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FoL is pleased to announce recent additions to our Executive Committee: two new Committee Chairs.
Long-time Granbury resident and retired business person Gail Lowe has accepted the post of Volunteer Coordinating Committee Chair. A new Committee, recently formed, the Volunteer Coordinating Committee organizes Volunteers for activities throughout the year and helps with appropriate trainings for Volunteers. The Volunteer Coordinating Committee will annually present to the Board a report of the success of Volunteer activities during the past year and make recommendations for recruiting, maintaining, and improving the participation of Fol Volunteers each year. The Volunteer Coordinating Committee Chair may create sub-committees as needed to manage specific Volunteer Coordination tasks or events.
Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards, an Assistant Professor of Communications at Tarleton University, has accepted the Post of FoL Scholarship Committee Chair. The FoL Scholarship fund assists Hood County students enrolled in a University program leading to a graduate degree in library arts or sciences.
Board Nominations for the current FY are ongoing to fill vacant and interim posts. All members in good-standing may be considered for an Officer or Committee position. Self-nomination is deemed a leadership quality and, as such, is appreciated and welcomed. Nominations should be submitted to Nominating Chair Char Hitz. Nominations are currently being sought for the following posts:
President
First Vice-President
Recording Secretary
Parlimentarian/By-Laws Committee Chair
Book Sales Chair
Members and non-members alike can shop our “mini” book sale held in the Library foyer each Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Wagon Wednesday sales feature hard and soft cover books from popular fiction authors, non-fiction books, and childrens books as well as Music CDs, Video Tapes, DVDs, and Books on Tape.
We are in need of Wagon Wednesday helpers for the Wagon Wednesday mini Book Sales. We try to have two shifts for each Wednesday, one from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and one from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. Two people are needed each time, one to run the cart and one to assist. New volunteers will be paired with experienced volunteers.
To Volunteer for Wagon Wednesday, stop by on a Wednesday during the sale, and place your name on the schedule.
Call for Volunteers – Wagon Wednesday Book Sales
We are in need of Wagon Wednesday helpers for the Wagon Wednesday mini Book Sales. Two people are needed each time, one to run the cart and one to assist. Wagon Wednesday sales run from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., held in the Library foyer. New volunteers will be paired with experienced volunteers.
If you are available, please login to the Members Only area to place your name on a date, or email our Booksale Chair.
The Friends of the Library for Hood County held its first meeting of the current FY, 2010-11, on June 10, 2010. In addition to nominees who had previously withdrawn their names from the Officer slate (see previous post, Board Officer Nominations Re-Open), Second VP-elect Susan Goodrich received an out-of-state offer and has moved away from the area. The Friends are fortunate that several Members stepped-up to the plate to fill posts on at least an interim basis:
Interim President: Mary Lee
First Vice-President: Vacant
Second Vice-President: Elisha Cernicek (previously installed as Recording Secretary)
Treasurer : Karen deFanchi (previously installed)
Interim Recording Secretary: Brenda Staples
Correspondence Secretary: Jane Vaughn (previously installed)
Board Nominations for the current FY are ongoing to fill vacant and interim posts. All members in good-standing may be considered for an Officer position. Nominations should be submitted to Nominating Chair Char Hitz. Self-nomination is deemed a leadership quality and, as such, is appreciated and welcomed.
Several Committee Chair posts will be opening, as well.
Nominations Committee Chair Char Hitz has called for re-opening nominations for 2010-11 FoL Board Officers. President-elect, Richard Densley, and First Vice-president elect, Jack Padilla, re-considered their ability to serve and have withdrawn their names from the Officer slate.
All members in good-standing may be considered for an Officer position. Nominations should be submitted to Char Hitz. Self-nomination is deemed a leadership quality and, as such, is appreciated and welcomed.
Remaining Officers-elect may consider taking other posts on the Board. Those Officers-elect include:
2nd Vice President – Susan Goodrich
Recording Secretary – Elisha Cernicek
Corresponding Secretary – Jane Vaughn
Treasurer – Karen deFranchi
Therefore, nominations will be accepted for all Board Officer posts for the organization. The Board Officer posts include:
President – The President sets the agenda for and presides at all regularly scheduled meetings of the Friends, Board, and Executive Committee meetings as well as any called meetings. The term of service for the President is one year. The President also appoints Chairs for Committees not designated by an elective office and serves as an ex-officio member of all Committees except the Nominating Committee.
