@ the Westfield Washington Public Library

A publication of Friends of the Westfield Library

Volume 8, Issue 9
Westfield Washington Public Library Board of Trustees: Mike Thomas, President Carolyn Wheeler, Vice President Paul Catlin, Treasurer Mic Mead, Secretary Nedra Hoard Nancy Knochel David Weiss

September 2011

Craft Bazaar and Silent Auction Sunday, October 16

The Friends of the Westfield Library is proud to announce the eighth annual Craft Bazaar and Silent Auction! The event will be held at the library on Sunday, October 16, 2011, from 1 to 5 p.m. Please plan to come and visit the various booths where craft vendors will be selling their wares. We will also have free refreshments available. The Friends of the Westfield Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for the library to use for things beyond the librarys regular budget. Examples include: Prizes given out during yearly reading programs, including bookstore gift cards and childrens reading rewards Refreshments for the Childrens and Young Adult programs Food and supplies for the season-end parties for library volunteers Items that are not in the librarys budget, such as the machine used to repair DVDs.

The Library Board meets on the second Wednesday of each month at We invite you to put Sunday, October 16 on your calendar and plan to join us! 7:00 p.m.

Craft Vendors Wanted

Library Hours Monday-Thursday 10:00 AM-8:00 PM Friday 10:00 AM-6:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Closed Sunday Do you have handmade, recycled and repurposed wares to sell? The standard, non-refundable vendor fee is only $25, plus each vendor must supply a silent auction donation worth more than $25. Booth space is approximately 8x8 at this always well-attended event. Detailed information and a Vendor Application Form are available on the library website at www.wwpl.lib.in.us from the link near the top of the homepage. For more information contact: libraryfriends@wwpl.lib.in.us or call the library at 317-896-9391.

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committee will review and come up with a plan to bring back to the Board. The Board voted to advertise the 2012 Budget: Proposed Budget 2012 General Fund - $ 1,103,855.00 Lease Rental - $ 284,052.00 Total - $ 1,387,907.00 Proposed Rate 2012 General Fund .0304 Lease Rental .0174

From the Board of Trustees

The board meeting minutes and provide a place for people to meet packets are posted on the librarys and interact with others in their website at www.wwpl.lib.in.us. community on a formal or informal basis. August 16, 2011 Board Meeting The goals under this service direction are: Circulation for July 2011 was 44,892, of those circulations, Provide a multi-task 1,680 were from Hamilton County space that is comfortable, inviting Reciprocal borrowers. 73 items and were circulated by patrons from dividable, with good acoustics; other Evergreen Libraries, and a Establish the library as a total of 665 items from WWPL Cultural Center of Westfield and were sent to other Evergreen Washington Township; Libraries. We issued 267 new Provide specialized arlibrary cards, and of those, 21 eas in the library; were issued to Hamilton County Provide area for teens; Reciprocal Borrowers. 2,200 items Provide area for activities were checked out using the Self such as programs, book Check station. discussion groups and classes. The Library Board discussed the third service direction of the Strategic Plan: Commons The library will There was much discussion, and it was decided that the board members would prioritize the goals and submit them to the Board President. The Building

Library Receives Donation of Knitting and Crochet Books

The fall and winter months are the perfect time to knit, crochet and do other needlecrafts, and the library has received a generous donation of many wonderful knitting and crochet books to help you with your projects. Molli Cameron of Stitches & Scones donated several needlecraft books to our collection, so stop by our craft section to browse these beautiful books, many with color photographs and project instructions. Many thanks to Molli and Stitches & Scones for this donation to our library!

Volunteer Opportunities at the Library

Do you have some extra time? Do you enjoy the library atmosphere? We are looking for volunteers! Here are some opportunities: - Straighten books on the shelves - Shelve adult fiction on a continuing basis, one or two times each week. This will involve lifting books of various sizes and shapes. Our shelves range from very high to very low, so there will be stretching and bending. and be sure everything is in its proper place. Give a shelf one or more hours a week and help keep our collection looking good and books easy to find. If you want to join our team, please call Sandy at 896-9391 to volunteer.

