No. 06-47                                                                                                                  December 1, 2006

• MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

The following e-mail came over NYLINE this week.  Many of you have probably already seen it, but I wanted to pass it on just in case.

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Dear Librarian,

     My name is Cory Peterson, and I am a 14 year old boy who lives in Suisun City, California. I collect library cards from around the world, and have been doing so for over 7 years now. Currently I have over 2,000 library cards and growing every day.

I am writing this letter to ask if your library could please donate a sample library card for my collection. If you can, I would be deeply honored.

     If you do not have library cards, or simply cannot give me a sample, please contact me at libcrdcolectr9692@comcast.net to let me know for my reference. I am aware that in most cases, I cannot fulfill the residential or age requirements for a library card, but I am hoping for the sake of my collection, you will make an exception. If you are willing to send me a sample library card, please email me to let me know and mail it to this address:

Cory Peterson
1210 Rebecca Drive
Suisun City, CA 94585
U.S.A.

     Thank you for considering this request, and if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I do have a second email in which you can contact me, and it is norcalsportsfan9692@yahoo.com. Again, thank you very much for considering this request and Happy Holidays! 

Sincerely,
Cory Peterson 

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I received a free DVD and booklet called “Bold Dream…Shining Legacy: A History of the New York Power Authority, 75^th Anniversary Edition” from the New York Power Authority.  It is available to borrow, if anyone is interested. 

 

•  JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

Polaris “Tip of the Week”

Some of you may remember the feature in Dynix that allowed you to insert a parent’s name in the Guardian field of a child’s record and the notice would print with an in care of (c/o) and the parent’s name. In Polaris the Guardian field in the patron record should contain the barcode of the parent you want the notice to go to.  The parent’s name will NOT work. The notice will print c/o and the parents name. The only notice that can be sent this way is the patron account statement. This notice is based on the minimum balance the patron can have. For example, Apalachin’s is set at $50. If the patron accumulates $50 or more in fines, a patron account statement is generated. If this is a child’s account and the parent’s barcode is in the Guardian field of the Child’s record, the fine notice will then be addressed to the child, c/o the parent to the address in the Parent's registration.

If you would like the patron account statement of a child to go to the parent, the Guardian field in the child’s record must contain the barcode of the responsible parent.

 

• LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

I will be on vacation on Friday through Monday, Dec. 1- 4 and Friday through Monday, Dec. 8 – 11. If you have an immediate question about interlibrary loan, please call 273-4074, ext. 43. Otherwise I will get back to you soon after I return.

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The Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, in its report,  A Plan to Stabilize and Strengthen New York’s Health Care System, issued on Tuesday, November 28, had the following two recommendations directly affecting health facilities in our five county area: 1)Auburn Hospital (Cayuga Co.) should downsize by approximately 100 beds and discontinue its obstetrical services; and 2)Lakeside Nursing Home (Tompkins Co.) should close and assisted living, adult day care, and possibly other non-institutional services should be added in Tompkins County by another sponsor. You can read the entire report at http://www.nyhealthcarecommission.org/

Last Week’s Question of the Week Please name at least five natural remedies for warts. Don’t forget to provide the citation.

Julia Schult, GRO, credited the training on the NOVEL health & wellness databases for the answer to this question.

"Warts." Patricia Skinner. and Rebecca J. Frey, PhD. The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. 2nd Edition. Jacqueline L. Longe, Editor. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2005 (Health Wellness Resource Center database) lists the following natural remedies:

• Apple juice: Apply the juice of a sour apple. Action is due to the magnesium in the juice.

• Banana skin: First the wart should be rubbed with an abrader and a fresh banana skin (immediately after opening) should be applied and left overnight.

• Cabbage: Apply fresh juice from a white cabbage.

• Chickweed: Apply the juice to the wart.

• Dandelion: The juice of the dandelion is a very old English cure for warts.

• Garlic: A raw clove rubbed on the wart every night until it disappears.

• Green figs: The white milk from a green fig is excellent at removing warts.

• House leek: This is a plant commonly found in rock gardens. It has thick fleshy leaves and its juice is rich in supermalate of calcium, which will destroy warts.

• Pineapple: Cotton wool should be soaked in the fresh juice of a pineapple. The enzymes of the pineapple will dissolve the wart.

• Rubber plant: If you take a leaf from a rubber plant and break its stem, white liquid will ooze out. If this is applied to the wart over a period of two to three days, the wart should disappear.

Julia commented that this entry did not mention the “duct tape” treatment. If you enter the search terms “duct tape” and “warts”, you will get a list of relevant periodical articles relating how to use duct tape as a treatment for warts.

This Week’s Question of the Week 1) Who invented the first electric tattoo machine? and 2) Among the Ainu people in ancient Japan, what part of a woman’s body was tattooed to denote her status as a married woman?

 

• CAROL HENDRIX, Administration

Please update your FLLS Directory/records to show the following address change for Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg:

Ulysses Philomathic Library
74 E. Main St.
Trumansburg, NY 14886. 
 

• DIRECTORS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL (DAC) MEMBERS:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding FLLS library service, you are welcome to contact a DAC member from the list below. 

Janet Steiner, TCPL, Ithaca
Judy Barkee, Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg
Lois Maki, Newfield Public Library
Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
Mary Frank, Peck Memorial Library, Marathon
Sally Otis, Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge
Stephen Erskine, Seymour Library, Auburn
Beverly Dann, Waverly Free Library.