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 the individual articles below the schedule. 

May 5 – June 5:  A Group Art Show including artists from Foothills  Art Association, Southwestern Artists’ Association, and the East County Art Association.  This show is sponsored by the San Carlos Garden Club.  On May 16 from 12:30 -5:30 pm and on May 17 from 9:30 am -2:30 pm creative floral arrangements will be paired with the paintings.  A reception will also be held on May 17. 

June 9 – July 3: Ilse Gerson

July 7 – 31:  Ofelia Alvarado

August 4 – September 4 :  Karen Marsh and her Group

September 8 – October 2: Phullis Altomare 

October 6 – 30: Joyce Philpot

November 3 – December 4: Claire Peck

December 8 – January 2, 2009: George Kaerth

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CATCHING THE READING BUG.

METAMORPHOSIS is the theme for teen readers. The program officially begins on June 15^th and ends on August 15^th. Youth Services Librarian, Eric Chamberlin has been busy preparing our youth for the summer program by having them make “bugs” for their Thursday Craft project over the last several months. Check out the walls of the children’s area of the library; it will soon be “filled with bugs” made by local children.

      During the dates of the Summer Reading Program, the library will be crawling with special offerings for kids and teens on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and on Thursdays, start times will vary from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. All programs last approximately 1 hour.  Please let the library know if you will be attending the Thursday activities to ensure that there are enough materials for each participant. Help is always needed for the summer programs. This is a great way to volunteer for a two month period during the summer months and it’s lots of fun! Contact Eric to see how you can help.

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The following is the schedule for the summer reading program for children and teens.  All programs are on Tuesdays at 10:00 am (story times and special fun entertainers) and on Thursday afternoons and one Friday afternoon.  The times vary for the Thursday & Friday afternoon craft programs so check times carefully.  Some of the Thursday craft programs require a reservation and parent permission for participation.  Most are geared for teens and are not appropriate for the younger folk. 

Tuesday, June 17th, 10:00am:  “Mad Zach’s Pirate Stories”  A special story time presentation by a costumed pirate.  (children of all ages)

Thursday, June 19th, 3:30 pm:  “Banking Basics for Teens”  Robyn Quaco from California coast Credit Union talks to young adults about the money management skills they will soon need. (teens)

Tuesday, June 24th, 10:00 am:  Joe Mystic’s Magic Show  (children)

Thursday, June 26th, 3:30 pm:  “Tales by Knight”  A knight in shining armor talks about the code of chivalry and why it still matters today. (older children)

Tuesday, July 1st, 10:00 am:  “Literature Comes to Life” Story teller (children)

Thursday, July 3rd, 3:00 pm:  “Hardware Jewelry”  Make jewelry out of hardware and chain links (teen–parental permission and sign up required)

Tuesday, July 8th, 10:00 am:  “Sparkles the Clown”  puts on quite a show! (children)

Thursday, July 10th, 3:00 pm:  “Book Safes”  Turn old books into secret storage boxes (teen-parental permission and sign up required)

Tuesday, July 15th, 10:00 am:  “Patchwork Players”  A story telling duo (children)

Thursday, July 17th, 3:30 pm:  “Urban Legends:  Rumor into Reality?”  Theatrical presentation on how rumors become urban legends (teen)

Tuesday, July 22nd, 10:00am:  “Tony Bradley’s Balloon Class”  Learn how to make balloon animals (older children)

Thursday, July 24th, 2:00 pm: “Screen Print T-shirts”  Make silk screened T-shirts (teen–sign up required)

Tuesday, July 29th, 10:00 am:  “Craig Stone”  Magic Show (children)

Thursday, July 31st, 3:00 pm:  “Flash Fiction” Free your creativity and learn to  write short fiction stories spontaneously (teen)

Tuesday, August 5th, 10:00 am:  “Wild Wonders”  Animal show (children)

Thursday, August 7th, 3:30 pm:  “Henna Tattoos”  Get professional henna “tattoos” by a local artist (teen-parental permission and sign up required)

Friday, August 8th, 3:30 pm: “Billy Martinez”  Learn to draw anime style art with a local graphic novel artist (teen)

Tuesday, August 12th, 10:00 am:  “Toney Bradley magic Class”  Learn to perform magic tricks (older children)

Thursday, August 14th, 3:30 pm:  “Love Bug Band”  End of summer party with refreshments, live entertainment, and reading awards.  (children & teens)

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Wednesday, May 28th, 7 pm: Bobbi Warren, a reflexologist and author of, What My Feet Say About Me, The Art of Foot Reading, will speak on the topic of “Stress Reduction Through Your Feet”.  She will be joined by her mother, Muff Warren,also a reflexologist.

There is no speaker in June

Wednesday, July 23rd, 7 pm:  Retired educator and political satirist, Evan Keliker, will discuss his novel, Tyrannicide, Story of the 2nd American Revolution.

Wednesday, August 27th, 7 pm:  Author Amy Wallen, discusses her novel,  Moon Pies & Movie Stars.

Wednesday, September 24th, 7 pm:  Author Nancy Inman,  who grew up in India in the 1940s will discuss her autobiographical book, Bird Nest in a Chandelier.

