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Editor
Reporter
Editor: Gloria Pilotti Irey
Photographer
Photographer: Linda Morley
FRIENDS OF THE
LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
May 2021 Newsletter
Library Returns to Library Closed for
Regular Hours Memorial Day
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
& Saturday
11 AM to 5 PM
Thursday
10 AM to 5 PM
Closed Friday & Sunday The Lincoln Public Library will be closed on
To keep everyone safe, face masks are required Monday, May 31. Memorial Day is a day of
in the library. remembrance for everyone who has died
serving in the American armed forces.
Orchard Creek Book Club New Hours for Book &
Provides Funds for Media Donations
Children's Magazines
Thank you Orchard Creek Book Club for providing The Lincoln Public Library is now
$605 for magazine subscriptions. The Lincoln Public accepting book and media donations on
Library has an extensive array of children's Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
magazines, due in most part to this generous Saturdays from 9 am to noon.
donation. Magazines are great reading material for
Just pull up to the staff entrance doors
new readers who are reading alone or with a parent.
located to the left of the outdoor book
The magazines are located in the Children's Library drops. Ring the bell and a volunteer will
along the curved glass wall. Current issues may be be there to help you. No appointment
read in the library. Back issues are stored on the needed.
shelf under the current issue and may be checked out
to read at home. Up to ten magazines can be
checked out at a time and the loan period is one
week with two renewals.
Support Your Library
on Big Day of Giving
FOLL’s "35 Year" commitment to the Lincoln Public Library is stronger than ever and, in 2021,
we plan to provide $50,000 in necessary financial support. Help us meet our goal with a Big Day
of Giving donation.
Strong Support = Strong Library =Strong Community
You can make your donation on the Big Day of Giving website at
https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/Friendsofthelincolnlibrary, mail your donation to FOLL, PO Box 1177,
Lincoln CA 95648, or drop you donation in the red lockbox in the FOLL book sale area.
The Big Day of Giving website accepts donation until midnight on May 6. You can also make your
donation anytime on the FOLL website (under How You Can Help) at
https://www.friendsofthelincolnlibrary.org.
Author Event - Christie Tate
Saturday, May 1
You won't want to miss Christie Tate's virtual visit Saturday at 1 PM.
You can register at https://go.libraryatlincoln.org/christietate. Ms. Tate's
work has been published in numerous publications online and in print,
including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago
Tribune, and McSweeney’s, and others. Her debut memoir, Group,
published in October 2020, was a Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York
Times bestseller.
Those who register for this event can pick up a free copy of her book
Group, while supplies last.
FOLL Visits New Neighborhoods in Lincoln
Submitted by Kathy Snelson, FOLL Community Outreach Director
Several new home developments in the Lincoln area
now flourish with vibrant neighborhoods of new
homeowners and families. What a great opportunity
for FOLL to provide new community members with
information about the Lincoln Public Library and its
available resources. FOLL did exactly this!
Pictured: FOLL Board Members Linda Derosier,
Mary Nader and Jeri Ferris.
Board members and member volunteers delivered
450 door knob bags throughout five new home
developments. Each bag included FOLL and
Library information, a FOLL bookmark highlighting
Library 24/7 online resources, and certificates for Pictured: Cindy Pulliam, FOLL member and
a free book and craft bags for all ages. Linda Morley, FOLL Membership Director.
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Take-Home Craft
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in
the United States. The month of May was chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese
immigrant, a fisherman named Nakanohama Manjiro, to the United States on May 7, 1843, and
marks the transcontinental railroad’s completion on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who
laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
On your next library visit, pick up a Take-Home packet with
instructions and materials for a paper lei. The lei custom
was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by early Polynesian
voyagers, who took an incredible journey from Tahiti,
navigating by the stars in sailing canoes. With these early
settlers, the lei tradition in Hawaii was born. Leis were
constructed of flowers, leaves, shells, seeds, nuts, feathers,
and even bone and teeth of various animals.
Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia
(New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas,
Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of
Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa,
American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).
Meet Karen Van Gundy
Library Assistant
Karen Van Gundy joined the staff of the Lincoln Public Library in April
2017. She is originally from San Jose, California and is the youngest of
three sisters. As a youth, Karen was very active in sports playing softball,
soccer, and field hockey. She attended the University of the Pacific in
Stockton on a field hockey scholarship and graduated with a degree in
education with a minor in English literature.
Pictured: Karen (right) with her daughter, Harlie.
