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SERVICE AWARDS'— Cynthia Amos of Tuckahoe. center, receives 100-hour cap. and Marianne Hallas, right, of Marmora. 100-hour cap and 150-hour pin. at junior volunteer recognition program at Burdette Tomlin Hospital. Making presentation is Bettie Crilly. director of volunteer services at hospital. For information about volunteering, call Ms. Crilly at 465-2000, ext. 5320. Joyride III gfe5 By Libby Demp Forrest V JJ" J "You didn't really, Mom, did you?" asked No. 2. "Yes. I did; I had to." I said. "You've brought shame to our house," said No. 2. "Well, what could I do?" I said. "I had no choice. There was no room for it in my suitcases." "We send you on a trip and you come back walking through the airport wearing a witch's hat." said No. 2. "It wouldn't fit into any suitcase I had." I said "I fried to fit it into everything, even the biggest suitcase." "I've seen people coming back fcpm Mexico wearing sombreros, and people returning from the Alps wearing those little yodel hats, but 1 never ever ever saw anyone walking through an airport wearing a witch's hat," said The Hubby. "WHAT COULD I DO?" 1 repeated. "It wouldn't fit into my luggage." "I was ashamed to go up and claim you." said No. 2. "TJfere was a guy who got off the plane wearing a cowboy hat." I said. "Sure, you see that in a lot of airports," said The Hubby "1 saw girls getting off the plane with long, slinky hair tied in scarves - they looked really great." said No. 2, "And then I saw you wearing the witch's hat " "I thought it would be fun for Halloween." I said. But I never even gave it a second thought that it wouldn't fit into my suitcases. " i "WHY DIDN'T YOU just carry it?" asked No. 2 "I had too much hand luggage plus my pocketbook It wouldn't fit on the shelf above the seats I had to hold it on the plane," I said. "Why didn't you just leave it behind0" asked No. 2. "I spent $1.49 for it. That would be throwing money away." I said. "The last of the big time spenders," said The Hubby. "I knew I'd be busy once I got home and probably wouldn't be able to come up with a Halloween costume in a hurry," I said. YOU LOOKED LIKE you were wearing your Halloween costume home." said No. 2. "It was only a hat. At least I didn't come off the plane carrying a broom too," I said. r "Yeah," said No. 2. "I guess people might have wondered a little bit about me?' I said. "They probably wondered where you came from." said No. 2 "Transylvania, probably." said The Hubby. Stone Harbor Greed (From Page 50) thought to have existing laws changed — before it is too late! How many times in the past few years have we all heard the statement. "They won't be able to do that again", after the damage is done? We must start to think and act ahead — because the destroyers of this town and our environment are surely thinking ahead. Thank you. Hackles Raised (From Page 50) Jessie Pissaperri, trouper that he is, was sitting at his organ, practicing his grinning and waiting to perform if needed; however, the crowd was still baaly shaken and was dispersing repidly. Gyde and I calmed ourselves down in the nearest tavern we could fine, and after a period of silence, I asked, "Cl^de, what the hack is a heckle?" "Excuse me, Gyde, I meant to ask: What in the heck is a hackle.?" Gyde said, "Come on, buddy. I'm taking you home?"

County Library by Kathleen Duffy

Stephen King's name immediately conjures up a vision of horror, and horror is the type of story whose peak period coincides with All Hallows' Eve. One chapter of Stephen King's Danse Macabre is dedicated to an extended discussion of 10 horror novels that he believes are "representative of everything in the genre that is fine". I am reproducing the list for those who can sleep after a horror story. 1. BRADBURY, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes. 2. Campbell, Ramsey. The Doll Who Ate His Mother. 3. Ellison. Harlan. Strange Wine. 4. Finley. Jack. The Body Snatchers. 5. Herbert, James. The Fog. 6. Jackson, Shirley. Haunting of Hill House. 7. Levin, Ira. Rosemary's Baby. 8. Matheson. R. Shrinking Man. 9. Siddons. A. House Next Door. 10. Straub, P. -Ghost Story.'

ADULTS ARE not the only ones, however, who like to be scared out of their skins. The most avid readers of the ghost story genre are the early adolescents from 11 to 14. Jon Bellairs is a favorite mystery and ghost story author for this age group. Two of his most chilling stories are The House with a Clock in its Walls, which has a breathtaking scene set in a cemetery, and The Curse of the Blue Figurine' about a sorcerer in the guise of a priest and someone who returns from the grave to capture an Egyptian "ushabti" that has fallen into the possession of young Johnny Dixon. LEON GARFIELD'S The Ghost Downstairs, for the 7th-9th grade reader, is about a law clerk who sells seven years off his life to a man in the apartment below him. and he thinks he has been very clever to pick the first seven years rather than the last. Penelope Lively writes The Ghost of Thomas Kempe about the spirit of a 17th Century sorcerer who escapes from a bottle and

begins to make life miserable for James Harrison. age 12. MARGARET MAHY chillingly tells of The Haunting . about a shy. withdrawn boy named Barney who begins receiving messages from a ghost who says. "Barnaby is Head. I'm going to be very lonely". The Dollhouse Murders, by Betty Ren Wright, tell" about Amy and her braindamaged sister watching ghostly dolls in an old dollhouse act out a scene that leads to the solving of two murders. And using one of the most classic ghost themes Keith Claire tells the Otherwise story about a strange, red-haired girl named Chloe who shows Matt the way to the home of the artist Dockhurst — drowned long ago. The House on Parchment Street, by Patricia McKillip. eeriely tells of a ghost the children see every afternoon at 4 P.M. in the cellar wall of the basement at home. The girl ghost beckons and says "Come". Our last recommenda-

tion of ghostly stories is entitled IT by William Mayne. about Alice Dyson, who disturbs a restless spirit when she probes around a rock at the top of a hill, and it will not let her go until she masters its mystery. EVEN THE youngest children delight in scary stories as long as they aren't too frightening The Beast Under the Bed. Liza r Lou, and the yellow Bellied Swamp Monster and Tailypo are suspenseful picture books for the youngest that won't scare them enough for nightmares. Lastly I would like to mention two wonderful poetry books with chilling, scary poems that will delight children and show them that poetry is not all roses and sweetness: Nightmares; Poems to Trouble Your Sleep and The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight . More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky. "And when the gruesome, grisly ghoul has nothing left to chew, he hurries to another school And waits... perhaps for you."

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