July/August 2014

Presidents Message
Like a well-oiled machine, the Committee that
put together the Annual Meeting did their super
best. Thank you to: Beth Smith-Kellock, Connie
Wortham, Sandra Dickey, Fran Garbaccio,
Sharon Murphy, Toni Navarro, and Mary Talwar
for everything. Thanks too, to those who brought
the delicious food, to the Committee for my colorful
lei to go with our Hawaiian theme, and to Library
Director Carolyn Thomas for the beautiful bouquet.
Perhaps the most surprising and gratifying report
for the years end was Connie Worthams statistic
that volunteers for the Friends reported over 4,000
hours for the year. Thats 1,000 hours over last
year! We all know that volunteer hours get under-
reported; and all of you wonderful volunteers
worked much more than that, so hopefully next
year, we can surpass that number again by 1,000.
As noted last year, we were working on a project
for a place to store our books for the Best Used
Book Sale. This proved much more complicated
than we had planned and weve tabled this until
October. We hope by then we will have a feel for
what is happening to our Strategic Plan and how
that all ts in with our nancial planning. As the sub-
committees meet, we will keep you, the members
of the Friends, updated. The sub-committees are:
Mission and Purpose, Public Relations, Financial
Development, Governance (Development of Future
Board Members and of the Board itself), and
Membership. If anyone would like to serve on one
of these committees, please email me at alcorn_
pat@yahoo.com.
Dont forget our Savor the Flavor Summer Event
where we can enjoy the newest food delights while
earning 10% of the sales from our night out. See you
at Savor the Flavor, located at 11 Kersting Court in
Sierra Madre, on Thursday, July 17, at 6:15 p.m.
Please help us by supporting our Partners Program
and renewing your membership to the Friends. With
your help, we can continue to keep our Community
Library the vibrant, active entity it is today. You can
pick up applications for both at the Library.
Pat Alcorn
MEMBERSHIP
Happy Summer to all!! Its because of your valuable contributions that
we are able to offer so many awesome programs to our Sierra Madre
youth during the summer. Please come to the Library and check out
our Summer Reading Program!
Our membership is currently at 322 and we would love to increase
those numbers. Do you have a business, a family member, a friend, a
youth, who would beneft from our award-winning newsletter? Or who
would love to come and join the ranks as a valued Friend of the Sierra
Madre Library? We will be having 99 members eligible for renewal and
we would love the membership to increase. Thanks to all of you who
have already forwarded your renewal dues.
Along with the letter recognizing the receipt of your dues, were enclosing
an additional Friends brochure. No, this is not for YOU, but intended to
be passed on to a friend or family member who might be interested in
becoming a Friend. Please help us grow our membership numbers so
that we could easily reach 400 members by the end of the summer!
President: Pat Alcorn
Vice President/Partners/MTEF: Beth Smith-Kellock
Treasurer: Wendy Stockly
Recording Secretary: Teresa Chaure
Corresponding Secretary: Mary Talwar
Art Fair Co-Chairs: Janet Emery and Susan Gallagher
Best Used Book Sale: Martha Troedson
Board Development: Margaret Quigley
Historian/Archives: TBA
Membership: Vicky Ryan
Newsletter/Web Site: Sharon Murphy
Publicity: Lynsey Plume
Trustee Liaison: Frances Smith
Volunteer Development: Connie Wortham
Directors at Large:
Jerry Carlton
Toni Navarro
Pete Siberell
Darlene Traxler
Jane Zamanzadeh
Board Member Emeritus: Fran Garbaccio
Non Director:
Wine Tasting: Robert Newton
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014-2015
At their annual dinner meeting, held on June 18, the Friends of the
Library were pleased to announce the candidates that had been
approved for positions on the Board of Directors for 2014-2015.
They are:
REMEMBERING MARY TUMILTY
September 29, 1914 - July 28, 2010
Friends and colleagues - such as myself - fnd it hard
to believe it is four years since Mary Tumilty passed
away on July 28, 2010 at the age of 96. Her centennial
