SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023 AT 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
CVW Long Lake Public Library
Instructor: Donna Adams
Max class size: 10
Pre-registration Required
Cost to each participant is: $35. (This covers the cost of the kit/materials utilized during class).
Payment cash/check will be made to Donna Adams. Kindly bring this with you on day of class.
(Individuals can bring a drink and lunch/snack with them for the workshop)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023 AT 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
CVW Long Lake Public Library
Presentation and book available to purchase before and after the presentation.
“ In Where the Cotton Grows: A Missionary Calling Leads a Baptist Family on a Fateful Journey to China Leaving a Lasting Legacy, Paul Vick of Rochester, New York, recalls the lasting legacy of his missionary parents and his lifelong journey to find his own identity and path. Paul was only 16 months old when a plane carrying himself, his parents, and his 3-year-old brother crashed in a cotton field in a remote area of China in 1947.
More than sixty years after the crash and his retirement from a successful career as an attorney, Paul resolved to return to China, to find answers to two questions haunting him. What caused his parents to take a perilous journey to a war-torn country, exposing themselves and their two young children to so great a risk? What impact did their lives, and the lives of so many others called to serve during a turbulent period in China’s history, have on the China of today?
The plane crash made international news from Shanghai to San Francisco to New York City and parts in between as readers were caught up in the intrigue of why the plane crashed, one of several recent crashes in remote China. Photos of the orphaned toddler Paul Vick, with his legs in traction in a hospital in Shanghai, pierced the hearts of readers everywhere.
Robert and Dorothy Vick were young Baptist missionaries on their way to their first assignment when a wing of the plane caught fire. Robert jumped from the plane while tightly gripping Paul in his arms. Robert lived just long enough to dictate his final wish that Paul be returned to his grandparents in Rochester for them to raise.
“Twelve years ago, in a board meeting of International Ministries, I first heard the powerful story of a young survivor who had lost his American missionary parents in a plane crash in rural China. I never imagined how fully that story would come alive—covered in real flesh and tears—when I committed to travel with the author to help him fill in the missing details and learn about his parents and that awful crash through hearing the recollections of direct and indirect witnesses. I still remember the powerful sense of God’s presence as we stood in the field where the plane crash had occurred.
“ ‘Paul, we will leave the video camera on but we will give you a moment alone to talk to your family.’ I stood at a distance and prayed that that moment would bring the author closure—or more than closure—a sense of reunion with his family.
“Where the Cotton Grows is more than a moving story; it is an invitation to each of us to revisit our own lives and family journeys. Perhaps through our reading and reflection, we too will uncover new understandings of our own past that will reshape our future.” (Benjamin Shun Lai Chan, Area Director of East and South Asia, International Ministries of American Baptist Churches USA)
Paul A. Vick is an ordained American Baptist Minister and retired as partner in charge of the Family Wealth Planning Department of the Rochester office of Phillips, Lytle LLP. He currently serves as treasurer of the board of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (also known as International Ministries) as well as chair of the finance committee of the board of trustees of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. Paul also serves on the board of the American Baptist Churches of Rochester Genesee Region of the American Baptist Churches USA and is a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, New York. He has acted as legal counsel for many civic and religious service organizations.
Paul is a 1967 graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree; a 1971 graduate of Colgate Rochester Divinity School with a Master of Divinity degree; and a 1975 graduate of University of Buffalo Law School with a Juris Doctor degree. Paul has made two trips to China. A video called The Vineyard documents Paul’s most recent trip and can be viewed on YouTube.
Paul resides in Rochester, New York, with his wife Joyce Miller Vick. They have three children and seven grandchildren. This is his first book. “
SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2023 AT 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
CVW Long Lake Public Library
Steve Haggerty’s new book is “Norman Rockwell’s Models: In and Out of the Studio.” Based on recollections and extensive interviews, it is the first that details the personal relationships between the artist and his models, as well as their experiences posing in his studio.
Steve spent entire summers at his family’s farmhouse in the community of West Arlington, VT, where Rockwell’s studio was located. Rockwell used mostly local residents as his models. Steve worked and socialized with many of them, including those who posed for such iconic works as Freedom of Speech, Breaking Home Ties, and Girl at the Mirror. Now a free-lance writer, Steve served as an editor at McGraw-Hill Publications. He holds a master’s degree in Journalism from the University of South Carolina. His first book is called “Cows in the Fog and Other Poems and Stories. Steve is also a carpenter and project manager for residential building.
Saturday, July 8th, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 pm at the Library
Learn how to use Libby app with our president of the Board of Trustees, Rick Paula.
Join Rick and learn how to navigate the app; and borrow and place holds on eBooks, eMagazines and eAudio. This service is free with a library card!!!
Pre-registration is not needed. All are welcome to attend!
Monday, July 10 at 5 p.m.
At the Long Lake Public Library
Books are available at the library. All are welcome!
Date: July 24th
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: CVWLLPL
All are welcome to attend. Books available at the Library.
Children’s Program geared to grades K-5.
Registration is not required. Program is free and all are welcomed to attend.
We have been graciously awarded a grant from the Booklist Publications/Mellon Foundation grant on behalf of small and rural libraries. The Mellon Foundation has provided us monthly copies of the Booklist Reader from the American Library Association and Booklist. We will receive monthly copies for a full year. The Booklist Reader is a magazine featuring upcoming books and audiobooks for readers of all ages. FREE copies will be made available in the Library.
The grant, also, provides our patrons access to their online webpage. Kindly follow the following link to access their webpage:
Booklist Reader
Friends of the CVW Long Lake Library
2023 Art Show and Sale Application
Calling all artists for the 2023 Art Show and Sale to take place on the weekend of July 14th, 15th, and 16th.
This year we are asking that all participating artists decorate a wooden fish to be donated to our auction.
Opening Artists Reception: Friday, July 14th 6-7:30
Show: Saturday, July 15th 10-4
Sunday, July 16th 10-4
Show Location: Long Lake Town Hall
Requirements: All items submitted will be offered for sale or marked not for sale
Name and prices should be displayed for each piece. Media to include painting, photography, wood, sculpture, and fibers.
Limited to 5 pieces of work.
In lieu of commission or fees we are asking each artist to decorate a wooden fish for our auction. Details at library.
Please register by July 1, 2023
Please drop off completed application at the library or mail to
Friends of the CVW Long Lake Library
PO Box 181, Long Lake, NY 12847