Library Notes
April 5, 2003
By Pansy Hundley, Librarian.
You people out there in newspaper land do realize that what I wrote about the Post Office recently was in fun, don’t you? You do realize that I was not harassing them, only doing my usual thing of complimenting, as I insult? Is that what I do? Yeah, sometimes, And, most times it’s me I’m insulting. Like the time I did not take my lawnmower blade out of gear, so the mower would not start and I way-laid a neighbor man to help me, only to discover the dumb mistake I’d made.
Jerry tells me that I’m his favorite librarian in town, and I tell him he’s my favorite postmaster in town. So. we fuss, and insult each other and get along great.
Now that you know I am not really down on the Post Office, let me update you on that grant we received, that purchased our new, super-duper computers and everything to go with them. A couple of weeks ago, I sent in a hand -full of invoices that would have choked a horse, to the grant folks. Of course, I won’t dwell on how long it took me to get everything listed on the required forms to send along with it. How careful I had to be to get everything in the right category listed on the forms. I must have done a pretty good job of it. Because we received a BIG check last week that paid for all the stuff. That stuff consisting of computers, programs, a new super-duper printer that almost talks, the cost of our computer-putter-together man to do all the installing and fine tuning. And various and sundry other small items necessary.
Then, after choking the horse on all the bills, I had to hurriedly get a Financial Report to the TIF Board completed and to them by the 31st of March. I just thought the first form was bad. That next form wanted to know how much was spent on exactly, precisely what during the past quarter, and what category it was in. It wanted to know how much had already been spent and how much was left to spend of the grant amount.
I finally got all of that calculated, all pages typed and I sent that precious little thing Priority Mail, Certified, Return Receipt Requested. That way I can prove I sent it and have a signed card proving that they received it. Pansy’s learning. One of those little reports will have to be done every quarter.
We may look for an official looking someone to walk in the door at any time, to check on us and see that we’ve done everything we said. He might better watch coming in here. We might put him to work at no telling what. Maybe he could get all that stuff off the computer that Trish keeps thinking she’s gotten off and then it pops up again.
I’ll just continue completing forms, before deadlines, tearing my hair out, talking to myself and those maddening forms. And, perhaps no one will come in little white trucks and haul all of our computers away. I’ll just have to stay one jump ahead of them.
The "Queen of historical romance" who happens to be Kathleen Woodiwiss, has been hammering away at her keyboard, or typing on her typewriter or writing on her writing pad, because we have received her newest novel, entitled "The Reluctant Suitor". Yep, you saw it at Walmart and it is here now.
"For as long as she can remember, Lady Adriana Sutton has adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by an agreement of courtship and betrothal since childhood. As a young girl, she was wounded by Colton’s stubborn refusal to comply with her father’s wishes and by his angry departure. He was too proud and too stubborn to accept a future not of his own choosing. Rather than submit, he fled from his ancestral home for a life of adventure and danger as an officer in the British army.
The years have been immensely kind to Lady Adriana. No longer the plain, thin tomboy Colton had spurned, she has blossomed into an uncommon beauty desired by nearly every eligible bachelor in the land. Yet the only man she desires is the decorated hero who has finally come home to claim his rightful title. Arrogant, unmoved and seductive as ever, he remains averse to the idea of their betrothal in spite of his growing desire for her.
To demonstrate his belief that love cannot be forced, Colton agrees to court Lady Adriana for ninety days, after which time he will be allowed to keep his precious freedom if he so wishes. But much has changed since he balked at his father’s plans. Forced into a courtship with this stunning, spirited woman, who is as different today from the young chit he left behind as spring is to winter, the heroic heart that was once closed to Adriana is moved by her charm, her grace, and her sensuality…….and begins to yield. But a secret from Colton’s past may doom their burgeoning love….even as the treacherous schemes of a sinister rival threaten to steal the remarkable lady from his arms forever."