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Surprising Library Bids Change Plan for Recovery

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On March 28, Julie Oakes, Facilities Director of the Public Works Department, issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for remediating the PCB problem at the Kent Memorial Library. Under the direction of the Permanent Building Commission, the RFP had been prepared by their environmental consultant, Bob May of Fuss & O’Neil. On April 4, seven companies sent representatives to the mandatory walk-through at the library building to evaluate the task. Bids for the work were opened on April 18. The response was a disappointing surprise.

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Teen Programs

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Teen Programming is in full gear this Spring. Cat Carter from Asnuntuck Community College shared job search tips on March 27 with a roomful of teens and a few parents as well. Important tip: Make sure your voicemail is clear and professional! On April 7, teens designed and built chariots to be raced around a track using Mini-Spheros as the engine. And, April 27 was scheduled for the Dance Moves for Prom program.

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May Movies

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Seating is limited at 61 Ffyler Place. Please register for a showing at 860-668-3896. Downsizing

Wed., May 2 at 2 p.m.

Thurs., May 3 at 6 p.m.

Fri., May 4 at 2 p.m.

12 Strong

Sat., May 5 at 2 p.m.

Mon., May 7 at 2 p.m.

The Last Movie Star

Wed., May 9 at 2 p.m.

Thur., May 10 at 6:30 p.m.

Fri., May 11 at 2 p.m.

Phantom Red Thread

Wed., May 16 at 2 p.m.

Thur., May 17 at 6:15 pm. Fri., May 18 at 2 p.m.

The Post

Wed., May 23 at 2 p.m.

Thur., May 24 at 6:15 p.m.

Fri., May 25 at 2 p.m.

The Greatest Showman

Wed., May 30 at 2 p.m.

Thur., May 31 at 6:30 p.m.

Fri., June 1 at 2 p.m.

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KML General Programs

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For more information or to register for programs, stop by the library, call 860-668-3896, check suffield-library.org, or follow us on Facebook. All of our programs are free! Most of our programs are funded by The Friends of the Kent Memorial Library. Become a member! Please register for programs.

Continuous Programs

New members welcome!

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Winners of the Lester Smith Photography Contest

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The contest was conceived as a celebration of Lester Smith, our inquisitive man of Suffield, and his first ninety years. The prize awards were funded by the Friends of the Library. Best in Show

Robert W. Lyons for Autumn at 467 S. Main

Faces in Suffield

1st prize Emily Boone for Charlotte Loves Hastings Farm! 1st prize Jenna Sun, grade 10, for (Untitled)

1st prize Ethan Coleman, grade 5, for (Untitled)

2nd prize Stacey Coleman for (Untitled)

Suffield Landscapes

1st prize Adaline Coates-Cooney, grade 11, for Suffield in a Bubble

1st prize Rebecca Rowe-Kent for After the Storm

1st prize Isabella Coleman, grade 3, for (Untitled)

2nd prize Ariel Gragnolati for Fog on White’s Pond

2nd prize for Cormac Sullivan, grade 8, for Eagles at Hilltop

3rd prize Arthur M. Sikes, Jr. for Suffield Tenement

3rd prize Olivia Zacchia, grade 10, for Summertime Vines

Suffield History

1st prize Joan Heffernan for Mapleton Hall

1st prize Sean Noble, grade 4, for Central New England Railroad Cow Pass

2nd prize Vincent James Barnes for Thank You

3rd prize Bev Sikes for At Rest Alone

Director’s Corner

The Short on Short Stories

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Traditional modern short stories were published in the early 1800s in the United States. Shortly afterward, in 1821, The Saturday Evening Post appeared, one of the most widely circulated magazines. The great demand for short stories in the 1920s insured high prices paid to writers. F. Scott Fitzgerald sold short stories to magazines to pay off his many debts. He received the equivalent of $50,000 for each story placed in The Saturday Evening Post.

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Action Again at KML

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This report will be brief, as Town officials have chosen to provide a monthly update on the library project. Readers will find the update on the followng page of this issue. During some months recently, there seemed to be little happening at the old library on Main Street, the place that Library Director Jackie Hemond likes to call “the Big House.” But important planning was going on in offices elsewhere. There was a spurt of activity at the start of February when a quantity of books exposed to PCB contamination were removed. Then in the first few weeks of March, Suffield carpenter Brian Doyon removed attached wooden shelving, exposing the walls to allow the planned PCB remediation.

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Science Saturday Begins

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Wendy Mitzel, part-time Teen Outreach Coordinator for the Kent Memorial Library, has opened a program of Science Saturdays for middle and high school kids. Library Director Jackie Hemond said she hopes to offer the program monthly, on the first Saturday of each month. The first session, on March 3 at the Suffield Senior Center, lasted three hours in mid-day, with lunch provided. With the help of a grant from the Friends of the Library, Wendy was able to buy two iPads and two Sphero Minis, plus enough imaginative accessory material to make two five-by-seven-foot obstacle courses and one smaller course. When the free app is installed in an iPad, the action of the Sphero Mini (a clever, app-enabled robotic ball a bit bigger than a golf ball) can be controlled with finger motions on the iPad screen.