Time to Renew your Membership for 2015!

November 2014 -- Issued Quarterly
Time to Renew your Membership for
2015!
While a few of you paid your 2015 membership at the recent Friends Night
of the book sale, many of you were just catching up for 2014 and you might
not realize that we start over on January 1st! After the fall book sale, any new
members or membership renewals will now be credited to the next year
(2015).
Newsletters are only mailed to current members, so don't miss the next
issue (check your address label)! You must have an active membership in
order to attend Friends nights prior to the regular book sales at both TB
Scott Free Library and Marathon County Public Library - they (and we) will ask
to see your card as proof. If you are a life member and have not yet picked up
a card, stop at the circulation desk (in Merrill) and ask for one!
Your Friends of the TB Scott Library membership allows you to attend the
Friends night at the Wausau (MCPL) library book sale without paying for an
additional membership.
Plus, your membership helps support those library
activities for which the Friends Board allocates funds. If you
have any questions about your membership or our
activities,
you
can
always
e-mail
us
at tbscottfriends@gmail.com.
Your membership can be renewed any time at the library
circulation desk, so stop in and renew now for 2015!
Upcoming Events – Mark your Calendars!
O’ Tannenbaum Tour – December 6 & 7, 2014
WinterFest Cookbook Exchange – January 24, 2015
Cabin Fever Book Sale – February 26-28, 2015
Next Board Meeting:
The board will meet at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11 – Ask for the
location at the circulation desk when you come in. Meetings are open
to both members and prospective members, so you’re all welcome to
attend!
Friends of T. B. Scott Free Library
Officers:
President…….………. Denise Latzig
Vice-President……. Marie Marrier
Treasurer……….
Lori Anderson-Malm
Secretary………... Judy Weaver
Board Members/Committee
Chairpersons:
Book Sales……. Sarah Litzer &
Terri Eirich
Kiosk Book Sales…… Joyce Kasper
Library Liaison…….. Stacy Stevens
Membership………… Denise Latzig
Newsletter Editor…….Sarah Litzer
Publicity……………… Marie Marrier
Members at Large…
Laurie Cottrell
Mike Weckwerth
Gloria Ziolkowski
Annual Dues
Individual $5 Family $10
Patron $25
Business $50
Life Membership $100
Friends of T. B. Scott Free Library
106 W. First St
Merrill, WI 54452
715 536-7191
E-mail us:
tbscottfriends@gmail.com
Books will Grace Library Tree
for O’ Tannenbaum Tour!
It’s that wonderful time of year when thoughts
switch to the holiday season and we’re reminded of the
exceptional people we are thankful for. Thanks to the
Friends of T.B. Scott Library’s invaluable support, the
library will have a decorated tree for the fourth
consecutive year at the O’ Tannenbaum Tour, scheduled
this year for December 6 and 7.
The O’ Tannenbaum tour is held annually on the first
weekend in December in the basement of Merrill’s St.
Stephens Church at 2nd & Mill Streets. Between 900 and
1,000 people visit the Tour each year to view the
decorations, listen to live entertainment, enjoy
refreshments, and generally enjoy the holiday spirit.
A $3.00 admission fee lets you browse through a veritable
forest of decorated trees, wreaths and gift baskets,
decorated by local clubs, organizations, and businesses.
This is a chance for the
Friends and other area
sponsors to reach out to the
public and share how these
organizations support the
community.
You can
purchase raffle tickets with
which you “vote” for your
favorite displays. At the
Tour’s end, the trees,
wreaths, and gift baskets
are raffled off to lucky voters.
All O’ Tannenbaum proceeds stay in Lincoln County. In
2013, fund recipients ranged from 4-H Clubs to the 4-H
Endowment, D.A.R.E., Lincoln County Respite, the River
Walk, St. Vincent Outreach, and the Streeter Square
Gazebo. A 4-H Scholarship Program, being developed by
the 4-H Board, will also be supported with this year’s
proceeds.
This year’s theme, “Oh, What Fun,”
takes one back to Grandma’s house
with delectable Christmas treats,
homemade presents and backyard sledding. With this in
mind, the Friends will be providing a huge basket (inflated
sledding tube) filled with books, mittens, a blanket, hot
cocoa and all the essential elements to make this dream a
reality for one lucky raffle winner.
Last year’s T. B. Scott Library entry, the Green Bay Packer
Tree, brought in more raffle tickets than any other tree,
and lit up the face of one lucky lad who proved to be the
ultimate Packer Fan and hoped to put the tree up in his
bedroom, much to the dismay of his surprised parents.
Trains and the Gift of Reading were themes for previous
T.B. Scott Library trees.
Local radio stations 730AM The Patriot and Magic 104.1
have been very generous in providing air time to get the
message out about the Tour and to give away free tickets.
For supporting organizations like the Friends, the radio has
recognized them by name and has been instrumental in
their public support.
Keeping all of this in mind, go get your calendar, circle
Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th and
plan to show your support for the Friends of T.B. Scott
Library and your community by visiting Merrill’s O’
Tannenbaum Tour and viewing our wonderful tree.
