The Checkout Desk

Cagan Crossings Community Library March 2008

Cagan Crossings Community Library 16729 Cagan Oaks

Clermont, FL 34714 352-243-1840

Toll Free 877-292-7930 Fax 352-243-3230

Katherine Spurgeon, Regional Branch Manager

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday—Thursday 9:30a.m. to 8p.m. Friday—9:30a.m. to 5p.m.

Saturday—9:30a.m. to 4p.m. Sunday—Closed

After our grand opening celebration, the staff at Ca-gan Crossings Community Library is making preparations to host several events as part of Lake County Library System's 5th Annual Festi-val of Reading. The Festival begins on March 29th and runs through April 5th, 2008. Our first activity is called I Love Movies Marathon hosted by the Youth Services Staff in our Story room on Monday, March 31, 2008, starting at 10:00 a.m. Our next event will be A Party To Die For with a Tea Party theme. The library will host authors Jo Dereske, Claire Matturro, and Katherine Hall Page as they present Writing the Mystery and the Mystery Series: Revisiting old friends in new books. This event is catered by Sherlock’s and sponsored by the Friends of Cagan Cross-ings Community Library.

Jo Dereske is the author of sixteen published books, including two mys-tery series. For more information visit: www.jodereske.com

Claire Hamner Matturro writes a series of legal mysteries with a sense of humor. For more information go to www.clairematturro.com

Katherine Hall Page is the only author ever to be awarded an Agatha Award in the three different categories: Best First Novel, Best Short Story, and Best Novel. For more information visit her website at www.katherine-hall-page.org These experts will tell you that a good way to “break in” is with a mystery series. In planning the series, and writing that first book, there are several important things you need to know — not the least of which is how to write a good mystery for that first book — plus how to create characters you and your readers will want to be around for years. This event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 01, 2008. Our last event is a sweet one: Ice Cream Social with Leigh Greenwood catered by Simka’s Sweets and presented by the generous support of Friends of the Cagan Crossings Community Library on Friday, April 04, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Romance author Mr. Leigh Greenwood who has been steaming up the pages of historical ro-mances for years, will be the guest at this ice cream social. For Leigh, the future is looking just as hot with his award-winning series' The Cow-boys and Seven Brides.

His first book Wyoming Wildfire was published by Zebra in 1987. Since then he’s written 40 more books and four novellas. For more information, please visit the author’s website leigh-greenwood.com

What’s happening?

I Movies Marathon Monday, March 31st

Lady & the Tramp 10:00 a.m.

Annie 11:30 p.m.

NeverEnding Story 2:00 p.m.

Tuck Everlasting 4:30 p.m.

Princess Bride 6:00 p.m.

March Program Dates March 22 - SCRABBLE 1:00 p.m. March 31 - I love Movies Marathon

April Program Dates April 3 - Caridad Ferrer 2:00 p.m.

April 12 - 101 Dalmatians 1:00 p.m. April 26 - SCRABBLE 1:00 p.m.

Youth Services News Teen author Caridad Ferrer has written two award‐winning romance novels for teens and will be the library's special guest. Thursday, April 03, 2008 @ 2 p.m.

Caridad Ferrer Adiós to My Old Life Caridad (Barbara) is a first genera‐tion, bilingual, Cuban‐American raised in Miami. She won the 2007 RITA for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance for Adiós to My Old Life.

Her second MTV Books novel, It's Not About the Accent has just been released and she has con‐tributed to the anthology, Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and Other Quinceañera Stories (Harper Collins/Rayo). Please visit her Website www.caridadferrer.com

Quick Facts: Grand Opening Feb 11, 2008

New facility is open to all Four Corners residents living in Lake, Osceola, Polk and Orange coun-ties.

Includes an opening day collection of more than 5,000 new items.

The increased library collection is just one of the improved features of the new facility.

The new library is about three times larger with:

Separate children and teen areas Computer training lab Public-access computers for adults and kids Free wireless Internet access 160-seat community meeting room which will provide space for local functions and events.

Our service hours are:

Monday—Thursday 9:30am - 8:00pm

Friday—9:30am - 5:00pm

Saturday—9:30am - 4:00pm

Sunday—Closed

Photo of the new Cagan Crossings Community Library, part of the Lake County Library System located at 16729 Cagan Oaks Clermont, FL 34714

Welcome to Cagan Crossings Community Library

Our ribbon cutting event was hosted by Jeff and Sandra Cagan, representing Cagan Management Group, Lake County Commission Chairman Welton G. Cadwell and Wendy Breeden, Director of the Lake County Library System among other distinguished guests representing our community.

On opening day, the excitement was evident as members of our diverse community glanced at the many new features of Cagan Crossings Community Library. Most noticeable was the distinct area carefully crafted to suit children’s needs like the World of Discovery. Our dedi-cated staff led by our Youth Services Librarian Kerri Bottorff and Eleanor Tierney, our Chil-dren's Library Assistant, had their hands full serving youngsters and also teens in their own special area called The Space. As new members were signing up for library cards, our computers were quickly filled by our patrons and visitors. Others were exploring our collections and asking when classes will be offered in our state of the art computer lab. Everyone enjoyed several activities sponsored by our beloved Friends of the Library, ranging from cakes and refreshments, face painting, and raffles. Many expressed to our staff their desire to see this facility become a beacon and transforming force along the Highway 27 corridor from Clermont to Haines City. We are hopeful that our collection and future programs will be able to potentially impact the lives of every resident of the Four Corners area.

