Wwpl July 2009 Newsletter

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Phone: 317-896-9391 FAX: 317-896-3702 www.wwpl.lib.in.us

Westfield Washington Public Library 333 W. Hoover Street Westfield, IN 46074

 

Public Library Board of Trustees:

The Westfield Washington Public Library will strive, in partnership with local organizations, to provide quality services, materials and facilities that fulfill the educational, informational, technological, cultural and recreational needs of the entire community.

Carolyn Wheeler President Mike Thomas Vice President Bob Richardson Secretary Paul Catlin Treasurer Nedra Hoard Mic Mead

Friends News...

David Weiss

Friends Board:

The next Friends meeting will be held on July 10, at 6:00 p.m. The annual Craft Bazaar and Silent Auction is coming in October. Would you like to be part of this fundraising, community-minded event? If so, please attend our next meeting. Everyone is welcome.

Volume  6, Issue 6  Westfield Washington

Sheryl Sollars, Director Sandy Rowland, Assistant Director

Virginia Fiscus, President Carly Schull, Vice President Jeanette Wachtel, Treasurer Marie Albertson, Secretary

@ the Westfield Washington Public Library        A publication of Friends of the Westfield Library

Book Sales in 2009: Aug. 7: Preview 6-7:30 pm Aug. 8-15: Library Hours Oct. 2: Preview 6-7:30 pm Oct. 3-10: Regular Hours Nearly New Book Sale: Dec. 4: Preview 6-7:30 pm Dec. 5-12: Regular Hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Planning for the Future—You are Invited! You are invited and encouraged to participate in planning the future for the Westfield Washington Public Library. The Westfield Washington Public Library Board of Trustees is in the process of developing a new Strategic Plan for the library. This plan will enable the library to continue providing quality library services for Washington Township for the next three to five years. The Library Board feels that community input is vital to a successful plan. We encourage you to fill out the enclosed survey and return it to the library. The survey is also available online at www.wwpl.lib.in.us. The next step in the planning process will be Focus Group Sessions. We are excited about this process and we would like to invite you to participate in these sessions to hear more of your input as we plan the future of the Westfield Washington Public Library. If you would be interested in participating, please complete the information at the end of the survey. Thank you for participating in the planning of the future of the Westfield Washington Public Library. Your input is very valuable. (Survey enclosed)

The Library Board meets on the Pepper Profit Program second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Chili’s restaurant located at 14735 N. Meridian in Village Park Plaza in cooperation with Friends of the Westfield Library has agreed to give the library 10% of your purchases on the dates of July 8th and July 9th. This is a great way for the library to earn some extra dollars. All money will be used to Library Hours purchase items for the library. The coupon is located on the last page of this Monday-Thursday newsletter and must be presented when you pay. Thanks for participating and 9:00 AM-8:00 PM enjoy your meal! Friday 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Closed Sunday

Library Closed July 4th

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Summer Reading Program... Be Creative@Your Library There is still time to sign up for the summer reading program at the Westfield Washington Public Library. You will need to read and/or listen to 10 books and you can also receive credit for attending adult programs, book discussions, ESL classes, or reading three magazines or reading three children’s books to a child. There are some very nice prizes offered, including items donated by the Westfield business community. A grand prize drawing will be will be held at the end.

You can really be creative at the Teen Summer Reading library during the month of July. Program : You are invited to join the group If you were signed up by for Craftivities at 6:30 pm on June 20th, your name was eneach Wednesday tered in a drawing for tickets to the night. Each week Verizon Wireless Music Center. will feature a demonstration of a The lucky winner was: different craft, ollowed by free time Daniel Hicks. to work on the craft of your choice. Did I mention a cup of herbal tea? Congratulations to Daniel and we hope he enjoys the tickets and Take advantage of this hour to keeps reading! enjoy the camaraderie of other crafters and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere.

