February Events at the Felton Branch

Event on February 8th at the Felton Branch READATHON Wednesday, February 8th Felton Library 3:00 - 6:00 Come and celebrate the fine art of the spoken word. Featuring Community members: 3:00    April Burns - Stories for Children 3:30    Lise Quintano- "The Elephant’s Child" by Rudyard Kipling 4:00    Anna Morris – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4: 15    Dave Poetzinger – "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe 4:45    SLV High School Students – Assorted Essays 5:15    Doug Morris – Selections from Yeats, Billy Collins, and others Drop by Anytime! **************************************************** Event on FEBRUARY 14th at the Felton Branch MUSICIAN AND STORYTELLER Tuesday, February 14th Felton Library 6:45 - 7:15 Lil Rev Treat your family to this special evening event featuring music and storytelling.

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Expanded Hours beginning January 2012

We are pleased to announce that Felton branch hours, along with those at all other Library branches, are greatly increased beginning this month.  We are now open five days a week, as follows:

Sunday closed
Monday closed
Tuesday 2-6
Wednesday 2-6
Thursday 1-5
Friday 1-5
Saturday 10-2

Please share this information with your friends and neighbors. And take a moment to introduce yourself to our new branch manager, Jason McCluskey, and his assistants.

Steering Committee Meeting November 29, 2011

Present: Thomas Wynn, Anita Lande, Phyllis Taylor, Edna Lyles, Nancy Gerdt, Paul Machlis, Michele Mosher.

We opened with library news: The new ILS (computer system) and remaining problems, a coming new member and new chair to the JPB, new hours and staff at Felton in January, the FSCPL brochure just published, and a coming volunteer coordinator for non-Friends volunteers.

Read-a-Thon:  Nancy will work with Marilyn who will call readers.  We agreed to the branch as the location and discussed possible starting times.  Michele will work on the poster, Paul will handle PR.  Event will be the 2nd annual one and will be scheduled for February.  Marilyn will first check with the branch manager re scheduling.

Poetry Reading.  Anita will coordinate receipt of emailed poems.  Paul will handle PR.  Tentative date is Wednesday April 25 pending room availability.

Verutti land: A meeting in January will provide more information on the possibility of County ownership. Should that proceed, FLF would then meet with Director Landers regarding possible interim plans for the property.

We discussed how FLF might better represent itself with the SLV Chamber of Commerce and the two business associations.  Thomas discussed ways in which the three groups are cooperating, including beautification of the Valley.  FLF will try to have a rep at the mixers or the quarterly breakfast meetings.  Potential volunteers to this and/or the JPB are Michele, Paul, Anita, Phyllis, Donna, and Nancy.

Next meeting is January 24, 2012.

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Great Blindini Magic Show October 15

Where:  Meeting Room, Felton Community Hall, 6191 Highway 9
What: A magic show for families
Who: Brent Gifford (The Great Blindini) and Yankee, his Wonder Dog
Day:  Saturday, October 15
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

As part of a county-wide celebration of the works of Edgar Allan Poe sponsored by the Santa Cruz Public Library. Many other events centered around Poe are scheduled in October, including  poetry readings, discussion groups, magic shows, cemetery tours, writing contests, and more.  To learn about them: http://santacruzreads.org

Minutes 9/27/11

Present: Donna Ziel, Paul Machlis, Anita Lande, Michele Mosher, Nancy Gerdt.

• Tales to Tails is going well.  FLF may need additional volunteers.
• Marilyn Robertson has mounted a Poe display.  Additional displays are planned by FLF members.
• Nancy, Michele, Anita, and Paul will meet on October 14 to review web and email procedures.  The plan is to issue a monthly email newsletter, that will be aesthetically attractive, and that will include both social events (programs, clubs, etc.) and political news (regarding the Felton issue).
• Nancy reported on JPB news.
• The steering committee will next meet on November 29.

9/28/11

Tales to Tails Begins at the Felton Branch

We are delighted to announce that an innovative reading program for children will be held at the Felton Branch beginning on August 20. Each Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 in the morning, trained therapy dogs will be available at the Library be attentive, non-judgmental partners for children reading aloud. Families may reserve an individual time slot for their child to sit quietly with a therapy dog and a book and read. Research shows that frequent reading opportunities in a comfortable environment help children become better readers.

For more information and to register for a twenty-minute time slot, call Melanee Barash at 427-7706, ext. 7672.

Meeting Minutes July 2011

FLF STEERING COMMITTEE Minutes
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Attending: Nancy Gerdt, Paul Machlis, Thomas Wynn, Michele Mosher, Donna Ziel, Frank Adamson, Phyllis Taylor, Anita Lande, Sherry Skoll, Edna Lyles, Nina Moore.

Nancy reported on the July JPB meeting: improved sales tax revenues, new ILS coming in the Fall, and changes to meeting room policies. The next JPB meeting is September 12.

Phyllis and Sherry reported on FSCPL: revised policies, the Big Read event (Edgar Allen Poe) coming in October. Members expressed interest in having a Felton component of the event, perhaps at the Felton Community Hall (small room) or the Covered Bridge, or perhaps an outdoor film related to Poe. Phyllis announced her resignation as FLF representative and she was thanked for her exceptional service. FLF will put the word out for a new volunteer. Sherry will step down as President of the FSCPL Board, but will remain as a member.

For the new website, the group expressed a preferance for images of the current building, one of the drawings by Teal Messer for a future building, and possibly a third picture (either the pre-graffiti version of the sign in front of the property, or a picture from 2005 of FLF members on the property). Paul will continue to work on the new website, possibly with a consultant.

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