BOOK Sorting Super Crew
Believe it or not, we’re already getting
donations in for our next sale in February – the closet
is full of bags that need sorting & boxing. Our super
crew is coming together and Sarah has contacted
those who volunteered to help with this ongoing
process to meet for some “basic training.” If you
volunteered and have not been contacted since the
book sale, please call or e-mail Sarah right away!
Super crew members will be able to set their own
hours and communicate with other members if
there’s a high volume of donations requiring
additional time. You simply pick a time when the
library is open and Sarah will meet you there (until we
get this really rolling and we’re all trained!).
If you like books, can read the cover or inside
cover to decide what category a book belongs in, and
then pack those books into an appropriate box, then
you’ve got what it takes! We now use only two sizes
of boxes – egg box and book box – to make it easier
for our volunteers to handle them.
Besides helping the library and the Friends, Super
Crew volunteers may purchase books that they come
across in advance of the sale – there are always perks for
doing a good deed! E-mail us at tbscottfriends@gmail.com
or call Sarah at 715-536-5090.
What’s hot at TB Scott
and beyond….
Here is the Hot List from Library
Director Stacy Stevens. Warm up
this winter and escape by reading
one or two of these….
Top 10 Most Requested Books by T.B. Scott
Library Patrons:
Gray Mountain by John Grisham
Deadline by John Sandford
Hope to Die by James Patterson
The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark
Burn by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
The Job by Janet Evanovich
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Mr. Miracle: a Christmas novel by Debbie Macomber
Cold Cold Heart by Tami Hoag
Crash and Burn by Lisa Gardner
Top 10 Movies! Check out one of
these Most Requested DVDs
Maleficent
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Neighbors
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Blended
Heaven is For Real
The Fault in Our Stars
Draft Day
Edge of Tomorrow
How to Train Your Dragon 2
 To see more new arrivals in our library
system, hold down Ctrl and click on the box
above. If you’re reading a print version of
this newsletter, get on a computer and go
to the “Reader’s Page” of our library’s
website. http://www.tbscottlibrary.org/
There were plenty of books to sell in October – a
rough estimate is that we put out 400 boxes of books and
returned under 150 boxes to the closet. Our total income
for the sale was $1228.95. In an unusual twist, we
extended this sale to include Sunday, occasioned by a
Words Worth Hearing program.
As evidenced by brisk sales on Friends night, books
were well sorted and people could find what they wanted
within the 2 hour timeframe. And thanks to those of you
who came and renewed your membership that night!
Friends who attended Thursday night were treated to
Halloween goodies, courtesy of the library, in honor of
National Friends of the Library Week – yum and thank
you!
During the setup week, a few sizeable donations
were brought in which complicated matters for our
volunteers and hampered setup temporarily. Therefore,
we will be suspending the acceptance of donations
during future setup weeks – please keep this in mind and
plan accordingly if you’re cleaning out Grandma’s
basement! Also, please be mindful of our guidelines in
the box on the last page and sniff your books before
bringing them in.
thank you
A huge
goes out to our many
devoted volunteers, with a special note of gratitude to
Phyllis Bauman, Kay Andrews and Susanne Gilk, who
showed up either every single day OR just in the nick of
time when extra help was needed! Although we had a
few volunteers cancel due to illness, etc. and one noshow, everyone else showed up at their assigned time
and worked, sometimes longer than planned.
Plus several volunteers stepped up and offered
to become part of the new Super Crew –
again, we thank you and salute you!!
Thank you for your patronage and support!
Terri Eirich & Sarah Litzer
Fall Book Sale Co-Chairs
You are most welcome to join us at our next
discussion. Coming Up in December:
“COVER TO
COVER”
– submitted by
Judy Weaver
First, we need to catch up with our October selection:
You think, at first, that the chief topic of The
Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh is, well,
flowers… and how in Victorian times they were used to
convey romantic expressions, such as honeysuckle for
devotion, aster for patience, red roses for love and so
on. But there is a lot more weight to the book – for
the damaged heroine of the novel was a child in foster
care so what’s right and wrong about the system is a
good part of the story. At the age of eighteen, foster
children are emancipated – on their own – which
means no more payment for the foster child. Victoria of this story - ends up sleeping in a park. Her
knowledge of flowers leads her on a path of
redemption: employment with an understanding
florist, developing a gift for helping others with very
personalized bouquets, learning forgiveness, being
forgiven and finding love at last.
***
For November, we have a somewhat confusing
moral tale from Australia: The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman is set post-WWII on Janus Rock
lighthouse and in the fictional village of Point
Partageuse on the southern tip of the continent. The
light in the title turns out to be a divining moral
compass – which eventually brings a harsh judgment
on the decision of Tom Sherbourne and his young wife
Isabel to keep the infant that washes up in a dinghy as
their own and not report the unusual occurrence to
the authorities as required. The population of the
small village is distrustful and devastated by the loss of
young men and those who returned damaged from the
war. There is a specter of wariness about the town
when Tom appears as the new lighthouse keeper and
takes the lovely and lonely Isabel as his bride. Unable
to start a family on their own, the decision to keep the
child is made with love and good intention, but leads
them both through despair to a kind of redemption.
