FRIENDS OF THE BALDWIN CITY LIBRARY FOBCL Newsletter www.baldwincitylibrary.org August 2015 Every Hero Has a Story & We Have 850! By Barb Mathews, Children s Librarian The 2015 Summer Reading program was an amazing success! We had over 850 participants in our Wednesday morning activities and reading goal programs. Wednesday morning activities included an outdoor fair, Eric the magician (with Mr. Tinkles the bunny), the always-popular Ad Astra alpacas, appliance box tunnels, Operation Wildlife, the Douglas County Master Gardeners, and a trip across the street to the Baldwin City Fire Department. We couldn t have done it without our wonderful volunteers and our two summer interns, Allison Waymire and Emily Jardon. Also, a big thanks goes to all who contributed as organizers or participants. This year's pool party on July 18th was preceded by a food fight in the park for those Junior High students who finished their reading goals. Erik Bailey, junior high teacher, was a good sport as a major target. The smell of over-ripe produce, mustard, and expired salad dressing hung in the air for hours. We greatly appreciate the Friends of the Library and the local merchants: Arrowhead Hardware, Santa Fe Market, and Pizza Hut, for contributing prizes for all participants and winners. A gift basket and stacks of new books were awarded to the adult participants whose names were drawn from qualified entries. Again, thanks to all that made the Summer Reading Program such a success! INSIDE this Edition: BookTALK p. 2 Mum Sale Volunteers p. 2 Free Periodicals p. 2 Storyteller p. 3 Seed Lending Library p. 3 Spring Plant and Garage Sales p. 3 Credit Score Presentation p. 4 Pillow Presenters p. 4 Pearl Jam p. 4 New Items in Circulation p. 4 President s Message p. 5 2015 Business Members p. 5 Event Dates p. 6
FOBCL Newsletter Page 2 Fall 2015 BookTALK: Today s Mysteries By Cynthia Beall, Secretary/BookTALK Coordinator Friends of the Library join with the Kansas Humanities Council to sponsor BookTALK discussion sessions. The KHC series Today s Mysteries explores how the original mystery writers presented readers with appealing and eccentric sleuths who liked to solve puzzles, thereby restoring order and justice. After World War II, the mystery field expanded to include spy thrillers, police procedurals, and psychological cliff-hangers. Women joined men as private investigators and high society settings gave way to a variety of cultural and historical contexts. The best mysteries are powerfully written and strongly plotted. They feature fascinating characters and raise crucial questions of justice, modern societal problems, and human motivation. On September 15 th, we'll talk about Bootlegger s Daughter by Margaret Maron. This first novel in Maron's Imperfect series, which won the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 1993, introduces heroine Deborah Knott, an attorney and the daughter of an infamous North Carolina bootlegger. Known for her knowledge of the region's past and popular with the locals, Deb is asked by 18-year-old Gayle Whitehead to investigate the unsolved murder of her mother Janie, who died when Gayle was an infant. Our discussion session leader will be Sara W. Tucker, who recently retired as a professor in the history department at Washburn University. She holds a Ph.D. in history from Indiana University. For more than 20 years, her research has focused on American women's lives in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as various aspects of teaching with computer technologies. In Where Echoes Live by Marsha Muller, a friend asks private investigator Sharon McCone to look into corporate plans to reopen a gold mine near the Nevada border that could endanger the area s ecosystem. Following a trail of bizarre happenings, disappearances, and a dead body, McCone is led to a Hong Kong industrialist... and a killer bent on large destruction. Leading our discussion on October 20th is Sandra Wiechert, retired teacher and community relations coordinator at the Lawrence Public Library. She is the author of Historic Mount Oread: A Catalog of KU's Landmarks and received Lawrence's "Phoenix Award for Literary Arts." Author P.D. James Shroud for a Nightingale is hailed as mystery at its best by The New York Times. The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse. However, when a student plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is brutally killed. It s up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer prescribing murder as the cure for all ills. We'll discuss this book on November 17th with leader Sandra Calvin Hastings, professor emeritus of literature and writing at Johnson County CC and a Baker University alumna. Each meeting will be in the library periodicals section at 7:00 pm. Copies of the chosen books are available at the library. Beverages will be provided by Jitters. Follow Facebook page Baldwin City Ks. Public Library! Mum Sale Volunteers Needed It is time for the Annual Mum Sale! The Mum Sale will take place on the library lawn from 8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. on Friday the 18 th and from 8:00 a.m. noon on Saturday the 19 th. Anyone interested in giving an hour or two of time, please contact FriendsofBaldwinLibrary@gmail.com or write your name on the sign-up sheet at the library. Volunteers receive one free mum. Monthly Book Review Magazine Available The Friends are pleased to provide copies of Book Page: America s Book Review for the community to discover new books published each month. Look for copies available to take home from the library, or single copies in waiting rooms & coffee shops around town. If book titles aren t available at our library, you may request it through NExpress which connects more than 40 Kansas libraries! The Baldwin City paper, The Signal, and past periodical issues are also available for free in the atrium of the library. Come get yours!
