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FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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SPONSORED BY UNITED WAY - TAUGHT BY LAURIE YORK
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WE ARE A TOP TEN LIBRARY!
The Mary E. Tippitt Memorial Library is ranked #2 in the country in its population category by Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2006. For more information about the ratings or to read the article in American Libraries magazine, click on the links below:
Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2006
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TELEPHONE BOOK RECYCLING
Please help us collect old telephone books for recycling. The daughter of one of our patrons is collecting them to benefit Porter School. Drop off your old phone books at the library.
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NEW BOOKS:
We have received many new books in the past several weeks. They include:
"Killer Heat" by Linda Fairstein: It’s August in New York, and the only thing that’s hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper’s professional and personal life. Just as she’s claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case, she gets the call: the body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body, beaten and disposed of in exactly same manner, is found off the Belt Parkway, the city’s top brass want the killer found fast, before the tabloids can start churning out ghoulish serial killer headlines. Between dodging the bullets of the gang members who are infuriated by Alex’s most recent courtroom victory and keeping a rendezvous with a charming restaurateur, a serial killer on the loose is the last thing she needs on her plate right now. Then a third victim is found, and it becomes clear to Alex and her team that time is not on their side. Through Alex’s peerless interrogation skills—and one big break—the search becomes focused on someone who has a twisted obsession with the military, and things grow increasingly dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islands around New York harbor.
· "Lady Killer" by Lisa Scottoline: A young woman searches for her missing rival from high school—and gets more than she bargained for. In recent years, Mary DiNunzio has become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning is super sexy Trish Gambone, her high school rival. As it turns out, Trish's life has taken a horrifying turn. She's terrified of her boyfriend, who's an abusive drug dealer for the South Philly mob. There's only one problem—Mary remembers the guy from high school, too. Unbeknownst to Trish, Mary had a major crush on him. Then Trish vanishes, a dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare. She goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on the way finds new love in a very unexpected place.
"Stranger in Paradise" by Robert B. Parker: The last time Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, saw Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, the Apache hit man was racing away in a speedboat after executing one of the most lucrative and deadly heists in the town's history. Crow managed to escape with a boatload of cash, never to be seen again. Until now. When Crow shows up in Jesse's office some ten years after the crime, it's not to turn himself in. Crow is on another job, and this time he's asking for Jesse's help—by asking him to stay out of the way. Crow's mission is simple: find young Amber Francisco and bring her back to her father Louis, in Florida. It should be an easy payday for a pro like Crow, but there are complications. Amber, now living in squalor with her mother, Fiona, is mixed up with members of a Latino gang. And when Louis orders Crow to kill Fiona before heading back to Amber, he can't follow through. Crow may be a bad guy, but he doesn't kill women. It's up to Jessie to provide protection. Meanwhile, Jesse's on-again, off-again relationship with ex-wife Jenn picks up steam as she investigates the gang problem for her TV station. As she and Jesse dig deeper, the danger escalates. The life of a teenage girl hangs in the balance, and saving Amber could be the miracle Jesse and Jenn need for themselves, too.
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The Appeal" by John Grisham: In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice."Skin" by Ted Dekker: A freak storm has spawned three tornadoes that are bearing down on the town of Summerville. Yet under the cover of the storm looms a much more ominous threat: A vindictive killer known as Red who's left a string of victims in his wake and is now bent on exacting his final revenge on the unsuspecting town. But there is an enigma surrounding Red that the FBI is unwilling to admit-closely guarded secrets of something gone terribly wrong beneath the skin of Summerville. Secrets that will destroy far more than one small town. Wendy Davidson is caught in the middle. She's a recovering cult survivor who takes refuge in Summerville on her way to visit her estranged mother. And with her, four strangers, any of whom could be the next victim . . . or the killer.
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ARTIST OF THE MONTH - We display the works of a different local artist each month to showcase the variety of talent we have in Townsend and the surrounding area. If you are interested in having a display in the library, please call 448-1441.
Schedule of Artists:
October 2004 - Tricia Wilhoit of Townsend - Watercolor paintings
November 2004 - Harriet Schneider of Loudon - Gourds and turtle shells
December 2004 - Maxine Falls of Maryville - Water, oil, acrylics paintings
January 2005 - Gloria Nelson of Maryville - Oil, acrylic, pastel, pencil, pen & ink
February 2005 - Quincy Bastin of Maryville - Custom woodworking
March 2005 - Wood-N-Strings Dulcimer Shop of Townsend - Handcrafted dulcimers
April 2005 - Tracee Pickett of Townsend - Watercolor, pastels, charcoal
May 2005 - Lyda Plemons of Maryville - Oil painting
June 2005 - G. David Campbell of Maryville - Watercolor and pen & ink
July 2005 - Glenn Wade of Maryville - Oil and pastel paintings
August 2005 - Sallie Macy of Maryville - Animal portraits in watercolor
September 2005 - Fred Weiser of Townsend - Wildlife and landscape paintings of the Smoky Mountains
October 2005 - Don Lay of Maryville - Paintings of Tennessee scenes
November 2005 - Catherine Girard of Townsend - Wildlife and landscape paintings
December 2005 - Leon Roddy of Maryville - Painter
January 2006 - Charles Tippitt (the co-founder of our library) - Photographer
February 2006 - 5th Grade Students at Townsend Elementary School
March 2006 - Susan Birdwell of Townsend - Painter and Sculptor
April 2006 - Fred Weiser of Townsend - Wildlife and landscape paintings of the Smoky Mountains
May 2006 - Carroll Shope of Rockford - Watercolor scenes of the area; oil & watercolor portraits
June 2006 - Suzanna Terrill of Townsend - Painter
July 2006 - Hedy Wood - Painter
August 2006 - Helen Wirey of Townsend - Photographer
September - October 18, 2006 - Miniature Artists of America Traveling Exhibit
October 19 - November 2006 - Mary McCaffrey of Townsend - Photographer
December 2006 - Alice Beers of Townsend - Watercolor paintings and stained glass
January 2007 - Hewell Davis of Townsend - Watercolors, pastels, and oils
February 2007 - Sue Ann Tippitt (wife of the library's co-founder) - Quilting and embroidery
March 2007 - Sallie Macy of Maryville - Custom pet portraits
April 2007 - Tricia Wilhoit of Townsend - Watercolor paintings
May 2007 - Cub Scout Pack 388 of Townsend - Pinewood Derby cars and Raingutter Regatta sailboats
June 2007 - Terri Reynolds of Townsend - Gourds, driftwood birdhouses, jewelry
July 2007 - Fred Weiser of Townsend - Wildlife and landscape paintings of the Smoky Mountains
August 2007 - Neiland Hale of Townsend - Woodcarver
September 2007 - Billy Reynolds of Townsend - Sculpture in wood, bone, and stone
October 2007 - Mary Grace McCaffery of Townsend - Photography
November 2007 - Karen Brackett of Maryville - Murals, portraits, faux finishing
December 2007 - Neiland Hale of Townsend - Wood carver
January/February 2008 - Chic Forbes of Townsend - Painter
March/April 2008 - Lee McKinney of Walland - Clay replicas
May 2008 - Terri and Billy Reynolds of Townsend - Gourds, driftwood birdhouses, jewelry; Wood, bone, stone sculptures
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