RESOURCE NEW BUILDING UPDA E from the Di'rector The big news i.s ... ground was broken for Roseland's first Lib~rary and Community Center on Sunday, November 17, in a ceremony attended by nearly 200. Following heavy rains all day and all night Saturday, the sun opened up on a jubilation. Assemblyman Bob Franks (District 22), State Library consultant Pat Tumultv, Mayor Richard Leonard, Board President Marie Yorlano, and Director Rob Neufeld made brief and in- spiring speeches. Fund-raising Co-chairpersons Elise Blum and Bud Strauss received represen- tatives of local businesses, organizations, and households in a check donating proces- sion. /News about each major donation will follow in this and other publications.) The Special Events Committee, under Connie Filippello ^ s direction, aided by many volunteers, including Roseland Girl Scout Troop 331, arranged a smoothly run program and beautiful setting as well as a reception that filled Borough Council chambers. The Garden State Concert Band played marches and big band tunes. With the site plan approved" tree re- movers will shortly clear the ground where the new building and parking lot will go. The Library Board is unanimously dedicated to re- taining woodland. Architect Al Dattoli has completed the 125-page first draft of the construction specifications, now being reviewed by Proj- ect Manager Day & Zimmerman, Borough Attor- ney Alan Sohussel" and membersof the Build- in g Design Committee. C hiar l ie' Stewart of Stewart & Stewart, donor of site engineering work, is staking out the property, marking trees to indicate the responsibility of site clearers. Building work has proceeded under the continual guidance of Design Committee members Carl Guerrina, Project Advisor; trus- tee Charles Haight; Marie Yorlano, Board Pres- ident; trustees Eileen Linehan and Jean Wells; Nicholas Corbo - , and Director. Rob Neufeld. Ruth Holden (right), President of the Roseland Woman's Club, is thanked by Fund-raising Co- chairpersons Bud Strauss and Elise Blum at the groundbreaking for the new Library, at which Mayor Richard Leonard presided. The Roseland Woman's Club committed $74,932 to the Building Fund in an early, critical show of support. Do you want to read a good book? The gray list is now out! The gray list is "The 58 Most Mysterious Mysteries of the Last 7 Years," and it includes authors, titles, and one-line plot summaries. Also available: The orange list, "The 48 Most Thrilling Thrillers of the Last 7 Years"; and the yellow list, "The 50 Most Engaging Romances of the Last 7 Years."
NEW BUILDING UPDA E from the Di'rector
The big news i.s ... ground was broken for Roseland's first
Lib~rary and Community Center on Sunday, November 17, in a ceremony
attended by nearly 200. Following heavy rains all day and all night
Saturday, the sun opened up on a jubilation.
Assemblyman Bob Franks (District 22), State Library consultant Pat
Tumultv, Mayor Richard Leonard, Board President Marie Yorlano, and
Director Rob Neufeld made brief and in- spiring speeches.
Fund-raising Co-chairpersons Elise Blum and Bud Strauss received
represen- tatives of local businesses, organizations, and
households in a check donating proces- sion. /News about each major
donation will follow in this and other publications.)
The Special Events Committee, under Connie Filippello ^ s
direction, aided by many volunteers, including Roseland Girl Scout
Troop 331, arranged a smoothly run program and beautiful setting as
well as a reception that filled Borough Council chambers. The
Garden State Concert Band played marches and big band tunes.
With the site plan approved" tree re- movers will shortly clear the
ground where the new building and parking lot will go. The Library
Board is unanimously dedicated to re- taining woodland.
Architect Al Dattoli has completed the 125-page first draft of the
construction specifications, now being reviewed by Proj- ect
Manager Day & Zimmerman, Borough Attor- ney Alan Sohussel" and
membersof the Build- in g Design Committee. Chiarl ie' Stewart
of
Stewart & Stewart, donor of site engineering work, is staking
out the property, marking trees to indicate the responsibility of
site clearers. Building work has proceeded under the continual
guidance of Design Committee members Carl Guerrina, Project
Advisor; trus- tee Charles Haight; Marie Yorlano, Board Pres-
ident; trustees Eileen Linehan and Jean Wells; Nicholas Corbo -,
and Director. Rob Neufeld.
