Power Outage, Gift Coupons, and staff & patron news!

 As you may have noticed, the power outage last Friday caused some problems with our electronic equipment.   In case of a future power outage, please follow this procedure:

In order to verify the proper re-start of equipment and alarms after a power outage, please observe the following:

 

Power outage during business hours: 

• Call Christian at his cell phone if he is not here; leave a voicemail if he doesn’t pick up to let him know of the power outage and the approximate time it started

If after 15 minutes the power has not come back on, 

• please call Christian’s cell again to let him know. Though the servers are set to auto-restart when the power is restored, this is not always what happens; 
•    If Joyce is not in the building, please call her cell phone to let her know.

 

Power outages after business hours: 

• If power outage is noticed by a staff member or cleaning crew, said personnel should inform either Christian or Joyce at their cell phones.

Print this out and keep it handy if need be.

Over the weekend, a young patron came in with a coupon for a gift at the library.  Just in case you didn't hear, these coupons are for the very nice chapstick & holder!  These are kept at circulation.

People News

Welcome to Sarah Hutchinson, our new Marketing Director!  You may have seen Sarah helping Kathryn during the Dorothea Benton Frank event. We're glad to have you, Sarah! (By the way, I live near the OTHER Sara Hutchinson from King! Her parents said you'd know who that is.)

Jerry Ivey reports that Dr. Bill is on the road to recovery. He's been in and out of the hospital and rehab since we saw him at Christmas, but is doing much better now.   They plan to visit the library as soon as they can.

Crowe Baby (aka Janice Crowe) came to the library recently. She is enjoying life and looking forward to doing a lot of gardening!

From Christine McKenzie:  "It's a boy!  That's right, we're having a boy - Aidan Nathaniel is due to arrive sometime around September 28!"  Congratulations, Christine, Calvin & Moira!

And speaking of baby boys....

Grandma Joan's newest pride and joy!

Remember to wear your pink on Wednesday!  And you may want to check out the newest review at the library bookblog:

http://bristol-library-bookblog.blogspot.com/

 

Fresh veggies!!

 Who likes fresh-- really fresh--vegetables?  You can't get much fresher than growing your own!  Just in time for planting, Main is hosting Dr. Annette Wszelaki from the University of Tennessee to do a program on growing vegetables in containers!  You don't have to have a lot of space to grow a lot of food.  Not only will you save money, but you'll know exactly what pesticides have been used on your food-- if any pesticides at all, because Dr. W. is also an advocate of organic growing!  Fresh, healthy, saves money-- what's not to like?  And containers mean you don't have to do a lot of intensive hoeing, weeding, tilling or other backbreaking work.  As the song says, "There's only two things that money can't buy and that's true love and homegrown tomatoes!"

So be sure to come to the library on Sunday, May 15 at 3 pm to get some great tips on growing your own vegetables.  Mmmmm.... squash!

And if you don't know the song, check out a version here:

Home Grown Tomatoes Song

The Moog Machine is no more!  But in its place is a Cool Cruiser.  Congratulations on the new car, Don! And man, what a deal!

Welcome, Laura! And we're In the Pink!

 Welcome to Laura Kelly!  Laura is a new addition to the circulation staff. She'll be working evenings.  She's also a second grade teacher at Van Pelt.

Remember, we'll be closed Sunday and Monday for the server migration-- as if you could forget!  Some folks will be coming in on Monday to get things done.  If you have any questions, ask your supervisors.  There are meetings scheduled for Monday and those will take place as scheduled.

Janice's  begonias to  be-gone-ias sale!

 Remember, Janice is running a special plant sale just for Mother's Day: one plant for $2 and two plants for $4!  What a deal! 

Melon sends flowers and his regards to all the moms in honor of Mother's Day.  No, he has no idea what happened to the large box of chocolates that was supposed to accompany the flowers.  Why do you ask?

In case you haven't heard, Wednesdays will be Wear Pink Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness!  This is Michelle's brilliant idea--take a bow, Michelle!-- and she has pink bracelets to give out.  She may also take photos so be prepared.   While we're thinking about this, I'll mention the Greater Good website.  There they have buttons to click each day for good causes.  Their sponsors make a donation for each click, so in just a few seconds you can help fund mammograms for women, food for shelter pets, free books for children, aid to veterans, food for the hungry, child health and save the rain forest.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com

And remember

Wear Pink Wednesdays!

Stormy weather!

Hope everyone came through the storm without a lot of damage! Avoca had some problems, but were still able to open.  Mr. Barry kept everyone informed on our Facebook page.

