Friends of the Modesto Library Winter/Spring 2010 Newsletter

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YES Ambassadors at Annual Meeting

ModestoLibrary1500 I Street

Modesto CA 95354(209) 558-7800

HoursM-Th 10 am9 pm

Fri-Sat 10 am5 pmSunday: closed

The Friends of Modesto Libraryis proud to present YES Ambas-sadors on March 3, 2010, at theannual membership meeting.YES Ambassadors will performa selection of songs on friend-ship and delight Friends.

YES (Youth EntertainmentStage) is a year-round youththeater program that introducesstudents to the performing artsthrough intensive summer theat-rical training and year-roundexposure to performance and

the arts. Participants learn life-time skills of leadership, team-work, discipline, and a strongexposure to performance and thearts. .

We hope to see you at our annualmembership meeting in the Mo-desto Library Auditorium(downstairs) to socialize, enjoysongs by YES Ambassadors, andvote for FOML board membersfor 2010-2011.

YES Ambassadors

What: Annual MembershipMeeting with YES Ambassa-dors

When: Wednesday March 3,2010 at 7 pmWhere: Modesto LibraryDownstairs Auditorium/1500 ISt.

FOML board nominees are:

President: Stella BeratlisVice-President: Joan PattersonSecretary: VacantTreasurer: Jonaca DriscollMembership: Ellen DambrosioActivities: Barbara Quinn

Friends of the Modesto Library Newsletter Winter/Spring 2010

Friends Bulletin

Little Shopinside the Modesto Library

209-573-3142

Check our website for hours:

ModestoLibraryFriends.org

Inside this issue:

Library Stuff 2

Upcoming Library Events 3

Destination: Success! 4

Book Club in a Box 4

Halloween Fun 4

New Literature Rack 5Return of Used Book Sale 5

Library Spotlight 6

Membership Form 7


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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Effective February 1, 2010, the Library willno longer send courtesy hold notices by U.S. Mail. Please provide your

e-mail address to receive hold notices and overdue reminders. You mayupdate your e-mail information by going to My Account in the LibraryCatalog, then to Profile; or call (209) 558-7808.

This newsletter is publishedquarterly by the Friends of theModesto Library. Copies may berequested by [email protected].

The Friends of the Modesto Libraryis a nonprofit organization thatpromotes goodwill and support bythe community for the ModestoLibrary, stimulates publicawareness of Modesto Libraryneeds, and seeks out sources of cultural and educational programsfor the Modesto Library.

Mail:FOMLP.O. Box 4565

Modesto CA [email protected]

Online:http://www.ModestoLibraryFriends.org

Board of Directors 2009-2010

OfficersPresident: Stella BeratlisVice-Pres: Joan PattersonSecretary: vacantTreasurer: Jonaca Driscoll

Directors:Membership: Ellen DambrosioBook Sale: Anne BrittonActivities: Barbara QuinnPublicity: vacantHospitality: vacantAt-Large/Gift Shop Mgr: PeggyGardiner Newsletter: Gene & Lin-Ching Malone,Anne Britton, and many others!

Special thanks to Dittos of Modesto(www.dittosprint.com)

The Friends of the Modesto Library isa registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in thestate of California. All contributions aretax-deductible as allowed by law.ID#: 77-0038333

New Seating in the Childrens DepartmentIn early 2009, theModesto Library

requested that theFriends purchase sixLunella Stackable Seatsto be used under RyansReading Tree in theChildrens Department.Board membersapproved the use of

Friends funds for this furniture and so the order was placed. Those seatsfinally arrived at the start of Januaryand what a glorious splash of color they add to the Childrens Department.

The seats, intended for small children to sit and enjoy reading or browsingthrough library materials, are soft, bouncy cushions that can be sat upon, slidupon, and carried around by children of all sizes. Designed by EnricoBaleria and Denis Santachiara for Baleria Italia, theyre a practical andusable example of Italian design. With washable covers, the LunellaStackable Seats are sure to be a hit with kids at the Modesto Library for years to come.