Ruth Holden (right), President of the Roseland Woman's Club, is
thanked by Fund-raising Co- chairpersons Bud Strauss and Elise Blum
at the groundbreaking for the new Library, at which Mayor Richard
Leonard presided. The Roseland Woman's Club committed $74,932 to
the Building Fund in an early, critical show of support.
Do you want to read a good book? The gray list is now out! The gray
list is "The 58 Most Mysterious Mysteries of the Last 7 Years," and
it includes authors, titles, and one-line plot summaries. Also
available: The orange list, "The 48 Most Thrilling Thrillers of the
Last 7 Years"; and the yellow list, "The 50 Most Engaging Romances
of the Last 7 Years."
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THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
To commemorate the recent arrivals of newborn children into our
community, the Roseland Junior Woman's Club has donated money to
purchase a glorious new picture book per glorious child. The books
will be marked with plates with the children's names and birthdates
indicated.
With the Junior Woman's Club, the Lib- rary acknowledges the
following births: Tara Marie to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Serpone;
Lauren Michelle to Mr. & Mrs. Bob Petoia; Vincent James to Mr.
& Mrs. Vincent Tortori- el 1 o; Katherine Lynne to Mr. &
Mrs. Bill Cornock; Kaitlin Elizabeth to Mr. & Mrs. Barry
Maslowski; Erin Christina to Mr. & Mrs. George Lyons; Stephen
Michael to Mr. & Mrs. Ralph D'Angola; Kimberly Jean to Mr.
& Mrs. James Byrne; Jonathon James to Mr. & Mrs. James
Byrne; Jenna Lynn to Mr. & Mrs. Fred Castellano; Lauren Anne to
Mr. & Mrs. Rick McDonough; Michael Monahan to Mr. & Mrs.
Christopher Webber.
Hello, kids, with the following books: In Grandpa's House by
Maurice Sendak; Haz- el's Amazing Mother by Rosemary Wells;
Whiskers and Rhymes by Arnold Lobel; The Nightingale by Hans
Christian Andersen; Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Seuss; Curious
George by H.A. Rey; Ira Sleeps Over by Ber- nard Waber; Book of
Christmas by Tasha Tud- or; Cinderella by Charles Perrault; Tomi e
de Paola's Mother Goose; Margaret Wise Brown's Wonderful Story
Book; Winnie the Pooh.Pop-up.
TODDLER TIME
Toddler Time, a new Library program for 2-year-olds, is a success,
Children's Librarian Estelle Phelan reports. What started out as a
suggestion by the mother of one toddler has turned into a high-de-
mand activity. After registering twelve wide-eyed initiates, the
Library had to p six more hopefuls on a waiting list. As
2-year-olds progress to the pre-school p gram, or as they leave for
other reasons, children on the waiting list will be in-
cluded.
Parents stay in the Library through ut the program. At the first
meeting, Nov. 21, the children's mothers walked around the
Children's Room with their fledglings and assembled at the picture
book table.
By the third meeting, the 2-year-olds learned to feel comfortable
with other children in a social setting, to complete simple arts
and crafts projects, to say please and thank you, and to focus
their attention on the storyteller or activity.
Chalkboards, chalk, and little eras- ers are favorite items. When
the children break a piece of chalk, they want to know how the
halves can be joined so that it can work again.
FAVORITE BOOK SURVEY
During National Book Week, November 11 to 17, chi l dren toured the
Roseland Public Library, visiting the Children's Room to re- ceive
Best Book Lists, and to register their votes in the Library's
"Favorite Book Survey."
