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Friends of the Library Offer Used Books Year Round
The Friends of the Library Annual Used Book sale is one of the most popular events in the library’s year. Each summer folks flock to the Community Room to explore tables overflowing with items no longer needed at the library or donated by other book lovers with crowded shelves. It’s not to be missed.
But now the Friends are now selling items year-round, so you don’t have to wait until the annual sale in August to get great deals! Used books, DVDs, CDs, and magazines will be available for patrons to purchase at the low prices offered during the annual sale.
Look for the bookcase by the circulation desk marked with a “Friends of the Library Sale” sign. It’s a small but changing selection you can browse for bargains whenever you visit the library. You can make your purchase right at the desk.
Prices:
| Hardbacks - $1 | Board Books - 25¢ | DVDs - $2 |
| Paperbacks - 50¢ | Puzzles - $1 | VHS - 25¢ |
| Magazines - 10¢ | | CDs - $1 |
Proceeds from this and other projects go to help the Friends supplement programs, education, and technology at the library.
The Friends are already anticipating next summer’s big sale.
Check out their column below for volunteer opportunities and other news.
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Gulley Was Great!
If you were there, you heard an engaging speaker who related to his audience with humility and humor. If you weren’t there, you missed Jay County Public Library and Arts Place partnering to bring Indiana author and Quaker pastor, Philip Gulley, to Portland on October 2nd.
Twenty-six people attended a writing workshop at the library where Gulley not only talked about what constitutes good writing and steps in publishing today, but found out what people are writing, helped solve specific problems they face, and interspersed good humor throughout. Seventy people attended an evening talk at Arts Place that included Gulley reading from upcoming works, much laughter, a reception, and a long line of happy people getting books signed.
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Cookbook Club Thanksgiving
The Cookbook Club meets monthly to trade recipes and try new foods. Bring homemade food and copies of the recipe to hand out to your fellow cookbook aficionados.
November’s theme: Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
Join us on Monday, November 12, at 6:15pm. No pre-registration required. Adults and teens welcome! Please bring your own table service.
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Cool Couponing
November 26, 6:00-7:00 pm
No registration required!
Gather with fellow coupon clippers to trade tips and tricks of the trade. Swap coupons while you learn how to get even more bang for your buck!
New to couponing? Come anyway and learn what it's all about.
Adults and teens
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Computer Classes
Call 260-726-7890 to register.
Beginner’s Internet
If you think using the Internet is difficult and confusing, you’re not alone. Learn how to use a mouse, navigate a webpage, surf the web, and more!
For adults or teens. Nov. 7th, 10 am to noon (register by Nov. 6th)
Email: The Basics
Set up an email account through Google (gmail), send and receive messages, manage your inbox, and more. Participants should be able to use a mouse, search the Internet using the address bar and search box, be familiar with website addresses, and have a general knowledge of the Internet.
Adults or teens. Nov. 16th, 10 am to noon (register by Nov. 15th)
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One-on-One Class for Internet Beginners
Join the folks who have already improved their internet skills with our Beginner’s Internet Class. Call or drop by to schedule a one-on-one session with Molly. She’ll explain search engines, searching strategies, website navigation, email, the library catalog, and more! You’ll also leave with a list of trusted websites about employment, taxes, education, and disabilities, along with other topics.
Never touched a computer before? That’s okay; she’ll show you how to connect to the Internet and use a mouse. Sessions usually last 30 minutes - 1 hour. Yes, you can register for multiple sessions
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From Newsnotes Past
15 years ago - Friends of the Library’s annual meeting featured Muncie Star Press columnist Vickie Foley-Mickler as speaker.
10 years ago - Nine past trustees were present for the library’s centennial celebration in October, including Grace Jacqua, who served from 1965 to 1978 and whose aunt Nettie Current served on the original board in 1902!
5 years ago - The November issue listed a variety of items about many aspects of World War II in print, video and audio.
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Heard at the Library
So many books, so little time!
It’s a sentiment shared across the circulation desk fairly often by borrowers who bring stacks to check out. Who wouldn’t like more time to dive into all the new books, or explore the ones missed?
Other readers confess they fill their evenings with books rather than TV, echoing this quote from Groucho Marx:
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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eReader Rescue
Need help figuring out your eReader or tablet? Schedule an appointment with Molly for a one-on-one help session. She’ll show you how to use your library card to checkout ebooks and audiobooks from the library and will give you troubleshooting tips.
Call 260-726-7890 or stop by the library to schedule a session.
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Crochet Club
November 27th from 5:00 to 7:00pm
Teens and adults whether beginners or experts
No registration required
Drop in anytime from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Bring your own supplies.
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Gifts to the LibraryMany thanks for these recent gifts to the library for the purchase of new materials
and support of library programs.
Given in memory of Charles Miller by Terry and Beth Richards
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross / James Patterson
Gifts for the Lego Club made by
Betty Dailey
Richard and Carolyn Carducci
Gift to 1000 Books Before Kindergarten made by
Portland Evening Optimist Club
Given in memory of Lillian Brown,
daughter of Edith Case Money
and great-granddaughter of Jonas Votaw
by Homer Money
Historic Annual Cyclopedia, 12 volumes. 1861-1872
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse,
a party, a company by the way,
a counselor, a multitude of counselors.
-Charles Baudelaire
Would you like to make a gift to the library? Ask for details at the circulation desk
or at Making Gifts to the Library.
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Friends of the LibraryYour library, your book sale!
The annual Friends of the Library Book Sale is always great, but we can make it even better! Our goal for next year’s sale is to have all the items organized by genre/subject (e.g. Romance, Science Fiction, Gardening, History, Inspiration, etc.). In order to achieve this, we’ll have to organize all the items in the library’s storage area before the sale. And there is a LOT to go through! Starting in November, Wednesday afternoons (1:00-5:00pm) will be open to Friends of the Library members to help organize these items. Staff will provide supervision and/or instructions. As a bonus, members who help us with this task will be able to take home any items they want for free! Call the library and ask for Molly for more details.
Friends are selling Jay County Public Library ornaments!
The gold ornaments are in the shape of a snowflake and have a color image of the library in the center. Thank you to J & P Plating for producing the ornaments! Ornaments sell for $10, and proceeds help fund library programs, author visits, computers, equipment, etc. Get yours in time for the holidays!
Next regular Friends of the Library meeting is Tuesday, November 20th at 6:30 pm.
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Book Group
For their November 19th discussion the people of the book group have chosen People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, in which a rare book, a rare book conservator, and all the lives entwined with them make a great and thought-provoking story.
“In the present, we follow the resolutely independent Hanna through her thrilling first encounter with the beautifully illustrated codex and her discovery of the tiny signs—a white hair, an insect wing, missing clasps, a drop of salt, a wine stain—that will help her to discover its provenance...In the other strand of the narrative we learn, moving backward through time, how the codex came to be lost and found, and made...Brooks is too good a novelist to belabor her political messages, but her depiction of the Haggadah bringing together Jews, Christians and Muslims could not be more timely."
Publishers Weekly
The group meets the third Monday of each month. Discussion starts at 7:00 p.m. New members welcome!
See past titles
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LOST BOOK PREVENTION TIPS
- Have a central place for library items
- Keep and check your receipts
- Be aware of places some items have been known to hide:
Under car seats
In sofa cushions
Under your own magazines
In backpacks or suitcases
On your own bookshelves (oops!)
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