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HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION,COUNSELING & ASSISTANCE PROGRAM(EN) Thursday, August 13, 1:00-4:00 p.m.(EN) Friday, August 14, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.HIICAP-trained counselors answer questions about

Medicare, HMOs, and supplementary health insurance.Call 261-2313 to make an appointment in East Northport.

55/ALIVE MATURE DRIVER PROGRAM(EN) Thursdays, August 13 & 20, 7:00-11:00 p.m.Register August 1 at the East Northport Library

(N) Monday, August 24, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.(1/2 hour break)

Register August 8 at the Northport LibraryAARP’s Mature Driver Program, which is open

to anyone 50 years of age or older, will be offered twicethis month. Registration will take place at the NorthportLibrary beginning Saturday, August 8. There is an $8 fee,payable to AARP by check or money order only. Tofacilitate registration, please bring your library card.

SUMMERTIME SEARCHING:INTRODUCTION TO THE OPAC(EN) Wednesday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.

Summertime at the library is the perfect time to relaxand sharpen your OPAC — Online Public Access Catalog — searching skills. Join Librarian Angela Richards tolearn the “A,T, B, 5, and W” commands plus many of themore advanced features of our system such as L (limiting) and Y (County Catalog). You’ll “graduate” from thisinteractive program knowing how to find anything youwant in our OPAC. All are welcome.

FREEZING SUMMER VEGETABLES(EN) Monday, August 10, 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy your summer vegetables all yearround! Betty Chestnut, a food preservationspecialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension,will demonstrate how to properly freeze andstore your summer vegetables. Please call thelibrary at 261-2313 to register.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING(EN) Wednesday, August 12 &

Monday, August 177:00-10:00 p.m. Fee: $30

Applications for this six-hour coursemay be picked up at the East Northport

Library beginning August 1.

Hudson River Cruise &Brotherhood Winery

Thursday, September 17, 1998

Departure: 7:00 a.m. from the Laurel Ave. Schoolparking lot (across from Northport Library)

Return: 8:30 p.m.Cost: $52 per person (checks only; payable to

Northport Public Library; non-refundable)Itinerary: Our day begins with a narrated cruise up

the Hudson River from West Haverstraw to WestPoint. Then it’s on to the Brotherhood Winerywhere we’ll enjoy a guided tour and a deliciousItalian buffet luncheon. The day will end withtime for shopping at nearby Woodbury Commons.

Register in person (limit 2 on first day of ticket sale)at the Northport Library beginning August 15.

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0 FRIDAYS 0Join us around the fireplace at the East

Northport Library. Limited seating is available.Pick up tickets for our fireside programs at theEast Northport library beginning August 2.

“LET IT RING”BARBERSHOP QUARTET(EN) Friday, August 14, 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy four-part harmony, barbershopstyle, with “Let It Ring,” BarbershopQuartet. Lead singer Victoria Kramer, tenorJennifer Russo, baritone Jennifer Mottola,and bass Janice Happanen are all membersof Sweet Adelines International and TheHeart of Long Island Chorus.

POETS NIGHT & OPEN READING(EN) Friday, August 28, 7:30 p.m.

Tom Romeo, a member of the PoetryRepertory Theatre, will be the featuredreader at this month’s program. If you wouldlike to share your verse, please call thelibrary to sign up for an open reading time.

