February 2012

Volume 7, Issue 3 FRIENDLY NOTES

Board of Directors

Laura Bollinger, President Rose Ash Deena Benjamin Lynn Burrows Sally Ellis Bryna Herbold Judi Lipsett Arvind Mohilé Laura Mulroy Barbara Musselman Lanore Pearlman Sharon Rasheed Kathie Rosacker Barbara Rugeley Garreth Schneider Myra White

Frances McConnel, ex-officio member

Don Slaven, Library Manager

Claremont Children’s

Book Festival

Saturday, March 31st

1:00 – 4:00 pm

The Friends of the Claremont Library Board is excited to

announce a new event this spring celebrating children and

reading. The Claremont Children’s Book Festival will

feature local “celebrity” readers of children’s stories,

plus crafts and activities designed to promote children’s

interest in books and reading. Children who attend will

receive a free book or two of their choice, while supplies

last. This community event will promote children’s use of

the library and a lifelong love of books and reading. Flyers

will go out to all students in the Claremont School

District ages K-6 and to the three private schools in

town. This event is FREE and open to the public, and

families are encouraged to attend. For more information,

or if you would like to volunteer to help with this event,

please contact Rose Ash at (909) 626-4166.

Can you spell D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-E?

It has been decided that there will be no

FOCL Adult Community Spelling Bee this

year. The Friends of the Library wish to

thank all previous participants and

volunteers who made the event possible,

and we look forward to your support of our

other library programs.

Did you know?

Americans go to school, public, and academic libraries nearly 3 times more often than they go to the movies.

Source: American Libraries association

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deena benjamin

Library Telescope Program

The Friends of the Claremont Library Board has formed a new partnership with the Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers (PVAA) to start a Telescope Lending Program. Patterned after a similar program in New Hampshire, our library will have an Orion StarBlast Reflector telescope. It is a sturdy tabletop telescope that is considered appropriate for beginners. Patrons 18 years and older who hold a Claremont Library card - including parents - will be able to check out the telescope and take it home for one week at a time. A very user-friendly guide will come with the telescope to make it easy for borrowers to use. The new partnership with PVAA will include technical support of the equipment and educational presentations at the library. We will be holding a “Name That Telescope” contest soon! Entry forms will be available at the library next month. Check our website at www.claremontlibrary.org for more information as it becomes available.

NEW

Claremont: On The Same Page

The members of the “On The Same Page” committee have been hard at work reading and discussing many books, and we are close to choosing the selection for this year’s city-wide read. We are very excited to share our selection with the community! We will be announcing the book at the Claremont Children’s Book Festival event (see article on page one of this newsletter). Come join the festivities and find out what book we will all be reading together this summer!

Welcome New Board Members

The Friends of the Claremont Library Board is pleased to

welcome two new members to the Board to replace two

members who left for personal reasons. Kathie Rosacker

is a former children's librarian at La Verne Library and

Lynn Burrows has been a music teacher here in

Claremont for 17 years.

Books, Books, and More Books!

Mark your calendars for the Friends’ upcoming Book Sales; we have many of them planned! Our semi-annual Spring Book Sale is scheduled for April 26, 27, and 28, in the Library Activity Room. On Thursday April 26, our sale is open to Friends of the Library members only (4-7pm). Friends of the Library memberships can be purchased at the door. On Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28, the sale is open to the public (10am-4pm).

On Saturday May 5th from 10am - 4pm we are pleased to offer our Antiquarian/Fine Book Sale once again. At this sale we offer one-of-a-kind books in excellent condition. Come check out the amazing selection!

We are also having a special Science Fiction book sale to coincide with our library’s new telescope program (see article in this newsletter). We have science fiction books from authors such as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, and Robert Heinlein, as well as fantasy books by J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S.

Lewis, and Terry Brooks. Science Fiction books are now available in the bookstore, located at the east entrance of the library.

A special Thank You to two of our very generous book donors: Dale and Jan Sutton – Science Fiction books Robert L. Davis – History and Political Science books

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Did you know?

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 147 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves. Source: Library of Congress: loc.gov

Battery Recycling

Did you know the Claremont Library is a drop-off point for the recycling of used household batteries? Household batteries cannot be thrown in the regular trash since they pose a toxic risk to the environment. A recycling receptacle is at the west entrance of the library where you can dispose of your used batteries.

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UPCOMING EVENTS (all events will be at the Library)

March 2 – Claremont Library Book Club – The Help by Kathryn Stockett – 10am

March 21 – Meet “Albert Einstein” (Duffy Hudson) at the Library - 6:30pm

March 31 – Claremont Children’s Book Festival – 1pm–4pm

April 18 – Meet “Laura Ingalls Wilder” (Judith Helto) at the Library - 6:30pm

April 19 - Peace Corps Information Session – 6pm

April 26 – Semi-annual FOCL Book Sale – Friends-only Preview Sale – 4pm-7pm

April 27 and 28 – Semi-annual FOCL Book Sale – Open to the Public – 10am–4pm

May 5 – Antiquarian/Fine Books Sale – 10am–4pm