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Vol. XIX. No. 4
July - August 2011
Published by the Friends of the Poway Library
www.powayfriends.org
Friends News
FOPL Board Elections in May resulted in only one major change in our officers: Scott Kopperud is our
new President, supported by Wendy Rios as Vice president. Sharron Watson remains FOPL Volunteer Coordinator, Dorothy Courtney as Treasurer, Joye Davisson as Membership Chair and FOPL Secretary, Jeanne Rogers as
Editor.
Friends Bookstore Manager John Williams is almost recovered from knee surgery earlier this summer. He
has been sorely missed, as the rest of us scrambled to pinch-hit the myriad things John does to keep our fine
Bookstore humming along.
The Friends donation jar, which lives on the checkout counter in the Library was robbed on Friday, July
22 of $20 - $30. Someone took off the lid of the jar, removed the money and replaced the lid. It is a sad thing to
Friends of the Poway Library
Bark in the Park on a “Dog Day Celebration”
May 14 - The Friends and Man’s Best Friends were a natural combination in Community Park amongst
the pet and food venders, canine contests and demonstrations. Curling up with a good book and a congenial ball of fur is one of life’s sublime pleasures.
Right - Laura Kopperud & Sharron Watson tend the FOPL booth in the park. Below - interested canine customers.
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Friends News, cont’d.
realize that a person who uses the Library and takes advantage of the services offered there took advantage of patrons who appreciate the Library and the Friends enough to contribute to us all, by stealing those contributions.
We would appreciate the stolen money to be returned. In future, our donation jar will be secured to prevent a repetition of such a scurrilous theft.
San Diego County Library launched a new donation campaign in July to provide customers with
a simple, concrete way to help the library and fellow readers. This yearlong campaign, SDCL’s Most
Wanted, involves asking customers to donate a new copy of the Book of the Month, or one of SDCL’s
Top Ten Most Wanted books, titles which are chosen based upon the number of reserves, copies in the
library system, and circulation. SDCLs Most Wanted Donation Day takes place the second Thursday of
each month. As part of this campaign, customers can also donate money to be matched dollar for dollar
up to $200,000. Books that are donated on any other day will not be part of this campaign.
President’s
Parting Words
It’s been my pleasure to serve as your president
these past four years. I think of the library as my
second home, and love being here with all the
wonderful volunteers and friends I have met
through the Bookstore and our library events.
I’ve been asked on more than one occasion if I
am paid to work at the library & bookstore and I
reply that I love it so much I would pay to work
here!
I am looking forward to my two-year term as
your Vice President; I envision my role as one
of assisting and advising our new FOPL President and dear friend, Scott Kopperud, whenever
he needs a hand. Scott was Vice President of the
Friends for the past two years and brought many
fresh ideas to our board meetings. He’s a wonderful guy, and when we got Scott as a volunteer, we also got his wife, Laura, who works in a
library, and his daughter, Gail, who is a regular
volunteer in the bookstore and helps with the
processing of donations. Those of you who
know me know that I am always looking for a
bargain, and we really got one with the Kopperud family; three for the price of one!
I have been appointed to the advisory committee
of the Library Foundation of San Diego County
Friends of the Poway Library Board Members 2011
President:
Vice-President:
Volunteer Coordinator:
Treasurer:
Membership Chair,
Secretary:
Open Book Editor:
Scott Kopperud
Wendy Rios
Sharron Watson
Dorothy Courtney
phone: 382-1925, email: [email protected]
phone: 335-8016, email: [email protected]
phone: 486-7033, email: [email protected]
phone: 748-9588, email: [email protected]
Joye Davisson
Jeanne Rogers
phone: 748-7441, email: [email protected]
phone: 679-1115, email: [email protected]
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President’s Parting Words, cont’d.
