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Jennie, Alice and Grace decided to head to the Pember Nature Preserve for a program on Bird’s Nests. It seems Jennie knows all about birds and their nests and even educated Alice and Grace. The Nature Center and the Pember’s loan kit has many nests to investigate. Please remember that people cannot collect eggs, nests or feathers of migratory birds. The Pember has a special federal and state license to collect these items for education.
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Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it began in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971.
The girls are disappointed there is no parade today but love to show their patriotism.
Ella and Hannah traveled up to North Street to see the clock that is described in Michelle Yauger’s book “We gave our best.” Eliza, Ruth and Marie are reading about Sullivan Fringi, one of the soldiers for whom VFW post 1653 is named.
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The Dahls wanted to get out in the beautiful sunshine before the day gets too hot. We have lovely benches and a pretty garden behind the Pember. This overlooks the beautiful Mettowee River. They can also see the walking bridge over the river and behind those trees, the Slate Valley Museum.
Jennie wonders, “Why is it called the ‘Slate Valley’ ?”
Slate was discovered in this area in the 1830s. There is an area about 6 miles wide and 24 miles long that has many slate deposits. Someone discovered that the thin pieces make great roof coverings and an industry was born. This area is also called “the colored slate capital of the world” because the chemical and mineral composition of the vein of slate produces a variety of colors. More information can be found by visiting www.slatevalleymuseum.org/ and of course the Slate Museum itself when they are able to reopen.
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Ruth celebrated in style yesterday when the gang threw her a birthday party. She shares her birthday with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (b. 22 May 1859). She couldn’t wait to curl up with some of her favorite Sherlock Holmes mysteries after the party.
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David and Ella thought they would check out the Museum’s gift shop. Wow, look at these cool shells, said David. And they are free, said Ella. There are a lot of items in the gift shop which help support the Museum.
Did you know that seashells are old homes of sea animals? The animals that live in shells are called invertebrates because they don’t have a backbone. Clams, snails, scallops and other mollusks will find a new home when they outgrow their current one. The museum has an exhibit full of invertebrates.
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We finally talked Elvis into doing a concert for us!
Marie Davis and Jennie Kent roomed together in college. Jennie told us about taking naps before her afternoon psychology class and the music was on a constant loop of “Elvis at Madison Square Garden.” She knows all the words even after all these years. She confesses that she tried grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches but it didn’t really appeal to her.
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People have been asking “what do the Dahls do at night?”
Well, sometimes they order in pizza: “Hey guys, hurry up! The pizza’s almost gone!”
Occasionally, they get together on Bernie’s desk in the Museum and hash over the events of the day around a “campfire.” There weren’t marshmallows the night we took this photo but Bernie has found bits of graham crackers and chocolate. (No eating in the museum!)
Eliza really wants you to know that even though this brown bear looks ferocious, he’s really a cuddly teddy bear (rug).
When they get tired, they curl up with their blankets and pillows on the bear and get some sleep.
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At present over 700 different species of dinosaurs have been identified and named. However paleontologists believe that there are many more new and different dinosaur species still to be discovered. The Dahl family discovered the Museum’s play dinosaurs.
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Grace: “What is the 518 Rainbow hunt?”
Eliza: “Why are you painting a rainbow?”
Ella: “It gives people something to do, being outdoors, being with family while we are being socially distant during this CO-VID19 Outbreak.”
The creator of the group “saw a similar idea on Facebook from the Italian communities as they were hit hard by this devastating virus in their country.”
She says, “we could all use rainbows and cheer in our lives on a daily basis…bring people together in this time that we have to remain apart; it shows us all the good that is happening and being done, as opposed to all the devastation that we all must witness on the news each day.“
Grace: “So rainbows are a way for us to do something together while we aren’t allowed to be together?”
Ella: “That’s right, but if you want to paint a mountain, that’s ok too. “
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Hannah decided to sneak away from the family for a much-needed outdoor break. She decided to visit the Pember Nature Preserve for a bird walk. Anyone can do this using a bird book and binoculars. She had a lot of fun and enjoyed the spring air.
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There is no business to come before the board for this month. This month’s meeting is cancelled. We plan to meet at our regular scheduled time in June.
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Jo-Ann & Jennie are doing research on pandemics. They found this info from the 1915-16 Pember Library reports that discusses the effect the scarlet fever epidemic had on library circulation and use.
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It’s story time in the Museum which offers a small table with children’s book for reading. Marie and Ella joined up with a Scarlet Macaw puppet to read Help the Animals of South America. They both agree that Spider Monkeys are cute.
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This is Alice Merrill. She’s still in high school back in Grinnell. She works part-time at “Lil’ Miss Chic Boutique” and is saving her money to go to college to become a journalist. She belongs to the newspaper club at school, likes to go camping and is teaching herself to crochet.
She tells me that all her life people have been saying she looks just like Ariel. She doesn’t see the resemblance.
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The Dahl family and their cousins wish they could be home to celebrate Mother’s Day as they usually do but, with the many social limitations of this pandemic, they decided to do a Zoom call to their moms in Iowa.
Many of us will need to do the same and plan times in the future when we get together safely with our families. In the meantime, share here what you plan to do that’s special for your mom even if you can only be with her virtually.
Maybe you can play her this Beatles’ song, “Your Mother Should Know.”
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Ruth and David have been playing chess against each other for years. They are pretty evenly matched. They really like our glass chess set but wonder why we don’t have a 3D set.
Marie is very proud of the little bench she built using our Keva Planks.
Grace and Eliza never get tired of playing Connect 4. These are just some of the games available at the Pember.
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Look guys! These books are written by Roald Dahl. Didn’t Grammy say we were related somehow to this guy? Like fourth cousin two times removed, whatever that means? I just love Charlie & the Chocolate Factory!