birthday - 100 years - would have been celebrated on
September 29, 2014. We can only imagine how very
festive that special day would have been!
Mary cared deeply about our Library and was totally
dedicated to the well-being of the Library itself, as well
as its staff and patrons. She served frst as a volunteer,
then a staff member and for 10 years as City Librarian.
It was an exciting 10 years to which many can attest.
She initiated many programs - Fridays at Eight and
the Travelers and Collectors series come to mind.
The Walt Wesley Computer Literacy Center and the
Dickinson Garden Walk were built during her tenure.
Her strong presence and goal-oriented success were
always at the forefront.
At the time of Marys retirement as City Librarian
in 1984, the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library
established the Mary Tumilty Endowment Fund (MTEF)
in her honor. The MTEF has helped support and make
many of our Library projects become realities - i.e. -
the dedication of the long awaited renovation of the
Rotary Childrens Library Room in June 2012. Mary
had requested a generous donation be made from the
MTEF to the Sierra Madre Library to help make the
proposed improvements a reality. She would be so
very proud of the room our children enjoy today!
For further information, please note the details and
- return address - on the enclosed fyer about how you
can remember Mary and her many accomplishments.
She was a strong presence and a loyal, dedicated
Friend who made a distinctive difference in the life of
our Library.
Thank you - on behalf of Mary, the Friends and our
Library - for your kind consideration and support.
Sincerely,
Beth Smith-Kellock
Vice President
Friends of the Sierra Madre Library
STUFFED ANIMAL SLEEPOVER
Young patrons (along
with their parents)
of the Sierra Madre
Public Library enjoyed
watching a video of
the misadventures of
their favorite stuffed
friends who spent the
night at the Library
on June 13. Over 100
people attended the breakfast! Check out the fun at the Library
website: http://www.cityofsierramadre.com/departments/library
LOCAL HISTORY STORYBOARD TOURS
Enjoy a Storyboard Tour with our wonderful Teen Docents!
Tours are on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Each week will highlight
a different aspect of Sierra Madre History:
1. Disasters - July 1
2. Joyride - July 8
3. Surprise Me - July 15
SUMMER FAMILY FUN CALENDAR
Thursday, July 10 PAWS TO READ Library Fair
Join us for a fun-flled day of tail-wagging good times:
1:00-5:00 p.m. Pasadena Humane Society Pet Adoptions
1:00-5:00 p.m. Friends of the Library Best Used Book Sale
2:00 p.m. The Ukulady - Family Music Show
3:30 p.m. Barks & Books with Mae Rose & Friends
Monday, July 14, 10:00 a.m. and Wednesday, July 16, 7:00 p.m.
Eaton Canyon Storytime
Come to the Sierra Madre Public Library to discover local
California Wildlife through stories and activities! Animal pelts
and other borrowed materials from the Eaton Canyon Visitor
Center will be featured.
Monday, July 21, 10:00 a.m. Bubblemania & Company
Delve into the science and fun of soap bubbles!
Saturday, August 2, 11:00 a.m. The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Willie the wolf will need help from the audience to teach him
when to tell the truth and save his friends from danger.
Saturday, August 2 End Of The Summer Reading Program
Make sure you turn in your hours before then to qualify for
prizes.
SATURDAY CHAMBER MUSIC
IN THE LIBRARY
Barbara Mullens Geier and Alan
Geier delighted visitors with an
afternoon of chamber music at
the Library on Saturday, June 21,
as part of the Summer Reading
Program. Their next performance
will be on Saturday, August 2,
from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
THIRD THURSDAY BOOK CLUB
We invite all Adult Summer Reading participants to join us for
the Third Thursday Book Club at the Library. On Thursday, July
17, at 11:00 a.m., we will be discussing Lady at the OK Corral
by Ann Kirschner; and on August 21 we will be discussing
Dancing with the Enemy by Paul Glaser. Refreshments are
included.
who spent the night at the Library on June 13. Over 100 people attended the
breakfast! Check out the fun at the Library website:
http://www.cityofsierramadre.com/departments/library




SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR ALL AGES
Continue to sign up for the Summer Reading Program at the Sierra Madre Public
Library. Programs and prizes are available for children, teens and adults. Ends
on Saturday, August 2.
We look forward to seeing you at the Library soon.

LOCAL HISTORY STORYBOARD TOURS
Enjoy a Storyboard Tour with our wonderful Teen Docents! Tours are on
Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Each week will highlight a different aspect of Sierra Madre
History:
1. Disasters - July 1
2. Joyride - July 8
3. Surprise Me - July 15

LIBRARY DISPLAY CASE
The display case for July will feature the Summer Reading Program, showing off
some of the many prizes you can win this summer. In August it will feature a
display from the Sierra Madre Mountain Conservancy.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM
FOR ALL AGES
Continue to sign up for the Summer Reading Program at
the Sierra Madre Public Library. Programs and prizes are
available for children, teens and adults. Ends on Saturday,
August 2.
We look forward to seeing you at the Library soon.
BEST USED BOOK SALE
The June Best Used Book Sale earned $2,353.05. Together with
April and May sales from the Internet and the 1-2 Buck Truck cart of
$926.56, the total for the 2 months was $3,279.61. Our fscal year
ends on June 30 and it looks like net earnings should be close to
$19,000.
We are so grateful for the great gently-used books donated by all,
and especially for the volunteers who put in countless hours during
the year. A special thank-you to Jerry Carlton, Eric Clark, Jeff Brown
and Joe Tortomasi for helping to set up and break down each sale, a
huge job! Were always looking for some more helpers.
The Best Used Book Sale will be participating in the PAWS TO
READ Library Fair on July 10 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with many
childrens and adult books on animals. Come and fnd some great
titles at bargain prices.
The next Best Used Book Sale will be on Friday, August 1, from
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday, August 2, from 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Back to School will be the theme, and well have
lots of teacher resource books and school supplies, dictionaries,
thesauruses and a complete set of Annals of America for History
buffs.
The parking lot will have Bargain Books for only $1.00, Childrens
and Teen books from 25 cents to $1.00, and paperbacks 25 cents
or 5/$1.00.
NEW EARLY LITERACY STATIONS
FOR AGES 3 & UP
The Library recently updated both of our Early Literacy
Computers just in time for summer. Come by and try
some new games.
STORYTIME NAP
All Childrens Programs will be suspended during the
frst two weeks of August from the 4th to the 16th. We
look forward to seeing you on August 18 at 10:00 a.m.
when Preschool Storytime will resume.
LIBRARY DISPLAY CASE
The display case for July will feature the Summer
Reading Program, showing off some of the many prizes
you can win this summer. In August it will feature a
display from the Sierra Madre Mountain Conservancy.
This months review is by
Richard Bellikoff
12 Years a Slave: A True
Story of Betrayal, Kidnap
and Slavery
by Solomon Northup
Upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of
Uncle Toms Cabin, in 1862, Abraham Lincoln is
alleged to have said, So youre the little woman
who wrote the book that made this great war!
Theres no suggestion that Lincoln ever read
Solomon Northups account of his ordeal as
a free man from New York who was enslaved
for 12 years on the plantations of Louisiana.
Northup dispels the historically revisionist notion
of slavery as a benign and paternalistic institution
that civilized the heathen Africans. As he makes
clear, slaves were chattel, bought and sold like
real estate, using fnancial instruments like
loans and mortgages, and subjected to frequent
whipping, beating and lynching. Plantation
livestock received better treatment. Unlike
Stowes omniscient narrator, Northup recounts
only what he experienced and witnessed. Thats
quite enough to make the case for abolition.
The movie version, available at the Library on
DVD, presents the appalling horror of slavery
in living color, with period dialogue supplied by
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley. Lincoln
couldnt see it, but you should.
CALL # STATUS: 306.362 NORTHUP
PARTNERS PROGRAM
It is with pleasure that we welcome fve new members to the ranks
of the Partners: Sandra & Ron Dickey, Susan Gallagher, Debbie
Henderson, Martha & Darryl Troedson, and Barry & Leslie Ziff. Thank
you to Sue Quinn for renewing your membership.
We look forward to working together helping the Partners make a
difference in the life of our Library.
PAWS IN ACTION K-9 UNIT
DEMONSTRATION
Thank you so much to Captain Carlos Islas
and CSO Elena Lozano, from the Sierra
Madre Police Department; and Sergeant
Matthew Widger, from the Pasadena
Police Department. The K-9 unit showed
off their dog Nico, demonstrated how they
search for contraband and allowed the
children to explore their vehicle after the
program. We also had a wonderful time
learning about the many jobs of our local
police. The Library enjoyed having 125
participants attend the program.
FALL PARENT/CHILD WORKSHOP
Sign up for the fall Parent/Child Workshop: 1-2-3 Play With Me. The
interactive workshops include toys, crafts, books, and play in addition
to discussions on parenting issues and concerns. The fve-week
sessions will be held on Saturday mornings, starting September 6.
BABY RHYME TIME
Enjoy a time to sing, play, and read with your baby or toddler. For
children ages 6-24 months. Every Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m.


