It’s Not About the Hike is a presentation that will bring you into your heart, lift your spirits, and inspire you to climb that next mountain in your life. It is a not a presentation of “look at these two women…see what they did.” It is a presentation of “look inside you…you can do it too.” You will want to go back and hear it again and again, bringing friends and family to share the experience.

This hour-long program highlights the journey of two 50 plus year old
non-hikers who one day decided to climb the 67 mountains in New
England over 4,000 feet. Nancy Sporborg and Pat Piper are two ordinary
women who went on an extraordinary journey over the mountain summits
and into their hearts. This is the story of what they found inside
themselves as they hiked over 1,000 miles to the tops of over 170
mountains through all four seasons.

This presentation is for everyone — hikers and non-hikers, people who
are sedentary or active, outdoor enthusiasts and indoor home bodies,
10 year-olds and 90 year-olds and everyone in between. The presentation
It’s Not About the Hike is an inspirational and motivational program
about pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zones, overcoming our
fears, finding our passions and living our lives to the fullest.

This talk is a multi-media presentation including movies, music and
photographs. It is both humorous and touching, as the speakers share
about their personal lives in a way that makes the message and
learning universal.

Please come hear their story at 7 p.m. on Wed., July 21st at the library.

Tamworth Summer Ping Pong Tournament Guidelines

The contest is open to all ages and will be singles games only.  Players rank themselves in one of three categories: Beginner, Some Experience, and Pretty Good.  The library staff makes the brackets.  Players arrange with each other when to play their games at the library and reserve their match times by calling the library at 323-8510.  Players will be required to play by a certain date.  If a player does not show up for a match he or she forfeits.

Games will be played by “Friendly Rules,” best 3 of 5 games to 11 points.  Players may use their own paddles or paddles will be available at the library.  Ping pong balls will be provided.  The matches will not be umpired and the atmosphere for play should be friendly, competitive and fun.

The first matches can be played starting Wednesday, July 7.  The tournament will continue through the summer until a champion is declared in each category.

Contact the library to register for the tournament by Tuesday, July 6 at 8 pm.  You’ll need to rank yourself and give your contact information (phone and/ or email).  For more information, call the library at 323-8510.

Ping pong matches may be scheduled during the following times:
Tuesdays 12 to 8 pm
Wednesdays 10 am to 8 pm
Fridays 10 am to 5 pm
Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm

Join your friends at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth as we ‘Make a Splash’ and read our way through the summer. You can read by the lake, at the beach, or in your bath tub!
Each week, keep track of the time you spend reading. Your goal is to read 1120 minutes by the end of 8 weeks. That means you’ll read 140 minutes a week, or 20 minutes a day.
Bring your ‘Make a Splash!’ log each week to the library to have it stamped. When you meet your weekly goal, you can choose a free book, and you will be entered in the weekly drawing for great prizes.
Everyone who participates in Make a Splash is invited to an ice cream party with Frisbee fun on the library’s back lawn on Saturday, August 14th at 3 pm.
Jump in readers!

Here’s the Summer Schedule:
Saturday, June 26, 2:00 P.M. – Steve Blunt presents the Summer Reading Program Kick Off with “Catch O’ the Day; Songs and Stories, and Movement pieces with a fishy flavor, splashed with a few upbeat booktalks. Get ready for a Title Wave of books!

Sunday, July 4, 10:30 A.M. – July 4th Parade
Line up, Ready to Ride the Library Float, “Make a Splash – Read!”

Tuesday, July 6, 10:30 A.M. Judy Pancoast presents Judy’s Tune Room: Family Music

Friday, July 9, 3:00-4:00 P.M. Kim Seamans-Grace with Crafts for Kids (ages 7 & up)

Monday, July 12, 5:00-7:00 P.M.
RATs! Readathon & Pizza for 3rd-6th Graders

Tuesday, July 13, 7:00 P.M. for Adults
Samuel Newsom: The Chocorua painter, his art and gardens remembered

Monday, July 16, 7:00 P.M. Jesse Beecher & Jack Mauch
Filmmakers: Claymation

Saturday, July 17, 3:00 P.M.
Norman Ng – Internationally famous Magician!

Wednesday, July 21, 7:00 P.M.
“It’s Not About the Hike” Music, Movies & Photographs by two inspirational women, Nancy Sporborg and Pat Piper who hiked the Appalachian Trail

Friday, July 23, 3:00 p.m. Tin Mountain Conservation Center presents Aquatic Insects (ages 7 & up)

Tuesday, July 27, 1:00 p.m. Reuben Moreland, Teen World Champion Magician!

Saturday, August 14, 3:00 p.m. Summer Reading Program Finale – Ice Cream Party on the library’s back lawn. Frisbee Play with Jeff Landesman at 4:00 P.M.

Tuesday Storytimes at 10:30 am with guest storytellers
June 29 Donna Polhamus
July 6 Judy Pancoast
July 13 Gail Marrone
July 20 Jen Shinners
July 27 Jennifer Kampsnider
August 3 Marion Posner
August 10 Jeff Landesman

And be sure to watch for Wednesday night music on the library’s front
lawn, frozen T-shirt contest, rubber ducky race

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts(NEA) that gives communities the opportunity to come together and read, discuss and celebrate one of 30 selections from U.S. and world literature. In New Hampshire, the program is organized by the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library, which received a grant to coordinate the statewide effort. The Center for the Book chose to focus on To Kill a Mockingbird because of its relevant themes of standing up for what is right, relationships between the races, courage, justice and more.

The Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library is one of 268 nonprofits nationwide—including libraries, municipalities and arts, culture and science organizations—to receive a grant to host a Big Read project in this grant round. In 2007, its program, The Big Read: New Hampshire Reads Fahrenheit 451, was only one of two statewide Big Read programs focusing on a single book.

The Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library was established in 2003 to celebrate and promote reading, books, literacy and the literary heritage of New Hampshire, and to highlight the role that reading and libraries play in enriching the lives of the people of the Granite State. It is an affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.

The NEA, which designed The Big Read as a way to restore reading to the center of American culture, presents the program in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. Support for the Big Read is provided by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Transportation for The Big Read is provided by Ford.

Participants may read any or all of the ten titles from the list and join in discussions being held at the library. Louise Wrobleski, site director for UNH Summer Literacy Institutes, will facilitate the first discussion on Wednesday, January 6th at 7:00. The second discussion will take place on Wednesday, February 17th at 7:00 and be led by Joanne Vasconcellos, sociology teacher at Granite State College.
Once upon a Quineanera by Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic)
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran (China)
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (Africa)
The Sum of our Days by Isabel Allende (Chile)
The House on Mango Street (Mexico)
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Alli (Somalia-Muslim)
The Voice that Remembers by Ama Adhe & Joy Blakeslee (Tibet)
The Space Between Us by Thrifty Umrigar (India)
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam (Bangladesh)

The library has many copies of the books available and everyone is welcome to participate. Please call 323-8510 for more information.

Come one, come all to Cook Memorial Library’s Annual Open House, 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Wednesday, December 16th. Please bring something for potluck if you can, but come anyhow if you can’t. Potluck Singers will entertain at 7:00 p.m.

Amy and Marion will lead a Night Time Story Time on Wednesday evening, November 18th at 6:30pm.

Kids age 4 and up can come in their pj’s and bring a stuffed animal to hold while listening to stories. Call Amy at the library at 323-8510 with any questions.