Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, November 1, 2018
We’re trying something new here at the Altamont Free Library. With some help from our friends over at Guilderland Public Library, we’re going to be circulating board games!
As the days get shorter and colder, sometimes it’s nice just to stay inside with your family or friends and gather around a table for some good-natured competition. We’ll be hosting a rotating collection of Guilderland’s immense board-game collection here with new titles circulating in regularly.
You may already know that you can use your Altamont library card at the Guilderland Public Library, and all of the other great public libraries in Albany and Rensselaer counties, but you may not have known about their fabulous collection of board games that can be checked out.
Take a look on your next trip there, and in the meantime, stop by the Altamont Free Library and grab a game for your next family night. Thanks, Guilderland Public Library!
Bake-sale volunteers needed
Election Day is fast approaching, and whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or an independent, we can all agree that homemade cookies, pies, and bread make the world a little sweeter, so while you’re voting at Altamont Village Hall on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, be sure to stop by our annual AFL Bake Sale!
We need plenty of bakers to make this fundraiser a success so, if you’d like to donate some baked goods, give Joe a call at 518-861-7239. The always-phenomenal Mary Heidinger and Pat Spohr could use a few extra pairs of hands running the sale as well so, if you’ve got a spare hour or two on Election Day and you’d like to help, please let us know. All proceeds from the sale go to support the Altamont Free Library.
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
Please join us for the First Monday Book Club discussion of David Grann’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” on Monday, Nov. 5, at noon.
This acclaimed non-fiction book investigates the murders of a group of members of the Osage tribe of Native Americans in Oklahoma in the 1920s amid the discovery of oil fields on their land. It’s an important book and our discussion should be a fascinating one.
Bats of New York State
Halloween has come and gone, but we’ve still got bats on the brain. Please join Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Technician Katie Ritzko on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. for a discussion on our local bat species and the devastating effects that White Nose Disease has had on New York State bat populations and why we should be concerned about it.
Quilt raffle
It’s getting cooler out there, and that means that it’s time to throw an extra quilt on the bed. Don’t have an extra quilt? Well, we’ve got a beauty for you.
The library is currently selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a beautiful 65-by-65 inch hand -titched quilt lovingly crafted by Linda Chaffee of Altamont’s own Train Station Quilters. Proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets will benefit both Altamont Free Library and an organization near and dear to our hearts, Literacy New York of the Capital District.
You only have a few more weeks to buy your tickets before the drawing is held during the Victorian Holiday Celebration in December, so get them while you can. This phenomenal bit of handiwork could be yours for just a dollar for a ticket (six tickets for $5), so you have little to lose, and warm night of sleep beneath a work of art to gain.