Editor: Sharon Murphy
Contributing Writer: Alice Kuo
Design/Set Up: Melissa Sanchez
Printed By: Sir Speedy
Editor: Sharon Murphy
Contributing Writer: Alice Kuo
Design/Set Up: Melissa Sanchez
Printed By: Sir Speedy
SIERRA MADRE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
Explore local History in the Library archives, jointly owned and
maintained by the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society
and the Library. For research assistance, call 626-355-7186.
TEEN BOOK CLUB
The Teen Book Club is on a summer
hiatus now and will resume on
Wednesday, September 3, at 4:00
p.m., in the Library basement.
BARKS AND BOOKS
Children are invited to read to a
gentle and friendly dog visitor the
second Thursday of the month.
Please join us on July 10 at
3:30 p.m. Mae Rose and her
friend Dorothy will take a break in
August.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
Join children, parents, and
caregivers for stories, songs,
puppets, and crafts on Mondays
at 10:00 a.m., and Wednesdays at
7:00 p.m. There will be a special
Storytime from the Eaton Canyon
Visitor Center on July 14 and 16.
Editor: Sharon Murphy
Contributing Writer: Christine Smart
Design/Set Up: Melissa Sanchez
Printed by: Sir Speedy
AUGUST
8/1 3:00-7:00 p.m. Best Used Book Sale
8/2 Summer Reading Program Ends
8/2 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Best Used Book Sale
8/2 10:00 a.m. eReader Class
8/2 11:00 a.m. The Wolf Who Cried Boy Puppet Show
8/2 2:00 p.m. Saturday Chamber Music
8/4 to 8/16 NO CHILDRENS PROGRAMS
8/5 7:00 p.m. eReader Class
8/6 NO TEEN BOOK CLUB FOR AUGUST
8/14 NO BARKS & BOOKS
8/18 10:00 a.m. Storytime
8/19 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
8/20 7:00 p.m. Storytime
8/20 7:00 p.m. Friends Board Meeting TBD
8/21 11:00 a.m. 3
rd
Thursday Book Club
8/25 10:00 a.m. Storytime
8/26 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
8/27 7:00 p.m. Storytime
8/27 7:00 p.m. Library Trustees Meeting TBD

JULY
7/1 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
7/1 1:00 p.m. Local History Tour: Disasters
7/1 7:00 p.m. eReader Class
7/2 NO TEEN BOOK CLUB FOR JULY
7/2 7:00 p.m. Storytime
7/4 LIBRARY CLOSED
7/4 10:00 a.m. Library Staff and Volunteers
March in the 4
th
of July Parade
7/5 10:00 a.m. eReader Class
7/7 10:00 a.m. Storytime
7/8 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
7/8 1:00 p.m. Local History Tour: Joyride
7/9 7:00 p.m. Storytime
7/10 PAWS TO READ Library Fair
1:00-5:00 p.m. Best Used Book Sale Featuring Animal Books
1:00-5:00 p.m. Pasadena Humane Society Pet Adoptions
2:00 p.m. Ukulady Family Music Show
3:30 p.m. Barks & Books
7/14 10:00 a.m. Eaton Canyon Storytime
7/15 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
7/15 1:00 p.m. Local History Tour: Surprise Me
7/16 7:00 p.m. Eaton Canyon Storytime
7/16 7:00 p.m. Friends Board Meeting
7/17 11:00 a.m. 3
rd
Thursday Book Club
7/17 6:15 p.m. Savor the Flavor Summer Event
7/21 10:00 a.m. Bubblemania & Company
7/22 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
7/23 7:00 p.m. Storytime
7/23 7:00 p.m. Library Trustees Meeting
7/28 10:00 a.m. Storytime
7/29 10:00 a.m. Baby Rhyme Time
7/30 7:00 p.m. Storytime

eREADER HELP AVAILABLE
Stop by on Saturday, July 5 and August 2, and on Tuesday, July 1 and August 5, for staff help
downloading free eBooks to your eReader. The Sierra Madre Public Library offers a variety of free
eBooks and eAudiobooks to download onto your iPad, Kindle, Nook, or other devices.
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