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Adult Activities
Book Discussion Groups These groups are a great way to chat with others who have read the book, or you can just come and listen. You are invited even if you havent read the book! The Mystery Book Discussion Group, which meets the first Wednesday of each month is talking about Missing Susan by Sharyn McCrumb, on Wednesday, September 7, at 1 p.m. Future discussions are: Vanished by Joseph Finder November 2: The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale October 5: Genealogy Club Join the Westfield Genealogy Club and share ideas, new websites and sources about family history, as well as meet some terrific people. The club meets on Saturday, September 3, at 10:15 a.m. in the Sumner Room. Beginning and experienced genealogists are welcome to become members. Euchre Group So youre a euchre enthusiast looking for three other players? Then join in the fun when the Euchre Group meets at 5:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Come enjoy a relaxing evening of fun with some great people at this free program on September 14 and 28. and is offered on Thursday, September 29, at 3 p.m. Learn to access the vast world of electronic information at a free computer class called Welcome to the Internet. Learn to navigate the Internet with basic searching skills, along with an introduction to the library website and its various resources. Previous mouse and keyboard experience is recommended The class will be given on Tuesday, September 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Watercolor Painting Class Talented artist Jan Roland teaches this class on Thursday, September 15, at 10:15 a.m. No The General Group reads a wide previous art variety of genres and experience is meets the third necessary, and the Wednesday of each Computer Classes class fee of $12 includes month. Spoken From There is a free Computer Class at all materials. Come the Heart by Laura enjoy expressing your creativity! the library all about Bush will be the topic on Wednesday, September 21, at Microsoft Word Please contact Information/ software that allows 1 p.m. Reference Services to register users to create Future discussions are: for any of these classes. professional-quality October 19: Hotel on the Corner documents, such as letters and Banned Books Read-Out: Your of Bitter and Sweet rsums. The class is presented on Thursday, September 15, at 3 Right to Read at the Library by Jamie Ford p.m., and again on Monday, Have you read To Kill a November 16: Major Pettigrews September 19, at 6:30 p.m. Mockingbird or The Great Last Stand Gatsby? These books by Helen Simonson Want to get started on Facebook, and hundreds of others are frequently challenged Youll be interested in obtaining a or already have an account but not sure and banned. Come to the library copy of one of the books and on Monday, September 26, at participating in this free program, what to do next? Facebook Fundamentals is a 6:30 p.m. to celebrate National so please contact Information/ class for beginners that teaches Banned Books Week. Read a Reference Services at 317-896you to set up your page, manage five-minute portion from the 9391. privacy settings, and connect with banned book of your choice. friends and family! An e-mail Anyone wishing to read should address is required to register for sign up with Information/ Facebook, but the class is free Reference Services.

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and mysterious teen alien John Smith. You must be 13 or older to attend. Hang Time Whatevah Time for Teens is on Tuesday, September 13, at 2:30 p.m., in the Craft Room. Spend the afternoon just hanging out, playing the Wii, eating snacks, talking or doing whatevah. Your Right to Read Banned Book Week is coming, and the liibrary is having a Banned Book Reading for teens on Thursday, September 15, at 3 p.m. Read the books that they dont want you to read. Read a selection aloud from your favorite banned book or just show up and listen. TAG Be part of the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) when it meets at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20. We need you to help choose and plan teen library activities. These programs are for you, so come and tell us what you want!

For Teens Only

Anime Manga Club Anime and manga enthusiasts are invited to join us every Monday for the Anime Manga Club. Hang out, watch anime and have snacks starting at 2:30 p.m. You must be 13 or older, or have a parent-signed permission slip to attend. Teens Only Movie The first Tuesday of each month is Teen Movie Time at the library. The movie on Tuesday, September 6, at 3 p.m. is I Am Number Four ( Dreamworks Pictures PG-13) about amazing

Childrens Activities
Baby Love Birth to 18 Months Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. September 1, 8 & 15 Give your child a head start to early literacy with this unique program of rhyme, play and song. Free Storytime Every Monday & Tuesday beginning September 12 & 13 Stories, songs, fingerplays and rhymes. Includes art time or an activity. *Tuesdays: 10:15 a.m. for Preschoolers and 11:15 a.m. for Toddlers. Free School Age Stuff Grades K-4 Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. September 14, 21 & 28 Tell jokes, play games, do crafts and other fun stuff at the library. Snacks are always included. Free Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokemon Club All Ages Second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Next Meeting: September 14 Bring your cards, play the games, trade cards, and have fun! Free American Girls Club All Ages Second Thursday of every month at 5:30 p.m. Next Meeting: September 8 Make fun items for your doll and hear an American Girl short story. Free

Paws & Read All Ages Saturday, September 10, at 10:30 a.m. Sign up at the Children's Desk *Mondays: 10:30 a.m. for Toddlers for 15 minutes to read to a dog (18 months to 3 1/2 accompanied who is a very good listener. Free by a caregiver) and 1 p.m. for Preschoolers (3 1/2 Kindergarten).