Did you know that you can access genealogy information on Ancestry.com from the computers here in the library? I’ll show you how when we are able to reopen.
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Marie visited the Museum today and exclaimed “Oh my, what big teeth you have!” Wait Marie, It’s NOT the Big Bad Wolf, it’s a Grizzly Bear! (skull and fur) What is a Grizzly Bear? Well, the Grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) is a subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. It is also known as the North American brown bear. Brown bears have a muscular hump on their shoulders while the black bear doesn’t. They are western bears, so you won’t find them in NY state! There is lots of information on the Net about the Grizzly. Perhaps Marie might do some research.
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Ella loves horses.
She wondered if Grandpa Mike had horses? We couldn’t really find any information either way on that but we found these pictures in our local history section. Here’s Ella inspecting the photo of William Hicks, a blacksmith with a shop on Church Street.
Also from the Morris Rote-Rosen collection of photographs was this picture of a group of Granville folks at the horse races at the Cambridge fair. There’s Bert Braymer, whose name is commemorated by Braymer Mountain and the Braymer Monument.
We found a 2003 Granville Sentinel article about the monument. Ella loves history as well as horses and she was thrilled with the info we found.
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Ruth reminded me that today is Star Wars day. She told me the story of going to the drive-in when she was attending the University of Iowa in 1977. She said “I can’t tell you how fun it was watching Skywalker blow up the Death Star on a big screen under a sky full of glittering stars!”
So we had a showing of the original Star Wars movie this morning and I boasted about the Star Wars games we have. They loved the crazy sounds the Star Wars Operation game makes; I love C3POs voice offering to donate his circuits.
David was curious about the Star Wars Origami book. “You mean if I fold this according to the directions, it will look just like the Millennium Falcon?”
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Ruth disappeared for a while and I finally found her out near our tower garden. I’m still not sure how she opened the door to the elevator area. Maybe Lucy helped her? Anyway, she was smelling the wonderful basil we have and complaining about not having a caprese salad for a long time.
We have arugula, bibb lettuce, some basil, swiss chard, and a few other greens growing here. It was wonderful over the winter to have fresh lettuce for a salad. “Well; how does it work? I don’t see any dirt.” There isn’t any. The barrel at the bottom holds water that we add nutrients to. Jodie keeps track of what it needs and currently has some seeds started at home. There is a pump that runs water through the system for 15 minutes every hour. It has a good amount of light where we have placed it. Some of the veggies grow back after we cut them and some need to have new seeds planted.
I showed Ruth where some books about gardening are located in the library and she claims she is going to get to work on her own garden when she returns to Iowa.
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Grace works at the Grinnell-Newburg CSD. She is the advisor for their yearbook committee so she was interested in looking through the Blue & Gold we have available at the Pember. We have yearbooks from 1948 through 2013 missing only 2001 and 2004. Grace asked me to show her the 1948 yearbook to see how much had changed in 70+ years. We love this page with the collage. Is that Rosie in that pic?
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http://pember.ny11.readsquared.com/
The Summer Reading program inspires children, teens and families to keep reading and continue to develop lifelong learning skills. The Pember Library has teamed with the Southern Adirondack Library System and NY State to bring you ReadSquared, an online way to keep track of your summer reading. There will also be a mobile app available. Sign up at the above link and start your reading. For book lists and info for parents see Summer Reading at New York Libraries.This year’s slogan is “Imagine Your Story” and the theme is fairy tales and mythology. There are four different categories:
Children Read
Teens Read
Adult
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Each category gives you the chance to earn badges, to have missions, to open up games all while logging your (or your child’s) reading.
The program runs from now through the end of September. We will try to add some specials for you, perhaps a performer or musician. These will most likely be online. Keep an eye out here and on our facebook page for further information.
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In keeping with Executive Order 202.1 (regarding emergency adjustments to the Open Meetings Law in response to the Covid-19 pandemic), the public is not permitted in-person access to this meeting, and the meeting shall be held remotely via GoToMeeting. As required by the Governor’s Order, the public will have the ability to LISTEN TO such proceeding by dialing (571) 317-3122 Access Code: 494-073-205 and the meeting minutes will be available at the Pember.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 12 PM – 12:40 PM
We can’t bring Dave to the Pember during this time of isolation so Dave is doing the next-best thing, performing online through Facebook Live for our enjoyment. Join performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch Music for a fascinating concert of traditional Adirondack music and stories. You’ll find the live event at the following link on Tuesday at Noon EDT https://www.facebook.com/events/3105467599498524/ You do not need a facebook account to join the online concert.
From the earliest days of settlement in this remote section of New York State, and even prior to that with travelling groups of Mohawks and other Native American hunters, music has sustained the people of the North Country, AND, we’re fortunate that so much of it has been documented and preserved for us to enjoy today.
French-Canadian loggers and trappers, Yankee settlers from New England, waves of British Isles and Irish immigrants coming directly across or down from Atlantic Canada, rural New Yorkers in search of work, escaped and freed slaves – – each contributed to a rich store of self-made music which began in the early nineteenth century and continues to this day.
As Project Director for the comprehensive www.adirondackmusic.org website, and Music Director/Producer/Concert Host and performer for the Emmy-winning “Songs to Keep: Treasures of an Adirondack Folk Collector” project, Dave’s spent literally thousands of hours researching Adirondack musical traditions, studying old field recordings, and visiting with living links to this legacy.
Did you know that seashells are old homes of sea animals? The animals that live in shells are called invertebrates because they don’t have a backbone. Clams, snails, scallops and other mollusks will find a new home when they outgrow their current one. The museum has an exhibit full of invertebrates.
