The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Sometimes people are too embarrassed to do anything about the situation. Others feel that the taxes they pay entitle them to take permanent possession of library materials. Still others may be waiting for an "amnesty day", when the Library will waive all outstanding fines in order to get its property back. The Library Board's policy is not to offer amnesty periods at any time. Rather, it has adopted a new tougher approach in order to ensure that these long-term overdue situations are cleared up. If you know someone who is in this category, perhaps you would bring this to their attention. ADULT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE GALLERY -- prune chestnut sauce, spiced plums, appetizers piquant to the taste and a marvelous stollen are included in this `cider in the kitchen' cookbook. 641.5 COO HANSEN, Marilyn, ed. COOKING BY THE CALENDAR December chapter begins with "Gifts from the kitchen" and includes a wonderful old--time molasses fruitcake! 641.872 F24m FARRELL, John MAKING CORDIALS AND LIQUEURS AT HOME Botanical watercolour illustrations by artist Lyn Noble will be featured in the Gallery the month of November. Mrs. Noble is a graduate of the Van couver School of Art, a teacher at Okanagan Summer School of the Arts and has written an award--winning book, "Plantae Occidentalis 200 years of Botanical Art in B.C." Illustrations of mushrooms and onions with inter-- plantings of wild flowers will be the theme of this show. For more information, please call 926--3291, local 12. -- PEOPLES LAW SCHOOL -- RRSP'S Step--by--step directions for making these pure and tempting beverages at home. Flavoured with herbs, spices, fruits, from coffee, tea, nuts or flower petals -- - absinthe to Zebrovka--flavoured vodka. 745.5 BUR BURGESS, Maureen GIFT BASKETS The perfect imaginative A wonderful baskets for 745.5 CR0 way to create an attractive, gift for a special person. selection of delightful gift. anyone on your list. REFERENCE DEPARTMENT DATE: Monday, November 18, 1985 TIlE: 7:00 9:00 p.m. PLACE: Seminar Room, West Vancouver Memorial Library -- If you are preparing your Christmas mailing list early this year, remember we can provide you with the Canadian postal codes as well as the U.S. zip codes. We also have a selection of telephone books for the larger cities across Canada and throughout the United States. The Reference Depart ment attempts to keep an up--to--date schedule of postal rates at hand. For those who travel at Christmas, you may wish to consult our map collections which hold street plans of many of the larger cities in North America and Europe. (,J ThV course will discuss the types of plans av Able, the various benefits and risks involved, qualifications for contribution, contribution limits, and how to choose the best plan for you. For more information and registration, please call 926--3291, local 12. CROSS, Linda KITCHEN CRAFTS Gingerbread houses, sugarcube castles Potpourri, sachets, decorations ideas decorative gifts. -- WHEN "NOVEMBER'S SKY IS CHILL AND DREAR" -- -- Spend time at home before the rush to prepare holiday gifts and remembrances from your kitchen. Your library has an excellent selection of "making at home" books, included in which are recipes for cordials, liqueurs, candies, preserves and marzipan, ideas for gift baskets and kitchen crafts. Here are a few suggestions: marzipan fruits and a child's delight! candles and Christmas for dozens of useful, "Fire-side enjoyments, Home-born happiness" Cowper 641.2 GAU GAULT, Lita THE CIDER BOOK A wide variety of delicious easy to prepare recipes. Delectible concoctions such as