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Katonah
Village Library Newsletter
Serving
the Community for over 130 years
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In Memoriam
Elizabeth "Betty"
Beardsley KVL Director 1974-1988
Katonah Village Library Trustees
and Staff remember Betty
Beardsley fondly for her
intelligence, graciousness and
sense of humour. We will miss her
at the library where she worked
even after her retirement as
Director. Elizabeth
"Betty" Beardsley of
Heritage Hills in Somers died at
home following a short illness on
Jan. 25. She was a resident of
Katonah from 1952 to 2004, and a
former school board member.
Ms.
Beardsley was born in Minneapolis
to Percy Wash and Elizabeth Stacy
Wash on May 6, 1920. She
graduated from Wellesley College
in 1942 and received a degree in
library science from Long Island
University in 1977. She served on
the Katonah-Lewisboro school
board from 1960 to 1968 and was
director of the Katonah Village
Library from 1974 to 1988. She
was a member of and a volunteer
with many local community
organizations, including League
of Women Voters, Katonah Village
Improvement Society, Wellesley in
Westchester and Somers Library.
Charles
McDuffie
KVL
Trustee 2004-2007
Charles
McDuffie served as KVL Trustee
and on the Buildings and Grounds
committee helping to keep our
building in tip top shape. He
volunteered his time and talents
to help us with many other jobs
after his term ended as a
Trustee. We will miss his great
smile and friendly manner.
Helen
Lazzaro
Friend
of KVL
Helen
died recently at the age of 94.
Up until a few months ago she
walked to the library every day
from her home on High Street and
visited us at the library. We
will miss her bringing the news
of Katonah to us.
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| Friday,
Feb. 3 at 9am Family
University
Family
U Education Network Winter
Workshop Series 2012
SAVE
THE DATES
Friday,
Feb 3rd - Anne Quinn,
M.S. - Practical
Strategies to Manage Stress
Friday,
March 9th - Joel Haber,
Ph.D. - Help Your
Child Develop Bullyproofing
Skills for a Lifetime
Registration
9-9:30am/Presentation
9:30-11:00am. Please check for
more information soon at
www.klfamilyuniversity.org.
Please
rsvp to Diane.Weingarten@KLFamilyUniversity.org
or call 232-6613 for more
information.
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Mondays
and Tuesdays
10am
- 2pm
Free AARP Tax
Assistance Program
Tuesday, February 6 through
Tuesday, April 17.
(Not
available on Presidents' Day,
Monday, February 20)
Drop-in
only. No appointments.
Volunteers
from the American Association of
Retired Persons (AARP) will be on
hand at the Katonah Village
Library every Monday and Tuesday,
from February 6 through
April 17th for those that would
like help with their taxes.
There will be no program when the
library is closed on Monday,
February 20.
Walk-ins
are welcome anytime from 10 until
2 p.m.
AARP
offers free tax counseling and
preparation to the public with
low- and moderate- income, with
special attention to those 60
years and older.
Please bring the following with
you when you come: a copy
of last year's income tax
returns, forms from each
employer, unemployment, all 1099
forms, dependent care provider
information, social security
cards or other official
documentation of identity for
yourself and all dependents.
http://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/info-01-2011/important-tax-documents.html
Tax
Forms Federal
and NYS tax forms are now
available on the table near the
CDs. We have the most
common tax forms for individual
taxpayers, but not for
businesses.
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Tuesday, February
7 at 10:15am.
GREAT
DECISIONS
February
7th - "Energy
Politics" -
Co-Topic Leader: Charles Kimball
March
6th - "State of
the Oceans" -
Co-Topic Leader: Howard Jacobs
Contact
Fred Piker, Discussion Leader -
232 7061 or pikerrdif@aol.com -
and www.bedfordny.com
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| Wednesday, February
8th at 8pm KVL
Book Group
 
Feb 8 Steve Martin An
Object of Beauty Feb
29 Andrea Barrett The
Air We Breathe
The KVLBook
Group, established in 1982 is the
longest running literary
discussion group in Northern
Westchest County. The
Group, led by Assistant Director
Virginia Fetscher, meets every
third Wednesday at 8 pm.
Copies of the selected books and
calendars are available on the
main floor. The books are
always fiction, with a fair
distribution between male and
female authors, and a range of
publication dates from the nineteenth
century up to a few months ago.
