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President's Message
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Welcome to 2015! I continue to be so impressed by the level of support the Friends organization receives from the South Pasadena community. Our daily effort to ensure that the library has the resources necessary to provide access, opportunity, and life long learning to all patrons is a sincere privilege and I look forward to another year full of programs and activities, and to continuing the Friends' commitment to providing critical resources for our library patrons and staff.
In 2014, the Friends were proud to have partnered with the library, Restoration Concerts Committee, and several local organizations to present 39 programs and events in the Community Room with a total attendance of more than 5,700! These programs included our ever-popular author nights, film screenings, concerts and live theatre. We also proudly funded the library's Summer Reading Program where 2,562 local kids read 31,615 books!
To kick off 2015, the Friends hosted its Annual Meeting which featured a lively presentation by Professor Bill Deverell about the aftermath of the Civil War in the West. Educational and thoughtful presentations like Professor Deverell's happen nearly twice per month in the Community Room and the Friends are honored to be able to provide them free to the entire South Pasadena community.
I encourage you to continue to support the Friends of the Library and to join us throughout the year for events and programs being hosted at the library. On behalf of the entire Friends organization, thank you for being an important part of our success.
Ann Messana
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SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AT 4:00 pm in the Community Room
South Pasadena Public Library
$20.00 at the door
- FEBRUARY 22 - THE CROWN CITY STRING QUARTET featuring
Ralph Morrison and Isabelle LaForet Senger - violins, Carrie Holzman Little - viola, and Dane Little - cello. They will perform the Wolf Italian Serenade, Mozart's String Quartet K.465 "Dissonance", and Borodin's String Quartet No.2.
- APRIL 19 - THE PANTOUM TRIO with Tereza Stanislav - violin, Cecilia Tsan - cello, and Steven Vanhauwaert -piano.
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Vintage Book Sale February 26
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 A mixture of different topics will be featured in a sale of Vintage books scheduled to be held on the library's main floor beginning Thursday, February 26 and concluding March 12.
Among the disparate titles are "Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible," Victor Appleton, Grosset & Dunlap, N.Y. 1930;
"Lorna Doone" R.D. Blackmore, 6th edition, Ginn & Co. N.Y. 1906; Bacon's Essays, Macmillen, London, 1878; and
"Book of American Needlework," Rose Wilder Lane, Simon & Schuster, N.Y. 1963.
In addition to periodic sales of vintage books on the library's main floor, they also are offered on shelves in the Friends Bookstore on the library's second floor.
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Longtime South Pasadena resident Beverly Engler passed away on December 27, with her family nearby, after a long battle with cancer.
Bev and her husband Mark married 57 years ago, beginning their lives together in San Francisco. They moved to South Pasadena with their children Mark, Suzanne, and Marcy in 1966.
Bev was a tireless and enthusiastic volunteer in the community, including serving as President of the Monterey Hills School PTA, a frequent PTA committee member, an active SPEF fundraiser, a Little League concession manager, and a leader within her children's Scout troops.
Bev also co-founded the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library Bookstore, where she devoted thousands of volunteer hours over nearly 30 years. The fundraising auctions and book sales Bev helped establish and manage attracted book collectors throughout the state. She was honored for her service with a Volunteer of the Year award by the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners.
Bev was an avid reader, an accomplished baker, and an award winning quilter. She also enjoyed playing golf with family and friends at Oakmont Country Club. She discovered a love for travel early in life, visiting Cuba in the 1950s, and traveled to many parts of Europe and Asia with her husband and family. However, she most enjoyed the beach, and it was her annual trips to Kauai with her husband, children, and grandchildren that brought her the greatest joy.
In addition to her husband and children, Bev is survived by her daughter in law Mary, son in laws Hunter and Michael, and grandchildren Jaime, Peter, Kelly, Logan, Shelby, Haley and Whitney. Donations may be made in her memory to the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library/Beverly Engler Memorial Fund.
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The Friends 2015 Membership Campaign is off to a strong start with more than $17,000 in contributions from 220 donors. However, we are only half way to our membership goal, so please renew your membership today. Annual unrestricted contributions are the backbone of the Friends organization and they strengthen our library's daily effort to meet the educational, informational, and cultural needs of the South Pasadena community.
To "Kindle" early support for the 2015 Campaign, every new and renewing membership received by January 15 was included in a drawing held at the Friends Annual Meeting for a new touchscreen Kindle eReader. The winning name was South Pasadena resident Mimi White! Congratulations to Mimi and thanks to everyone who has joined or renewed their membership with the Friends. Membership donations may be mailed to Friends of the Library, 1100 Oxley Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030 or donate online.