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Classes
Pottery You can make and decorate pottery with instructor Jeremy South on Friday, September 23, at the Westfield Washington Public Library. There are three sessions: Tiny Tots (age 1 - 3) at 2 p.m. Theme: Pumpkins $8 Preschool (age 3 - 6) at 3 p.m. Theme: Pumpkins $9 Kids (age 6 - 12) at 4 p.m. Theme: Pumpkins and Ghosts $16 in the writing process to develop elaborated paragraphs, with strong verbs, descriptive adjectives and exact nouns. Creative Writing & Research Grades 4 and up 1 - 2 p.m. We will continue to address the Standards for Writing, Grades 4 - 8 and focus on expository compositions in preparation for PSAT and other nationally formed writing evaluations. cells, chromosomes and genes, how genetic traits are passed from parents to children, the different parts of cells, the difference between cells and chromosomes, and how genes function in our bodies. All materials are included in this very hands-on science class based on units from Science in a Nutshell.

Japanese Wednesdays 1:15 - 2:15 Ages 10 and up September 7 - December 14 (No class November 23) Cost: $112 for 14 weeks Pick up your finished project after *Students will need to purchase 2 Jeremy fires and then returns it to SAT Prep & Creative Writing workbooks prior to class: Let's Grades 6 and up 12 - 1 p.m. the library. Learn Hiragana and This class is for young writers with Let's Learn Kanji by Yasuko some experience. Students will Chess Kosaka Mitamura. continue to develop expository Every Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. Learn the basics composition skills and research from September 7 of conversational skills, and learn how to properly through October 12, Japanese! Writing note sources and write SAT the library is offering a lessons will essays. Chess Class taught by be given the Learning through in Hiragana and Human Biology Lab Games Group. This is Katakana, along with many of the Wednesdays, September 7 a small class for all common Kanji characters. levels (age 5 to 14) that is fun and December 7 (No class October 12 Through immersion, students will & 19, November 23) informative, with chess matches engage in conversational Grades 3 - 6 10:15-11:30a.m. and challenging teaching Japanese as they learn to Cost: $137 for11 weeks and exercises that make this class communicate with their instructor includes all lab supplies popular. Cost is $60 per student and other students. The goal of In these hands-on learning this workshop will be to introduce adventures, students play Writing students to a self-study method in detective and investigate the September 7 - December 14 (No order to enable them to continue human body. Topics covered class November 23) to learn basic Japanese on their include bones, muscle groups, Cost: $112 each class for 14 own. breathing and lung function, how weeks the nose and Please contact Childrens taste buds work. Beginners Writing Services to register for any of Students Grades 1 - 3 10:30 - 11:30 a.m these classes. observe and Classroom read-alouds and learn about the discussion will help form an idea differences about the structures that stories among people, generally follow. Each child will use this "story sense" and lessons build models of

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New Arrivals
Dont Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales From an Allergic Life by Sandra Beasley It may seem that someone with severe food allergies wouldnt have much chance to survive. But Sandra has not only survived, shes thrivednow an essayist, editor, and awardwinning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an unassuming corn chip. Inside Scientology: The Story of Americas Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman Based on five years of research, unprecedented access to Church officials, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, this is the defining book about a little-known world. Finding Everett Ruess: The Remarkable Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer by David Roberts The definitive biography of the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age 20 have earned him a large and devoted cult following. More than 75 years after his vanishing, Ruess stirs the kinds of passion and speculation accorded to legendary doomed American adventurers. The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA by Joby Warrick Flitting precariously between the two sides was Balawi, a young man with extraordinary gifts who managed to win the confidence of hardened terrorists as well as veteran spymasters. With his breathtaking accounts from inside al-Qaedas lair, Balawi appeared poised to become Americas greatest double-agent in half a centurybut he was not at all he seemed. Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should Too by Louann Lofton This book shows that women, with their patience and good decision making, epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy, as well as the investment temperament of the most successful investor in history: Warren Buffett. The book will empower and educate womenand the men smart enough to embrace a "feminine" investing styleon how to strengthen their portfolios and find success in the market. Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder Nick has returned to his old home town of Boston to set up his own shop. There hes urgently summoned by old family friend, hedge fund titan Marshall Marcus, who desperately needs Nicks help. His teenaged daughter, Alexa, has just been kidnapped. Death at the Chateau Bremont: A Verlaque & Bonnet Mystery by M. L. Longworth When local nobleman Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family chteau, the town is abuzz with rumors. Verlaque suspects foul play and must turn to Marine for help when he discovers that she had been a close friend of the Bremonts. This is a lively whodunit steeped in the rich, enticing, and romantic atmosphere of southern France.