Members of the community gathered in front of our main entrance, waiting for the ribbon cutting cere-mony. Lake County Fire Rescue served as our color guard for this important occasion.

FICTION:

Anam, Tahmima — A Golden age

Atherton, Nancy — Aunt Dimity: vampire hunter [The Paranormal detective] Ault, Sandi — Wild inferno: a wild mystery

Banks, Russell — The Reserve Barker, Pat — Life class

Barlow, Toby — Sharp teeth Barnes, Jonathan — The Somnambulist Barron, Stephanie — A Flaw in the blood

Carey, Peter — His illegal self Clarke, Arthur C. — Firstborn: the conclusion of A Time odyssey: 3

Clement, Blaize — Even cat sitters get the blues: a Dixie Hemingway mystery Cline, Rachel — My liar

Coetzee, J.M. — Diary of a bad year Collins, James — Beginner’s Greek

Daheim, Mary — The Alpine traitor: an Emma Lord mystery DeBerry, Virginia — Gotta keep on tryin’ Donnelly, Jennifer — The Winter rose

Dorsey, Tim — Atomic lobster Evanovich, Janet — Plum lucky: a Stephanie Plum between-the-numbers novel

Ferrigno, Robert — Sins of the assassin Fowler, Therese -- Souvenir

Franklin, Ariana — The Serpent’s tale Harris, Charlaine — Dead until dark: the first Sookie Stackhouse novel

Hart, Kendall — Charm! Higgins, Jack — The Killing ground

Hockensmith, Steve — The Black dove Holt, Anne — What never happens

Hunt, Samantha — The Invention of everything else Johnson, Deborah — The Air between us Johnson, Rebecca — And sometimes why

King, Susan Fraser — Lady MacBeth Kinsella, Sophie — Remember me?

Laurens, Stephanie — Where the heart leads Lavender, Will — Obedience Lescroart, John — Betrayal

Martin, George R.R. — Hunter’s run McBride, James — Song yet sung McGarrity, Michael — Death song

McLain, Paula—A Ticket to ride Meier, Leslie—St. Patrick’s day murder

Miller, Sue—The Senator’s wife Mina, Denise—Slip of the knife

Moon, Elizabeth—Victory conditions Mosley, Walter—Diablerie

Myers, Tamar—As the world churns: a Pennsylvania Dutch mystery Norton, Andre—Dragon mage

ARRIVALS AT THE LIBRARY! FEBRUARY – MARCH 2008

FICTION Continues…

O’Brien, Patricia—Harriet and Isabella Palmer, Michael—The First patient

Parker, Robert B.—Stranger in paradise Parker, T. Jefferson—L.A. outlaws

Patterson, James—7th heaven Pickens, Cathy—Hush my mouth: a southern fried mystery

Read, Cornelia—The Crazy school Reilly, Matthew—The 6 sacred stones

Rice, Luanne—Light of the moon Richman, Jana—The Last cowgirl

Ringo, John—Manxome foe Stabenow, Dana — Prepared for rage

Steel, Danielle — Honor thyself Suri, Manil — The Age of Shiva

Taylor, Patrick — An Irish county village Thomas, Steven M. — Criminal paradise

Todd, Charles — A Pale horse: an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery Witchel, Alex — The Spare wife

Wodicka, Tod — All shall be well; and all shall be well… Woods, Stuart — Beverly Hills dead

Zane — Succulent: chocolate flava II

NON—FICTION: Albright, Madeleine—Memo to the President elect

Bazilian, Wendy—The Super foods Rx diet Browne, Jill Conner-Sweet Potato Queens’ guide to raising children for fun & profit

Clarke, Liz—One helluva ride: how NASCAR swept the nation Cohen, Richard M.—Strong at the broken places

Dean, Tony—The F.A.S.T. diet [Families always succeed together] Elder, Larry—Stupid black men: how to play the race card—and lose Friedman, Caitlin—The girl’s guide to kicking your career into gear

Gray, John—Why Mars & Venue collide Hirshberg, Gary—Stirring it up: how to make money & save the world

Jacoby, Susan—The Age of American reason McCullouogh, Dennis—My mother, your mother

Myers, Dee Dee—Why women should rule the world Parfitt, Tudor—The Lost ark of the covenant

Scheuer, Michael—Marching toward hell: America & Islam after Iraq Shah, Tahir—In Arabian nights: a caravan of Moroccan dreams

Shields, David—The Thing about life is that one day you’ll be dead Shubin, Neil—Your inner fish

Smalley, Grey—Before you plan your wedding…plan your marriage Stegner, Wallace—Discovery! The search for Arabian oil

Sutherland, Amy—What Shamu taught me about life, love and marriage Taylor, Nick—American made: the enduring legacy of the WPA

Turner, Kathleen—Send yourself roses: thoughts on life, love & leading roles Wallis, Jim—The Great awakening

Walsh, Peter—Does this clutter make my butt look fat? Wills, Garry—What the Gospels meant

ARRIVALS AT THE LIBRARY! FEBRUARY – MARCH 2008