Voorheesville Library Notes for Thursday, October 13, 2016
— Photo by Lesa Clark
Halloween by the book: Graphic artist Lesa Clark assembled this display for the Voorheesville Public Library.
Nicole Iannoti, a registered representative from Foresters Financial Services Inc., will be presenting about new Social Security guidelines at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Learn the answers to your questions such as: Will Social Security be there for me? How much can I expect to receive? Many more questions will be answered throughout the seminar.
“The Things Our Fathers Saw”
We are pleased to welcome author and teacher, Matthew Rozell on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Rozell is an award-winning history teacher, author, speaker and blogger on the topic of the most cataclysmic events in the history of mankind — World War II and the Holocaust. Rozell has been featured as the “ABC World News Person of the Week” and has had his work as a teacher filmed for the CBS Evening News, NBC Learn, the Israeli Broadcast Authority, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the New York State United Teachers.
At the height of World War II, “Look Magazine” profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, Rozell and his students track down over two dozen veterans residing around "Hometown, USA" who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay.
They rescue and resurrect firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed. The Things Our Fathers Saw contain the stories that the magazine could not tell, from a vanishing generation speaking to America today.
As the founder of the World War II Living History Project, Rozell and his students recorded the testimony of hundreds from the WWII generation, one person at a time. One of his interviews, and his dogged pursuit thereafter, led to the reuniting of a train transport of Holocaust survivors with their actual American liberators over 60 years later and the discovery of one of the most iconic photographs of the Holocaust.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. For more on Matthew Rozell, visit his web site at: http://matthewrozell.com.
Beading workshop
Learn easy beading techniques on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. You can make simple necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. The Library provides tools and offers a variety of beads to choose from, or you are welcome to bring your own supplies and projects along.
Check out our beading books and magazines for inspiration. You may arrive at any time during the workshop that fits your schedule. Adults and teens ages 14 and up. There will be a small materials fee, depending on your chosen project.
Story time
Join Miss Amy on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 10:15 a.m., for not too scary Halloween program. We’ll have themed stories and songs, a themed craft and Trick or Treating in the library, followed by a mini Halloween snack celebration. Come dressed in costume.