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Aiken, JoanEmma WatsonJane Fairfax

Bates, H.E.A Breath of French Air

Benson, E.F.Queen Lucia (audio book)

Binchy, MaeveCircle of Friends

Burns, Olive AnnCold Sassy Tree

Cadell, ElizabethOut of the RainThe Waiting GameA Lion in the Way

Cookson, CatherineTilly

De Blasis, CelesteWild Swans

Delafield, EM.Diary of a Provincial Lady(audio book)

Giles, Janice HoltThe Great Adventure

Godden, RumerA Candle for St. JudeChina Court

Godwin, GailA Southern Family

Goudge, ElizabethChild from the Sea

Hamner, EarlThe Homecoming(audio book)

Hilton, JamesGood-bye, Mr. Chips

Karon, JanAt Home in Mitford

McCullough, ColleenLadies of Missalonghi

Marshall, CatherineChristy

Oke, JanetteReturn to Harmony

Otto, WhitneyHow to Make An American

Quilt

Pym, BarbaraExcellent Women

Read, MissFarther AfieldMiss Clare RemembersThrush Green

Thirkell, AngelaLove Among the RuinsThe Old Bank House

Wesley, MaryHaphazard HousePart of the Furniture

West, JessamynFriendly Persuasion

Woodhouse, SarahThe Peacock’s FeatherMeeting Lilly

Brian, DenisEinstein: A Life

Chernow, RonTitan: The Life of

John D. Rockefeller

Dallek, RobertFlawed Giant: Lyndon

Johnson and His Times

in Fact

lazy summer afternoon.

Hanff, Helene84, Charing Cross Road

Callahan, StevenAdrift: Seventy-Six

Days Lost at Sea

Irvine, LucyCastaway

Gethers, PeterA Cat Abroad

Harr, JonathanA Civil Action

Rhodes, RichardFarm: A Year in the Life of

an American Farmer

Baker, RussellGrowing Up

Delany, Sarah andA. Elizabeth

Having Our Say:The Delany Sisters’First 100 Years

Kidder, TracyHouse

Blais, MadeleineIn These Girls,

Hope isaMuscle

Brands, H.W.YR.: The Last Romantic

Shand-Tucci, DouglassThe Art of Scandal:

The Life and Times ofIsabella Stewart Gardner

Graham, KatharinePersonal History

Krakauer, JonInto the Wild

Parks, TimItalian Neighbors: Or a Lapsed

Anglo-Saxon in Verona

Geist, WilliamLittle League Confidential:

One Coach’s CompletelyUnauthorized Tale of Survival

White, BaileyMama Makes Up Her Mind

Apple, MaxRoommates: My Grandfather’s

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Wolff, TobiasThis Boy’s Life: A Memoir

Mayle, PeterYoujours Provence

Honan, WilliamTreasure Hunt: a New York

Times Reporter Tracks theQuedlinburg Hoard

Mayes, FrancesUnder the Tuscan Sun

MacLean, NormanYoung Men and Fire

A Title Way

Looking for a great read? Thesehave a little humor, a little romance, a littlesomething to think about when the tale is ended, anda lot of character.

Great Booksj0graphies

Enjoy these recent biographies aboutsome of this century’s movers and shakers.

Sometimes facts can be more fascinating than fiction.These non-fiction titles read like fiction and are perfect for a

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Spencer, LaVyrleMorning Glory