After college, Karen went on to play golf and became a
teaching pro at Granite Bay Golf Course. She left her golf
career to raise her two children -- Harlie, who is a nurse in
Reno, Nevada and Jakob who will be graduating this month
with an engineering degree.
Pictured: Karen (left) with her son, Jakob.
Karen loves playing golf, weight lifting, biking, hiking,
basically, anything outdoors. Of course, she also enjoys
reading. She reads everything fiction with a few biographies
added here and there.
Karen shared that she has "always loved reading and libraries. When we moved to Lincoln, I volunteered
here at the library while also working at the Roseville Public Library. Liked this library better, so I came to
work here." Karen oversees the Zip Book program and is responsible for maintaining the library's
collection of young adult fiction books, young adult graphic novels, children’s graphic novels, and large
print books.
Karen stated that the best thing about working at the library is "the people
for sure. We have a great team that I consider family as well as amazing
volunteers." She particularly enjoyed participating in clay day with other
library staff where they made "that totally cool book clay thing." Karen also
loves dressing up with her coworkers for all the different library events.
Karen lives in Foresthill (near Auburn) with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and
the family pet, Max. Since Max is a mix of Australian Shepherd and Border
Collie, he can be quite exuberant. It's often a challenge to get his attention
especially since he is also "hard of hearing."
Thank you, Karen, for all you do for our library.
COMING SOON!
LAB/LAC Meeting
Summer Reading Challenges
LAB/LAC will hold its next meeting on
Wednesday, May 5 at 6:00 PM by Zoom
for All Ages
webinar. The public is encouraged to Get ready for the Summer
participate. The agenda includes an update Reading Challenge that begins
from the Superintendent of the Western June 1 on the Beanstack
Placer Unified School District and the new platform. Over the months of June
Twelve Bridges High School Principal. Also, and July, readers of all ages can
new library administrative policies and earn badges and rewards for
funding opportunities will be discussed. reading and completing activities.
Participants must register to receive Zoom This years theme is "Reading
instructions. The agenda and registration Colors Your World!"
instructions are available on the City of
Lincoln website at www.lincolnca.gov. In June, look for details on the
The Library Advisory Board/Library Advisory
library's website and Facebook
Committee (LAB/LAC) makes page and stop by the library to
recommendations to the Lincoln City Council pick up a Summer Reading bag to
concerning library policies and priorities for the get you started. More details will
operation and administration of the Lincoln
Public Library. also be provided in the FOLL
June newsletter.
Other Upcoming Events
Zoom links and passcodes for the following events are available on the library's website and
Facebook page.
Mystery Book Club
The Mystery Book Club meets Monday, May 3 at 11:30 AM to
discuss In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware, a psychological
murder mystery.
The book selection for June is Deception By Gaslight by Kate Belli.
The Mystery Book club meets on the first Monday of the month.
Awarding-Winning Book Club
The Award-Winning Book Club will meet on Monday, May 17 at 11:30 AM to
discuss There, There by Tommy Orange. The book was a 2019 Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for Fiction and was awarded a Gold Medal for First Fiction by the
California Book Awards.
The book selection for June is The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Laheri.
The Award Winning Book Club meets on the third Monday of the month.
BYOB Book Club
The BYOB Book Club meets on Monday, May 24 at 6:30 PM.
This month's theme is "Biography/Memoir."
The BYOB Book Club meets on the fourth Monday of the
month.
The library continues to offer Family Story Time on Facebook, Conversation Club and Kids' Coding
Club. Visit Online Events & Programs on the library's website at http://libraryatlincoln.org for dates
and details.
Is there a topic that you would like to see covered in the FOLL e-newsletter? Please email
your suggestions to friends@friendsofthelincolnlibrary.org.
Welcome Our New FOLL Members
April 2021
Michael Bass
Steve & Barb Dalaklis
Gerald Kitt
Donna Sosko
John & Donna Tewart
Alan Tilton
Total Current FOLL Members - 297
Thank You to Our Business Sponsors
Buehler Engineering, Inc.
Circular Polymers LLC
Enrich lives by promoting literacy and the love of books for all ages.
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with an annual donation of $15 or more.
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Check Our Website for Other Library Programs Taking Place This Month
www.FriendsoftheLincolnLibrary.org/events/
Have questions or comment regarding FOLL?
Email us at: Friends@FriendsoftheLincolnLibrary.org
or Call Us at 916-434-2404
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