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President Ann Messana &
Kindle winner, Mimi White
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New Toys for Children's Room
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Library Board of Trustees member Andy Lippman contributed funds to the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library to purchase new toys for the Children's Room. The Library's Children's Services staff selected and the Friends purchased a sturdy lock and latches box, a town center rug, a set of jumbo animals, octagonal blocks and bunny builder blocks. These toys are designed to help children develop dexterity and fine motor control, improve memory skills, strengthen an understanding of spatial relationships, build vocabulary and language development, and promote color recognition. In turn, those skills foster reading and learning. Children are encouraged to visit the Library to play with these new toys and check out library materials as well.
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The 2015 Library Book Group selection list is available here! Join the monthly book group on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. or read these titles on your own. This mix of fiction and non-fiction titles is sure to get you talking!
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SILENT AUCTION
Beginning January 24th and ending at 12:00 p.m. on February 21, 2015
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1. Picasso: Women Cannes and Mougins, 1954-1963, Editions Cercle D'Art and Harry N. Abrahams, New York, 1964. Probably unstated 1st.
Condition, Very Good. No dust jacket. Folio. Amazing reproductions. Includes 18 page introductory booklet, essay by Milton S. Fox. Minimum Bid $20 Minimum Raise $5
2. Two cookbooks: Boston Cooking School Cook Book, Little Brown, Boston, 1st of 1943 edition. Boards worn, book Good. American Woman's Cook Book, Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, 1st of 1942 edition, spine worn, book Fair to Good. Two old favorites, soup to nuts, you won't need much else; yours for only
Minimum Bid $7 Minimum Raise $3
3. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park 1870, Nathan Pitt Langford, Haynes, St. Paul, 2nd Edition, 1923. No dust jacket. Langford was the diarist for 1870 expedition to explore the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers. He was a prime mover in the founding of the park and its first superintendent. Writing is vivid, human, surprisingly humorous. A great introduction to the National Parks Service, in Good condition. Minimum Bid $10 Minimum Raise $3
4. Tree of Codes, Jonathan Safran Foer, Visual Editions, London, 2010.
Even this paperback edition is hard to find. Good condition. Publisher's blurb says:
"Foer has taken his favorite book - 'The Street of Crocodiles' by Bruno Schulz - and used it as a canvas, cutting in and out of the pages to arrive at an original new story told in his own acclaimed voice." Some might wonder why...Drive a friend crazy for only Minimum Bid $5 Minimum Raise $3
5. Adobe Days, Sarah Bixby-Smith, Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1926. 1st of revised 2nd edition. No dust jacket but in Good shape. Fascinating story of one early California family, on a sheep ranch, young Los Angeles - virgin 1st and Olive, coming of electricity in the home, first Robinson's, and much more. A fun read. Minimum Bid $5 Minimum Raise $3
6. Heart Songs, World Syndicate Co., New York, 1909.
Spine worn, all else Good. No dust jacket. Collection of "popular melodies of today and the days gone by," words and music. Also includes photographs of opera singers of the time, including Melba and Patti AND ... Collegiate Song Books, MM Cole Publications, Chicago, 1929. 153 songs, great collection.
Minimum Bid $10 Minimum Raise $3
7. The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, George Braziller, New York, 1969.
No dust jacket, no slip cover. Good. Stunning reproductions of illuminated manuscripts at Musee Conde, Chantilly, France. 139 color plates. A veritable feast. Minimum Bid $20 Minimum Raise $5
8. Peanuts Treasury, Charles M. Schulz, Holt Rinehart, New York,1968, 1st edition. AND Peanuts Classics, Schultz, Holt Rinehart, 1970, 1st edition. Classics has dust jacket. Both Good. Grab these quite rare delightful Firsts.
Minimum Bid $10 Minimum Raise $3
9. Masters of the Weird Tale, Algernon Blackwood, Centipede Press, Lakewood, 2006. 1st edition.
Very Good condition. In slipcase. Nearly 1000 pages. Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies. First of series to showcase classic writers of the weird and macabre - and these stories certainly are that! Minimum Bid $20 Minimum Raise $5
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The South Pasadena Public Library has added two new databases to the Library online resources including NoveList Plus and Book Browse. Both of these databases are excellent resources for book groups or any avid reader looking for a good book to read next.
NoveList Plus is a valuable tool for identifying books of a similar style, known as read-alikes, to books that have already been read. For example, readers who enjoyed Alan Bradley's Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie series will get read-alike book recommendations for each title in the series, the author and the series itself. NoveList Plus also provides recommended reading lists, book discussion guides, and book reviews for titles across all ages. This database goes beyond mere genre definitions and identifies writing style, tone and storyline descriptors as another way to find books that appeal to a certain type of reader.