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Community Hospice Family CaregiverEducationCommunity Hospice is presenting a series of four more Family Caregiver Education programs at thelibrary, all starting at 6:30 p.m. The dates areFebruary 24, March 24, April 28, and May 26.The programs are held in the Modesto LibraryAuditorium.

All of the Month of February

Childrens Lincoln Bookmark contest. Pick upentry forms in Modestos Childrens Departmentor at branch libraries.

March 3, 7:00 p.m.: Annual FOMLMembership Meeting

Dont miss our annual meeting. Entertainment byYES Ambassadors. Modesto Library Auditorium.

March 7-13: Teen Tech Week Contact the Library for details.

March 11 and 13: Used Book SaleSALIDA

Friends of the Salida Library are acceptingdonations of new and gently used books,magazines, CDs, videos and DVDs. Donationscan be dropped off in the container in the SalidaLibrary lobby at 4835 Sisk Road. All proceedssupport childrens programs, special events andsupplies at the Salida Library. Sale hours at theSalida Library are Thursday, March 11 from 10:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 13 from10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information,

please call 543-7315.

Whats coming up?Events at Modesto Library

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March 13, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.: All-FriendsConference For all Friends groups supporting StanislausCounty Libraries. Modesto Library Auditorium.

March 17, 7:00 p.m.: Reading The Namesake byauthor Jhumpa Lahiri

Modesto Library Book Club. In the ModestoLibrary Auditorium.

March 20, 2:00 p.m.: Christi Phillips, author of The Rossetti Letter and The Devlin Diary Sponsored by the Stanislaus County LibraryFoundation and the Modesto Bee. Salida LibraryCommunity Room.

May 1, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.: Used Book SaleMODESTO

Presented by Friends of the Modesto Library. For

inquiries regarding book donations, please contactClare Noonan at [email protected] . Sale will

be held on the Modesto Library portico.

May 12 through 15, Scholastic Discount NewKids Book Sale

The Customer Appreciation warehouse Remotesale you have been waiting for will havediscounts of 30% to 80%. Modesto LibraryAuditorium. Volunteers are needed to staff thissale. The hours worked will buy books forlibrary and literacy programs. For informationand to volunteer, call Anne Britton at 209-996-1531 .


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Friends Bulletin Destination: Success! Hutton House

Parent Resource Center

Redwood Family Center

Sierra Vista Child & FamilyServices

Stanislaus Literacy Center/Family Literacy Program

Toys for Tots

Heartfelt thanks to all 24volunteers who helped set up, pack down and staff the three day book

fair. And a special thanks to Dittosfor their continuing contributionsfor printing publicity material toadvertise the event.

The Scholastic Destination Book Fair: Read Around the World washeld November 12 - 14 in theLibrary auditorium. In addition to

nearly $1,000 income for theFriends and $275 credit awarded

by Scholastic which can be spenton their products, an additional$600-plus in books were collectedand distributed to library, literacyand youth agency programs. These

books were purchased by shoppersthrough Wish Lists and distributedto the Librarys Childrens and

Teen programs as well as: Childrens Crisis Center/

Crickets House

Golden Valley Heath Centers/Reach Out and Read

Haven Womens Shelter

Are you in a book club? Thinking of starting one? Community book clubs now have free access to sets of books through the County Librarysystem. More than 80 titles are available including Eat, Pray, Love, The

Kite Runner, and Life of Pi . Each set has 15 to 20 copies. Some have anaudio or large-print edition included. For more information, call theSalida Library (543-7315), where the books are stored.

Book Club in a Box

Halloween FunRoughly 200 people attended the 2009 Halloween event at the ModestoLibrary. The Stanislaus Library Foundation funded a Trick or Treat pa-rade and costume contest with book store gift certificates as prizes. Withhelp from the librarys Outreach department, volunteers from the Friendsstaffed treat stations throughout the library handing out posters, magnetframes, stickers, rainbow bracelets, and of course - candy! Smiles werehad by all, not least the adorable children.


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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark toread. Groucho Marx

Stella Beratlis with the new literature rack. Photo courtesy of Richard Philpot.