First Vice-president – The First Vice-president serves as Chair of the standing Fund Raising Committee and oversees all FoL fundrasing activites, including our ongoing and semi-annual book sales. The term of service for the First Vice-President is one year. The First Vice-president also presides at meetings in the absence of the President.
Second Vice-president – The Second Vice-President serves as Chair of the standing Membership Committee, encouraging membership and maintaining a membership roll. The term of service for the Second Vice-President is one year. The Second Vice-president also presides at meetings in the absence of the President and First Vice- president.
Recording Secretary – The Recording Secretary records and keeps minutes of all meetings of the Friends and the Board. The term of service for this post is one year.
Corresponding Secretary – The Corresponding Secretary conducts all general correspondence of the Friends organization. The term of service for this post is one fiscal year.
Treasurer – The Treasurer establishes procedures for receipt and disbursement of all funds, for establishment of accounts, and any other matters consistent with sound financial management, as approved by the Board. The Treasurer is in charge of receiving and disbursing all moneys and retains receipts for disbursement of funds. The Treasurer submits a written or oral report fiscal summary at all meetings, serves as the Chair of the standing Budget Committee, and submits account books for audit at the end of the fiscal year. (Currently, the organization uses QuickBooks to maintain fiscal records.) The term of service for this post is one year.
The FoL Spring ’10 Book Sale was a huge success. This Spring’s event brought in almost $10k in sales and around $2k in memberships. Thank you, FoL Members and Shoppers!
Congratulations to a spectacular Book Sale Volunteer crew! We had an amazing number of FoL Volunteers helping with the set-up process. We think we may have had the greatest number of books ever, and everyone just went to work and got them all sorted with smiles on their faces. A special “Thanks” goes to the First National Bank of Granbury for providing eco-friendly tote bags for our shoppers.The FoL Volunteers who worked during the Book Sale were all extremely helpful, and we received many compliments from our shoppers!
 Spring '10 Book Sale Success
Another special “Thanks” to the FoL Volunteer clean-up crew. That’s always the job we do not look forward to, and we had some great workers on Monday and Tuesday after the Sale.
Book Sale Chairs Sandy Bryant, Dee Gormley, Mary Lee, and Sandra Tarver wish we could tell each of you “Thanks” personally. You are all true Friends of the Hood County Library!
 Book Sale Guru, Dee Gormley
FoL member Connie Youngblood has been helping her mother, Imogene Green, “downsize” her book collection. Thanks to their donation of many books, a set of sixty-six Zane Grey novels, hardcover Walter J. Black editions dating from the early 1960s to late 1970s, will be featured at the Friends’ semi-annual Book Sale this Spring. According to the Zane Grey’s West Society, this set originally included seventy-five books; five of the books included in the sixty-six books donated to the FoL are classified as “hard-to-find”.
 Courtesy of the Zane Grey's West Society
The novel The Camp Robber, copyrighted in 1979, is among the hard-to-find titles donated to the Friends. Other hard-to-find titles include the Zane Grey: Biography volume, and the novels Boulder Dam (1963), Knights of the Range (1964), Blue Feather (1961); and The Wolf Tracker (1976).
Char Hitz, Chair of the FoL 2010-11 Board Nominations Committee presented a slate of Officers for the upcoming fiscal year (June 2010 – May 2011) to the FoL Board on April 8, 2010.
The following Officer slate was unanimously approved by the Board:
President – Richard Densley
1st Vice President – Jack Padilla
2nd Vice President – Susan Goodrich
Recording Secretary – Elisha Cernicek
Corresponding Secretary – Jane Vaughn
Treasurer – Karen deFranchi
New officers will be installed at the May meeting of the FoL Board, to begin their terms of Office June 1.
The Friends of the Library for Hood County is in need of Volunteers for the upcoming Spring ’10 semi-annual Book Sale.
Set-up for the Book Sale coincides with National Volunteer week! So, please consider Volunteering to help the Friends! A Volunteer Sign-up sheet is available at the Front Desk of the Library. You may also contact Book Sales Chair Dee Gormley.