Now, the envelope, please! Favorite Book of the Year is Freckle
Juice by Judy Blume. Below is the list of the top seven titles, in
order of poularity, with reading level indi- cated in terms of
school grade,
Freckle Juice, Judy Blume (grades 2-4) ,James and the Giant Peach,
Roald Dahl ("grades 4-6
Superfudge, Judy Blume (grades 3-6) Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss
(grades 1-2) Ira Sleeps Over, Bernard Waber grades K-3
Berenstain Bears (series), Stan and Jan Berenstain (grades
preschool-2) Clifford (series), Norman Bridwell (grades K-3)
HOLIDAY SPIRIT Library programs in December delighted
children and parents with the spirit of the holidays. Nearly one
hundred cards wishing good cheer were sent to children in the M.D.
Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas by their counterparts in
Roseland. The Roseland children hand-designed each card, making it
a labor of love.
Children also aided Estelle Phelan in decorating the Library's
Christmas Tree with teddy bears and strings of cranberry and
popcorn. Mrs. Phelan was assisted by Jenni- fer McDermott, Jill
Pruden, Melissa McCor- mack, Jennifer Holtz, and Amandine Tomaselli
in her supervision of the arts and crafts project.
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RESOURCE: Newsletter of the Roseland Free Public Library PAGE
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C U R RF
By Feature Editor, Mendel Seagull
The following review of literature on "Star Wars by our Feature
Editor represents his digest of materials which the Library owns
and has assembled for quick reference. The Library's "Space
Warfare" file includes a wide range of reports, from popular and
technical sources, allowing the reader to go beyond the sources
referred to in this article and to come to his/her own conclu-
sions.
STAR WARS -- YES OR NO
Every human being on our planet has to face up to the issue, "Star
Wars---Pro or Con " We are concerned with: overcoming the threat of
a nuclear attack, by provid- ing protective weaponry in outerspace;
and, of equal importance, the feasibility of a successful nuclear
strike force, able to overcome the Russian Defense Missile Deploy-
ment, or DMD. The Union of Concerned Scientists' Panel on Ballistic
Missile De- fense (which includes Carl Sagan, Professor, Astronomy
and Space Sciences, Cornell Uni- versity) has- published The Fal 1
acy of Star Wars--Why Space Weapons Can't Protect Us. Their basic
argument against the Star Wars concept, or S.D.I. (Strategic
Defense Initiative) is that the system can never be tested under
conditions even remotely realistic--and therefore one will never
know with confidence that it would work if called upon.
The matter of testing is crucial, as these are complex devices, and
they breed compl ex probl ems. Research is continuing at both a
feverish pace and monumental cost.
John Corry, writing for the New York Times, November 12, 1985,
quotes Ro ert McNamara as saying "There is no possibility that Star
Wars will work':" James Schlesinger another former Secretary of
Defense, is also skeptical and states that Star Wars should be
negotiated at Geneva--not in the laboratory.
From Wm. J. Broad, New York Times Ma gazina, October, 1985, comes
news of the legendary Peter Hagelstein, Head of the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, a federal site for design of nuclear
weapons and other advanced technologies. Dr Hagel- stei n came up
with the idea for a laser device designed to fire deadly beams
across the heavens at the speed of light i n order to destroy enemy
mi ssi 1 es . This program
is at the forefront of the Pentagon's five- year X26 billion
project. The laser offen-
sive weapon seems to be the key to the suc- cess of Star
Wars.
From "High Frontier Newsletter" (Washington, D. C.) comes news that
as President Reagan presses ahead with Star Wars, Russia too will
convert to its own version of Star Wars. The original skepti- cism
about Star Wars is softening, as a lot of people have come to see
the idea as more workable and less immoral than they first
throught. Barbara Wheeler, Editor, believes that Reagan's S.D.I.
and high frontier con- cepts offer the best hope America, its al-
lies, and even the Russian people have ever known of avoiding the
deadly shadow of nu- .clear war. She says "Because the logic of
S.D.I. seems so clear, we have trouble un- derstanding the
strenuous, virulent opposi- tion of some of our fellow
citizens".
