UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 38, Page 7
August 1, 1996
Bulletin board

Park by Phone
     Faculty and staff receiving their Park by Phone confirmation
letters may have noticed that the form asks for copies of their
vehicle registration to be returned with the approved form. This is
unnecessary if the vehicle is being re-registered. Copies of
registration are required ONLY for vehicles that have not been
previously registered. The confirmation letter should be signed and
returned in its entirety to Public Safety by Aug. 2.
     Questions regarding Park by Phone should be directed via e-mail
to Gene.Dean@mvs.udel.edu or call 831-1184.


Sidewalk sales
     Two days of Summer Sidewalk Sales will be held by Newark
merchants during regular store business hours on Friday and Saturday,
Aug. 16-17.
     The event, sponsored by the Newark Business Association, will be
held along Main Street and in the Newark Shopping Center and will
feature food, clothing, antiques, toys and other merchanside offered
by association members. Special discounts will be offered by some
participants.
     For additional information, call 366-1680.


Library hours
     From Aug. 10-30, the Morris Library and all branch libraries will
be open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, and closed Saturdays and
Sundays. The Special Collections and Exhibition Gallery will be open
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays.


D.C. shuttle
     The Washington, D.C., shuttle to the Library of Congress and the
Folger Shakespeare Library will begin operating for the fall semester
on Friday, Sept. 6.
     The service will operate on Fridays only. Reservations must be
made, in advance, by noon, Thursdays. Call Darlene Reynolds, English,
at 831-1261.


Call for papers
     Organizers of the 1997 Winterthur Conference on "Race and
Ethnicity in American Material Life" invite proposals for papers that
will assess the influence of these two factors on American material
life from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
     Some of the potential themes include objects as means of cultural
accommodation and assimilation; objects as indicators of racial and
ethnic distinctiveness; American pluralism; slavery, segregation and
material life; and Native Americans and expansionism.
     Proposals are welcome from museum professionals and academics and
from a wide range of disciplines, from American studies and
archaeology to English, folklore and museum and women's studies.
     Interdisciplinary, theoretical and comparative approaches are
encouraged.
     The conference will be held Oct. 3-4, 1997.
     Proposals of 250 words are due by Jan. 15 to James C. Curtis and
Gary Kulik, Office of Advanced Studies, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur,
Delaware, 19735.


Volunteers needed
     The Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) of Delaware is planning its
second annual flu prevention campaign for the public on Oct. 1 and
Nov. 14. The Delaware program is part of a nationwide effort involving
80 VNAs throughout the U. S., designed to make low-cost, easily
accessible influenza vaccine available to the general public at a cost
of $10.
     All funds collected in excess of expenses will go to the
Compassionate Care Fund, which provides free or reduced-cost home care
to those who do not have the resources to pay.
     Volunteers, who are needed at the nearly 70 clinics to be held
throughout the state, will register clients, collect payments and
perform other associated duties that will help with the smooth
operation of the clinic. Five two-hour orientation sessions for
volunteers are scheduled during September, with two in Milford and
three in New Castle.
     For additional information, call Margarita Rodriguez-Duffy at 323-
8200, extension 6208.


Compost Park
     Delaware Master Gardeners, sponsored by Cooperative Extension,
also are Master Composters.
     To encourage the public to learn more about composting, the group
is dedicating Delaware's first Compost Park from 10 a.m.-noon, Aug.
10, at Bellevue State Park, north of Wilmington. The rain date is from
1-3 p.m., Aug. 11.
     The activities include compost in a baggie, worm composting, a
compost demonstration and a question-and-answer period. At 11 a.m.,
there will be a ribbon cutting and opening ceremonies, with 4-H
members starting the composting process.
     According to information supplied by the Master Composters,
composting helps reduce the waste stream, turns waste into resources,
adds nutrients to the soil, is easy, safe and cheap, as well as being
the right thing to do.
     Participants are encouraged to bring friends and neighbors; the
park entrance fee of $2.50 for Delaware cars and $5 for out-of-state
cars will be in effect.