Trash or treasure? Find out at the library

Do you have a fam­ily heir­loom, a curi­ous knick­knack or an objet d’art hang­ing around your house and you’ve always won­dered if it is worth any­thing? Here’s your chance to find out, and to help out the Delaware County Dis­trict Library’s Friends of the Library (FOL) at the same time.

The FOL will host its sec­ond annual Antique Appraisal Fair on Wednes­day, March 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Orange Branch, 7171 Good­ing Blvd., Delaware, in the Com­mu­nity Meet­ing Room. For a $5 dona­tion per item (limit 2 per per­son), Steve Bemiller of Garth’s Auc­tions will give you an infor­mal appraisal of your found trea­sure, with all pro­ceeds ben­e­fit­ting the Friends of the Delaware County Dis­trict Library.

Garth’s Auc­tions has been a national force in the world of antiques and fine art since its found­ing by Garth Ober­lan­der in the early 1950s. Steve Bemiller, Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent, Con­signor Rep­re­sen­ta­tive and Auc­tion­eer joined Garth’s in 1971, and shares his knowl­edge of antiques by con­duct­ing well over 50 lec­tures and appraisal clin­ics all over Ohio each year.

This event is open to the pub­lic, so feel free to invite a friend as you come out to sup­port the FOL’s first fundrais­ing event of 2012.

When you’re vis­it­ing the Delaware County Dis­trict Library branches this month, look for these new books to check out and enjoy.

Mud­woman by Joyce Carol Oates. Explores the high price of suc­cess in the life of one woman — the first female pres­i­dent of an Ivy League uni­ver­sity — and her hold upon her self-identity in the face of darkly shrouded secrets from her past.

Phan­tom: An Alex Hawke Novel by Ted Bell. When a Russ­ian sub in the Caribbean is hijacked, Amer­i­can anti-ballistic mis­siles explode in their silos and a USAF F-15 launches sidewinder mis­siles at an air­craft it was meant to pro­tect, coun­ter­spy Alex Hawke and his M16 col­league Ambrose Con­greve are sent in to investigate.

Stay Close by Har­lan Coben. A bored sub­ur­ban wife, a doc­u­men­tary photographer-turned-paparazzo and a detec­tive who can­not let go of a cold case hide secrets from their loved ones only to have the past return in dan­ger­ous ways.

Fall from Grace by Richard North Pat­ter­son. Attend­ing the funeral of his estranged father and encoun­ter­ing an estate of com­pli­cated legal and finan­cial arrange­ments, CIA oper­a­tive Adam Blaine embarks on a search for his father’s killer that impli­cates mem­bers of his own fam­ily and reveals aston­ish­ing secrets.

The Book of Lost Fra­grances by M.J. Rose. Haunted by mem­o­ries of a past infused with exotic scents, Jac L’Etoile, the heir to a French per­fume com­pany, is hur­tled into a night­mare when her brother goes miss­ing after mak­ing a pro­found dis­cov­ery about the family’s pos­ses­sion of a mys­ti­cal fragrance.

The Thief by Clive Cus­sler. When a sci­en­tist he recently res­cued from kid­nap­pers is mur­dered, pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tor Isaac Bell dis­cov­ers that a ruth­less agent wants the scientist’s secret new inven­tion in order to exploit it to seize power for Germany.

The Drey­fus Affair: The Scan­dal That Tore France in Two by Piers Paul Read. The award-winning his­to­rian and author of Alive doc­u­ments the late 19th-century case of a suc­cess­ful Jew­ish cap­tain in the French artillery com­mand who was wrongly con­victed of high trea­son, chron­i­cling the 12-year effort to secure his free­dom and describ­ing the roles of col­or­ful con­trib­u­tors and period anti-Semitism.

Ban­zai Babe Ruth: Base­ball, Espi­onage, & Assas­si­na­tion Dur­ing the 1934 Tour of Japan by Robert K. Fitts. In Novem­ber 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of Amer­i­can League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jim­mie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Con­nie Mack barn­stormed across the Land of the Ris­ing Sun. The all-stars stayed for a month, play­ing 18 games, spawn­ing pro­fes­sional base­ball in Japan and spread­ing goodwill.

Week­nights With Giada: Quick and Sim­ple Recipes to Revamp Din­ner by Giada De Lau­ren­tiis. “The Food Net­work” celebrity chef and author of the best-selling Every­day Ital­ian demon­strates how to pre­pare fresh, quick week­night meals, shar­ing inven­tive recipes for such options as Spicy Mint Beef and Thai Turkey Let­tuce Wraps.

The Big Miss: My Years Coach­ing Tiger Woods by Hank Haney. A noted golf instruc­tor who worked with Tiger Woods dis­cusses his expe­ri­ences with the golfer, who was at the top of his game until a pub­lic scan­dal threw him off track.

If you have a ques­tion that you would like to see answered in this col­umn, mail it to Mary Jane San­tos, Delaware County Dis­trict Library, 84 E. Win­ter St., Delaware, OH 43015, or call us at 740–362-3861. You can also email your ques­tions by vis­it­ing delawarelibrary.org or directly to Mary Jane at mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org. No mat­ter how you con­tact us, we’re always glad you asked!

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