March 20, 2010

Family Movie Matinee: Where the Wild Things Are, 1:00 P.M.

March 7 - 31, 2010

Essay Contest: "What Bossard Library Means to Me." In an essay of 1,000 words or less, share what makes Bossard Memorial Library special and how it enriches your life and the lives of those in our local community.

The Library will award a book to the winners in each of two categories:

• Category I: Ages 6-12
• Category II: Ages 13 and up

Winning essays may be published in an upcoming edition of the local newspaper.

Entries will be accepted at the Library or by mail March 7 - 31, 2010. Winners will be announced April 9, 2010.

If you are submitting your essay by mail, send to:

Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library

Attn: Essay Contest

7 Spruce St.

Gallipolis, OH 45631

National Library Week: April 11 - 17, 2010

April 15, 2010

Lecture on the life of Mark Twain: In honor of the 175th anniversary of the birth of Mark Twain, the Library is pleased to host a lecture event on the life of this prolific American author.

Two lectures will be shown from the Great Courses series at 6:00 P.M.

April 17, 2010

Mark Twain (a.k.a. Alan Kitty) will visit the library at 1:00 P.M. to present "Mark Twain's Last Stand." This family event will feature Alan Kitty's impersonation of a posthumous Twain as he explores the nearly inexhaustible parallels between his century and ours.

Following the presentation, there will be an event for youth centered around the Mark Twain theme.

April 24, 2010

The Library is pleased to announce a program featuring 9/11 survivor Joseph Dittmar at 1:00 P.M.

Joe Dittmar's eyewitness account of the sights, sounds and scenes from inside and outside the World Trade Center complex on 9/11/01 presents an intriguing and gripping perspective on what really happened before, during and after the terrorist attacks. While steeped with facts and observations of historic proportions, his presentation also presents concepts and ideas on what was learned that day and what lessons we can continue to teach. These lessons are historical, but also personal, philosophical, ethical and social.

The recitation of his journey from the 105^th floor of 2 WTC all the way back to Aurora, IL in a 36 hour period provides a wealth of insight on an event that not only changed the world, but changed the way we proceed with our daily lives as Americans and residents of an ever-compacting world community. Joe’s perspective deals with not only our political and militaristic vulnerability, but also with the re-awaking of patriotic spirit and human determination. His offering stresses the point of "always remember and never forget", allowing all of us to help him continue to "tell the story" so that perhaps history doesn’t have to repeat itself.

May 11, 2010

Famed children's author Herman Parish (of Amelia Bedelia fame) will visit the Library after school. The time for this event will be announced.

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