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      This year our local awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the San Carlos Library. The overall grade winners from our local contests had their essays submitted for the city-wide judging. The grand Prize Winners’ Ceremony and prize presentation was held on May 1^st at the Balboa Park Club.   Our local 10th grade winners from Patrick Henry were Suzanna Osuna and Jordan Hart.  Both were named winners in the city-wide competition.  From Pershing Middle School, 8th grader Sharona Silverstein was our local winner, and was also named one of the 12 city-wide winners.  4th grader Paul Osuna from Dailard was both a local and city-wide winner.  Other local 4th grade winners are Diego Mateus, and Michael Wehrmeyer  from Dailard, Jessica Young, Aeliana Hubbell and Daniela Vesprini-Heidrich students at Benchley-Weinberger, and Natalie Stoklosa, a fourth grader at Gage.  Our Congratulations go out to all 68 entrants, their parents, teachers, and schools.  Thank you for your participation and hard work.  A very special Thank You goes to all of our contest judges:  Dorothy Dougherty, Jeanne Dye, Margy Forbis, Flora Hogins, Inez Jacobson, Ann McDonald, Joanne Prescott, Barbara Woodhall, Mary Anne Wormsted, and Dan Yelvington. We couldn’t have the contest without you!

     We are off to an excellent book sale year! Although we have had heavy rains on some of the Book sale days which prevented us from setting up outside, we still managed to do well with our inside sale, our special priced books, and a few carts of books outside. We’ve also had a good turnout of both helpers and customers for our sunny sale days. We welcomed some new volunteers and more are always needed and appreciated. HOW ABOUT YOU? There are lots of little jobs/tasks that need to be done such as distributing flyers, sorting books, setting up and taking down the tables and books on sale day, keeping the books stocked on sale day, and picking up large book donations and taking our overstocks to other branch libraries for their sales.

          We still have space available on our SCFOL Board for an Historian and a Publicity Chairperson. There are always many ways available to you to volunteer through the San Carlos Friends of the Library.

                               Ann McDonald, President SCFOL

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     Come to the Community Room of the San Carlos Library, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 7 p.m. to hear these dynamic two ladies tell you, “What your feet say about you” and how to achieve “Stress reduction-through your feet”. Light refreshments will be served.

     Muff & Bobbi Warren are a Mother & Daughter team who first learned about Reflexology in the early 60’s. They became certified in 1983, and following a special training program, Bobbi became a teacher of Reflexology and then the President of the International Institute of Reflexology, in St. Petersburg, FL. She has traveled throughout the U.S., Canada and England giving teaching seminars. Both have had private practices for almost 30 years. In 1992, they became one of the first to receive the National Reflexlogy Board Certification (ARCB). As charter and former Board members of the Reflexology Association of CA, Bobbie headed the committee that developed the Code of Ethics and Business Standards for California Reflexologists.

     So what exactly is Reflexlogy? It is a science based on the principle that there are reflex areas on the hands and feet which correspond to all body parts. The physical act of applying specific pressure using thumb, finger and hand techniques result in stress reduction which causes a physiological change in the body.

     By examining the angles, shapes, and textures of the entire foot, you have a map to the personality and health of an individual. Come and learn the art of foot reading for fun, for therapy, for self-knowledge, or to understand your family and friends.

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     At all of these meetings, the Friends plan to remind the Council members that the library hosts more than 6 million customer visits a year, that Library services are the “Top Rated City Service”, that libraries close the “digital divide” for San Diegans without Internet or computer access, that the library provides homework help for students, that the library’s innovative programs received the nation’s top award for excellence and serve as a model for library programming nationwide, that the American Library Association recently recognized the library’s literacy program as the nation’s top literacy program and it was named a “model program”, that the library presents museum-quality art exhibitions, that the library is San Diego’s largest provider of free cultural programs, that the library’s collection of books and materials is in more than 25 languages, and that the Central Library’s Wangenheim Room features a unique collection of rare books, manuscripts and artifacts illustrating 4000 years of book development.  Our library system serves our entire population—old and young, rich and poor, boys and girls, men and women.  Often the library is the community and cultural center of a neighborhood.  We must continue to advocate for our library system which is such an important contribution to the quality of life in San Diego.

                                       Ann McDonald, SCFOL, President

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The San Carlos Garden Club is a small club that has been active since July 17, 1962, making this their 46^th year. Their meetings are held at the Saint Dunstan�s Episcopal Church, 6556 Park Ridge Blvd., San Diego, 92120, on the fourth Tuesday of each month from September thru June, from 9:30am-12:30pm.

This year, from May 5^th thru June 5th, they are sponsoring the SCFOL May Art and Flower Show at the San Carlos Library, featuring artists from the Foothills Art Association, Southwestern Artists� Association, and the East County Art Association. Participating artists include Gail Ackley, Elaine Davis, Maryellene Deason, Padgett Mason, Jennifer Meeder, Maic Palmieri, Dixie Sampier, and Shinja Scheidnes. The participating artists have been coordinated by Elaine Davis, Past President of East County Art Association and a member of the San Diego Museum of Artists Guild.

This year, the Garden Club is following their tradition of offering to the community their own rendition of �Art Alive� held each spring at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. On Friday, May 16^th from 12:30�5:30 pm and on Saturday, May 17^th from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, San Carlos Garden Club members Dorothy Driscoll, Gerry Hoffner, Rita Kuehn, Joyce Mc Manus and Marj Myer, will be showing creative pairings of their beautiful floral arrangements with the artist�s paintings in the Library�s Communtiy Room. Below are examples from last year�s show.

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