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Ossining library board announces changes

July
10

The Board of Trustees at the Ossining Public Library has announced  a change in its executive leadership. Its new board president will be Peter Capek, previously the vice president. The new v.p. will be Thomas Staudter, formerly the secretary. Mirla Morrison has been appointed the new secretary and Linda Carpenter, treasurer.

Bob Minzescheimer, the former board president, is stepping down after a second term, the library reports. Minzesheimer is a writer for USA Today, published by Gannett, which also puts out The Journal News/LoHud.com. The library credits Minzescheimer with being instrumental in organizing many of its programs, including author talks. His most recent program was the Festival of Writers and Readers with authors including Frank McCourt and George Vecsey. He will stay on as a board member.

Additionally, the library voted to select a new trustee Samantha Brail to replace Joyce Lannert who is resigning after 12 yeras. Brail, manager of financial planning and analysis for Spraylat Corporation, is a graduate of Siena College and holds and M.B.A. from Union College.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 7:30 am by Barbara Nackman.
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Staff writer Barbara Livingston Nackman admits she doesn't like to stroll past a library or bookstore without stopping inside. And, when visiting someone's home she rarely walks by a bookshelf without glancing at the titles. She shares her passion for fiction, non-fiction, poetry and short stories by bringing books discussions online and exploring the local literati scene.


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Barbara NackmanA municipal reporter for The Journal News since 1997, Barbara Livingston Nackman has covered local governments, events and breaking news from many communities. She began her journalism career by writing for bookselling and library publications. As a suburban mother, she made sure her two sons, now 23 and 21, had bookshelves and reading chairs in their rooms and library cards way before they had driver's licenses. Her editors have now found an outlet for all those book-related stories she pitches and her husband hopes she gains an interest in reading historical non-fiction.

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