Audio/Video Department... Most of you are familiar with Steve Martin as a comedian, actor, and writer, but did you know he is a musician as well. In his latest album, The Crow, Martin shows his skill at playing the banjo. Five of the songs were written by him 40 years ago. To compensate for a lack of professional instruction, he composed the tunes himself.

during your exercise routines. Karoake Party—#1 Hits of the 80’s: lyric book included. Union Bible College: students performing, five CD’s. Jazz Wedding Album—First Dances: 11 timeless love songs for that romantic first dance.

Other interesting titles added to the CD collection are: Kathy Smith’s Power Mix: a selection of remixed music to help you determine proper pacing

NEW DVDs: Crossing Over Defiance Gran Torino Inkheart He’s Just Not That Into You Revolutionary Road NEW BOOKS ON CD: Medusa, Clive Cussler Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Janet Evanovich Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Deception, Eric Lustbader Fugitive, Phillip Margolin Matters of the Heart, Danielle Steel

Happy 4th of July... Most people in the United States celebrate the 4th of July, but do you know exactly why the holiday is so important to our country. The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and appointed a committee to write a formal document that would tell Great Britain that the Americans had

decided to govern themselves. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and it was approved by all the members of Congress. They revised the document and declared their independence on July 2, 1776, then officially adopted it on July 4, 1776.

Congress ordered that all members sign the Declaration of Independence. The next January, Congress sent signed copies to all the states. This document is not just a piece of paper, but a symbol of our country’s independence and commitment to certain ideals.

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WWPL Board Meetings—June 10, 2009... Plan. Once the survey results have been tallied, the next step in developing the plan will be Focus Group sessions. We feel public input is crucial in creating a useful and community-driven plan that will provide the library board the Migration to Evergreen Indiana has direction it needs to continue to been tentatively scheduled for late provide quality library services to October. We will be keeping you Westfield and Washington informed of all of the new and Township. exciting features of Evergreen Indiana through this newsletter, the We are excited about this process local newspapers and the library’s and we invite you to participate by completing the survey and website. So, stay tuned. volunteering to attend one of these During the month of July, a survey sessions as we plan the future of will be distributed to help the library the Westfield Washington Public board with creating a new Strategic Library. Dates and times for the Circulation of materials for the month of May 2009: 39,172 compared to May 2008: 37,884. This was over a 3% increase from 2008 statistics. New library cards issued in May: 160.

sessions have not been scheduled yet, but will most likely be in late August or early September. The June Board Meeting was the last board meeting for Steve Reitmeyer. Steve had served on the board for 14 years. He provided the library board with great leadership and guidance. He will be missed. At the July Board meeting, we will be welcoming a new member to the board: David Weiss. (The board meeting minutes and packets are posted on the library’s website at www.wwpl.lib.in.us.)

Magazine Rack... “The Buzz on Native Pollinators” in National Wildlife discusses the decline of the honeybees and other pollinating animals. Scientists estimate that in the United States alone, native bees perform as much as 3 billion worth of pollination services annually. It also illuminates what all of us can do to conserve the pollinators in your back yard.

In case you missed it, in National Review (June 8, 2009) is an article about our own Indiana governor Mitch Daniels including a picture of him on the front cover of the magazine. “Mitch the Knife” is described as ‘The Blade’ . It is an interesting article and should be read by all Hoosiers—a good opportunity to get to know your governor.

Mother Earth News has an article that offers 35 tips to help you handle pest control, weeding and other peak summer garden chores. “Keeping Up with Your Garden” is good for those gardeners who like to plant rather than pick. You can use the guidelines in this article to keep your garden working efficiently.

Book Review...Top 10 of Everything 2009 The Top 10 of Everything (031.02) by Russell Ash provides a shorthand glimpse at what is happening with the world economy, global warming, deforestation, the countries that will have the most people and the densest populations in the future, and other issues that concern us all. At the same time, it

conveys a fascinating and entertaining overview of the amazing diversity of our planet and its people. It lists, among other things, the largest diamonds, the largest snails, the heaviest and the oldest people, the richest dead celebrities, the largest shopping malls and the most powerful

computers. If you want to know the most common and unusual phobias, the most borrowed and the most translated authors or the leading chocolate consumers and the most overweight countries—this is the book for you!