Applegater Winter 2010 9
Friends of the
Applegate Library
News
At our October meeting, The
Friends of the Applegate Library
elected Kirstin Shockey to be the
new Treasurer for the coming year.
We voted to sell more greeting cards
by local artists and budgeted $100 to
buy cards from the artists to sell at a
25% profit for $4.00 each. The artists
have been contacted and the cards are
now on sale in the library.
The November Book Sale was
a success and made $276.50. Some
of this money will be used to buy
a decorative rug for the children’s
section of the library. Carol Karvis
will select the new rug, and FOAL
will match the book sale funds for
the purchase of the new rug.
Applegate Branch patron
Geneva Rabern put on a Tea Party
for our other patrons. Eve’s Garden
Gate Cafe loaned hats and boas for
the partygoers.Tea cakes and cookies
were served, along with the various
teas in flowered tea cups and a jolly
time was had by all who attended.
We are looking forward to a
fun-filled year at the library with our
new board of directors for FOAL and
a dedicated staff to provide all of our
library needs.
Joan Peterson • 541-846-6988
WILLIAMS LIBRARY
Dave Toler and Dwight Ellis, who regretted
they could not attend. Shavana Fineberg
read an eloquent letter from the Williams
Town Council in support of the value
of libraries and lifelong learning and the
ongoing inspiration available to all users.
Then, in a hard act to follow, three
fourth graders from Williams Elementary
School, Jessica Hendrickson, Alice
Holcombe and Lindsey Ann Northrup,
read their own statements about how and
why libraries were so important to them.
It could be called the highlight of the day.
This is the next generation, and we owe
them everything that good libraries offer.
Local authors, Butch Martin and
J. D. Rogers, did a superb job in following
the girls, to illustrate again how libraries
T
he Storytelling Guild of Jackson County is once again
collecting gently used and new children’s books for its
“Pass the Book” program. Each year the Storytelling Guild
distributes children’s books to agencies in Jackson County to share with the
families they serve. From Head Start to the Children’s Advocacy Center,
from the Dunn House to foster children, from the Community Health
Centers to Healthy Start, last Spring 4,805 children’s books made their way
into the hands of children … in their homes, in waiting rooms, at Kids
Unlimited, in Juvenile Detention and the Juvenile Shelter, at On Track,
the Magdalene House, the Providence Birth Place, at Rogue Valley Medical
Center’s Moms and Tots and Pediatrics, through Jackson County Health
and Human Services Vital Links program, at Access food pantries, and at
North Medford High School’s Child Development program.
Through the generosity of donors in every community in Jackson
County, and with the support of Jackson County Library Services and
Umpqua Bank, the Storytelling Guild distributed more books to agencies
in the fall. Several new agencies were happy recipients, including the Ruch
Kids Book Bank and the Butte Falls Community/School Partnership.
Books may be donated to “Pass the Book” during the month of
January at all 15 branches of the Jackson County Library and at all eight
branches of Umpqua Bank in Jackson County. Books are needed for all age
groups, from babies (board books are very welcome) to teens and all ages
in between. Teen books are especially needed. Share your love of books and
reading: donate children’s books to the Storytelling Guild’s “Pass the Book”
program. For questions please e-mail billeter@entwood.com.
The Storytelling Guild is a group of volunteers dedicated to serving
the community by providing opportunities for children to be exposed to the
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are meaningful
in so many ways
to people from
everywhere in the
country. Libraries
have always
inspired future
writers. Loraine
Sherman, retired
librarian, was the
perfect choice to
cut the ribbon
to open the
doors for regular
library service in
Williams.
Fortunately,
our community is
lucky to have Prem Miles back as Library
manager, especially since she already knows
most of the children in Williams! The new
hours for the Williams Branch Library are
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:30–4:00
pm, and Saturdays from Noon to 4:00 pm.
Please remember the three days we are
open will be until 4:00 pm, so be sure to
stop in and pick up your goodies!
The Josephine Community Libraries
Inc. fall membership drive is in full swing,
and we hope everyone in Williams will
get a library card and become a member
of JCLI (http://www.josephinelibrary.
org/). We will be adding new books and
magazines specifically related to local
interests, such as solar energy, sustainable
forestry, organic farming, permaculture,
home-schooling, gardening, quilting, and
just plain joy in life. Please let library staff
know what you want in your library.
You may also borrow anything
from the Grants Pass and Illinois Valley
Branch Libraries using the online catalog.
Using your library card barcode and
password you can enter your request
online, through your own patron
account. You can go to http://josephine.
polarislibrary.com/search/default, and
have the items sent to the Williams
branch. The first important thing is to
make sure your library card is current.
This will give free access to the whole
globe. Patrons can also use 20 incredible
research databases (six especially useful
for children) from their home computers.
Full text newspapers, magazines, and
reference works are available 24/7, for
homework, and general information
seeking. High-speed internet computers
are available in the library during the nine
hours open each week.
Thank you all for your enthusiastic
s u p p o r t . We h o p e c o m m u n i t y
membership in JCLI continues to grow,
and everyone in Williams will have a
library card! For more information about
the Williams Friends of the Library,
please call Kristin Ginther, 846-6004. For
more information about JCLI please visit
http://www.josphinelibrary.org.
Bonnie Johnson
541-846-6016
magic of books and
the joy of reading.
“Pass the Book” is
just one of their
programs.They also
present an annual
“Book Walk” fashion
show of books to
third graders, present
a weekly preschool
story time at the
Medford Librar y,
Wednesdays at 11
am, sponsor a free
show at the Craterian
each January, provide
24-hour access to
Dial-a-Stor y at
541- 774-6439, and
provide a scholarship to an RCC student passionate about early literacy
and/or early childhood education.The Storytelling Guild is best known for
the annual Children’s Festival. Planning has begun for the 44th Children’s
Festival at the Britt Grounds in Jacksonville, in July 2010. Exact dates of
the three-day festival will be announced in January. More information about
the Storytelling Guild is available at www.storytellingguild.org.
Anne Billeter
41-772-5697