One Book One Valley presents Kate Braestrup at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 13th at the the Lutheran Church of the Nativity in North Conway. Her talk will be followed by a period of questions and answers. Copies of her book, Here if you Need Me, will be available for purchase and signing by the author. Here is the Amazon review of the book, and copies are available at the library.
Refreshments will be provided by the Metropolitan Coffeehouse. The evening is free and open to the public thanks to major support from the N.H. Humanities Council, the Peqauwket Foundation and the Kendal C. and Anna Ham Charitable Foundation. Additional funding was provided by White Birch Booksellers and the ten participating libraries.
The night before Braestrup speaks, on Wednesday, November 12th at 7 p.m. at the library, there is a related program. Brad Morse, of the NH Dept of Fish and Game, will present a slideshow and speak about how search and rescue works in New Hampshire’s mountains and forests. He will describe actual rescues and the unique policy of cooperating with volunteer organizations for search and rescue missions.

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• One Book One Valley 2008 Community Read
• Search & Rescue in MWV Program
• Don’t Forget to Vote!
• Closed on Veteran’s Day
• Book Discussion “Without a Map”

This is today’s scene at the Townhouse

Let’s break the record for getting out the New Hampshire vote.
Polling Information for Democrats
Polling Information for Republicans

New Hampshire uses both hand counts and Accuvote voting machines.
The primary results show that we could have a problem
Let’s protect the count in New Hampshire.
If the electronic summary differs from the paper summary, here is a list of things to do:
* Report it to county/town election office.
* Report it to the Secretary of State of NH.
* Call local reporters and tell them the story.
* Call voter problem hotlines (eg. 866-MYVOTE1 and 866-OUR-VOTE) and report it.

Tom and his new best friend

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• Closed on Veteran’s Day
• One Book One Valley Speaker: Kate Braestrup
• “Still We Rise” Election 2008
• Countdown to the 2008 Election
• Online Olympics Coverage

The library will be closed on Veteran’s Day, on Tuesday, November 11th.

This summer I visited the site of the B52 bomber crash on Elephant Mountain, near Greenville on Moosehead Lake. This crash occurred on a very cold January night in 1963. Two airmen survived by ejecting seconds before the crash, but seven others perished. There is a black slate marker, surrounded on all sides by wreckage, that reads: “In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the B-52 Crash on Jan. 24, 1963.” The debris field has become a shrine, with flags, mementos and messages scattered about. Pete Pratt, the unofficial caretaker of the site describes it as “like an Indian burial mound.” This YouTube video will give you an idea of what its like. I found it very moving - a lonely memorial to all the young men (and now women) who join the military to serve their country. Veterans, we salute you.

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• Don’t Forget to Vote!
• Tamworth in World War II
• One Book One Valley Speaker: Kate Braestrup
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On the Wednesdays of December 24th & 31st, the library will close early, at 4 pm.

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• One Book One Valley Speaker: Kate Braestrup
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• Holiday Open House at the library
• KidsCrafts Program

Everyone is invited to the Holiday Open House at Cook Memorial Library on Tuesday, December 9th at 6 p.m. This year, favorite local entertainers, Marion Posner and Peggy Johnson, will celebrate the season and entertain us with stories and music for all ages. Please consider contributing to the light potluck dinner that will be served.
Note: This year the Open House will be held on a Tuesday evening instead of Wednesday.

The Potluck Singers, last year’s entertainment

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• Make Holiday Crafts at the Library
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KidsCrafts: beading, hemp bracelets, wire ornaments, card stamping and more, for ages 8 and older, on Saturday, December 6th, from 1 to 3 pm at the library.

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• Lois Kerr’s Booktalk
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• Search & Rescue in MWV Program
• Digeridoo Concert was a smash hit!

Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons from the Home, a NH Humanities Counsel program will be presented. Using still and film images, historical sources, material artifacts, ethnography, geopolitical data, and personal anecdotes, Jennifer Fluri, Dartmouth College, and Rachel Lehr will share insights garnered from their extensive experiences of both rural and urban Afghan homes and communities. Saturday, November 22nd, at 2 p.m.

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• KidsCrafts Program
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• ACT Film - Caramel

Wednesday, November 19th
Book Talk at 7 pm at the Cook Library with JoAnn Vasconcellas The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Pick up copies of the book at the library.

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• One Book One Valley 2008 Community Read
• Book Discussion “Without a Map”
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This photo is by iluvcocacola on Flickr

On Wednesday, November 5th at 7:00 Brandon Hauser will give an illustrated
talk on the history, land and animals of Juneau Alaska. His talk “City in
the Great Land” will feature photos he has taken while living in Alaska
working as an intern with photographer Mark Kelley and as a photo guide.
This program is free and open to everyone. For more information call the
library at 323-8510.

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• KidsCrafts Program
• Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons from the Home
• Search & Rescue in MWV Program
• Lois Kerr’s Booktalk
• February Programs

Brad Morse, of the NH Dept of Fish and Game, will present a slideshow and speak about how search and rescue works in New Hampshire’s mountains and forests. He will describe actual rescues and the unique policy of cooperating with volunteer organizations for search and rescue missions.
This presentation is to augment the One Book One Valley community read. Kate Braestrup will talk about her book, Here if You Need Me, at the Lutheran Church in North Conway on the next evening, Thursday, November 13th. Braestrup’s book, amongst other things, eloquently describes search & rescue operations in Maine.

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• One Book One Valley Speaker: Kate Braestrup
• KidsCrafts Program
• Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons from the Home
• “City in the Great Land” Juneau Alaska talk
• One Book One Valley 2008 Community Read