Thanks to Gresczyk Farms for the windowbox and potted flowers in front of the library.
Thanks to New Hartford Community Connections for funding to paint and powerwash the library building, and to buy letters for event signs.
The Bakerville Marketplace is coming right up.
Saturday, August 2nd
Marketplace:
9 am–2 pm
Used Book Sale: 9 am–3 pm (early bird 8:30, $7)
Ready for a good time?
The summer is about to hit its zenith (no, not your 100th mosquito bite): the Bakerville Marketplace, Saturday, August 2nd, from 9 am to 2 pm, and the library’s Used Book Sale, from 9 am to 3 pm.
We know you want to be part of them, so here’s a step-by-step:
Step 1: Sign up for a booth. You have always wanted to; perhaps you just didn’t recognize the longing. Call Milissa Woodward at 482-7561 to sell crafts, toys, food, treats for pets, plants, herbs and potpourri, jewelry cleaning, and on and on.
Step 2: Decide what you will donate to the teacup auction. This features gift baskets, gift certificates, toys, bottles of wine, bouquets of fresh flowers, plants, cakes, and other enticing items. You may donate something yourself, or ask your favorite business for a donation. Drop off your donation at the library any time during open hours, the week before the Marketplace.
Step 3: Clean out your bookshelves and bring to the library all the books you’re finished with. As usual, there are a few limitations: no text books, computer books, condensed books, or magazines, and please make sure your donated books are clean, fragrant, and in good condition.
Step 4: Help sort books. You will remember from years past that our books are sorted within an inch of their lives and the categories clearly labeled with signs. That is the result of many volunteer hours. This is a big opportunity for the very literate community of the Bakerville Library to show their stuff. Call Pam FitzGerald at 496-9788 for more details.
Step 5: Sign up to donate to our bake sale. Yes, you heard correctly—we’re bringing back the bake sale. This is your chance to try out the chocolate chip cookie recipe from the New York Times (remember? the one with the sea salt on top? where you refrigerate the dough for days?) without having to eat the whole batch yourself, and you know that’s what would happen without our bake sale. Find the sign-up sheet on the front desk in the library and add your John Hancock.
Step 6: Arrive early on August 2nd, prepared to start your holiday shopping at the teacup auction, browse the varied offerings at many booths, and get your face painted. We see that you’ve been dieting for a couple of years now—you look lovely. It’s time to give in and try something from the bake sale. And look at all the books! We usually get around 5,000 of them for you to choose from. Get up for the early bird opening at 8:30 am—pay $7, and get first pick! You have until 3 pm (an hour longer than the Marketplace) to find something you like.
Can you even wait?
Book Club at a Glance:
Our next meeting will be Friday, August 8th, 2008, at 6:30 pm (early start, just this once). We will be reading The Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty. For more information on the book club, click here or call the library at 482-8806.
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