FOBCL Newsletter Page 3 Storyteller Offers Laughs and Encouragement By Cynthia Beall, Secretary/BookTALK Coordinator Using examples from her own personal stories, Storyteller Robin Schulte shared tips for turning a personal experience into something others will want to read or hear. The Friends of the Baldwin City Library sponsored her presentation "I Remember This One Time... Writing and Telling Your Personal Stories at the library on July 29th. More than 40 people attended the event. Schulte said to successfully craft your own memoirs, to effectively write your personal stories, an individual should ask themselves both what the story means to them and why the audience should care about the tale. The good story should contain a shared common experience, a universal experience, she said. It should have truth for all of us. Schulte said she usually asks permission from people she would like to include in her stories. Schulte said others involved in the story may disagree with the writer about how the story is told. She reassured the audience members this just means the story didn t reflect their point of view. Remember this is my story, Schulte said, This is me telling my truth. When asked if her stories strictly follow the actual unfolding of events, Schulte said what she initially writes more closely follows the actual event, but she may adapt somewhat to what works best for the story. She quoted a fellow storyteller who when challenged about not giving a strictly accurate retelling of an incident replied, Well, that is how it should have happened. Schulte, formerly a Kansas resident, lives in Orlando, FL. She discovered storytelling as a high school English and speech teacher more than 20 years ago. Schulte is now a full time storyteller, dividing her time between solo performances and a tandem story partnership, Tales Two Tell, with Autumn Huff Garick. She has been a featured performer at Florida's Cracker Festival and was featured as part of Tales Two Tell at 2014 Florida StoryFest. While in the area this summer, she visited her aunt and Baldwin resident, Janet Payne, and participated in the National Storytelling Network Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO. Shulte encourages anyone and everyone to try storytelling as it can be powerful for both the teller and the audience. Information about Story Slam at the Lawrence Art Center was distributed - lawrenceartscenter.org/story-slam/. Seed Gathering Time is Now Spring Plant Sale and Garage Sale Report By Emily Malin, Newsletter & Barbara Bailey, Treasurer Thanks to the Baldwin City community members who volunteered with or participated in our Spring Plant Sale and Citywide Garage Sale. The Plant Sale raised over $1,200 during the 2-day event and the Garage Sale raised over $250 despite a very wet start to the day. During the Friends Citywide Garage Sale, the semi truck for Goodwill filled in under 2 hours!! Unfortunately, sellers with remaining goods had to drive to Lawrence or Ottawa to donate. Goodwill plans to bring 2 semis next year and said they truly appreciate the recycling spirit of Baldwin City residents! Thanks to past successful fundraisers, the Friends identified and met many needs during the library expansion. Please let us or the librarians know if you have needs or ideas with which we may assist friendsofbaldwinlibrary@gmail.com.
FOBCL Newsletter Page 4 ALL About Credit Scores By Emily Malin, Marketing/Newsletter Do you know your score? Did you check it in the last 12 months? Do you know what to do to resolve issues impacting your score? What impacts your score? Who is looking at your credit report? Do you have any big purchases planned in the future house, car, appliances, etc.? How should you pay off debt? If you have questions or aren t even sure what to ask, this program is for you! Staff from Housing & Credit Counseling, Inc. will present in the Baldwin City Library Community Room on Wednesday, September 30 th, at 7 p.m. The HCCI presenter will cover all important information regarding credit reports, credit scores, how to rebuild credit, and collection accounts and credit reports. Following the 1-hour presentation, there will be 30 minutes for questions and answers. Light refreshments will be provided. Pillow Presenters By Mary Lou Klein, Volunteer Extraordinaire The children's area of the library has a number of new additions to go with its new editions! Members of the Kensington Club created a plethora of colorful pillows in memory of Claire Wismer, a library supporter and talented needle worker. The members worked together to share fabric, billow forms of many sizes, and time and talent sewing the washable finished products. Pillow designs include cats, monkeys, camo, stripes, girls, spiders, bunnies, etc. Come see the fun pillows delivered by Kensington Club members Susan Gammage, Carol Chapman (our president), and Barbara Henre. Baldwin City's Kensington Club was founded in 1913, and continues to be a vital organization for fans of stitchery. Pearl Jam, a knitting & crocheting club, resumes September 14 th. All are welcome! They meet in the library on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. What s New at the Library?! By Kathy Johnston, Library Director The library has added many new books, audio tapes, and DVDs. All you need is a library card to pick one up today. New books include The Enemy Inside by Steve Martini, 14 th Deadly Sin by James Patterson, Finders Keepers by Stephen King, Brush Back by Sara Paretsky, Wishes for Christmas by Fern Michaels, and The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck. New audio books include The Girl on the Train by Hawkins and Vanessa and her Sister by Priya Parmar. These just in on DVD Woman in Gold, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Do You Believe, Wild Horses, Kingsman, and Insurgent.