The Friends need Volunteers for three tasks during the Book Sale (all times are “come when you can”):
Book Sale Set-up
Wednesday April 14 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Table/Chair/Box Movers
Thursday April 15 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Table/Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers
Friday April 16 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Table/Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers
Monday April 19 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Table/Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers
Tuesday April 20 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers
Wednesday April 21 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers
Sales Assistance Volunteers
Thursday April 22 – 24, three shifts: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Cashiers, Door-Prize Table Assistant, Floor Assistance, and Re-Stocking Assistance.
Sunday April 25, one shift: 1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.: Cashiers, Door-Prize Table Assistant, Floor Assistance, and Re-Stocking Assistance.
Clean-up Assistance
The week after the sale, we will need help with Table Break-Down, Box Moving, Book Boxing, & General Clean-up .
Monday April 26, two shifts: 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.
Tuesday April 27, two shifts: 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.
Wednesday April 28, two shifts: 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.
The Friends are also seeking Nomination of Volunteers to serve on the FoL Board of Directors for 2010-11.
 Hands On - National Volunteers Week
At a recent FoL Board meeting, Char Hitz was named by outgoing President Jeanell Morris to Chair this year’s Nominating Committee to draw-up a slate of Nominees for election to the 2010-11 FoL Board of Directors. Once elected, incoming Board Officers will begin their terms of Office in June 2010.
Serving as an Officer of the Board is one of the best ways to contribute to the FoL organization and the Library. The Nominating Committee seeks nominations for all Officer posts. Self-nomination is appreciated and welcomed. Nominations should be submitted to Char Hitz no later than April 1, 2010.
Long-time Friends’ supporter and former President, Eloise B. Ikard, 87, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at her Granbury residence. She was an often present Volunteer at the Friends’ semi-annual Book Sales.
Eloise much enjoyed playing bridge and working crossword puzzles. In her honor, her “bridge playing friends” have made donations to start a Memorial Fund for her with the Friends of the Library for Hood County.
Eloise will be missed by her Library Friends as well as her bridge friends.
Contributions to the Fund may be sent to:
Eloise Ikard Memorial Fund
Friends of the Library for Hood County
222 W Travis St
Granbury TX 76048
Friends of the Library for Hood County Present:
Historic Hood County: An Illustrated History
* * * * * * Hot Off the Press! * * * * * *
Meet the author:
Mary Saltarelli
speaking about Hood County history and personally signing books at:
Tarleton State University
Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center
Concert Hall
Thursday, Feb. 25th
2:00 p.m.
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Story of Hood County from pre-history through today.
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One to five copies $39.95 each
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Six or more $24 each
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Sales benefit Preserve Granbury, a 501(c)(3) preserving and promoting the historic integrity of our community
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- Preserve Granbury
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For 2009, a miniature Christmas book collection donated to the Library by Anadell Teems, the sister of FoL President Jeanell Morris, decorated the Library’s tree.
 Books Amongst the Boughs
The Books for Babies Program, a national literacy program offered through the American Library Assocation’s Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends, and Foundations (ALTAFF), aims to acquaint parents with the important role reading plays in the development of their children. So, the program starts them off early. In fact, at birth!
Barbara Althouse, FoL Chair of the local Books for Babies program, recently received this warm thanks from one of Granbury’s new Moms.
 Thank You Note to Books for Babies
This Fall, Dr. Nancy Luton, daughter of Doris Zweifel Luton, renewed her contribution to the Doris Zweifel Luton Memorial Fund.
Doris was a Granbury native, resident, and former teacher. She began her 10-year career as an English teacher at Granbury High School in 1957. In addition, she was an avid reader and crossword puzzle solver all her life.
A founding member of the FoL for Hood County, Doris was also a member of DAR, past-President of the Womens’ Wednesday Club, a founding member of the Granbury Opera Board, served on the Board of the Texas Historical Foundation, and the Granbury Bicentennial Beautification Council.
To honor her 90th birthday and to acknowledge her wide-ranging interests, her children established the Doris Zweifel Luton Memorial Fund with the Friends of the Library for Hood County for the purchase of books and research materials related to Texas and the Southwest.
Doris died April 12, 2008, but the FoL Doris Zweifel Luton Memorial Fund continues her memory.
