TIME’S A’ WASTIN!:  NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY BOOKS FROM THE SAN CARLOS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.  

We would like to thank all of the patrons of our Monthly Used Book Sale.   Now, on sale for $3.00 at the book sales, we have available for your shopping pleasure and to carry home your treasures, a new and improved, bigger, better bottomed book bag (cloth).   Ask about them. 

We can always use volunteers to help sort books during the month, to stock the tables before and during the book sales, and to put away the unsold ones following the sales.  If you would like to help, please leave a note for Debbie K0.

0ues or Orlie Baird at the library.

Its never too late to join a book club.   Read the latest “One Book, One San Diego” selection.

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All of our speakers will present their talk on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7 pm, in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library. Extended articles about each speaker and their talk appear on this page below the schedule of dates.

Our current Speaker selections for your enjoyment, entertainment and education are as follows:

March 24: Henry Shenkman,is a local ecologist.   His book is GOLDILOCKS ECOLOGY. He will be discussing our own San Carlos neighborhood’s ecology.  This is a MUST for all Mission Trails Park hikers and lovers.

April 28: Linda Yo, will speak on ASIAN SLIM SECRETS, How to Lose Weight Without Dieting. This is an obvious MUST for all of you who want to look better in your summer swimsuit.

May 26:  Cathy Worthington, award winning author of MOSTOVSKY STATION and WATCH OVER THY CHILD, will tell us about the “Journey to Moskovsky Station”…..how she came upon the idea for her novel about an American 11-year old girl who finds herself living among the Russian homeless in Moskowsky Train Station.  A MUST read and lecture for those interested in the plight of homeless children everywhere.

September: Charles Elster author of the new book, THE ACCIDENTS OF STYLE, Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly, available in July, 2010    A MUST for all writers and lovers of well written books.

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     Please stop by anytime the library is open and see these beautiful artistic displays. The Community Room is located through double doors on the left wall of the library in the Children’s section.  The light switch is on the wall to the right as you enter.  Take a few moments to relax and enjoy!  Remember, each artist will donate a portion of the proceeds of their sales resulting from their San Carlos Library showing to SCFOL.  Read more about each artist in their individual article below this schedule. 

March 9 - April 1: Mildred Spiller. Her artist reception will be held on Saturday, March 13 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.

April 6 - April 29: Artists from the East County and Foothills Art Associations, including Jen Bottoms, Betsy Brown, Georgina Clemens, Dixie Sampier, Barbara Stewart, June Schilling, Lillian Schuler, and Jan Stitch will display their paintings.  Their artist reception  will be held April 16-17, together with the San Carlos Garden Club’s “A Show In Living Color”.

April 16 and April 17:  ” A Show In Living Color“.  FREE  TO THE PUBLIC.  This is a pairing of the paintings of the April Artists and floral arrangements by the members of the San Carlos Garden Club.   The Friday show will be held from 1:00 - 5:30 pm, and the Saturday show will be held from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm.  Both shows will be held in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library.  Pictures of their last show appear below.  The San Carlos Garden Club is an active member of the The California Garden Clubs, Inc. Palomar District, San Diego and Imperial Counties.  It was organized in July of 1962.  Members include, Kathy Bemis, Nona Carrillo, Jo Cormier, Genny Deutsch, Gail Dill, Dorothy Driscoll, Bettye Hebert, Gerry Hoffner, Rita Kuehn, Ruth Leerhoff, Bea Lorentz, Carol Lynnet, June Mason, Alice Matsumoto, Peggy Matthews, Joyce McManus, Ann McDonald, Marj Myers, Shirley O’Connell, Susan Pappert, Gayle Regan, Terry Seaburg, Linda Sellers, and Elizabeth Williams.  Refreshments will be served.

May 4 - June 3:  Jean Waters. Her artist reception will be held on Saturday, May 15th from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. 

June 8 - July 1: Barbara Stewart.  Her artist reception will be held on Saturday, June 19th from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.

