Friends News - Atlanta Public Library

June, 2012
101 West Hiram Street
Atlanta, TX 75551
Friends News
Friends of the Atlanta Public Library
(903) 796-2112
FOL Board Notes !!
Indvidual
Highlights:
Librarian News:
1
Web Site:
Business Members 2
Kids Corner:
2
Taxes:
Genealogy:
3
Events Calendar:
4
New Arrivals:
4-5
Membership Form: 6
Our Mission
Statement:
To provide an atmosphere of warmth
and safety for community growth
through information
and social interaction
Dear Friends,
I must express the immeasurable gratitude I have for Linda Younts, Carla South,
Kenneth Watkins, Dennis Milford, Sherry
Estes and David Alexander for the innumerable hours of “Grunt” work they put in
to make the 2010, 2011 and 2012 sales
successful.
I also appreciate the hours other
Friends put in as they could,
David Alexander has agreed to Chair the
2013 Book Sale and Dennis has agreed to be
his chief “grunt” I will remain on the Book Sale
Committee as FOL Treasurer.
The FOL will
need all the help YOU can offer to make the
2013 Sale the best yet!
Jerry Porter
Friends of the Library
Board of Directors:
President: Sherry Estes
Vice President: Diana Fulks
Treasurer: Jerry Porter
Corresponding Secretary: Open
Secretary: Open
From the Director’s Desk…
As this is being written,
I am enjoying cool weather and beautiful scenery in
Alaska. If you have never
been here, I suggest you
put a visit on your
“bucket” list. Of course,
Alaska residents mercilessly tease Texans. They
say, “If Alaska were split
in half, Texas would be
the 3rd largest state in
the Union.”
I could spend the rest
of this column, which is
being written by my
“ghost
writer”
ooohh i n g
about
Alaska,
but back
to business.
Computer training is
off to a good start. Attendance is strong at our
Basic Computer classes
with good attendance at
our Internet and E-mail
classes.
We are still in
the development stages of
Microsoft Word and Excel
and will get those subjects
off the ground this fall.
The classes are a “work-in
-progress”, but we follow a
course outline and then
“liven it up” by answering
participant’s questions.
Our Computer Classes
will take a summer break
as we move into our
Summer Reading Program. Many thanks are
due our local Rotarian
Club who has agreed to
pick much of the cost of
the program.
The Program will run
for three weeks prior to
July 4th holidays, take a
week off, then run for another three weeks after
the 4th.
Curriculum is varied
and is designed to fit Kindergarten through High
School aged youth.
Please come by and see
what’s going on!
In addition to all the
above, we still have a full
Library services schedule,
working on enhancing our
internet connectivity and
speed, guest tours, etc..
Have a great summer!
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Friends News
Friends Insider Information !!
Sherry Estes was approved at the
May General Membership Meeting to
assume the role of President of The
Friends of the Atlanta Public Library.
She recently retired from the Texas
Highway Department and was very
involved in the 2012 Annual Book
Sale, putting in several days and
hours in, during, and after the sale.
She brings a lot of new energy to the
Friends and we all look forward to Publisher: Jerry Porter
her help!
KID’S CORNER
[email protected]
Subscription: $5.00/yr
Our Business Partners
We have seen a nice growth in our Business Member enrollment. Their contribution often goes beyond
their membership dues. The Newsletter will do short articles in the following months on each of our local
business supporters, so be looking for that. Of course, we encourage our general membership to visit our
business members and support them as you have a need.
1. Cecil McGraw
1102 North Louise
2. Shirley McNeel
CPA
1045 CR 4449
3. Dr Steven Pratt
Dentistry
903 West Main
4. Tammie Duncan School of Dance
Holley Street
5. Wells Fargo Bank
Bank
204 East Main Street
6. Advanced Spine Sports & Rehab
806 West Main Street
7. Atlanta Animal School
Veterinarian
1830 South William Street
8. First Monday Book Club
Reading Club
9. Hanner Funeral Service
Funeral Home
103 West Main Street
10. Bill Hannon, Attorney
Legal Services
103 North West Street
11. Carolyn Lance
09 Sweet Gum Valley
12. Lynch Truss, Inc
Structural Frames
1405 US Hwy 59
13. Mays Law Firm
Legal Services
103 West Hiram
Friends News
Page 3
Genealogy and Cass County Genealogical Society
Charles Steger—President
Kathy Peacock—Publicity Chair
Post Office Box 880
Atlanta, TX 75551
(903) 796-4456 (Charles)
(903) 796-6662 (Kathy)
The resources housed in the upper floor are property of the Atlanta
Public Library, but are maintained
by both the Cass County Family History Center (CCFHC) and the Cass
County Genealogy Society (CCGS).
They are available for research, but
can NOT be checked out!
The Cass County Gene-
alogical Society will meet
Tuesday, June 12th,
6:30 p.m., at the Horne
Enterprise
Building,
Pinecrest Drive at South
Louise, Atlanta, Texas.
We will not have a guest
speaker, per se, this month,
as it is time for our annual
outdoor fest.
Rumor has that a Tennessee Great-Grandmother
“impersonator” may appear
and tell how she braved
snow-fall five feet deep
while walking uphill both
ways to and from
school in the Tennessee hills and
give her story
about how she got
to Texas. This is
yet to be confirmed!
Members and
guests are invited
to bring a “picnic
style” dish, preferably with food (i.e. not just the dish).
According to one’s taste or desire, it may
be packed in a picnic-style basket, but
that is not an absolute requirement.
One item that you MUST NOT bring
The CCGS Board has been
challenged to come up with
something unique for the picnic….. But not to worry, it will
not be something super exciting
like bungee-cord jumping.
Have a safe and happy Summer.
Kathy
are ants, especially the fire-ant kind!
2012 Annual Book Sale
The 2012 Annual
Book Sale is now history.
We were
blessed with good
weather and good
crowds.
The Sale’s success
was in large part due
to the tireless efforts
of the volunteers
listed on page one.
Randy Brockett also
helped as much as he
could within the confines of his health.
Sale revenues were as
follows:
1] Book Sales:
$1,753.82
2] Sales tax collected:
$ 144.68
3] Quilt Club Donation:
$ 905.00
4] Thrivent Financial Grant
$ 200.00
———————————————————
Total Revenue $3,003.50
Expenses:
1] signs
$ 325.00
2] Sales tax paid
$ 144.68
———————————————————
Net gain on Sale =
$2,533.82
During the May General Membership Meeting, several concerns
and changes were discussed.
Subject to
unknown factors that
may exist in 2013, the
location of sale items…
within the Library….
(books, video, audio,
etc) will change.
A significant group
contributing to the suc-
cess of the sale was
the donation and raffle
by the Nimble Thimble
Quilting Club and its
matching grant from
Thrivent Financial.
Kenneth Watkin’s
mother likewise donated two specialty rugs
used as 2nd and 3rd
prizes.
Volunteers are the
key to successful book
sales. Will you stand
up and be counted in
2013?
Friends News
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Calendar of Events… at the Library