Contributions to the Fund may be sent to:
Doris Zweifel Luton Memorial Fund
Friends of the Library for Hood County
222 W Travis St
Granbury TX 76048.
Mark your calendar for the Friends’ Spring ’10 Book Sale!
Our most popular activity, the semi-annual book sale, will open to the public on April 24th and 25th.
The Members Only Sale begins April 22nd and 23rd for Members of the FoL.
Volunteers will be needed to help with the April Book Sale set-up and/or the Sale itself.
Set-up will begin on April 15th-16th and 19th-21st.
We welcome donations of books, which can be dropped off next to the Library check-out desk any day the Library is open.
Sales feature hard and soft cover books from popular fiction authors, non-fiction books, and childrens books as well as Music CDs, Video Tapes, DVDs, Books on Tape, and more!
 2010 Spring Book Sale
The Library, which had been closed November 11-1, reopened on November 19th with new carpeting and new art work.
The new carpeting was made possible largely by a donation of $20,000 from the Friends of the Library for Hood County.
 View of new carpeting from the Library foyer. Art work was donated to the Library from the estate of a local resident by Lowell Richey on behalf of the family.
 New Art for the Library Kudos to FoL Members and Volunteers. The carpeting would not have been possible without you!
Donations to the Kathleen Johnson Memorial Fund allowed FoL to fulfill a dream of Hood County Childrens’ Librarian Courtney Kincaid.
Childrens’ events are generally held in the Jeanell Morris Room of the Library, which has wood floors. With winter coming on, a rug is needed more than ever for children to gather ’round and sit during Reading Hour and other Childrens’ programs.
FoL was able to use donations to the Kathleen Johnson Memorial Fund totaling almost $500 to purchase the perfect rug for this purpose!
 Kathleen Johnson Memorial Childrens' Reading Rug Many thanks to the 14 donors who helped FoL to honor Kathleen Johnson’s lifelong dedication to childrens’ reading issues and her service as a former President of FoL.
 Sandy Bryant - FoL Volunteer
Five years ago, my husband Ray and I decided to retire and leave California, where we had lived for years. We were heading to a quiet life on a farm in Arkansas when our oldest son suggested we might like lake life instead and to look at Granbury. We did look. Coming from the “big city life”, this was just what we wanted and stayed. Ray and I have raised 5 boys between us and are proud grandparents of six. While most of our family still lives in California, we are working on them to come to Texas.
We had many interests to take into retirement. I’ve been interested in calligraphy since working with the 1984 Olympics as a calligrapher. Other of my interests include Chinese brush painting, quilting, cross stitch, and working jigsaw puzzles. Ray enjoys motorcycles and building hot rods. Together we have kept some unusual animals, such as tarantulas, ferrets, falcons and hawks, a couple of Great Danes, and were beekeepers for seven years. Since moving to Granbury, we enjoy the simple life, he with his “classic” motorcycles and me with my puzzles and quilting.
I got involved with the Friends of the Library for Hood County three years ago. I started with a book sale, just lending a hand. Then I found myself organizing books for the children’s section and now I’ve added sections for textbooks and home schooling. I met and became friends with Sandra Tarver, another volunteer who works with “collectibles” and the Wagon Wednesday Book Sale books, so I now help out with those tasks, as well. I also volunteer in the Library, helping Assistant Librarian Samantha Smith with Interlibrary loans and Cataloger Cindy Lincoln with maintenance of books yet to be shelved.
Why do I enjoy FoL volunteering so much? Not just because I love books, but because I love people and being a part of something special: reading and being involved in helping others who love reading as much as I do!
There are only four Wagon Wednesday shopping days until Christmas!
The Library will be closed November 11-18 while new carpet is laid (largely funded through FoL contributions), and November 25 is the day before Thanksgiving, so November 4 will be the only date in November that Wagon Wednesday Book Sales will be held.
Sales will resume for three dates in December: Wednesday, December 2, 9, and 16.
The FoL Fall Book Sale brought throngs of shoppers through the doors on October 15-18, 2009.
Sales totaled around $11,000 and brought in over $1,200 in new or renewed memberships.
Holding the sale during Granbury’s Harvest Moon Festival may have attracted new shoppers.
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