Friday Favorites: January 11
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Reading is fun and informative, says New York state Sen. Vincent Leibell, III, R-Patterson, who I spoke with this morning as we both toured a new wing of the Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel. He helped get the big money for the hospital, which you can read about this weekend in The Journal News/LoHud.com. We stopped amid construction debris and light rain, though, to chat about some books he is currently reading. Two of them I really didn’t know much about, but now I’m curious about both.
Leibell, who has represented the 40th senate district since 1994, was the 2007 recipient of the Outstanding Advocate of Libraries Award from the New York State Library Association. Read more in this previous posting.
He said he reads alot for work, but generally has a couple of books he is reading just for himself, too. Right now, he says he is really enjoying “The Dog Whisper: A Compassionate Approach to Dog Training.” It shows how to train a dog through kindness and rewards. Sounds like good advice.
“I love dogs,” said the senator and dog owner. “This was a present I got for myself and it is really good.” It is written by Paul Owen and Norma Eckroate.
To satiate his interest in history, he said he is also reading, “Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787” by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier. It is a popular history about the writing of the Constitution and how the 55 men met in Philadelphia to accomplish the task. “It is amazing to read of their political discussions,” he added.
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