Monday Evenings - -- game night 6:00 PM till 8:00 PM

Tuesdays at 10:00 AM - - - Nimble Thimble Quilt Club

Thursday, 06/07 at 3:00 PM - - - FOL Board Meeting (subject to change)

Thursday, 06/07 at 4:00 PM - - - APL Advisory Board Meeting

Tuesday, 06/12 at 6:30 PM - - - Cass County Genealogical Society meeting, (Every 2nd Tues)

Thursday, 06/21 at 3:00 PM - - - Regular Friends membership meeting (subject to change)

New Items at the library
Easy Books
 And Then It’s Spring
Julie Fogliano
Large print
 Betrayal
Robert Fitzpatrick
 Blue Christmas
Tracie Peterson
 Calico Joe
Beverly Lewis
 Christmas in Harmony
 Another Brother
 Chasing the Sun
 The Art of Miss Chew
 The Fiddler
 Does it Float?
 The Half-Stitched Amish
Matthew Cordell
Patricia Polacco
Lisa Ann Marsoli
 Double Trouble in Walla
Walla
Andrew Clements
 How Did You Make That
Web?
Dina Anastasio
 How Do You Hop so
High?
Emily K Hutta
 How Does Your Garden
Grow?
Barbara Layman
 Is My Shirt Getting
Smaller?
Jamie Simons
 What Good are Bugs?
Dawn Bentley
HB Fiction
Quilting Club
Wanda E Brunstetter
Mary K Andrews
John Grisham
Philip Gulley
 The Conspiracy Club
Jonathan Kellerman
 Loving
 Deadlocked
 The Spy Who Jumped
 Deceit: A Novel
Karen Kingsbury
Off the Screen
Thomas Caplan
 A Texan’s Promise
Shelley Gray
 When Two Hearts Meet
Janelle Mowery
Charlaine Harris
Brandilyn Collins
 The Deep Blue Sea for
Beginners: A Novel
Luanne Rice
 Going Home
Wanda Brunstetter
 His Steadfast Love
Golden K Parsons
 In the Shadow of the Sun
King
Golden K Parsons
 The Innocent
David Baldacci
Friends News
Page 5
New Items at the Library—Fiction
 A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jaycee Lee Dugard
 The Garner Files
James Garner
 Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance
and War, 1937—1948
Madeleine K. Albright
 The Boy Who Came Back
From Heaven…...
Kevin Malarkey
 Roots
Sunny Long
 The Big Miss: My Years
Coaching Tiger Woods
Hank Haney
Friends
 Create public support for an  Encourage gifts, endowments
 Intensify Atlanta’s awareness
and use of the Library
Madness: A Journalist’s
Journey Toward Justice
Alex Hailey
About our Organization…….
expanding library program
 Among Murderers and
and memorials for the Library
 Aid in public relations by in-
forming
Atlanta
Library Humor !!!i
patrons
about the Library’s services
and programs; communicating the needs of Atlanta
to the Staff and Library
Board.
Friends News
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