Lou's News & Reviews
August 14, 2009
Author Readings
Julie Whitesel Weston
 Mark your calendar on October 5th at 5pm for a fun and informative author
reading by Julie Whitesel Weston, author of The Good Times Are All Gone
Now. This non-fiction work set in a small mining town in Idaho is, in
part, a story of the fortitude of the human spirit. It will inspire
readers to discover what we can accomplish if we help each other in hard
times. Julie grew up in Kellogg, Idaho, where her home was a long block
from the mine entrance to the Bunker Hill Mine and next door to the
hospital where her father doctored the miners and other townspeople.
During a bitter labor strike Weston worked after school for a local lawyer
who represented a new union. Weston left Kellog knowing that some day she
would become a lawyer. The mountains, the mines, and the people all
influenced this book. Join us for the reading and refreshments around the
library fireplace.
Molly Swan-Sheeran, Poet
Speaking of author readings, we had a great turn out for Molly
Swan-Sheeran's poetry reading and now have copies of her chap books
available to those interested in the diverse and delicious verses of an
island poet, all shelved on NEW BOOKS DISPLAY 811.1 SWA
Saturday Matinee Documentary "Red Gold"
The inspiring environmental documentary "Red Gold" will be showing at the
library on Saturday, September 19th at 2pm. Synopsis: The Bristol Bay
region of southwest Alaska is home to the Kvichak and Nushagak rivers, the
two most prolific sockeye salmon runs left in the world. Two mining
companies, Northern Dynasty Minerals and Anglo American, have proposed an
open-pit and under-ground mine at the headwaters of the two rivers. The
area is the second largest deposit of copper, gold and molybdenum ever
discovered and has an estimated value of more than $300 billion. Despite
promises of a clean project by mining officials, the accident-plagued
history of hard rock mining has wrought one of the biggest land use issues
Alaska has ever faced. Red Gold is our attempt to give a face to the
issue, and give a voice to the people of Bristol Bay who depend on this
extraordinary fishery. We set out to create a different kind of
environmental documentary--one that gives all sides a chance to be seen
and heard. Red Gold is more about the place and its people than the facts
and numbers. For the first time, Bristol Bay's subsistence, commercial and
sport-fishing communities have joined together for a common cause. Running
time:57 minutes.
Keeping Informed
The CDC has created a great H1N1 (swine) Flu resource online with valuable
information for local businesses and other public venues to help prevent
the further spread of this new virus. Here is the web site and it is also
linked at the top of the library's home page.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/business/
Description of the types of information available on this site, according
to the CDC: "The health of employees during an outbreak such as H1N1
influenza plays a critical role in the continued operations of a business.
Business operations that require close contact with fellow employees and
the public face special considerations in preventing the spread of
infectious diseases." Included are guidance documents, podcasts and other
resources developed by CDC.
Remember, sing "Happy Birthday" while washing your hands and by the time
you are done those pesky virus-carrying germs will be gone. Here's to
healthy and frequent hand-washing, Lopez!
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