Veteran Recognition Day @ Manross (Free Event)

On November 9, F.N. Manross Memorial Library will honor area veterans with a Veteran Recognition Day. The library will host a Veteran’s Coffee Social at 10:30am on the Main Level. Veteran’s & their guests are invited to come for refreshments and fellowship and to sign the Veteran’s roll of honor and receive a token of appreciation for their service.

There will be also be a Veterans’ Recognition Night at 6:30pm in the Manross Room. The program will be hosted by USMC veteran Bob Montgomery of the Bristol Press and will feature guest speakers Tony Savino, Jr. (Army National Guard Flight Engineer Instructor & Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait veteran) and Kristen Masiero (US Army Reserve, 405th Army Support Hospital Headquarters).

There is no charge for this program, but registration is requested. For more information, or to register, please visit Manross, or call (860) 584-7790.

Open to all who have served.

Additional iCONN Cuts

We were recently informed by the Connecticut State Library that access to the following iCONN resources will also be discontinued effective November 1, 2009:

• Los Angeles Times – fulltext access from 1985 to the present.
• Wall Street Journal – fulltext access from 1984 to the present.
• Washington Post – fulltext access from 1987 to the present.

These cuts are related to holdbacks in the state budget which, according to the Connecticut State Library, resulted in substantially decreased budget allocations for iCONN and other services. We regret the inconvenience this will cause our patrons.

More Than One Way To Escape … (Free Event)

Next Thursday, Sally A. Roberts, Esq., a civil litigator with a firm in Hartford, will give a talk entitled “More Than One Way to Escape From a Courtroom: Finding Balance in Life Through the Great Outdoors” in which she will share how she manages to escape from her rewarding, but very demanding, career by immersing herself in the natural world. An avid hiker, kayaker, snowshoer, and cross-country skier, Ms. Roberts’s presentation will include a display of some of her equipment and a slide show of pictures taken over the years on her excursions.

Please join us at the Main Library on Thursday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Meeting Room One (lower level).

The CT Big List

The State of Connecticut may have something that belongs to you! Yesterday, the latest copy of Connecticut’s Big List should have appeared in your daily newspaper.  This is the official list of names of owners of unclaimed property held by the State Treasurer’s Office.  If you do not subscribe to or purchase a daily paper, you may view the current list by visiting CTBigList.com or by browsing our reference copy at the Main library.

Questions or concerns? Call 1-800-833-7318 to speak with Treasury’s Unclaimed Property Division.

November Knit Wits

Are you a needleworker? Or interested in learning how to knit, crochet, or sew? Knit Wits is a great way for you to meet others and to learn new ideas and patterns! Bring works-in-progress, patterns, questions, suggestions and ideas to Bristol Public Library on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Free. No registration required.

When: 6:30 pm on November 4 & 18
Where: Meeting Room One (Basement)