Nov. 18 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., all SCFOL members are invited to attend the annual meeting of the general membership. We are currently 304 members strong; 91 are Life Members. The agenda includes the presentation of our new 2014-2015 Life Members (applications received before Oct. 30). Their names will be added to the Honor Wall in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. Life Memberships are only $250. General membership applications received after Oct. 1, will expire Dec. 31, 2016, and all members can get in on our monthly, SCFOL members-only, Friday pre-used book sales. The slate of SCFOL Board Members for 2016 will be submitted for approval by the membership.<\/p>\n
A tearful announcement <\/strong><\/p>\n Our beloved friend and managing librarian extraordinaire, Rita Glick, has announced her early November retirement. It won\u2019t be the same without her! She and her husband Bill are moving to Kansas to be closer to family. Join us in wishing them a fond adieu and joy in this new chapter of their lives. Plans for her goodbye party will be announced on the website.<\/p>\n Art at the library<\/strong><\/p>\n Our featured artist in October through Dec. 3, is internationally known painter and San Carlos resident, Larry Groff. On display will be his paintings of the San Carlos\/Cowles Mountain area. His reception is Oct. 17 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Meet this delightful man, and maybe purchase a painting in which he captured your own home\u2019s view of the Mission Trails area. What a delightful holiday gift for yourself or a special neighbor. A percentage of artist sales is donated to matching funds via SCFOL.<\/p>\n programas juveniles <\/strong><\/p>\n Luke, our volunteer instructor, will continue giving chess lessons for ages 18 and under every second and fourth Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Don\u2019t miss the after-school special programs every Wednesday from 2 to 2:45 p.m. (replaced by \u201cHaunted Gingerbread House\u201d activity on Oct. 21). October\u2019s STEAM2<\/em> will study botany and entomology \u2014 including those pesky Halloween spiders, and in November it\u2019s all about the animals.<\/p>\n Process art classes continues on Thursdays at 4 p.m. with Ms. Megan; yoga instruction on Tuesdays at 4 p.m.; and preschool story time on Fridays at 10 a.m. Kids in grades K-8 can do their homework at the library on Mondays and Thursdays from 3 to 6 p.m., and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m., assisted by a learning coordinator.<\/p>\n Libros<\/strong><\/p>\n Our next used book sale is Nov. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the SCFOL member\u2019s preview sale is Friday, Nov. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Community Room. Membership applications will be available. On Nov. 12 at 12:30 p.m., the Librarian\u2019s Book Club is reading \u201cAmericanah\u201d by Chimamanda Adichie.<\/p>\n OASIS<\/strong><\/p>\n Nov. 20, from 1 to 3 p.m., Mark Carlson discusses how our ancestors built the world\u2019s great monuments that are still \u201cStanding the Test of Time.\u201d<\/p>\n Programas para adultos <\/strong><\/p>\n Exercise your mind and body with Tai Chi classes on Mondays at 9:30 a.m.; chair yoga classes on Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.; and meditation classes on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. (except on Saturdays that host book sales). The \u201cStretch & Tone\u201d class has been discontinued.<\/p>\n Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m., join adults with limited English language skills in the English Conversation Caf\u00e9.<\/em> Presently, there are five non-English languages represented by our Caf\u00e9 participants.<\/p>\n Every Monday from 10 to 11 a.m. we offer an eReader clinic; and the craft circle meets from 1 to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n The free \u201cResourceful Baby Boomer\u201d class series on Oct. 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. will feature elder law attorney Phillip Lindsley Esq. presenting a lecture on how to legally preserve your assets against the high cost of long-term care. On Oct. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Nov. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., learn how trusts, health care directives and conservatorships can protect you in a presentation by Kelley James, Esq., and Cristinha Furtado. On Nov. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Nov. 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Furtado will present a lecture on the essentials for elder housing options. Go to our website for more details.<\/p>\n The library would also like to remind patrons that the Jackson and Golfcrest corner lot will have very limited parking available until Nov. 9 due to continued lot mitigation. Also, all libraries will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. A monthly calendar of events and complete details for all new and continuing programs can be found at sancarlosfriendsofthelibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2013\u2013Sue Hotz is publicity chair and on the board of the San Carlos Friends of the Library. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Sue Hotz A haunting good time can be found this October at the San Carlos Branch Library. 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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>On Oct. 23 at 2 p.m., Laura Riley, the author of \u201cTell Me of Brave Women,\u201d will discuss her novel about three very different women who become victims of life-threatening violence. Annually, thousands of women are victims of abuse \u2013\u2013 sexual, physical and verbal.<\/p>\n