‘Hot Or Not?’ The Topic For Library Series

By Nancy K. Crevier

The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will present “Hot or Not? Some Topics On Global Warming” beginning with the film Global Warming: the Signs and the Science, Tuesday, April 1, at 7 pm. The series of speakers and films will run Tuesday evenings through the end of May.

On April 8, local weatherman and meteorologist Art Horn will discuss “Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?” a program that dispels the common myths of climate change. Mr Horn is a native of Connecticut. He earned his degree in meteorology with honors from Lyndon State College. He has been employed by weather consulting companies in the Boston area and spent time in Iran as an onsite meteorologist. After returning from Iran, he worked in the radio weather field for Environmental Research and Technology in Concord, Mass. His television career started in Portland, Maine, working for the CBS station channel 13. From there he headed south to be the chief meteorologist for the NBC Station Channel 5 in West Palm Beach, Fla.

In 1992 Mr Horn returned to Connecticut to work for the NBC station Channel 30 in his home state. In 2005 he started his own business, The “Art” of Weather, traveling throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, on cruise ships, and visiting schools with his weather programs. He also works as a freelance meteorologist for television stations and has produced and hosted an Emmy-nominated and ‘Telly” Award-winning documentary about hurricanes with CPTV in Connecticut. He serves as an expert witness for lawyers in weather-related lawsuits and writes magazine articles.

The program is open to the public, but please reserve a place by calling 426-4533.

An Inconvenient Truth will air at the library April 15. Directed by Davis Guggenheim and narrated by former vice president of the United States Al Gore, the movie combines the science of global warming with Mr Gore’s personal commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change.

On April 22, residents are invited to hear speaker Jack Kozuchowski, an environmental consultant who will offer examples of the little things individuals can do to reduce contributing to greenhouse gases.

Brookfield resident Rene Hue and Kim Sala of Purchase, N.Y., owners of Willow Designs in Brookfield, will be at the library on April 29 to show participants how to incorporate found objects into meaningful new creations. Willow Designs is known for its creation of custom invitations, calling cards, and other products that often blend vintage or unusual embellishments into the creations. “We will be discussing how you can take your past and utilize it in today’s life, through the infusion perhaps of family history into an event, maybe using old photographs, letters, telegrams, old postcards,” said Ms Hue. Willow Designs counts among its primary accounts Neiman Marcus, which carries the business’s custom portfolio in its top 15 stores. Registration is required for this program by calling 426-4533.

The Great Global Warming Swindle offers a chance to examine global warming as reported by the media. The film, slated for May 6, claims that the information about global warming generally presented as fact is instead, a hoax.

On May 14, the NOVA documentary Dimming the Sun reports on the discovery that the amount of sunlight reaching Earth is waning.

The final two films in the series will be Warming of Connecticut, May 20, and Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-energize America, by Jeff Barie, May 27, exploring what could be found by tracing wires from a light switch to its energy source.

For more information about any of the speakers or films, contact C.H. Booth Library at 426-4533. All programs begin at 7 pm.