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FOL Celebrates 50th Anniversary in July 2009:

The Friends of the Alamogordo Public Library will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on July 25th. Please check back for more information about some of our events!

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NEXT MEETING: The next FOL meeting will be held on June 18th at 6:30pm in the Rhodes Room (Alamogordo Public Library). We'll be holding elections for Administrative Coordinator, Membership Coordinator and Finance Coordinator. We hope to see you there!  

 

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Follow the Alamogordo Friends of the Library on Twitter! Go to: http://www.twitter.com/Alamo_FOL (you'll need to create a free Twitter account if you don't already have one). You'll get updates on coming events online or on your mobile phone (optional: text messaging rates apply).

"Readings & Rhymes" Open Mic

We're sponsoring an open mic at the Olive Branch on Saturday, July 11th from 2-4PM. The event is open to the public and we encourage the community to come and share their poetry, short stories and other original creative works. A sign-up sheet will be on-hand starting at 2PM and participants will be called on a first-come first-served basis. We hope to see you there! Contact Amy Rivers at (575) 430-7543 for more information.

 

New Library Book Club

Due to the library closing on Sundays, the library book club will begin meeting the last Monday of each month from 6-8 pm in the Rhodes Room.

 

June 29: The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

July 27: Nothing Right: Short Stories by Antonya Nelson

August 31: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

 

Copies of each book are available for check-out at the library.

 

At June book club gathering, we'll be deciding on the future books. Please bring your favorites with you!

 

Volunteer Help Needed for Book Sales

The Alamogordo Public Library Foundation booksale needs your help. Do you:

 

Like books? Have extra time on your hands? Like doing something worthwhile for the community? Enjoy working under less than perfect conditions? Like to laugh but still work hard? Are you retired but not too tired?

 

The semi-annual book sales are the Library Foundation's premier fundraiser. Money raised goes toward library projects, including the children's Summer Reading Program and the new library building. You can help.

 

We need a few good volunteers who are physically able to help us prepare for the spring booksale. You must be able to work in the cold, tolerate dust, be able to lift, stoop, and walk on cement floors. If you love to organize, that is a plus!

 

Please call Joyce and she can answer any questions you may have about volunteering. Home # is 439-0266 and cell # is 430-1893. We look forward to working with you.

 

Booksale Team

 

 
From Allen Stenger, FOL President

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

* Readings & Rhymes, Open Mic at the Olive Branch, July 11th, 2-4 PM
* Alamogordo FOL 50th anniversary, July 2009
* FOL booth at County Fair, August 12-15
* Tularosa FOL organ raffle, Saturday. September 12, 1 PM
* Banned Books Week, September 27 - October 4
* One City One Book, October-November 2009
* "Art Explosion" art auction, Spring 2010

The Alamogordo Friends of the Library will meet on May 21st starting at 6:30 PM in the Rhodes Room.

The library book club will meet Monday, June 1st, 6-8 PM in the Rhodes Room to discuss Wallace Stegner's "Crossing to Safety". Open to the public.

Alamogordo Friends of the Library celebrate their 50th anniversary in July 2009. More details will follow.

FOL will have a booth at the County Fair, August 12-15. More details will follow.

Friends of the Tularosa Public Library are sponsoring a raffle for a beautiful (Sherman Clay) Kimball Organ. Not a keyboard. This is a full size organ with many different sounds and rhythms. Stop by the Library at 515 Fresno Street in Tularosa to get a first hand look. Tickets are $2.00 a chance. The drawing will be at the library, September 12th, 1:00 pm at the Friends of the Tularosa Public Library meeting. All proceeds will assist the Tularosa Public Library.

Banned Books Week is an annual, national event that celebrates our freedom to read and will be observed September 26 through October 3 this year. Watch for local events. More info on the national program is here:
http://www.ala.org/bbooks

One City One Book will be in October and November 2009. More details will follow.

The Library Foundation's next art auction, "Art Explosion", will be in Spring 2010. More details will follow.