The informal discussions
explore plot, character,
motivation and language
before discussing the
author's biographical facts and
literary criticisms. Please
drop by and pick one up.
For lists of books discussed
in previous years, please click
on the year:
2011 -
2010 -
2009
http://www.katonahlibrary.org/bookdiscussiongroup.html
All
are welcome!
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| Friday,
February 10 at 7pm Come
and enjoy the original Willy
Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
student movie night in
katonah
Free
Admission
Bring
your own pillow and blanket as
seating is limited.
Popcorn,
baked goods, and drinks for sale.
YOU
COULD WIN THE GOLDEN TICKET!
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| Saturday,
Feb. 11 from 4 - 8pm Art
Reception
Lewisboro Land
Trust Photo Show
Lewisboro Land Trust
will present "There's No
Place Like Home," a photo
show highlighting Westchester's
special spaces. Katonah Village
Library, Feb. 11th - 25th. The
public is invited to the
reception which will be held from
4 - 8pm.
All
are welcome!
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| Monday,
Feb. 13, 1-3pm
Great Books
Great Books Discussion
meet at the Library at 1pm for
about 1 1/2 hours. A good
part of the first hour will be
devoted to closely examining the
text, the remaining time can be
for free-range thoughts and
evaluations based on the
text. In the case of
unfriendly weather we will meet
if the library is open, but use
your own discretion.
New people are always welcome.
Feb 13 Selected
Poems Keats
Mar 5 Ethan
Brand
Hawthorne Mar 26 The
Criterion of a Good Form of
Government
Mill Apr 16 Masks
SantayanaMay 21 Philosophy
and Knowledge
Russell The text is
Great Conversations #5. To
order: phone 800-222-5870
ext 2 Mail:
Great Books Foundation 35 East
Wacker Drive, Suite 400, Chicago,
IL 60601 On line: www.greatbooks.org
Cost is $24.95 + shipping. Questions?
Call the Great Books Discussion
Coordinator George Mahoney at 914-232-8328
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Friday,
Feb. 17 at 7:30pm
katonah movie night
Local
resident Campbell Scott starred
in this 1997 thriller, The
Spanish Prisoner. He
will join us to introduce this
film. A reception will
immediately follow the movie.
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February
20 - The Library is closed
for Presidents' Day
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COLLEGE
BOUND SERIES
Once
again the Library's Teen Services
will present a series of programs
for college-bound students and
their parents. Registration
required for all programs -
call 914-232-3508
or email katref@wls.org
ACT
PRACTICE TEST
Thursday,
February 23, 2012, 10:15 a.m. to
1:15 p.m.
Take
a practice American College Test,
better known as ACT, and find out
how you well you do and what you
need to work on. Alan
Sheptin, a well-known local
tutor, will review and provide
comments on the test, which will
be mailed to the test takers.
There is a $5 fee for materials
payable to Alan Sheptin.
Provided
by Alan Sheptin of Alan Sheptin
Tutoring
COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS: A STRATEGIC APPROACH
Wednesday,
February 29, 2012, 7 pm
Janine
Heitner, former John Jay High
School Counselor, will lead this
talk about a thoughtful,
strategic approach to eliminate
the stress and hype in the
college process. Discuss how to
make the college search and
college admissions application
process a positive
experience.
COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS WORKSHOP: A CASE STUDY
APPROACH
Presented
by Westchester College
Consultants, LLC
Wednesday,
March 7, 2012, 7 pm
Join
seasoned college consultants
Tinuke Colpa and Bernadette Kenny
as they walk you through the
college applications. In this
interactive workshop participants
will learn what factors go into
the decision making process of
the College Admission Office.
For
more information please go to www.katonahlibrary.org/teentime.html
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ONE-ON-ONE Computer Classes are
available 
High
school volunteers will introduce
you to E-mail,
the Internet and
Microsoft Word
in
1-hour
sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoons. You can even learn on
your own laptop, if you wish.
Call 914-232-3508
to sign-up.
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| Reference
E-Books are here!
Need
to look something up, but it's
the middle of the night. Try one
of our newly purchased Reference
E-Books from the Gale
Virtual Reference
Library. Just go to
our website at www.katonahlibrary.org
and click on the handy Gale
E-Reference icon. All you need is
your library card that begins
with 21013 under the bar code.
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