Baldwin Library New Releases 8-30-16

Crash and Burn by Fern Michaels

The women of the Sisterhood are united by their mission to help those unable to help themselves. But now they've encountered opponents who share a unique bond of their own. The law firm of Queen, King, Bishop & Rook - the Chessmen - has been a formidable force in Washington, D.C., for decades. And Sisterhood member Nikki Quinn's new case has made her their prime target. Nikki has agreed to represent Livinia Lambert as she files for divorce from her domineering, greedy husband, Wilson "Buzz" Lambert. Buzz, currently Speaker of the House, fears the scandal will scupper his presidential plans, and intends to make life extremely difficult for Livinia - with the Chessmen's help. The Chessmen may play dirty, but the Sisterhood play smart. For too long, the Chessmen have believed themselves above the law they pretend to serve, but there's no statute of limitations on the Sisterhood's particular brand of justice - or their loyalty . . .

A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must. And there he finds four young cadets in the Sûreté academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map. Everywhere Gamache turns, he sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets. Tattooed and pierced. Guarded and angry. Amelia is more likely to be found on the other side of a police line-up. And yet she is in the academy. A protégée of the murdered professor. The focus of the investigation soon turns to Gamache himself and his mysterious relationship with Amelia, and his possible involvement in the crime. 

The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke

On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson, at a Galveston drive-in, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War.

DVD'S/BLU-RAYS

The Jungle Book

An about Mowgli, a manepic adventure -cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.

Me Before You

Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for.

Treasurer Vote Garners Large Turnout and 1500 vote margin of victory for challenger.

City Clerk's Election similar to Supervisors but this time the impossible dream for challenger versus legend IS SHORT BY 1700 votes

For Township Supervisor: Leo Savoie bests Dave Thomas by votes 452 votes out of 8042 votes cast..

It was Satchel Page who famously said don't look back something may be gaining on you.  In it's edition published just the election before Tuesday's  election. Downtown Magazine dismissed David Thomas as  one  more than willing to  accept the half truth by the Township Treasurer and has shown himself to be part of the fringe group of malcontents who either do not seek the truth or do not understand it.

  The surprising thing is that  most people outside Bloomfield Township prior to the yesterday's election had never heard of Dave Thomas and those  inside the township by the votes cast  apparently did did not consider him the evil incarnate.

A Year and a half ago ,  Supervisor Leo  Savoie was at the top of his game, as the Man who stood up to DTE and unannounced Ground to Sky Tree trimming, The Law's laid down  by Leo for future  dealings with the utility by the Township  were copied far and wide and for lack of a better term. could be called Leo Laws.

This publication liked Leo because  his well orchestrated  meetings ran under  two hours and he gave the dissidents their due in terms time of  at public hearings.

The  4244  votes Thomas did not get may have been from voters who realized Leo was still need to land the and plane take off  again.The 3792 votes Dave Thomas recieved gets him,  and what he says serious consideration in a Township of 40,000.

Buckley, Barnett, Schostak, and Walsh win seats on Township Board.

Here is where the candidates won or lost.

Choice	Precinct	Absentee	Total	Percent
Jeffrey Axt	1,741	1,542	3,283	11.91%
Neal Barnett	1,808	1,765	3,573	12.96%
Kirk R. Brannock	1,820	1,574	3,394	12.31%
David B. Buckley	2,125	1,897	4,022	14.59%
Geoff Hockman	1,480	1,438	2,918	10.58%
Corinne Khederian	1,548	1,572	3,120	11.32%
Michael Schostak	1,915	1,905	3,820	13.85%
Dani Walsh	1,838	1,586	3,424	12.42%

 David Buckley was overwhelming at both the precinct and with absentee voters.   His  2125  precinct votes was unequalled.the best record vote. Maybe he should have run for supervisor.  Michael Schostak had almost perfect balance between his absentee and  precinct which is good for style points.  Dani Walsh was  a heavy hitter at the polls indicating a good election day get out  the vote organization.
Here you begin to see a pattern.  Incumbents do their best with the presumed older stay at home voter who  might have voted months  earlier. when Leo was the gold standard.
. 
Candidates Axt,  and Brannock did well at the precinct level but came up approximately 300 votes short with the  write ins.That  is traditionally a rookie mistake which should  not discourage them from  future campaigns.

Candidates Hockman and  incumbent Khederain also achieved the perfect balance championed by skating coaches and Political advisors but too few votes to make it matter. later was hampered by an illness in the family. the former by being new. Both ran  the "Together we can keep good going ! " Leo Savoie inspired slate.
If the not always loyal opposition needed a moniker Downtown Magazine had plenty. The Publisher of Downtown in edition before the Election wrote, "(Dan) Devine has managed to assemble a  
assembled a clown car of candidates for all the offices in August GOP Primary."