Sister by Rosamund Lupton Nothing can break the bond between sisters. When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the Among the Missing middle of Sunday by Morag Joss lunch to say that Three lives collide in her younger sister, the wake of an Tess, is missing, she boards the unforeseeable first flight home to London. But as tragedy. When a she learns about the bridge collapses in the circumstances surrounding her Highlands of Scotland, dozens of sister's disappearance, she is commuters vanish into the stunned to discover how little she freezing river below, swept by the actually knows of her sister's life, currents toward the sea, and only and unprepared for the terrifying an amateur video and the bridges truths she must now face. security camera record their last moments.

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various types of questions they might face. Taking Tests in Different Subjects shows specific strategies for testing in various subjects. These DVDs are geared for grades three through six. other educational titles. Ask at the video desk for a complete list. NEW DVDs Conspirator Mars Needs Moms Something Borrowed Soul Surfer Source Code Rio NEW BOOKS ON CD Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons Devils Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Bourne Dominion by Eric Van Lustbader Reillys Luck by Louis LAmour Thunder of Heaven by Tim LaHaye Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

Audio/Visual

LeapFrog What about the little Several Shows Show ones? The LeapFrog Suspiciously Successful series offers several Strategies for Struggling tips for learning the Stressed Students alphabet, learning to read, understanding simple math Its that time of year when parents concepts and going to school for rejoice and kids mourn back to the first time. In watching Tad, and school. Start your school year out sometimes his sister Lily, sing and right by watching some helpful question their way through the DVDs. Check out our back to various stories, your children learn school section today! without realizing it. Presented in a fun format, they are a great way to begin learning! Other Subjects of Interest Some of the other areas of Test-Taking Tips for Children interest Is the night before a test a include: nightmare in your house? Why not Science, watch some DVDs that can help? American What Are Tests not only explains History, the reasons for tests but offers Ancient successful tips for taking them. History, Geography and English. How to Answer Test Questions We also have several Bill Nye the helps to prepare a student for the Science Guy DVDs, and many

Library News in Your E-mailbox!

This fall, the Westfield Washington Public Library will begin a new service: the monthly newsletter will be available via e-mail! The newsletter has been available at the library, on our website and by mail to members of our Friends group for several years, and you will still be able to obtain it in those ways. In addition, we will begin e-mailing will all reduce our this publication, as well as the carbon footprint! monthly calendar to all our patrons If you would like to with a current e-mail address on be included on the file, as well as everyone that distribution list, requests it and provides their please send your e-mail address. name and e-mail address to Paula at PHull@wwpl.lib.in.us with the Youll receive information about of subject E-mail Please, and you all our programs well in advance, will be added to the distribution help the library save money on list. paper and printing costs, and we

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Phone: 317-896-9391 FAX: 317-896-3702 www.wwpl.lib.in.us Sheryl Sollars, Director Sandy Rowland, Assistant Director The Westfield Washington Public Library will strive, in partnership with organizations, to provide quality services, materials and facilities that fulfill the educational, informational, technological, cultural and recreational needs of the entire community.
Westfield Washington Public Library 333 W. Hoover Street Westfield, IN 46074

September 2011

Friends of the Westfield Library

Friends Board: Virginia Fiscus, President Jeanette Wachtel, Treasurer Marie Albertson, Secretary

2011 Book Sales

October 8-15 December 3-10 (Annual Nearly New Sale)

The Friends Need You! Donate your time by serving as a cashier at a book sale! We are looking for volunteers to give as little as one hour (or as many hours as you can spare) of their time. You can pass the time reading or just people watching. If you can find some time to support an excellent cause, please call the library at 317-896-9391 and ask for Sandy.

Thank you to all our August Book Sale Volunteers

Jan Smith Fritz Krueper Alan Young Donna Mai Christina Mai Alicia Korbe Leanna Roberts Marie Albertson Idamae Adams Nancy Dalton June Tyner Donnamae Young Edith Lambert Joy Diamond Jean Chance Carolyn Robinson Dee Ashpaugh Judy Ackerson Denise Hurst June Tyner Virginia Rush Kathy Breece Lance Fairchok Emily Wilkewitz

Special VHS Sale!

September 4-10 during regular library hours. 100s of titles 25 each or 5/ $1