BookBrowse features top title picks each week and every entry title contains a book summary, excerpt, reading guide, reviews, author biographies, interviews and read-alike recommendations. Users can opt-in to a bi-monthly email newsletter and can participate in an online book discussion group. There is also a link to see if a particular title is in the South Pasadena Public Library collection.
These new databases and many practical, powerful others are available at www.southpasadenaca.gov/library, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. At the bottom of the home page, the "Online Resources" link will show a list of all the library databases with a description.
For more information, please call the Reference Desk (626) 403-7350 or email rdesk@southpasadenaca.gov.
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 California Young Reader Medal document download here
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Out and About the Neighborhood:
Nature Series for Tweens at the Library
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Author/illustrator Marianne D. Wallace and horticulturist Barbara Eisenstein will challenge students to see nature in new ways during a three-week tween series sponsored by the Friends Library. The program will be held on three Friday afternoons, March 6, March 13 and March 20 from 3:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. Students, ages 9-14 years-old, are invited to participate. This program is a hands on-course, designed to let students draw what they see and also to grow plants they might find in their community. To register for the program, students may visit the Library website at www.southpasadenaca.gov/library and click on the "Sign Up for Youth Programs" box.
Marianne D. Williams has written and illustrated her own nature books in addition to being a science teacher and writer for the U.S. Forest Service. Her children's books include America's Wetlands, America's Deserts, America's Seashores, and America's Prairie and Grasslands. She will demonstrate illustration skills and teach participants to develop their own technical drawing skills.
Barbara Eisenstein is a horticulturalist and research associate at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens as well as being an expert in California native plants. She is the founder and manager of the Friends of the Nature Park, located in South Pasadena's Arroyo Seco. She will share her knowledge about local plants and help participants to start their own native gardens.
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In Honor & Memorial Donations
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The South Pasadena Public Library is honored to acknowledge donations received in memory of family and friends, as well as donations received in honor of individuals and organizations. Donations have been received from the following individuals between October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2015.
In Memory of Beverly Engler
Didi Engler
Doreen Siodmak
Barbara & Jack Wells
Karl Zellmann
Marcia Sainer
The Loftus & Bennett Families (BEF)
Marcy Engler Ziesing
Jeff & Dorothy Moore
Steve Fjeldsted
Kathy, Don & Christie D'Zurilla
Norma LeValley
Lisa LeValley
Suzanne Criley
In Memory of Elizabeth Seto
(Elizabeth Seto Memorial Endowment Fund)
Marjorie Brann
In Honor of Nancy & Morton Lippman
Andrew Lippman
A gift made in one's name is always a meaningful way to mark a special occasion or to remember or honor a beloved family member, respected friend, or colleague. Upon request, gift plates can be affixed in the books selected for the collection.
When you make a Memorial or In Honor gift to the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, we'll send your honoree or their family a note acknowledging your generosity.
Diana McGrail - Chair, Endowments and Memorials
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Without your help these programs would not be possible. If you have not renewed your membership or joined Friends of the Library, please do so now. Membership envelopes are at the library by the reference desk and upstairs outside the bookstore. Donations may also be mailed to Friends of the Library, 1100 Oxley Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030, or donated online.
Student/Senior $10 Family $40 Gold $100
Individual $20 Bronze $50 Platinum $500
Sustaining $30 Silver $75 Life $1000
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Board of Directors 2014
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2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Ann Messana
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer: Ellen Torres
Vice President/Financial Officer/Endowments: Judy Hartman
Recording Secretary: Kristen Dube'
Restoration Concerts/Financial Officer: Laura Kieffer
Membership Chair: Diane Larson
Endowments/Memorials: Diana McGrail
Bulk Mail/Printed Materials Chair: Connie Wardlow
Hospitality Co-Chair: Patty Lyons
Hospitality Co-Chair: Adrienne Eggleston
Hospitality Co-Chair: Donna Frescura
Newsletter Chair: Sharon Cockroft
Program Chair: Vacant
Bookstore Steering Committee Chair: Dorothy M. Cohen
APPOINTED CHAIRS
Computer Records-Barbara Sato
Assistant Finance Officer-Kristen Dube'
Publicity-Vacant
EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
Restoration Concert Committee Chairpersons:
Kay Rosser, Kathy Folsom
Restoration Treasurer: Shireen Chang
Hospitality: Carol LaBrie
Library Trustees Representative: Andy Lippman
Web Master: Roby Lawrence
City Librarian - Steve Fjeldsted
Bookkeeper: Rose Barron
Administrative Secretary: Sean Faye
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