Saturday, May 31st Events

If you are at Wal-Mart today from 9-12, stop by our booth. We will have information on applying for passports, new notary services at the library, the summer reading program, and library card sign-up. We will also have our new library tote bags ($10 each with proceeds going toward the building fund). Curious George will be there too!

Later in the day (from 1-4), stop by the library for cake and refreshments to celebrate the library's centennial. There will be a display of historical photos and many local history books. Library staff and Board of Trustees members will be there to greet you.

From 2-4 we will have a panel of Maine romance authors who will talk about the romance genre today, discuss their writing and the romance publishing industry, and take questions from the audience.

We look forward to seeing you!

Memorial Day Parade

Even though it was a bit cloudy and windy, the Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 26th went off without a hitch. Miss Presque Isle, Germanine Scott, Curious George (aka Jake Shaw), Sue McPherson, Mimi the Mime and a host of library patrons all worked together to decorate the float and then ride in the parade.

Special thanks to all who worked to make it such a success and to those who helped on parade day. Extra special thanks to Jeff Roberts for pulling the float.

The library was delighted to have a float in the parade this year and to have Miss Presque Isle on our float.

If you wish to volunteer to help with the float next year, please contact Sue McPherson at the library.

Poetry Reading

Melissa Crowe (l) and Betsy Sholl (r)


The poetry reading on Friday night, May 23rd, by Maine's Poet Laureate, Betsy Sholl, and local poet, Melissa Crowe, was an amazing event. Books of poems by Betsy Sholl: Rooms Overhead, Don't Explain, Late Psalm.

Melissa Crowe opened the evening by reading from her new chapbook, Cirque du Creve-Coeur.

If you were unable to attend, you can still read the poetry of both poets. We have their books and they are just waiting to be read. I can promise you that you will enjoy it as much as those who attended the live reading.

About Melissa Crowe:

Melissa lives in Presque Isle, Maine with her husband, Mark, and their daughter, Annabelle. She currently teaches literature and creative writing and directs the Honors Program at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Beginning in the summer of 2008, she plans to write and make visual art full time. Her poems have appeared in Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Lifeboat, Crab Orchard Review, The Atlanta Review, and The Seneca Review. She recently published a chapbook, Cirque du Creve-Coeur.

About Betsy Sholl:

Elizabeth "Betsy" Sholl is Maine's third Poet Laureate and she began her five-year term in 2006. Betsy lives in Portland, Maine and holds an MFA in poetry writing from Vermont College, an MA in English literature from the University of Rochester, where she was the Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and a BA in English Literature from Bucknell University, where she graduated magna cum laude. Betsy teaches at Stonecoast Writers Conference, the Frost Place, Vermont College and has been a visiting poet and poet in residence at numerous institutions. Betsy is the author of eight books of poetry, her latest being Late Psalm, published in 2004. She is a two-time recipient of the Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship Award, the 1999 and 2002 Crowley/Weingarten Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vermont College, the 1997 Felix Pollak Prize from the University of Wisconsin, and the 1994 National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship.

New Senior Group at the Library!

Join our new Senior Group at the library!

The new group met for the first time on Wednesday, May 21 from 12-2. This meeting was an informational session to launch the new group. Everyone enjoyed a very nice lunch and spent time looking at a display of historical photos and local history books. There was a lively discussion about topics of interest to everyone and we will be working to create some interesting programs for the meetings.

Future meetings will be the third Wednesday of every month from 12 -2. Lunch will be provided. Look for a listing (coming soon) of speakers and topics for each meeting.

All seniors are welcome to attend and we look forward to creating interesting and stimulating programs.

If you have any questions about the Senior Group, please contact any of us by phone (764-2571) or email:

Gail Roy

Sue McPherson

Sonja Plummer

Maine Poet Laureate

Join Us For A Wonderful Evening of Poetry

Come to the library on Friday, May 23rd, at 6 pm for a reading by local poet, Melissa Crowe, and then a reading by Maine's Poet Laureate, Betsy Sholl. We are delighted to have both visiting the library and sharing their poetry with everyone in our community. It will be a wonderful way to spend a Friday night. We look forward to seeing you there.

100 Years to Celebrate!

MARK AND EMILY TURNER
MEMORIAL LIBRARY INVITES YOU
TO CELEBRATE OUR 100TH YEAR!
PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN OPEN HOUSE ON
MAY 31, 2008 FROM 1-4 PM
TOUR THE LIBRARY, VIEW OUR HISTORIC PICTURE DISPLAYS,
MEET SOME MAINE AUTHORS,
AND ENJOY SOME REFRESHMENTS

Join us on May 31st from 1-4 for a celebration. This year the library turns 100 and we will be celebrating on the 31st with cake, a panel of Maine Romance authors, a historical photo display, and much more. The Library Board of Trustees will be there to greet everyone and we will have a beautiful cake made by the library cataloger, Bonnie Smith.

Be Your Own Weatherman

Come to the library on Wednesday, June 11th at 7 pm to hear our local meteorologist, Ted Shapiro, tell you how to use weather clues to know what to expect when you walk outside each day.

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" How to use weather clues
Join us at the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
June 11th from 7-8:30 pm for a presentation
by Ted Shapiro
Chief Meteorologist, WAGMTV

According to his family, the first phone call Ted ever made was to 936-1212...the local weather report! Ted is fascinated by the ever-changing palette of the sky. In addition, he loves to share the readily available clues that Mother Nature provides about how the weather will play out over the next day or two. If you see Ted around town, don't be shy. He loves to meet peopleand chat about weather and climate.