By Sue Hotz
Fine discount
September is Library Fine Discount Month. Check your home, work, car, and backpack for overdue library books; return them during September, and your fines will be reduced by 50 percent. Some restrictions apply, so check the website for details.
“Read to the Rhythm” wrap up
At the San Carlos Branch Library, 416 readers out of the 708 who signed up, read, recorded, and reached their summer reading goals. Our Wednesday Special Programs attendance topped 500 and 150 young people enjoyed the Thursday arts and crafts programs. Congratulations to Amy Ranallo, Marcie Reed, and Ruth George who were the three adult raffle prize winners. Have you collected your prizes yet?
Youth Programs
Ages 18 and under can learn to play chess on Saturdays, Sept. 19 and 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. The class instructor is Luke, a library patron and student volunteer. Don’t miss the after-school special programs every Wednesday from 2 to 2:45 p.m. September’s STEAM2 discusses Food Science and in October, Botany and Entomology.
Process art classes continue on Thursdays at 4 p.m. with Ms. Megan, yoga on Tuesdays, and preschool story time on Fridays.
Help us kick off Banned Books Week with a fun and interactive special event, the “Red Riding Hood” show presented by Literature Comes to Life, on Sept. 26, from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Did you know that many popular fairytales have been challenged in libraries over the years? Celebrate your freedom to read by bringing the whole family to see this fairytale classic brought to life!
Artists
Our featured artist for Sept. 8 through Oct. 1 is Jody Miles. She began painting following her retirement from interior design studios and as a jewelry designer for Harari. At her artist reception on Sept. 19, from noon to 2 p.m., Miles will have her paintings and unique jewelry collection available for purchase. In October, internationally known artist, Larry Groff, will be showing his paintings of the San Carlos/Cowles Mountain area. His reception is Oct. 17 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Books
Our next used book sale is Oct. 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are trying something new – only SCFOL members can purchase fiction and audio/visual items at a preview sale on Friday, Oct. 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Community Room. Please bring your picture ID and SCFOL membership card (we will have a list). Membership applications will be available. New Life Members, who join before Nov. 1, will have their names added to the 2015 Honor Wall.
For their Oct. 8 meeting at 12:30 p.m., the Librarian’s Book Club is reading “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” by John Berendt. On Sept. 25 at 2 p.m., Dylan Yates, the author of “The Belief In Angels,” will discuss “The Mysterious Power of Epigenetics in Multi-Generational Trauma Survival.” This highly acclaimed book is her first novel. Learn more at https://www.jdylanyates.com.
Travel
Join anthropologist, photographer, and historian, Dr. Dave Roberts on Oct. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. in seeing if you can guess the places on his list of “30 Museum-Worthy Places to See,” world-wide.
Adult programs
September brings new classes, new friends, and new programs to the San Carlos Branch Library. Thursdays, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Winer Community Room & Art Gallery, adults with limited English language skills are invited to join with others in the English Conversation Café. This offers a comfortable environment, assisted by a native English speaker, where non-English speakers can develop confidence in speaking English.
The free “Resourceful Baby Boomers” series begins Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. by discussing, “Resourceful Long Term Care Strategies for Baby Boomers and Their Parents.” Learn how to maximize insurance and non-insurance strategies to afford the high cost of long term care. Understand how to protect your retirement security from potentially run-away long term care expenses. This program has been put together by Cristinha Furtado, Financial Advisor with the Marquis Wealth Group.
The second program in the series, presented by Phillip Lindsley Esq., Elder Law Attorney, San Diego Elder Law Center, and Cristinha Furtado, on Oct. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Oct. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., informs us how to “Legally Preserve Your Assets Against the High Cost of Long Term Care.” Mr. Lindsley has been an Eldercare Lawyer for 30 years. He and Cristinha will discuss how to protect your assets from depletion due to prolonged health care situations.
On Oct. 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Oct. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m., attend, “Creating an Action Plan for Successful Aging,” presented by Leslie Boroquez, business owner of Home Instead and Cristinha Furtado. This talk will guide you through a process to objectively make educated, proactive decisions to optimize your resources and protect your loved ones. Registered attendees will receive a 43-page workbook to implement their own family’s action plan for successful aging. This is an ideal opportunity to bring someone along who could benefit from planning, but you don’t know how to start the conversation.
There will be two additional topics in this series presented in late October and early November. Registration details, the series schedule, and topic outlines are available on our website. A monthly calendar of events and complete details for all new and continuing programs can be found at sancarlosfriendsofthelibrary.org.
–Sue Hotz is publicity chair on the board of the San Carlos friends of the Library.
