Friends of the Olympia Library Giant Book Sale May 3 & 4, 2008 Saturday 10-4 & Sunday 1-4 Membership may be purchased at the door on Saturday May 3 @ the 8 a.m. members only presale. |
WHAT: Book Babies is a fun program of short stories, songs and rhymes for little ones from birth to 24 months. You’ll discover the joy of early language with your baby and have time to enjoy the company of other adults while the little ones play with toys and sturdy books. WHEN: Thursdays from 2-3 PM WHERE: Olympia Timberland Library |
Ongoing
Events What’s Happening in Our Library? WHAT: Silja J.A. Talvi, investigative journalist, essayist and senior editor of “In These Times” magazine -- will discuss her book Women Behind Bars; the Crisis of Women in US Prisons. Talvi was born in Finland and now makes her home in Seattle. A book signing will follow the talk. Orca Books will have books available for purchase. WHEN:
Saturday March 15 from 2- 3:30 PM |
Twelve years after coming to the US from Canada, lots of patience and expense, and cramming for their oral test, Cheryl Heywood and her family took their oaths as US citizens at the Department of Homeland Security in Tukwila on February 12, 2008. We’re happy to say WELCOME!
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Cheryl
Heywood, New US Citizen
Our beloved Library Manager, Cheryl Heywood, had a dream. She wanted the aroma of pies and cookies wafting through the Library on special occasions. Friends of the Library Ross Lasater and Larry Bauman decided to make it happen. They donated the money to make Cheryl's dream come true.
We thank these two special Friends for their hard work, dedication to the Library and the wonderful new stove. |
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Stove for the Library 
Their
generosity toward the Library is not limited to financial donations, however.
Larry and Ross sort and organize donated books every Thursday morning to
prepare for the quarterly Book Sales and are indispensible in making the
sales successful year after year.Friends' Funding · $8,000.00 Programs for youth and adults · $3,600.00 Bike lockers for staff · $1,000.00 Stove for the Library · $260.00 Gift cards for 13 pages and aides · $250.00 Ethnic Celebration Novelty Items · $230.00 American Library Association Posters · $70.00 Outreach bulletin board |
Teens' Top Ten Where Teens Choose 1. New
Moon by Stephanie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006). |
Joan and Tod Heilenday have been maintaining the Friends Book Shelf (located next to the check out desk at the Library) for more than12 years. They sort through all the new book sale donations and pull out the books they think you will want to buy before the next Big Book Sale. The Friends Book Shelf makes about $500.00 for the Library each month. Remember to take a look at The Shelf next time you visit the Library.
In her life before Olympia , Joan worked at Omaha Community Place constructing
sets and sewing costumes for their theatrical performances. Tod graduated
from MIT, spent his professional life in Joan and Tod have known each other since she was 16 and they’ve been married more than 40 years. The couple has much in common, in addition to being bookworms. Their favorite book is Wind in the Willows so it’s no surprise that their current home is called Toad Hall. Joan
and Tod also share a passion for carousel horses. One day while Tod was
driving home he got stuck in slow moving traffic. He was glancing into the
windows of the antique stores as he drove slowly by and saw the most decrepit
carousel horse. He knew instantly he had to take it home to Joan where they
restored Proud Patrick to his former magnificence. |
Joan
and Tod, Our Fabulous Friends
the
Air Defense industry and is honored in Who’s Who of American Men and Women
of Science. Treasures
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