Literature Rack Donated by Tuolumne River Woodworkers

Thanks to Richard Philpot and members of the Tuolumne River Woodworkers Association(TRWA), the Little Shop now has a lovely literature rack on which to place books for sale. Theracks are designed so that smaller books can fit easily in the top tier of the rack, leaving spacein the bottom rack for those larger-format books we offer.

The TRWA, a nonprofit local organi-zation for individuals who like towork with wood, has a strong com-munity service orientation. In addi-tion to tackling numerous outreach

projects throughout the year, TRWAmembers create more than a thou-sand wood toys annually for distribu-tion to children in our community.For more information about TRWA,

please visit trwa.net.

Book lovers rejoice--the Friends of the Modesto Library is holding the first of what we hopewill be an Annual Used Book Sale to benefit the Modesto Library on May 1, 2010. Many yearsago, when this Friends group first started, we used to hold used book sales. However, for the

past fifteen years (at least), the used book sale had fallen by the wayside. But now we're back,scheming to raise money for the Modesto Library, and planning to have a great time in the

process.

The Friends Used Book Sale is scheduled for Saturday May 1 on the Modesto Library Porticofrom 10 am to 3 pm. We're looking for good-condition used books and other media (DVDs,videos, etc.) which you may not need. What better way to dispose of your unwanted/unusedreading material than donating to the Friends so we can raise funds for the Modesto Library?Please contact Clare Noonan at [email protected] if you have items to donate.

Return of the Friends Used Book Sale

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Anyone else out there an insom-niac? Reading helps me slow

down and drop off to sleep. Unlessthe book is too good to close, thenreading until midnight finishing a

book makes wake-up time cometoo early for me. My solution is toread short stories.

The Modesto Library arranges itsshort story collection two ways.An authors collected works, say a

book of stories by Poe, will be

shelved with his other fictionworks. But if you dip into the un-known, try the other location - the

Short Story Collection . It ishoused against the wall behind the

regular fiction area and includesgenres like mysteries, science fic-tion, women authors, time periods,and best of volumes. If youthink youve read everything onthe library shelf by your favoriteauthor, you may be wrong. Usethe library catalog and look up theauthors name using the AnyWord search. You may find other

shorter works in one of the ShortStory Collection editions. Pleasantdreams!

LIBRARY SPOTLIGHT:Insomnia Anodyne Short Stories

Anne Britton

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Squirrel Has a Name! Last year, the Friends purchased asquirrel puppet for the Childrens De-

partment to use as a mascot. During November, the Childrens Departmentheld a contest to name the squirrel.The two lucky winners, Halle and Na-than, chose books donated by Friendsof the Modesto Library.

Toby Pattertwig

Nathan Halle


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SUPPORT OUR LIBRARY

PresidentStella Beratlis

Vice PresidentJoan Patterson

TreasurerJonaca Driscoll

SecretaryTracy Sahn

MembershipEllen Dambrosio

Activities Barbara Quinn

Book Fairs Anne Britton

Gift Shop ManagerPeggy Gardiner

The Friends of the Modesto Library is an organization dedicated to makingour library more useful to more people. A friend is someone like YOU ...willing to support our library. You may use the application form below.

What does Friends of the Modesto Library do? Many things!!! Friends of the Modesto Library was originally founded to

protect the citizens freedom to read. More recently, in times of reduced budgets, The Friends have come forth to help fund everything from Storyteller and Mime Programs for children, as well as book rewards for the Summer Reading Programs. We have also provided the baby library card flyer for newmothers, along with varied improvements to the library.

Why should I join? Your membership dues will provide for continuing and expanding these

programs. You will receive a newsletter with advance notice of upcomingevents and current activities.

How do I join? Tear off the membership form below, enclose your annual dues, and mail it innow. Make out your tax deductible check to Friends of the Modesto Library .What do I have to do after I become a member? Your participation in activities is on a voluntary basis. You may be asked to

participate in Friends activities to help the library in various ways. Pleaseindicate your area of interest on the membership form.

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