***
The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla
Gibb is on the schedule for December. This is a novel
of contemporary Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The
remarkable characters in this story are living in a
country divided many times by war: the back story is
the French/Communist conflict when the people of
Vietnam fought the French along with their communist
leader – Ho Chi Minh – only to be enslaved and
betrayed by the Communist regime once the French
left. In modern times, they are enjoying a little
relaxation of the Communist fist and are sorting out
their histories, building family connections, and
nourishing each other. Old Man Hung is a survivor of
the indigenous artists’ Movement and Maggie is a
Vietnamese/American searching for her father’s art
and the story of his life within the Movement. The
connection between these two people creates the
essence of this lovely story.
***
All of our selections are available from TB Scott or
the library system – just ask at the desk. Many are on
disc (CD) as well – Bob and I listened to The Light
Between Oceans while on a trip to Ohio!
Cover to Cover readers enjoy quality and prize-winning
writers – books with style and grit that are thought
provoking and discussion ready. We like variety.
Though our selections take us through time, traverse
geography and venture into exotic cultures, we are
grounded in respect for clear and true writing that
expands our hearts and minds.
We meet the third Thursday of each month at 1
p.m. in the Community Room. Call Judy Weaver at
715-536-7918 for more information about Cover to
Cover, our Library sponsored book club.
For lots more ideas on what to read next, visit
http://www.tbscottlibrary.org/node/37 on the
library’s website.
Second Annual Cookbook
Exchange
Once again, as part of
Merrill’s WinterFest, the
library will host a cookbook
exchange. Cookbooks are one
of the first categories to sell out at used book sales
and library cookbooks are so frequently checked out
that they are seldom “weeded” from the collection.
So, how do you get fresh cookbooks? You trade with
other cooks! We invite you to “weed” your own
collection of cookbooks and bring them with you on
Saturday, January 24 from 9:30 a.m. – Noon. You
will be able to exchange like items for your
donations, so hardcover cookbooks for other
hardcover cookbooks, paperbacks for paperbacks,
etc. And we will put cooking magazines on a “free”
table to ensure that they find a home! Even if you
can’t participate that Saturday, you are welcome to
donate your no-longer-needed used cookbooks at
any time. And rest assured that any leftovers will be
included at the Cabin Fever Book Sale in February!
Book Material Donation Guidelines:
Clean, gently used hardcover & paperback books
except:
NO high school/college textbooks,
NO encyclopedias,
NO smelly/musty books
Plus videos & cassette tapes (originals only), music
CDs and commercially produced DVDs as well as
books on cassette or CD.
Puzzles – clean & complete; Magazines – craft only
No Donations accepted Feb. 23 – Mar 2
"Libraries offer, for free, the
wisdom of the ages - and sages and, simply put, there's
something for everyone inside."
Laura Bush
Former First Lady of the United States
Reprinted from libraryquotes.org
Prepare
for WINTER
at the
Library…
It’s here! Annie’s Attic Mysteries is a new series
which many booklovers lobbied the library to order.
First Book: The Lady in the Attic by Tara Randel
introduces the character Annie Dawson, newly
widowed, returning after many years to her
childhood home in Stony Point, Maine.
Annie’s grandmother has recently died and left
her the daunting task of sorting out the household
treasures at Grey Gables. There are many unrealized
treasures in the attic that are intertwined with
Annie’s heritage and the history of the community.
With the help of the Woman’s Needlecraft Club, she
begins to unravel the past.
Other books in the series include Medals in the
Attic by Cathy Elliot; The Photo Album by Marlene
Chase; Letters in the Attic; The Package – fifteen so
far- so you’ll be set for the winter. (They aren’t all at
T.B. Scott Library just yet, though.)
Check out a Christmas
themed movie on DVD and
get in the spirit! Miracle at
Christmas:
Ebbie’s Story
was a popular 1995 Lifetime
telemovie recently digitized. A
modern modification of Dickens’
Christmas Carol with a feminist twist, it
stars
Susan Lucci (All My Children) as Elizabeth Scrooge.
Another novel movie is Christmas Comes to Willow
Creek, set in a remote Alaskan Village with a town
cannery about to shut down, edgy families, and a
semi full of presents and supplies driven by two
feuding brothers and making its way from California
in a blizzard. A Christmas Wish is a digitally restored
(with color) 1950’s movie with Jimmy Durante about
– of all things – a trained squirrel named Rupert and
financially struggling vaudeville performers.
Our library’s DVD collection is awesome –
lots of Hollywood classics, cult favorites, and foreign
masterpieces too (don’t let the subtitles deter you)!
Happy Holidays!
Submitted by Judy Weaver
***
Highlights – Here’s what you’ll find inside your newsletter:
Membership – Time to Renew!
O’ Tannenbaum Tour Participation
Fall Book Sale News and Super Crew Reports
“Cover to Cover” News
Upcoming Cookbook Exchange
Reading & Viewing “Hot Lists”
Important Dates to Remember!