At a Glance

Monday, Nov. 13 – Raymond Village Library Board Meeting at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15 – Pajama Story Time, at the library at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 26 – Annual Tree Lighting at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 29 – Book Discussion Group at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 10 – Annual Bake Sale, at the library, begins at 10 a.m.

Pajama Story Time

Acclaimed storyteller Jody Fein will help celebrate National Children’s Book Week with fun stories and silly movements. So all you elementary school children, put on your pajamas and come to the library on Wednesday, Nov. 15 for 6:30 p.m. Bring your siblings and parents, too, but everyone must wear their pajamas!

Tree Lighting

The tree lighting will take place, at the library, on Sunday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. This annual event is provided by the Raymond’s Lions Club, in conjunction with the Raymond Village Library.

Book Group

The book group will read and discuss the classic and humorous play, “She Stoops to Conquer,” by Oliver Goldsmith. This will be at the library on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. All interested persons are invited to attend. For more information, please call Jane at 655-5354.

Audio Books

There is always something new at your library. This month we have added to the audio book collection. Now there are more audio books from which to choose. Now is a great time to drop into the library and find the new audio book to listen to, the DVD to watch or a great book to read!

In lieu of flowers:

Library story times have given generations of Raymond families happy memories. One might think that those memories are all the children’s. Not so. Those times and happy remembrances also belong to the parents and grandparents who bring the children to the library to help develop a love for words and to know the joy of reading that will last a lifetime.

Recently, the Henry Beaumier family requested that memorial donations in their father’s name be sent to the Raymond Village Library, in lieu of flowers, based on a surprising find. As the family was cleaning out his wallet they found library information with the story times highlighted. For a man in his 70s to carry that particular item in his wallet spoke volumes about how he valued the time he had shared with his children and grandchildren at the library. When told of the family’s decision to designate, in his obituary, the library for memorial donations, one granddaughter wept and said, “Clifford the Big Red Dog.” It was her favorite book from when “Papa” took her to the library’s story times.

Memorial donations to the library are considered “living gifts.” The gifts not only honor the memory of a loved one or special friend, but they also provide a source of funds for the library to provide its programs of services to the community. If a family has not designated a specific use for memorial funds, Library Director Barbara Thorpe personally contacts them to determine how best to honor the deceased – most generally, by books added to the specific area of the library’s collection that closely reflects the interest of the deceased. Memorial bookplates are inserted in the items added to the library’s shelves.

In memory of “Papa” there will be new children’s books in the collection – and when one is read at story time, his memory will be further honored.