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Inside this issue:

Library Programs . . . 2

New Books 2

Officers & Committee Chairs 3

Friends News 3

Fundraising Highlights 3

Book Sale 3

Octoberfest 3

Bake Sale 3

A Special “Thank You” 4

Notes from the Director’s Chair 5

Memorial Bricks 6

Newsletter Deadlines 6

Regular Programs:

Story Time

Toddler Time

Book Bingo

Adult Book Discussion

Conversation Salon

Special Programs:

Button Lady

History and Philosophy Series

Babysitting Class

Summer Break in January

Valentine’s Party

Finger Puppet Craft

Twisted Story Time

Make an Ornament

For more information on the-se programs, turn to

page 2.

Winter 2010

Friends of the

Scott Township Public Library

Scott Township Public Library

“A place to grow your mind.”

2011 GENERAL MEETING

Date: Thursday, January 27 @ 7 p.m.

Location: Main Meeting Room in Scott

Municipal Building

Business: Election of Officers for 2011

Adoption of the Operating Budget

Annual Committee Reports

Guest Speaker: Al Kamper

PA Citizens for Better Libraries.

Everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be served.

Friends Candidates for Office 2011

The Nominations Committee has announced the following slate of

officers:

Kathleen Haak - President

Annette McGanka - Vice President

Sally Blunskosky - Secretary

Vick Polk - Treasurer

Voting for officers will take place at our 2011 Annual Meeting on

Thursday, January 27. Additional nominations will be accepted from

the floor as well. Their term begins at the conclusion of that meeting

and will extend through the 2012 General Meeting.

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Programs Confirmed & Considered:

Ongoing Programs For Adults: (These programs do not require registration.)

Conversation Salon - 2nd

Monday of each month, 1 - 3 p.m. Timely topics, stimulating discussion, congenial compa-ny make these mind-expanding.

Book Discussion - meets the 3rd Thursday of each month (except December and Sep-tember), 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Books selected are: Jan. 20 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stroudt, Feb. 17, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak; March 17, House Rules by Jodi Picoult.

For Children:

Story Times: (No pre-registration required, unless noted.) √ Toddler (2 - 3 1/2 yr)

2nd & 4th Saturdays at 10 a.m.

√ Pre-School (3 - 6 years) Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

Book Bingo: (Family Game)

2nd Thursdays at 7 p.m. (Pre-registration is required)

Library Programs

We hope you and your family have

enjoyed some of the holiday programs at

Scott Library.

Remember, the list of programs listed

below may not be complete, as some

programs are scheduled on short notice.

You will find the most up-to-date

information on our website:

www.scottlibrary.org/calendar

New for Adults: Coming programs with dates still to be

determined are:

√ The Button Lady - Collectible and

Memorabilia

√ History and Philosophy Series

New for Children and Teens: √ Babysitting Class for Boys & Girls

Ages 11 - 14

Monday, January 17 at 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Participants bring a bag lunch. Success-

ful participants earn a certificate. The

workshop is taught by Children’s Hosp.

personnel. There is a $20 fee, payable at

the required advance registration. Class

size is limited.

√ Summer Break in January - Saturday, January 22 at 3:30 p.m. The

summertime theme will break winter’s

grip! √ Valentine’s Party -

Saturday, Feb. 12, 3 - 4:30 p.m. √ Finger Puppet Craft -

Monday, March 7, time to be

announced.

√ Twisted Story Time - Friday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m.

New Books at Scott Library The following list is a sample of the new

items to be found on our shelves.

Remember, if the book you want is not

available, you can place a hold online from

home or ask one of the staff members to do

so for you. The lending period is now three

weeks for all new books belonging to Scott

Library :

Fiction:

Cat’s Claw by Amber Benson -

New York working girl and

daughter of the head of Death, Inc.,

seeks to escape the paranormal.

(paperback)

Heart of the Witch by Alicia Dean -

Spellbinding Ravya and helpless

Nick (paperback)

Kisser by Stuart Woods - A Stone

Barrington thriller (paperback)

Muffins & Mayhem: Recipes for a

Happy (if Disorderly) Life by:

Suzanne Beecher (large print)

Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass -

Seventy-year old Percy Darling

allows a progressive pre-school to

move into his barn, which reintro-

duces him to his community.

(large print)

Our Kind of Traitor by John

LeCarre - A young British couple

becomes involved with the Russian

mafia and wholly political alliances.

