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A little piece of history: Heggan Library Friends founding member, Janet Ruggiero, shared the minutes from the initial organizational meeting held May 26, 2005. Thankful to this group for laying the groundwork.
Member Highlights:
Books at sea - by Martha Frampton, President, Heggan Library Friends
When my husband and I took our powerboat to the Bahamas several months ago, I couldn’t justify taking all the books I wanted to read because of space restrictions. However, when I walked into the lounge of a Florida marina and saw the lending library, I selected about eight books, including All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This book has been on my radar for several years, so I knew I should read it during this trip. It was my favorite book of the 25+ books I read on our Bahamas voyage.
When I ran out of physical books, I used the Heggan Library’s Libby app and read a lot of digital books, including The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake. When I finished it, I noticed that there was a sequel, The Surgeon’s Daughter, which wasn’t on the Libby app. Since I really wanted to read it, I was forced to explore our library’s Hoopla app, which did have The Surgeon’s Daughter. These two books by Audrey Blake were my next favorite books of our voyage.
Because reading is such a pleasure for me, I had joined the Heggan Library Friends right before I retired from teaching music in the public schools. I have been a member of this group for eight years and enjoy the social and community aspects of the Friends. When we get together, our conversations often steer toward books that we have read recently. I am grateful for this group and for our public library, because I can read as many books as I want to just by checking them out.
When my husband and I took our powerboat to the Bahamas several months ago, I couldn’t justify taking all the books I wanted to read because of space restrictions. However, when I walked into the lounge of a Florida marina and saw the lending library, I selected about eight books, including All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This book has been on my radar for several years, so I knew I should read it during this trip. It was my favorite book of the 25+ books I read on our Bahamas voyage.
When I ran out of physical books, I used the Heggan Library’s Libby app and read a lot of digital books, including The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake. When I finished it, I noticed that there was a sequel, The Surgeon’s Daughter, which wasn’t on the Libby app. Since I really wanted to read it, I was forced to explore our library’s Hoopla app, which did have The Surgeon’s Daughter. These two books by Audrey Blake were my next favorite books of our voyage.
Because reading is such a pleasure for me, I had joined the Heggan Library Friends right before I retired from teaching music in the public schools. I have been a member of this group for eight years and enjoy the social and community aspects of the Friends. When we get together, our conversations often steer toward books that we have read recently. I am grateful for this group and for our public library, because I can read as many books as I want to just by checking them out.
An Evening with Garrison Keillor - by Sharon Milligan, Member of the Heggan Library Friends
Recently my friend, Debbie, and I had the opportunity to enjoy a performance by Garrison Keillor at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA. Garrison Keillor is a humorist who along with a team performed a version of his long running radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion." The sold out audience witnessed many songs both by Keillor himself and a full cast with only 2 fantastic musicians. At 80 years of age Keillor stayed on stage for practically every minute, and during the intermission kindly led the entire audience in a singalong of a dozen or more songs starting with "My Country 'tis of Thee," "America the Beautiful," "How Great Thou Art," as well as songs by the Beatles and the Eagles ending with "Going to the Chapel." His connection with the audience was very touching concluding the show with news from "Lake Wobegone" including the Chatterbox Cafe and the Norwegian bachelor farmers. He, of course, signed off from Lake Wobegone "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."
Recently my friend, Debbie, and I had the opportunity to enjoy a performance by Garrison Keillor at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, PA. Garrison Keillor is a humorist who along with a team performed a version of his long running radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion." The sold out audience witnessed many songs both by Keillor himself and a full cast with only 2 fantastic musicians. At 80 years of age Keillor stayed on stage for practically every minute, and during the intermission kindly led the entire audience in a singalong of a dozen or more songs starting with "My Country 'tis of Thee," "America the Beautiful," "How Great Thou Art," as well as songs by the Beatles and the Eagles ending with "Going to the Chapel." His connection with the audience was very touching concluding the show with news from "Lake Wobegone" including the Chatterbox Cafe and the Norwegian bachelor farmers. He, of course, signed off from Lake Wobegone "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."