Library Volunteers Honored

Conway Public Library's staff, trustees, family and friends honored 33 volunteers at a delicious dinner organized by the library staff and held at the Conway Village Fire Station on Friday May 4th. Library director, Margaret Marschner joined the library staff and trustees in thanking the volunteers for their contribution of 1823 hours of service during 2006.

The library relies on these volunteers to help with a variety of tasks from shelving books to entering data on the library website. The library counts on volunteers to cover books, repair books, audios and videos, to assist with clerical work, program planning and hosting and to augment care of the walkways and gardens. If you would like to join the library’s growing volunteer program, please call us at 447-5552 and talk to Betty.

Conway Public Library Poetry Contest Winners

For the last eleven years the Conway Public Library has held a poetry contest. This year there were a total of 157 entries in five age categories. Hearty thanks to the judges who donated their time and thought to read all entries and select the following winners:

First Place in age category 6 to 9 is Marcella Melansen for The Leaf; Runner Up is Peg Diegoli for The Docks. Age 10 to 12 First Place is Ross MacFayden for A Snowy Spring; Runner Up is David Fulton for In the Beginning. The 13 to 19 age category had the stiffest competition this year with 69 entries. First Place is Abigail Leonard with White; Runner Up is Daniel Rollnick for Cards. First Place in the 20 to 40 category is Lenny Jewell for Yard Work; Runner Up is Dina Muir for Metaphorically Speaking. In the over 40 age category First Place is Robert Demaree for The Orange Rowboat; Runner Up is awarded to Janet Kucera for Daniel.

In addition. the following poems were chosen to receive honorable mention and be included in the collection of this year’s winners, which will be catalogued and added to the library’s circulating collection. For age 6-9 with a total of 53 entries honorable mention is awarded to Monkey by Sam Sires & Cody Collins, Out of This World by Robyn Coffield, Sunset by Alec Thurston, Vampire Bat by Devon Russell, Bears by Lexey Eastman, My Dog Smokie by Devon Cole, Spring by Henry Shaw, Four Llamas by Shawn Pike, and What I See in Nature by Spencer Duchesne. The 10 to 12 category received 10 entries. Honorable mention is awarded to Predator by Cody Weber, Fruit by Jessica Barefoot and The Tapping Cat by Madison Doucette. In the age 13 to 19 category (69 entries!) the honor goes to Jennifer Watts for Ode to Fire, Jenny Lyman for Feed the Meter, and Keith Ferry for Being a Kid. In the 20 to 40 group, with 7 entries, My Dear Love by Laurie Crouse, What a Waste by Brian Wilkins, and The Battle by Kim Livingston received honorable mention. !8 entries were submitted to the over 40 category. Honorable mentions are awarded to Pat Fry for Ulysses the Cat, Kathy Trimble for Dear Grandsons, Love Gramma, Dina De Nitto for The Shape of Her World, Elizabeth Lewonis for Summer Solstice, and Donna Richardson for I’ll Not Get Up.

Prizes have been generously donated by the Toy Chest, White Birch Books, the Local Bookie, McSherry’s Nursery and the Conway Public Library.

The Hills Are Alive at the Conway Public Library

Spring has finally come to the mountains. It may be late but like old wine is all the more appreciated. You can enhance your own appreciation of this awakening by attending an evening of fine music at the Conway Public Library.

On Tuesday, May 15th at 7:00PM , the Conway Library will offer an evening of music and refreshments, featuring the Mountain Aire Strings, a quartet of local musicians – Mary Dresser, Joan Lanoie and Ann Ostroski, violinists; and Sally Swenson, cellist. The quartet will offer light selections from their classical repertoire

Join the Mountain Aire Strings to musically welcome the flowers, the birds, the blossoming trees that come with the month of May. At the Conway Public Library on the 15th, there's music in the air.

Joanna Hunt Art Exhibit

May Artist of the Month

Joanna Hunt grew up in Conway and spent many happy hours at the library since her residence was next door. She works primarily in watercolors.

For the last five years, she has studied at Brookline Arts and Crafts with Wendy Hoo as well as one semester with D'Ann Brownrigg at the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society. Before that the artist studied with Susan Swinland at the Wellesley College Greenhouses.

Joanna is a member of the Weston Arts and Crafts Association, the Brookline Arts Center and the Lexington Arts and Craft Society. Her principal interests are in regional, scenic, and landscape venues. Also an accomplished photographer, her prints form the basis of her studio work. Joanna Hunt’s watercolors will be exhibited in the Ham Community Room throughout the month of May.