Friends of the Washington County Public Library
Welcome Nancy Springer!
The Friends of the Library will meet at noon on Thursday, May 4th, at the Blue Lake Community Center, on Highway 77, in Chipley. Our speaker on Thursday, Nancy Springer, will be making a 2nd visit to Friends to share thoughts about her book, The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery, that is nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. This is the fifth volume of her series about Sherlock Holmes' younger sister. Nancy was born in New Jersey, moved to Pennsylvania when she was thirteen, and spent the next forty-six years there. She married a man named Springer, producing offSpringers, and writing more than fifty fantasy, horror, mystery, and contemporary novels for adults and children. In 2007, she and her second husband moved to Tri-County Airport between Bonifay and Chipley, where they lived in their hangar. But now they purchased a house nearby. Nancy very much enjoys wildflowers, butterflies, alligators, and other lizards while completing the sixth volume of her Enola Holmes mystery series. She also donates her time by going into the area schools and sharing her love of writing to the students. She is an entertaining speaker who you do not want to miss hearing! Everyone is invited to attend!
Make Your Reservations
Make your lunch reservations by calling Rosa Nell Baxley at 638-1470, by noon on Monday, May 3, 2010.
The cost of the meal is $7.00. Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. The meal is being catered again by Boar-Deli, and includes a six inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, and dessert.
Sunny Hills Library will have an open house from 3:00p.m. -4:00p.m., Sunday, May 16th, 2010.
Josh Tracy will be there for our official opening. Please find out if you can help by calling Linda.
Our book sale will be on-going until May 10th. Anyone who would like to help cover books please let us know!
- Book Discussion
The May 11th book discussion group selection will be the short story The Scream, by H. Briscoe.
Join Robert at noon! - Please welcome to our staff Renae Rountree, our new Assistant Branch Manager. Currently, she is enrolled in the Master’s Program for Library Information Studies at FSU.
- The hours for our branches are incorrect in the directory. Please use the information on the right of your newsletter for the correct times.
- Lucinda says:
The May meeting will be our last before summer break and I hope you all can attend. Nancy Springer will be our speaker. She has been with us before and we know you will enjoy her.
Those who did not attend the April meeting will be able to pick up a yearbook. Inga wishes to apologize for the typo errors in the yearbook and the inadvertant omission of Marlene Ray from the list of members.
We also want to welcome a new member, Zedra Hawkins, who joined at the April meeting.
I want to wish everyone a wonderful summer.
Remember, we will be having our book sale in the fall.
We are happy to accept your contributions to make it a great sale.
Share your books with us! - You can view the newsletter online at wcplfl.blogspot.com
Zedra would like to thank Cynthia Johnson, Ricky Biggins, and Merle Jones for signing up to help with our summer reading program registration, Make A Splash!
Letters for support and donations have gone out to our local businesses. Please remind them we need all the help we can get. I hope to see you during the summer!
Thank you for such a great year!
Volunteers are still needed to help in the store. Please let me know when you are available.
