April is Citizen Science month! You don’t have to be an expert to be part of scientific research. Citizen science or community science is real scientific research conducted by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.There are a huge number of ways to get involved…by tracking migratory birds, participating in a bioblitz, studying animal behavior, counting pollinators or plant species, etc.
To kick off Citizen Science Month, Latham Library will be hosting the Birds of Vermont Museum for a program called Community Science 101. Learn to observe and report animals and plants you see, hear, or photograph. See how your data can be used by scientists to measure changes over time and space.
This program is best suited for adults and teens.
To sign up and receive the Zoom link, please email librarian@thetfordlibrary.org
For more info on Citizen Science and Citizen Science Month: https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth-about
Author, Auctioneer, Appraiser and Radio show Host Mike Ivankovich will introduce you to “What Determines Value“…and reveal what your Antiques, Collectibles, and Personal Treasures are really worth today. Each attendee is invited to bring in 1-2 items for Mike to appraise.
Mike Ivankovich has been involved in some phase of the Antiques & Collectibles business for more than 40 years. He is a frequent lecturer and spoken before groups too numerous to list. He has authored more than 20 books and eBooks in his areas of specialty and has written articles and columns for most major national trade papers. He is the host of the “What’s It Worth? Ask Mike the Appraiser” Radio Show that airs every Friday morning from 9:30-10:30 AM on WBCB 1490 AM in Philadelphia PA. As a Home Downsizing Expert & Author he guides clients through the entire Home Downsizing process, helping them deal with their Antiques, Collectibles, and General Household Contents. His Home Downsizing in Four Easy Steps book can be found on Amazon.com. Mike is also a professional GPPA & MPPA Appraiser specializing in Appraisals for Estate, Insurance, Inheritance, Divorce, Insurance Claim, Non-Cash Charitable Donation, or other legal purposes. As a Pennsylvania Auctioneer, he has been named Pennsylvania’s “Auctioneer of the Year” by fellow Auctioneers.
Ask questions and get answers on recycling, composting, and solid waste from Ham Gillett of the Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District. Together we’ll demystify recycling and give updates on Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law. Questions can be submitted in advance or asked during the presentation! Sign up and submit questions in advance by emailing librarian@thetfordlibrary.org
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85953523736
Ham Gillett is the VT Act 148 Outreach Coordinator for two solid waste districts. He has more than 15 years of experience in solid waste and recycling, and is a certified VT Master Composter. Thirty years ago, he helped start a small solid waste/recycling company when Woodstock first mandated recycling. He was responsible for educating residents and businesses in several surrounding communities about recycling basics. More recently, Ham has sorted through trash on the National Mall, rotting restaurant food waste in the South Bronx, and chased a trash truck through multiple red lights in downtown Hartford, CT. He has spoken to numerous schools, businesses, and civic organizations about solid waste, recycling, hazardous waste, and composting issues.
This event is co-sponsored by the Thetford Transfer Station and the Thetford Libraries.
Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, “The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that…those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.”
At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.
All are welcome. Please email librarian@thetfordlibrary.org for the Zoom link.
Award-winning storyteller Michael Caduto will present “Earth Gardens and the Seasons of Life.”
Each new Generation has the opportunity to carry on the ancient tradition of growing Native seeds and passing a living legacy on to the next generation. Through story and song this performance explores the connections between people, plants and Native gardens. These gentle, humorous, nurturing stories also lead us on a journey through the cycles of the seasons and the changes that take place around us, and within us.
Michael Caduto’s participatory performances engage through the use of creative and theatrical storytelling, music, dance and guided imagery. He has performed at hundreds of venues throughout North American and beyond, including more than 1,000 public and private schools, libraries, museums, nature centers, camps, colleges and other locations. His school programs reach 15,000 children each year and more than 250,000 people have attended his performances and educational programs.
This program will be presented in person in the downstairs Community Room at Latham Library.
This year, Vermont Arbor Day is on Friday, May 6, 2022!
To help libraries celebrate this holiday with their communities, the Vermont Department of Libraries is happy to partner again this year with VT Urban & Community Forestry Program, and the VT Department of Forests, Parks, & Recreation. Arbor Day is a day set aside to celebrate trees and all of their benefits. In Vermont, we celebrate on the first Friday in May. This year, it is May 6, 2022. To celebrate Vermont Arbor Day and to get Vermonters outside, the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program has provided kits for libraries with items to get families outside and learn more about trees.
Stop into Latham Library to pick up your kit all this month!
Latham Library’s middle grade book discussion group for 10-13 year olds has started up again! We will be meeting monthly in-person at Latham Library and concurrently over Zoom. This month’s book is Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. Date and time TBA. To register please email librarian@thetfordlibrary.org
All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you. Please be vaccinated and masked if you plan to attend in person.
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Sunday, May 29, 10:00am-2:00pm. Latham Library’s Spring Book Sale has moved outside! Our excellent selection of books for children and adults, movies on DVD, audiobooks, and games and puzzles will be set up on tables in the Latham Library parking lot. All items priced by donation. Come support your local library and get some great bargains.
Starting June 13, kids of all ages can sign up for the “Oceans of Possibilities” summer reading program. Children will receive a reading log to keep track of books they read over the summer, some small prizes for signing up, and a certificate and gift upon completion of the program. Reading logs will be available at both Latham & Peabody Libraries.
Interested in signing up and keeping track of books online? Try out Beanstack, the new online summer reading platform, by visiting this site: https://vermont.beanstack.org .