RECOMMENDED NEW BOOKS
Yes, we have all the BEST- SELLERS, and multiple copies. We ALSO
have the follow- ing titles, which we RECOMMEND.
THE CITY OF JOY by Dominique Lapierre (Doubleday). Unforgettable
close-up ac- count of inhumanity and humanity in Cal- cutta slums.
COMMON GROUND by J. Anthony Lukas (Knopf). The lives of 3 Boston
families during the turbulent 1970s. FAMILY AND FRIENDS by Anita
Brookner (Pan- theon). Author reveals contradictions of 14 family
members in comedy of manners set in England between wars. FAMILY
BUSINESS by Vincent Patrick (S&S). Family clashes produces
humor and suspense in the business, which is crime. THE GREAT
THIRST by William Duggan (Dela- corte). Campfire storyteller weaves
tales of tribe's survival from mythic to modern Africa. LIBtRTY:
THE STATUE AND THE Af1ERICAN DREAM by Leslie Allen (Ellis Island
Foundation, '985). Symbolic impact to immigrants.
continued on page 4
HOLIDAY SPIRIT continued from page 2
The Annual Christmas "Sleepover," to which kids came in their
pajamas, Wed., Dec. 18, wowed the crowd. Janine and Lauren
Haberman' s violins and Beth Schul tz' s voice gave resonance to an
evening highlighted by a visit from Santa Claus.
The regular pre-school programs cele- brated the holidays in the
Library with galas that included feasts of fruit, cakes,
sandwiches, juice, and hummus .
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RESOURCE: Newsletter of the Roseland Free Public Library
The Roseland Free Public Library. newsletter, RESOURCE, is
published on a monthly basis .
Editor: Rob Neufeld Feature Editor; Mendel Seagull
L I BRARI( 60ARD
President; Marie Yorlano Vice-Pres- i dent; Charles Haight
Treasurer: Ray Simpson Secretary: Eileen Linehan Trustee,
Fund-raising Chairperson; Elise Blum Trustee, Borough Liaison; Ruth
Sherman Trustee, School Liaison: Jean Wells
Director: Rob Neufeld
RECOMMENDED NEW BOOKS (cont. from p. 2)
HOUSE by Tracy Kidder (Houghton Mifflin). From the minds of a
house's client's, ar- chitect, and craftsmen/builders a synthesis
emerges. LONDON MATCH by Len Deighton (Knopf). Third volume in
trilogy casts light on the games that double-agents play. MASTER
CLASS IN FIGURE DRAWING by Robert Beverly Hale (Watson-Guptill).
Art Students League lectures by great teacher. NOTHING HAPPENS IN
CARMINCROSS by Benedict Kiely (God -ine). Irish humor, Celtic myth,
and current events propel this shocker. about N. Y. professor's
return to Ulster.
UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSIONS
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel will engage the attention of
the Daytime Book Discussion Group, Wed., Jan. 22, 1 p.m. at the
Library.
To celebrate Lincoln's Birthday, the Nighttime Book Discussion
Group will meet to discuss a selection of writings by and about
Lincoln having to do with the Gettysburg Address. The first Ni
ghtttme Di - scussi on meetr,
Roseland Free Public Library Noecker School Passaic Ave. Roseland,
N.J. 07068
POSTAL PATRON
(in a Happy New Year!)
Non-profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT No. 21 Rosel and, N . J
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i n g , Wed. a Feb. 12, 7 p.m. , is part of an on going, monthly
program held at the Harrison House and hosted by the Roseland
Historical Society.
Copies of The Clan... and of the chosen Lincoln selections are
avail abl e at the Lib- rary. If you have never attended a Book
Dis- cussion, please call (226-8636) and get on the notification
list.
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