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youngadults are using their creative think-ing skills to come up with strategiesand ideas that will bring teens andbooks,teens and stories,together.Lots of innovative programs arehappening in Connecticut libraries.Linda Williams and Celestia Brown,co-chairs of the Young Adult Sec-tion,asked busy Connecticut cre-ators of YA programs to share someof their ideas with CL readers.Theirprogram descriptions follow.  \nhttp://cla.uconn.edu  \nOur Day With Pete ………………………2Looking at Books:  \nThe Grand Complication………………2From the President………………………………3Board Highlight ……………  …………4Heritage:Godfrey Memorial Library,Middletown………………………………………5What to Do When the Roof Leaks...6  \nA.Fremont Rider…………………………………6Albany Avenue Sanctuary.………………7Technology:Are You a Techie?………BPeople ………………………………………12CLA Minimum Salary Guideline..12  \nCONNECTICUTLIBRARIESAPublication ofthe ConnecticutLibraryAssociation  \nGroton  \nWhat are the\"hot\"issues that inter-est teens?How can the library at-tract teens to attend programs andread books?We addressed thesequestions last summer and,as a re-sult,young adult programmerNancy Lawry developed the TeenDinner and Discussion concept.Shedistributed a survey to our tcenageclients to determine which topicsthey would be interested in discuss-ing;they could check off from a listor add their own subjects.She se-lected four topics from their re-sponses:How to Start a Band orSinging Career;Body Art:Piercingand Tattooing;Violence in Rap andHip-Hop Music;and Teen Le-gal Rights.  \nNancy planned the programsfor the first Monday of themonth and contacted localcommunity members,businesspeople,and a few library staffmembers to lead the discus-sions.All but one donated hisor her time.Publicity con-sisted of a press release to thelocal media and a flyer,whichwas posted and distributed inthe local schools as well asmailed to our list of teenage cus-tomers.  \nA free dinner was a blatant attempt to attract teens to the programs.\"No one would have come if I hadn't offered food!”Nancy reported.She d  f h T   \nMartha Rea Nelson(far right),assistant children's librarian atHartford Public Library's AlbanyAvenue Branch,worked withneighborhood children,agcs 8 thru 15,to make paper flowers for anintergenerational poetry reading inmid-May.Seniors from the ImmanuelAdult Day Center came to the libraryand read their poems to the children.The children then prcscnted theseniors with the flowers.The eventwas part of the library's celebrationof Older Americans Month—America:A Community for All Ages.  \nIn March,the Albany AvenueBranch was the subject of a featurearticle in the Hartford Courant.You'llfind that article,“Albany AvenueSanctuary,\"reprinted on page 7 of thisissue.Photograph:Brenda Miller  \nVolunteer Club prepared the food—usually a simple pasta dish.Teenswere asked to contribute what theycould—soda,bread,salad or dessertalthough Nancy was prepared toprovide all of the food if necessaryContinned on page 9  \nete Hamill came toConnecticut on Monday,May 6 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