Filcher, RosamundeSeptemberThe Shell Seekers

Price, EugeniaSavannah

Picture Books

AlikiThose Summers

Auch, Mary JaneEggs Mark the Spot

Champion, JoyceEmily & Alice Again

Cosby, BillThe Best Way to Play

Cushman, DougAunt Eater’s Mystery

Vacation

Hazelaar, CorZoo Dreams

Isaacs, AnneSwamp Angel

Lee, HuyVounAt the Beach

Marshall, JamesGeorge and Martha

Avi

Cushman, KarenCatherine Called Birdy

Graham, Robin LeeDove

Garden, NancyDove and Sword

Weaver, WillFarm Team

Smuggler’s Island

Crew, LindaNekomah Creek

DuBois, William PeneThe Twenty One Balloons

Horvath, PollyAn Occasional Cow

Lindberg, AnneTravel Far, Pay No Fare

McKay, HilaryThe Exiles

Raskin, EllenThe Westing Game

Seidler, TorWainscott Weasel

Hobbs, WillGhost Canoe

Voigt, CynthiaHomecoming

Crutcher, ChrisIronman

Spineffi, JerryManiac Magee

Terris, SusanNell’s Quilt

SummerQjdeOS

American Graffiti

Camp Nowhere

Carousel

Children in the Crossfire

Crooklyn

Dirty Dancing

The Endless Summer

Heavyweights

How to Make an AmericanQuilt

I Know What You DidLast Summer

In The Good Old Summertime

Last Summer

The Long Hot Summer

Meet Me in St. Louis

Music Man

Oklahoma

On Golden Pond

Paradise

The Parent Trap

Picnic

Nothing But the Truth

Hesse, KarenOut of the Dust

Bloor, EdwardTangerine

Fine, AnneTulip Touch

Korman, GordonThe Twinkie Squad

Conrad, PamPrairie Songs

Suddenly, Last Summer

Summer and Smoke

The Summer House

Summer of MyGerman Soldier

A Summer Place

Summer School

Summer Switch

Summer Stock

Summertime

Table for Five

The War

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State Fair

Turner, MeganThe Thief

Willard, NancyAnatole Trilo9v

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Summer Vacation

Stanley, DianeSaving Sweetness

TheLibrary Cafe is a cool place to readand relax this summer. Our menuincludes iced coffee and cappuccino,flavored sodas, bottled juices, andmany delicious hot drinks as well.

FOR CHILDREN

THE GREATCIRCUS MYSTERY ::(N) Wednesday, August 26, ‘ :.:.:‘

7:00 p.m.Families with children

ages 3 to 9 will enjoy thispuppet show featuringDoodles the Clown. Registerat the Northport Library beginning August 19.

DINOMOBILE (grades 4-6)(N) Wednesday, August 19, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Create an exciting, printed dinosaurmobile with artist and teacher ChristopherReisman. Register at the Northport Librarybeginning August 12.

WHERE IN THE LIBRARYARE REID & WRIGHT?SOLVE IT AT THE LIBRARY! Reid Wright

Somewhere in the library, thoseYA KIDS, Reid and Wright, are helping a friend preparefor an appearance on a national quiz show. They cannotfinish without your help! There are still ten questions towhich they need to find answers before the librarycloses. You can help by coming to the library and askingfor the box of clues that will help you help them answerthe questions. If you are the first to help Reid and Wrightget back to the YA CORNER, you will win a prize. Cometo the Reference Desk and tell the librarian you want toSolve It At The Library.

LYLE COGEN(N) Thursday, August 13, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Singer/songwriter Lyle Cogen presentsan exciting, interactive musical show. Forchildren completing the Solve It SidekicksRead-To-Me Club.

FUNKY FRAMES(EN) Wednesday, August 26,10:30 a.m.-12 noon

Did you take lots ofpictures this summer? Do

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your friends that are justwaiting for that specialframe? Well. . . Christopher is back! ChristopherReisman once again brings his special talent to help youcreate the perfect picture frame. Sign up begins August 3at the East Northport Library.

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Summer Reading Club ande your ticket for one of

DINOMAN(N) Monday, August 10, 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Children will marvel at Dinoman’s hugeinflatable dinosaurs! For Super SleuthsElementary Readers (grades 1-3) and YoungSherlocks Contract Readers (grades 4-6).

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TREASURE HUNT (grade 4-6)(EN) Thursday, August 6, 4:00 p.m.

Learn some map reading skills and thenput them to use finding buried treasure.Conducted by a representative from theCornell Cooperative Extension. Registrationis now underway.

GARDEN CROWN(N) Thursday, August 20, 9:30-10:15 a.m.

Preschool specialist Jeanne Hall will assistchildren (ages 18-36 months with an adultcaregiver) as they create a lovely gardencrown to wear home. Register at the North-port Library beginning August 13.

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Stop by the libraryand pick up August’sbookmark by Dana RoseGutierrez. A specialreading list, compiled byour children’s librarians,is on the back.

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