(LFSDC), and have been helping create an Endowment that will help all of the libraries in the
county system. I’m also interested in learning
about grant writing for our library’s needs. I’m
hoping to have a bit more time for pursuing other
interests such as knitting, reading (a book a day
keeps the doctor away), playing Scrabble, and relearning how to play guitar.
Of course, my heart belongs to the Poway Community Library, and I will always be around;
working in the bookstore, cleaning books in the
back room, and scrubbing graffiti off the trash
barrels in the courtyard (I was instrumental in getting the city to give us six barrels instead of our
previous one barrel). I’ll be helping out at the
book sales and all of the Friends’ events, and
helping get the best deals for the best prices on
everything the library and its staff need.
It’s a pleasure and an honor to have served, and I
thank all of you for making our library one of the
finest in the county system. Whether it’s through
donations of books, money or your time, you are
all part of the team that makes our library so
great!
Wendy Rios, FOPL Vice President
MembershipNote
The Friends of the Poway Library membership year
ends August 31, 2011. Mid-August members will receive membership renewal notices. Wait for your letter and send your dues with the enclosed form. Lifetime members, Founding members and members who
have paid in advance will not receive notices.
Our sincere thanks to all who support the Friends of
the Poway Library. It means so much to the Board
and to the library staff.
Joye Davisson, Membership chair
Fond Farewell to a Friend,
a Friend’s Fond Farewell
Early this summer, longtime Friend and
Bookstore volunteer Elizabeth Sampley returned
to her native Texas after three years in Poway,
supporting her daughter and grandkids while her
Marine son-in-law was deployed overseas. Her
farewell message reminds me that we’ll miss her
as much as she will miss the Friends:
It is with deepest regret that I have
to resign my place with such a wonderful
organization and such an awesome group
of volunteers, but I am moving home to
Texas and hope to get to know my other
six grandchildren...
Your (our) organization allowed
me to get to know Poway and its community even better than I would have been
able to do on my own. Poway reminded
me of our close communities in Texas why I loved it so.
I will truly miss my volunteer job,
the Bookstore, the Library, the community and the Friends volunteers.
Thank you
for the life-lasting experience,
Elizabeth Sampley
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At the
Poway Library
The Summer Reading Clubs
are winding down after a
smashingly successful summer.
The Poway Library had more
kids and teens signed up than
any other SDCL branch. It was
exciting, with prizes galore and
a grand prize drawing in midAugust. The Children’s program will finish on August 6
with a Polynesian Revue, and
teens on August 27 with the
Battle of the Bands.
Above, Hogwarts students gather for the
last (?) Harry Potter Party at the Library.
Left, Potions Class, making Hippie Swirls.
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Harry Potter Birthday Party
"You are here: Hogwarts."
We had our last ever Poway Teen Harry Potter Birthday Party* on July 26, a bit early this year because I wanted to have it before
the final movie was released. We had a crazy amount of food, in different stations that each teen could visit: Honeydukes where they
could try chocolate frogs, butterbeer, pumpkin juice, candy cobwebs,
and some Harry Potter Birthday cake; Potions class where they could
make a liquid potion (Hippy Swirls) and a fairy dust potion (sand
candy); the Cupboard Under the Stairs where they could make a
"Harry Potter Acceptance Letter" beaded bookmark; and Ollivander's
where they could make a wand. We all had a blast.
Danielle Clayton, Librarian I, Teen Specialist
*unless they want another one next year...
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Poway Library
13137 Poway Road, Poway, CA 92064
Hours
Monday – Thursday: 9:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (858) 513 - 2900
Friends Book Store Hours
Tuesday – Thursday: 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Telephone: (858) 513 - 2862
www.powayfriends.org
The Friends of the Poway Library is a
non-profit, volunteer organization.
Memberships and contributions are
tax deductible as allowed by law.
Thank you for being a Friend!
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Early Fall
Book Sale
September 3, 2011
at the
Poway Community Library
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
FOPL Members Only
Pre-Sale 9:00 - 10:00 AM