FOBCL Newsletter Page 5 President s Message By Anne Walker Summer is winding down and life returns to the busy schedules of school and the end of vacations for many of us. It also means the Friends of the Library are busy preparing for the annual Mum Sale on September 18 th and 19 th and our fall lineup of BookTALKs featuring mystery stories to thrill everyone. We also plan to present a financial literacy program, given by the staff of Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. -- a federal agency -- on the importance of checking your credit report. Look for more information in this newsletter. Also, as vacations end, you may be looking for volunteer opportunities that allow you to help improve your community as well as provide satisfaction that you are doing something for yourself. Please consider this a request for you to volunteer for the Friends of Baldwin City Library, at one of our events or on our board or its committees. We are always looking for enthusiastic new folks to join our corps of generous workers. As always, the Friends of the Library would like to hear suggestions on how we can serve you and the library better. Email us at friendsofbaldwinlibrary@gmail.com or me at awalker67@gmail.com for more information, to give feedback, or to get started volunteering! Happy Fall! Friends of the Library will deliver & pick up books to patrons unable to visit the library. Call (785) 594-3411 to request service. Library Resources Don t forget these resources are available for use at the library. Some may have a fee. Laptop Internet Computers Kids computers with Learning Tools Historical Kansas Documents Thank You 2015 Business Partners Contributor (up to $99) Antiques on the Prairie, 594-7555 Baldwin City Business & Professional Women, 594-3832 Goodwill of Western MO & Eastern KS Leisure Hour Club, 594-6990 Live & Learn Club, 594-6730 Tuesday Reading Club Vintage Park at Baldwin City, 594-4255 Whitney s Hair Salon, 594-6626 Supporter ($100-$499) A & H Air Conditioning & Heating Inc., 594-3357 Printing (Color and B&W) Copier (Color and B&W) Laminator Magazines/Newspapers Fax Machine Baldwin City Lions Club, 594-7549 Baldwin Medical Clinic, 594-6412 Bauer Inspections & Consulting, 594-7420 Executive Title, Inc., 594-9090 Jitters Java & Ice, 594-3022 MidAmerica Bank, 594-2100 Roberts Drug Store, 594-6867 Patron ($500 to $999) Benefactor ($1000+) Ad Astra Alpacas, 594-6767 Please support our business partners!
FRIENDS OF THE BALDWIN CITY LIBRARY P.O. BOX 565, BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS 66006 Visit the library at 7th & High Street (785) 594-3411 www.baldwincitylibrary.org Monday & Wednesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday Closed Storytime Wednesdays 10 a.m. FOBCL Newsletter Page 6 2015 Event Dates - Mark Your Calendars! Fall BookTALK Series: Today s Mysteries, September 15 th 7 p.m., Tuesday, Baldwin City Library, Bootlegger s Daughter by Margaret Maron Mum Sale, September 18 th & 19 th 8 a.m. 6 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. noon Saturday, Library Lawn ALL About Credit Reports, September 30 th Presentation 7:00 8:00 p.m., question and answer 8:00-8:30 p.m. National Friends of the Library Week, October 18-24, 2015 Fall BookTALK Series: Today s Mysteries, October 20 th 7 p.m., Tuesday, Baldwin City Library, Where Echoes Live by Marsha Muller Fall BookTALK Series: Today s Mysteries, November 17 th 7 p.m., Tuesday, Baldwin City Library, Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James Membership Renewal Campaign January 2016 2015-2016 Friends of the Library Board Anne Walker, President This could be you, Vice President Barbara Bailey, Treasurer/ Scholarship Selection Coordinator Cynthia Beall, Secretary/BookTALK Committee Chair Barbara Pressgrove, Past President Kathy Johnston, Library Director Emily Malin, Marketing/Newsletter See your name here, Spring Plant Sale Coordinator Kay Hartzell, Volunteer Extraordinaire Mary Lou Klein, Volunteer Extraordinaire