July 6 - August 5: David Stanley

August 10 - September 2 : Tova Galgut

September 7 - September 30: Javier Alonso

October 5 - November 4: Roberta Wilian

November 9 - December 2: Dixie Sampier

December 7 - December 30: Judy Burnett

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The San Carlos Branch Library’s hours will be:  

Sundays & Mondays:  CLOSED

Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 12:30 - 8:00 pm

Thursdays & Fridays: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Saturdays: 9:30 am - 2:30 pm

Check the San Diego Public Library’s website http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/ for “hours of operation” information for the Downtown and other Branch Libraries.

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  From Left to right:  Back row: Bill Howell, Henry Shenkman, Don Albright; Front row:  Bradford White, Jeanne Shenkman, Judy Alvarez.

Henry and this group of naturalists and geologists created the website:  www.naturebytesvideo.com.  Naturebytesvideo is Henry’s creation as producer for Naturesway Productions.

“This website is a growing collection of over 300 free short movies or videos, about the natural world.  They were primarily filmed in San Diego and the Souther California region.”  Each is about 2 to 5 minutes in length.  They are organized by geographic habitat zone starting at the coast and moving inland to the desert.  Also covered in the videos are how flora and fauna have adapted to their new urban habitat.  “Habitats and ecology, niche theory (goldilocks theory) are” also covered in separate videos. Henry Shenkman is also the author of the book, Goldilocks Ecology.

     On March 24, at 7 pm in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library, the SCFOL is happy to introduce you to Henry Shenkman.  He will excite you about the wonderful natural world that surrounds us in San Carlos, and discuss the 12 things that we should use in evaluating our area, and the habitat niches for specific organisms that live here.  This is a MUST lecture for all of us who regularly or infrequently walk, jog, ride and enjoy this beautiful natural habitat……OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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Remember that a portion of the sales of the artwork displayed in the library is donated to the SCFOL and supports the purchase of books, equipment and programs for the library. 

Out of space in your home?  We would like to encourage art patrons to consider purchasing a piece of our artists’ artwork and donating or loaning it for a period of time to be on display in the library, school, your place of work, a medical facility, nursing or retirement home , church, or any other place of your choosing.  This is a win-win for everyone.  The artist makes a sale, more of the public views their work, the library receives a donation, and you may get a tax deduction.  Just another way to volunteer! 

All of the artists and the San Carlos Friends of the Library thank you for your patronage.  Please come into the Community Room of the San Carlos Library and enjoy the beautiful artwork on display there!

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    Local resident, Millie Spiller, is our featured artist for March.  She specializes in a particular type of water color using Yupo paper.  All of her paintings shown in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library this monthe will make use of this technique.  She loves the use of color, and Yupo paper allows the artist more flexibility than the use of traditional water color paper.  

     Millie earned a BS degree in applied art from Louisiana State University and studied Fine Arts at the Traphagen Art school in New York City.  Additionally, she continued her studies in watercolor from Marsha Austin/Rogers in San Diego.

     Millie’s Artist Reception will be held in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library on Saturday, March 13th, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.  Come and meet this experienced artist and learn about the use of Yupo paper to enhance your watercolor experience.

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     Linda has also created a video on the same subject, which is available at the San Carlos Library.  She is a local resident and certified weight management consultant, who discovered that she had gained 25 pounds shortly after arriving in the USA.  After unsuccessfully trying every diet on the market, she returned to her Asian eating habits and lost the weight.  She investigated this phenomenon and discovered that it wasn’t just how many calories we ate, but what we ate and when we ate it that made the difference.

     From Linda you will learn the secret to not gaining weight from Holiday and party meals; which foods make you full with the fewest calories; why eating salad won’t make you slim; how to enjoy meat while avoiding the fat grams; and how to increase your metabolic rate.

     Linda teaches weight management at the Learning Annex, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly, an international non-profit organization), and lectures to various organizations.  Visit her website: www.Asianslimsecrets.com.

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Here are examples of some of the art and flower arrangement pairings from a previous year’s show:

  Garden Club member, Joyce McManus says, “We are always looking to expand our club.  We have a great group of ladies and we welcome those interested in the floral arts and gardening.  We are always looking to contribute our interest in garden clubbing and floral arts to our community.”  The show is FREE and is open to the public.  Please join us for this beautiful experience.  Refreshments will be served.

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