: Town Meeting

Monday May 31: Memorial Day

Saturday July 3: Fourth of July

Monday September 6: Labor Day

Monday October 11: Columbus Day

Thursday November 11: Veterans Day

Wednesday November 24: Close at Noon

Thursday November 25: Thanksgiving Day

Saturday December 25: Christmas Day

 

Ski Jay Peak For $25.00 or Less! Sponsored by The Highgate Public Library, Highgate Recreation & Jay Peak.

     The Highgate Recreation Department, Public Library & Jay Peak would like to present Family Ski & Ride Days. We want to encourage as many people who want to ski or ride this coming winter to take advantage of this great opportunity. On the Family Ski & Ride Days you, your family and friends can go ski or ride Jay for $20.00 – $25.00. It is easy to take advantage of this opportunity, simply email highgatefamilyski@gmail.com or call 868-4697 x 202. We must have 22 people signed up by Friday mornings at 9am with the exception of Thanksgiving week, Christmas week and New Years week those will be Wednesdays at noon.

• If  for some reason the weather is really bad or we don’t have enough people signed up, the ski date will be canceled and everyone who has signed up will be notified. Tickets can be picked up and paid for on each ski date morning between 8:30 – 10:30 in State side lodge from the table that is labeled Highgate Recreation/Public Library.
• Checks made out to Jay Peak or Cash
•  Prices are $20.00 or $25.00 see attached calendar for dates and prices. We need volunteers to help in the morning (1 or 2 per ski date). If you would like to help please contact Michelle at 868-4697 x202 or highgatefamilyski@gmail.com to find out more information or to sign up.

Ski Date    Price     Sign Up By    Rental Discount
Saturday, November 28th $20.00 Noon Wed. 11/25 No
Saturday, December 5th $20.00 9am Fri. 12/04 No
Saturday, December 19th $20.00 9am Fri. 12/18 No
Monday, December 28th * $25.00 Noon Wed. 12/23 No
Sunday, January 3rd $20.00 Noon Wed. 12/30 Yes
Sunday, January 10th $20.00 9am Fri. 01/08 Yes
Sunday, January 24th $20.00 9am Fri. 01/22 Yes
Sunday, January 31st $20.00 9am Fri. 01/29 Yes
Saturday, February 6th * $25.00 9am Fri. 02/05 No
Monday, February 22nd $20.00 9am Fri. 02/19 No
Sunday, February 28th $20.00 9am Fri. 02/26 Yes
Saturday, March 6th * $25.00 9am Fri 03/05 No
Sunday, March 14th $20.00 9am Fri 03/12 Yes
Saturday, March 20st $20.00 9am Fri 03/19 No
Saturday, March 27th $20.00 9am Fri 03/26 No
***Weekends: Michelle 802-782-0341 or email mdouglas.town@comcast.net (both will go through to cell phone.)

Book Donations

 

We are NOT ACCEPTING any large book donations until May 2010, when we hold our annual book sale. We are sad to say that we no longer have the space for their storage. As much as we hate to turn away books, at this time we must. We do thank you for thinking of us though!

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