(large print)

What is Left the Daughter by

Howard Norman - World War II

era, Wyatt Hillyer, orphaned at 17

by the suicides of his parents, is

moved to Canada. (large print)

Non Fiction:

Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err is Human

by Michael & Ellen Kaplan

The Horseshoe Curve: Sabotage &

Subversion in the Railroad City

by Dennis McIlvaine

Germs Gone Wile: How the Un-

checked Development of Domestic

Biodefence Threatens America

by Kenneth King

Ruanaidh: The Story of Art Rooney

and His Clan by Art Rooney

Hector & the Search for Happiness

by Francois Lelord

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WHO’S WHO WITH THE FRIENDS OF

SCOTT TOWNSHIP LIBRARY

2010 Officers:

President,

Pat Maxwell 412-279-5065

Vice President,

Susan DeLuca 412-429-0416

Treasurer,

Victor Polk 412-429-0416

Secretary,

Miriam Douglas 412-276-3916

Committee Chairs:

Book Sale (Active Aug-Oct)

Susan DeLuca & Victor Polk

412-429-0416

Budget & Finance

Victor Polk 412-429-0416

Brick Sale

Rosalie Piccola

Fundraising

Sulakshana Plumley

412-279-0264

Membership

Miriam Douglas 412-276-3916

Newsletter

Kathy Cunningham

412-279-8442

Phone Chain

Ruth Schreiber 412-279-1846

Public Relations

Jenna Pribicko 412-977-2049

Volunteers

Verna Brem 412-279-2969

Welcome to the Community

Elaine Pribicko 412-429-0606

Chairpersons are always happy

to add members. Please call to

offer your services.

Fundraising Highlights

Since publication of the September newsletter, Friends has held three

important fundraisers. The Annual Used Book Sale (September 22 - 26) on which

co-chairpersons Susan DeLuca and Vic Polk are reporting elsewhere, Octoberfest

(October 9), and the Election Day Bake Sale.

These events involve the work of many volunteers, most of whom are members of

Friends, who give generously of their energy, skills and time. Their success enables

us to provide financial support for Scott Library.

Book Sale

Net proceeds were $4,200, earned with the help of 52

volunteers and innumerable customers. Proceeds from re-

cent Book Sales were: $4,750 in 2009 and $4,871 in 2008.

Octoberfest The net proceeds were $287; expenses were covered by donations from

WalMart and individuals. This compares with $224 in 2009. Five volunteers

provided coverage for the Friends’ booth where they sold shredded beef

sandwiches, Sarris candy and snacks during our hours of operation. Excellent

weather and several new attractions brought a large number of families to this

event, which is sponsored by Scott Township.

Bake Sale Thirteen volunteers helped to pack and sell large quantities of bake

goods and candy. An additional thirteen callers, members of the Phone

Chain Committee, reminded members of the event. We don’t have a count

of those who baked and brought items because, in addition to the people

who had signed up, many more people provided baked goods as well. The

net proceeds were $761, which includes several cash donations from

individuals and gift cards from Shop n’ Save and WalMart.

All of these efforts, plus ongoing Sarris Candy sales in the library and

proceeds from the Primary Election Bake Sale in May have made it

possible for us to meet the goal in 2010 of an $8,000 gift to the library.

The first installment of $4,000 was presented to Director Janet Forton in

April and the second $4,000 was presented by our Vice President Susan

DeLuca to Library Board Treasurer Kathy Grunebach on November 8.

Thank you all for making this happen!

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A SPECIAL “THANK YOU” FROM SUSAN DELUCA

Thanks to our intrepid volunteers, and despite many unforeseen obstacles, this year's book sale

was another success. But in case you did not make it or somehow forgot – it did not look good on opening night. On opening day, the last volunteers left with everything organized and only hours to

go . . . remembering to cover the books outside ―just in case‖ it rained before we opened for busi-ness. And then, an hour or so before opening and with little warning, the sky turned black, the wind

kicked up and rain poured down – and sideways and probably up. By the time we went back to as-

sess the damage and open for business – the power was out, tree limbs were down everywhere and it looked like we might not have an opening night. However, it should not be surprising that downed

tree limbs and power lines, dark of night and dangerous intersections could not keep our volunteers away – they showed up, along with some of our brave members, including two of our dealer friends

who weathered the storm in a Scott Park shelter (they did fine).

What happened next you ask? We opened for business of course. Alas, the tarps outside were not

up to the job and we did lose a fair number of books to the rain and wind, but we cleaned up as book buyers browsed until it became too dark to shop – did we mention the lights were out? But just as we

were about to clear the room – you guessed it – the lights came on! And we stayed open until 9:00 P.M.

We thought we were home free. Not quite. We spent a good deal of Thursday cleaning up and salvaging as many books as possible, hoping people showed up even though much of the area re-

mained without power. And then came Friday: those of us who were at the sale heard a loud bang about mid-afternoon, followed shortly by the smell of smoke – yes – a nearby hillside was burning

and the smoke was quickly coming our way (of course, there were high winds that day too). When

we saw flames top the hillside all but two volunteers left just as the flames were closing in on the only road from the upper park. Fortunately, the fire department showed up just then, the fire was quickly

extinguished and once again, we were back in business.

We always have a lot of people to thank but this year they deserve it even more. In no particular order, thank you to: the volunteers who sort books, move books, set up, organize and run the sale,

pack up the leftover books in one day and perform countless other tasks throughout the year; Bert

Lindstrom – every year he volunteers his time to prepare and display those enormous book sale ban-ners you see about town; Father Rudolph and Our Lady of Victory provide much needed tables for the

sale; those who work for the township who allow us to use the community room each year and make it easy for us to do so and to the public works crew who put up with us year round as we sort books,

and a special thanks to them this year for all the work they did to clean up after the storm and allow

us to remain open for business. As always, thanks to all who came out to buy books under unusually trying circumstances and helped us raise nearly $4,300.00 this year.