Welcome to Sarah!  She'll be our Interim Marketing Director now that Kathryn has accepted a new job. If there's something we can do to make your job easier, Sarah, just let us know.

As you may have heard-- or seen on our wonderful electronic signs!-- the library is going to be closed to the public on Sunday, May 8 and Monday, May 9.  Our servers are migrating.  All the other libraries in the system are closing as well. The computers have been set so that no items should be due those days.   There are several meetings for that day and those will take place as scheduled, such as the Bristol Historical Association's regular meeting. If you have any questions, check with your supervisor.

Rebecca has a new addition!  Her name is Fluffer for the moment, but that's subject to change.

 Remember to checkout the library Bookblog to see what we've been reading!  We'd love to have other staff members contribute as well.  Jeanne will be glad to help.

Last but not least, you can start your Mother's Day shopping in the library Gift Shop.  Janice has a lovely assortment of items.  There are even a few plants left!

Thanks, Bidding a sad goodbye, and Save a Plant

 It was great to see so many folk at the luncheon with Dorthea Benton Frank! The food was lovely and the company more so. Everybody loves the t-shirts, too!  DBF was as charming as her characters.  It was a pleasure to make her acquaintance.   Thanks to Anita, Kathryn, Beth from  CJ and Company and everyone else involved in making this such an enjoyable event.

In case you haven't heard, Kathryn has a new position at Wellmont.  She's done a wonderful job for us. We'll miss her, but wish her all the best.  Visit often, Kathryn!

Save a Plant!! 

If saving the planet is a bit too much to undertake, you can save a plant instead!  Janice H. says she has a green thumb. I didn't disagree, but I did wonder if she might be a bit colorblind. Green?  Um... purple, maybe, about like mine.  Anyway, Janice has these poor defenseless plants in the Gift Shop. For a mere pittance, you can liberate these hostas--er, hostages-- and give them the safe and loving home they deserve.  They'd make a great feel-good  Mother's Day gift!  (PS Don't mention this post to Janice.  Thanks.)

"Big Tom has nothing on us!  We survived Janice!"

BPL goes to the dogs and Spring Tea!

BPL has had some wonderful visitors lately. Here's photographic proof our staff is owned by some of the most adorable canines ever!  (And we know there are others:  we're just waiting for them to drop by and be photographed too!)

The Empress in Training, Allie, just celebrated a birthday! Mom Debbie commemorated the occasion with a Royal Portrait.  If you haven't had the pleasure, Allie is even more gorgeous in person.  She hasn't perfected the Royal Wave yet, but she gives kisses!

 

Darlene & Art in Security had two of their babies visit:  Dillon & Bella!

Dillon helps take care of Bella and he does a very good job!

 

 

Spring Tea Tickets

If someone asks about the Imagination Library Spring Tea, tickets are for sale in the Children's Department.  Adult tickets are $20 and children's tickets are $10.  This event will be at the Southeast Culinary & Hospitality College on Sunday, May 1 starting at 1:30 pm.  This is not a BPL event, but we're happy to support the Imagination Library!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

 Wallace Coffey of the Bristol Bird Club did a wonderful presentation on birds, from identifying to feeding!  He even had photos of a white robin that has been seen in this area. 


 I hope everyone saw the article about the Cake Boss in the Bristol Herald Courier!  Just in case you didn't, here is a link:
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/apr/02/getting-early-bristol-cake-boss-ar-944688/

As you may remember, Kathryn has the $100 floor tickets for The Cake Boss.  All other tickets are through Viking Hall.

The minutes for the Board of Trustees meetings are posted at our website.  January and February are now up. http://www.bristol-library.org/about-us/library-board-minutes

Events:
Greg Lilly will be holding a writer's workshop this Saturday at 2 pm in the large meeting room.  It's free to the public! 

National Library Week is April 10th-16th. It'll also be our five year anniversary party! There are a number of events, including:
*Staff Luncheon on Tuesday, April 12 from 11:30am to 1:00 pm in the large meeting room,
*Self-Publishing Workshop hosted by Jud and Bill Shanks on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00 pm
*Public refreshments in the gift shop on Wednesday, April 13 starting at 1 pm
*Staff Appreciation Luncheon on Saturday, April 16 starting at 11:30 am (Be sure to let Kathryn know whether or not you will be attending!)
*Dorothea Benton Frank event on Saturday, April 16th at 1:30 pm (Note:  reserved seating tickets are available from Kathryn at $20 per ticket.  General admission is free,  on a first come, first served basis.)

If you have any news for the blog, tell Jeanne!