That by itself  accomplished on short notice in the dog days of summer by a much maligned leader is rather impressive and the election returns indicate that.

WARD	Jeffrey Axt	Neal Barnett	Kirk R. Brannock	David B. Buckley	Geoff Hockman	Corinne Khederian	Michael Schostak	Dani Walsh	Total
1	75	128	68	87	103	103	151	70	785
2	43	85	53	58	66	75	75	46	501
3	104	156	107	137	122	130	168	117	1,042
4	126	102	140	160	85	100	102	135	951
5	71	118	66	79	76	86	141	61	698
6	176	113	156	217	95	97	138	169	1,162
7	50	53	47	60	49	55	62	53	430
8	169	288	189	221	357	281	342	178	2,025
9	152	183	148	187	170	152	181	141	1,314
10	115	170	114	156	91	132	168	162	1,108
11	143	160	152	168	121	126	160	153	1,183
12	159	88	178	167	66	74	81	145	958
14	89	107	118	110	100	103	123	95	845
15	193	130	157	190	117	123	143	156	1,211
16	60	90	67	64	77	85	106	73	622
	Jeffrey Axt	Neal Barnett	Kirk R. Brannock	David B. Buckley	Geoff Hockman	Corinne Khederian	Michael Schostak	Dani Walsh	Total
17	69	128	84	85	100	100	137	94	802
18	49	46	62	58	36	37	47	48	383
19	131	71	128	141	46	56	69	133	777
20	74	147	91	114	114	120	153	73	887
21	88	63	104	125	46	66	60	94	646
22	180	113	161	188	98	107	109	176	1,132
23	103	149	107	132	110	122	155	123	1,002
24	63	171	57	83	123	150	167	70	884
25	94	111	86	108	84	98	108	97	786
26	13	14	14	17	7	11	16	13	105
27	123	85	130	170	52	68	72	127	828
28	49	32	49	57	23	28	41	46	325
29	55	72	49	81	78	61	78	61	535
30	115	82	132	127	71	77	93	123	820
31	107	181	145	148	135	165	202	136	1,220
Precinct	Jeffrey Axt	Neal Barnett	Kirk R. Brannock	David B. Buckley	Geoff Hockman	Corinne Khederian	Michael Schostak	Dani Walsh	Total
32	101	78	104	128	65	70	102	112	760
33	144	59	131	199	35	62	70	144	845
Total:	3,283	3,573	3,394	4,022	2,918	3,120	3,820	3,424	27,572
WARD	Jeffrey Axt	Neal Barnett	Kirk R. Brannock	David B. Buckley	Geoff Hockman	Corinne Khederian	Michael Schostak	Dani Walsh	Total
1	75	128	68	87	103	103	151	70	785
2	43	85	53	58	66	75	75	46	501
3	104	156	107	137	122	130	168	117	1,042
4	126	102	140	160	85	100	102	135	951
5	71	118	66	79	76	86	141	61	698
6	176	113	156	217	95	97	138	169	1,162
7	50	53	47	60	49	55	62	53	430
8	169	288	189	221	357	281	342	178	2,025
9	152	183	148	187	170	152	181	141	1,314
10	115	170	114	156	91	132	168	162	1,108
11	143	160	152	168	121	126	160	153	1,183
12	159	88	178	167	66	74	81	145	958
14	89	107	118	110	100	103	123	95	845
15	193	130	157	190	117	123	143	156	1,211
16	60	90	67	64	77	85	106	73	622
	Jeffrey Axt	Neal Barnett	Kirk R. Brannock	David B. Buckley	Geoff Hockman	Corinne Khederian	Michael Schostak	Dani Walsh	Total
17	69	128	84	85	100	100	137	94	802
18	49	46	62	58	36	37	47	48	383
19	131	71	128	141	46	56	69	133	777
20	74	147	91	114	114	120	153	73	887
21	88	63	104	125	46	66	60	94	646
22	180	113	161	188	98	107	109	176	1,132
23	103	149	107	132	110	122	155	123	1,002
24	63	171	57	83	123	150	167	70	884
25	94	111	86	108	84	98	108	97	786
26	13	14	14	17	7	11	16	13	105
27	123	85	130	170	52	68	72	127	828
28	49	32	49	57	23	28	41	46	325
29	55	72	49	81	78	61	78	61	535
30	115	82	132	127	71	77	93	123	820
31	107	181	145	148	135	165	202	136	1,220
Precinct	Jeffrey Axt	Neal Barnett	Kirk R. Brannock	David B. Buckley	Geoff Hockman	Corinne Khederian	Michael Schostak	Dani Walsh	Total
32	101	78	104	128	65	70	102	112	760
33	144	59	131	199	35	62	70	144	845
Total:	3,283	3,573	3,394	4,022	2,918	3,120	3,820	3,424	27,572