Now that the 2010 sale is history – a few words about next year. As some of you may know, work

goes on year round to prepare for the book sale. We already have boxes of books to be sorted and

for 2011, we would like to start planning the sale earlier. To that end, we are hoping to set up a book sale committee with the intention of meeting occasionally during the year to plan the next sale. This

year we had a book sale wrap up meeting at the library and received some great feedback and sug-gestions for next year. We will be putting a sign up sheet on the Friends bulletin board at the library

and hope to have an initial meeting early next year. And if you do not have the time to meet, we wel-come suggestions at any time so please feel free to contact us with your ideas.

See you next year!

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Notes from the Director’s Chair...by Janet B. Forton, Director

So many changes in 2010. Isn’t change what it’s all about?

People Changes:

Shannon McNeill is now working at Greentree Public Library. While we miss her terribly but at the same time we also celebrate her new adventures. She has been promoted to the Assistant Director. She will have many new things to learn and do! Don’t you think they are getting a super gal? We do!

New people to fill the void of Shannon’s departure:

◦ Susan DeLuca. Many of you may know her. She coordinated the Friends of the Library Book Sale this year.

◦ Becky Shetler. She worked at AC Free (The library & music hall in Carnegie.) She is working on her Masters in Library and Information Science.

◦ Beth McLaughlin will be returning as an employee. Many of you may remember Beth (AKA: McBeth) from this past summer. She was one of the 2 Interns from the University of Pittsburgh.

Equipment Changes:

Thanks to so many who helped us purchase new book carts! (One of these days you’ll know who adopted a cart, once I get the names put on.)

We have new phones! (This has been on our wish list for several years now.) Prior to the beginning of December are phones were part of the township phone system. This was not working for us on many lev-els. Since our fund raising went so well I decided to make the change. Please DO NOT call the township main number to reach the library. Call us at 412.429.5380.

A new copier is in place. Eventually we will be able to have patron print jobs routed to this machine. This will enable color printing! At this writing I am not sure how this change will impact print fees.

Collection Changes:

New books for Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction, Adult Biography, Large Print & Young Adult) have been relocated at the fronts of the stacks. This gives a little more room for people to browse these new arri-vals.

The Reference Collection is now in with the Non-Fiction. After all, isn’t non-fiction a type of reference?

The Pennsylvania collection has also been merged in to Non-Fiction.

Many of the other materials in Non-Fiction have also been updated. New cook books from Germany, Greece, The Mediterranean, France, more travel guides, expanded our “classics collection”, added a new-er World Book, increased our ACT, SAT and other test preparation books.

The oversized collection has been expanded and relocated to enable easier access to these gorgeous “Coffee Table” books.

Thanks to the generous donation from one of our patrons we have expanded our Graphic Novels collec-tion. They are located at the end of the Public Computers towards the windows.

Many India materials have been added. Books on a variety of topics including Ayurveda medicine, my-thology & lore, history, fiction and more.

We hope you find these changes for the best, and that they will enable us to provide top notch services to all!

Have a safe and happy holiday season and see you in 2011!

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301 Lindsay Rd., Scott Twp., PA

15106-4206

(P) 412.429.5380 (F) 412.429.5370

www.scottlibrary.org

Hours Monday: 10 a.m.—8 p.m. Tuesday: 10 a.m.—8 p.m. Wednesday: Noon—8 p.m. Thursday: Noon—8 p.m. Friday: 1 a.m.—5 p.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m. Sunday: Closed

Newsletter Deadlines for

2011:

If you would like to put an arti-

cle in the newsletter, please

submit to Kathy Cunningham

(rfcunningham@verizon.net)

by the following dates:

Monday, March 7

Monday, June 6

Monday, September 15

Monday, December 5

Friends of the Scott Township Public Library

Return of Memorial Bricks

After several years of apparent inactivity, the sale and installation of bricks has resumed. Lack of

an appropriate space was one of the factors accounting for the hiatus. As originally planned, en-

graved bricks would be installed in the walkway at the Municipal Building entrance; it proved to be

an ill-advised location. Those that were placed there quickly

became discolored.

The next plan, to use the wall in the lobby opposite the current memorial wall, proved to be im-

practical, due to the large number of bricks which would have to be sold before installation could

begin.

At last, a perfect spot was identified between the existing wall and the left

window of the library. Finally, we can proceed with the addition of bricks already sold -and will take

orders for additional ones to complete the wall. We should have a firm number of available spaces

by the next newslettrer. We need to

acknowledge the skill and generosity of A. Petrelli & Sons, a Scott Township business, which has

donated the labor to build the wall.

Library Closings

December 2010, January 2011

& emergency closings.

The library will be closed: Friday, December, 24, 2010.

Saturday, December 25, 2010 and

Friday, December 31, 2010 Saturday, January 1, 2011

Check the local news channels for emergency closing notification of

the library. If possible we will also announce closings via our website: www.scottlibrary.org and facebook account.

If Chartiers Valley School District is closed the library is closed.