Upcoming Events
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Friends Seek Help
From Alex’s Grill & Ice Cream
For Big “Door Opening” February Fundraiser |
Friends
are beginning fundraising efforts to help support the installation of handicap
doors inside and outside of the Lewisville library.
The local restaurant Alex’s Grill and Ice Cream has offered to
give back to the Friends a percentage of income from Friends
supporters’ sales during the month of February.
For the
entire month FREE tickets will be available at the Lewisville
Library and from board members to use when dining at Alex’s Grill and Ice
Cream. Simply turn in your ticket with your meal check and Alex’s will record
the sale on the ticket.
At the end of
February, Friends will receive 10% of all food purchases from the tickets
collected. The tickets can be used
with any meals IN the restaurant: breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Past President
Dottie Sayers started working on finding a way to get handicapped doors
installed for the Lewisville Library in 2011.
After requests to the Central Library, electricians and contractors have
been contacted and measurements taken.
However, cost of the plans are not yet calculated and the project has not
been officially approved.
This is an
important project for the Friends as well as the community of Lewisville.
Please help ‘open the doors’ of the Lewisville Library by opening your
car door and driving to Alex’s Grill and Ice Cream for breakfast, lunch or
dinner.
Thank you for your support and please thank Alex’s Grill and Ice Cream!!
The Friends would like to Thank Wells Fargo Bank for nominating the Friends of
the Lewisville Library for a $1000 Grant.
The Grant money is being allocated for use on the new doors also.
Healthy Start to 2012
Does
an apple a day really keep you healthier?
Here is your chance to ask nutritionist Cindy Silver of Lowes Food.
Join your Friends and neighbors on February 1 at 3 pm and get
pointers on how to shop more wisely and eat healthier in 2012.
Did you know
that Lowes Food has added new labels to help you shop?
Are you able to read the labels that are on packages?
Did you know that the phase ‘light/lite’ does not always mean lower in
calories?
Find out how you
can improve your shopping experience and become a wise and healthy shopper in
2012. Brought to you by your
Friends, the Lewisville Library and Lowes Food.
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Spring’s Fancy Comes With Poetry |
As March flows into spring, so will the words of
poet, Joe Mills flow into his audience and escort Lewisville into April
the National Poetry month. Join
Mills on Saturday, March 31 at 11 am
in the auditorium for readings from his published works,
Love and Other Collisions,
Somewhere During the Spin Cycle
and
Angels, Thieves and Winemakers.
Mills is
on the faculty of UNC School of the Arts and currently the poet-in-residence at
Salem College. The three books of
poetry have been published by Press 53.
He has also written
fiction, drama, and non-fiction including two editions of
A Guide to North Carolina’s Wineries
(published by John F. Blair, Inc.) which he wrote with his wife, Danielle Tarmey
a teacher at Lewisville Elementary.
Friends
is hosting several Quilting programs
during March. If you have
ever been interested in making quilts, the history of quilts or the value of
quilts, these programs should be of interest.
Join your
Friends for the following Quilting programs:
March 7:
2 pm
Pat Lysell and Toni Morgan.
Pat will talk about feed sack quilts and Toni will discuss underground
railroad quilts.
March 8:
2 pm
Betty Jane Hunnicutt will do
a presentation on “Old Patchwork Quilts and The Women Who Made Them.”
March 28: 3 pm Lisa Alley, a certified quilt appraiser, will talk about the history of quilts
Come Discover The Yadkin River |
Spring
is the time to visit the Yadkin River and the best time to meet with
Dean Naujoks from Yadkin Riverkeeper, Inc.
Naujoks will present “What the Yadkin Riverkeeper Does” on
May 23 at 6 pm in the library auditorium.
Naujoks, a long
time advocate of water quality, is a graduate of NC State and winner of the
“River Hero” Award in 2009 and the Water Conservationist of the Year Governor’s
Conservation Achievement Award presented by the North Carolina Wildlife
Federation in 2010.
Naujoks will
show a short video, a power point presentation and answer questions about the
Yadkin River and the conservation efforts.
Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about this major water source in our area.
Just Do
It: WRITE
Have
you wanted to start writing your story, or your favorite family memories?
Maybe you are just interested in starting to journal, what does that
mean?
If you are one
of those people that always meant to write but just can’t seem to get started,
join the Creative Writing Class offered twice a month by the
Friends and the Lewisville Library.
Everyone is
welcome and experience is not needed just paper and pen.
The next classes will be
on Wednesdays, January 25, February 8, and February 29 all starting at 1:30 pm.
Please check at
the circulation desks for updates on the classes.
All classes are free and open to the public.
Other Upcoming Fundraisers
Spring Book Sale
The Spring Book
Sale dates are
April 12-14.
Donations of books can be delivered to the library at any time during
the year. However donations for
the Book Sale can be made starting Monday, April 9.
Be the first to
shop and enjoy refreshments with your Friends on Friends Night
Thursday, April 12
from 6pm–8pm.
Friday’s
Book Sale will be from 10 am to 5 pm and
Saturday’s, Bag Day
will be from 10am to 3 pm.
Prices will
remain two dollars for hard back books and one dollar for paperback books.
Children’s books will vary with the size and style of the book.
Videos and Cd’s will be two dollars and Audio books will vary in price.
Antiques Appraisal Fair
Friends will once again offer our members an opportunity to bring in their
antique treasures on
Saturday, March 24 from 10 am to 2 pm.
Larry Laster, owner of Laster’s Fine Art
and Antiques will be the organizer for the various appraisers.
Security will be present and more information will be released concerning
the specialties of the other appraisers featured.
Members can have
three items appraised for $10 and non-members can have two items appraised for
$10. The event can be observed free
of charge.