Welcomes all Friends to their monthly meeting Thursday,
May 2nd, 2013, from 12:00-1:00pm, at the Blue
Lake Community Center.
Everyone is encouraged to attend!
One year ago, I was standing
in the Wal -Mart parking lot helping gather food for our local food pantry, and
I mentioned to a good friend of mine that swimming in a pool had helped me with
a knee problem. But I was becoming bored
with swimming laps in a pool. With a
smile on his face, he suggested I should take up scuba diving in the Gulf of
Mexico. I looked at him as if he were
from a different planet and said, “You must be joking, I could never swim around
on the bottom of the ocean.” He was not
joking and one thing lead to another until I found myself a year later doing
what I thought was impossible. Since
that day, swimming has never been boring and even better; I have shed a few pounds.
I am Jerry
May. I have the marvelous privilege of
serving as Pastor of the best church in the world, First United Methodist
Church of Chipley. Sometimes known as the church on top of the hill where God’s
love is made real. My wife Judy and I
are excited about the opportunity to share with you our
journey into the mysterious underwater world and the lessons we learned while
swimming with the sharks at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Look forward to seeing you on May 2nd!
Our next
Friends of the Library luncheon meeting will be Thursday, May 2nd at
the Blue Lake Community Center. The
meeting starts at noon. The hostesses
for the meeting are Roxanne Bush and Pat Dickson. They usually open the Center around 11:00
A.M. to get the room ready for us. Come
early and visit if you like.
We welcome two
new members who were at our last meeting.
They are Rhonda Dickinson, from the Vernon area, and Bonnie Walden, a
cousin of Pat Dickson’s, who lives east of town. That increases our actual count of Friends to
79. I appreciate all of you – you make a
difference!
The program
for May 2 is Scuba Diving. The Chipley
Methodist minister, Reverend Jerry May and his wife, Judy are in charge of the
program. They will be sharing with us
their experience as scuba divers and the benefits people gain from this
activity.
We appreciate
Cindy Mitchell who has been catering our meals since the February meeting. We agreed that Cindy would cater through the May
meeting and then we (Friends and Cindy) would evaluate how it is going. I will talk with Cindy before the Board
meeting to get her input; I would also like for you to talk to the Board
members before April 25th so that we can make a decision about whether
we continue or not.
After the May
meeting, we will help the WCPL personnel with the 10th Anniversary
Celebration of the library. The
committee, Catherine Nelson, Melanie Doss, Renae Rountree, and Barbara Russell
will let us know how we can help. We
signed up to help with the food at the April luncheon meeting.
We have a
break from the May meeting until September 5.
Let’s not forget to visit the library during the summer months and help
in anyway we can.
We do love the
library and staff!
Make your
reservations for lunch by calling Ruth McCrary at 638-1442 or 638-6407 by noon
on Monday, April 29th, 2013. Ruth has an answering service so if
she’s not there you can leave a message. If you need to talk to her about
something, leave that message and she will call you.
The cost of the meal is $7.50.
Be ready to let her know which
sandwich and drink you would like. A menu is on the right hand side of this
newsletter.
The meal is being catered by Cindy
Mitchell, and includes a choice of chips or pasta salad, pickle, diet or
regular coke and something sweet – like a cookie.
Listed below
are the types of sandwiches that Cindy is providing.
1.
Pimento Cheese
with Bacon and roasted red peppers.
White or whole wheat bread
Mayo and Tomato
2.
Chicken Salad
White or whole wheat bread
Mayo, Lettuce, and Tomato
3.
Rueben on
Toasted Rye
1000 Island Dressing
Pastrami and Swiss cheese
Sauerkraut
4.
Ham and Turkey
White or whole wheat bread –
or as a Wrap
Swiss cheese
Mayo, Lettuce, and Tomato
Come celebrate
10 years
of being in the new library building
in Chipley
The Date: May 10, 2013,
The Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm. 
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This year unleash your power
by learning a new skill. Check out one of our books on display in front of the
circulation desk.
The Chipley Branch of the
Washington County Public Library will be closed starting at 2:30pm on Tuesday,
April 30th, until Monday, May 6th, for staff to attend the Florida
Library Association Annual Conference in Orlando. Each year, library
staff from public, academic, and special libraries gather together to learn new
technology and discuss how to better serve the needs of their patrons around
the state. Branches of the Washington County Public Library will be open during
the staff training event. If you need library services, feel free to use any
one of the member libraries in the cooperative.
Visit
the Chipley Library, starting May 20th,
to see
the artistic talent of Chestnut Hill Art Studio students displayed in the
foyer.
Mrs.
Winona VanLandingham, art teacher, is graciously allowing us to display the
work of her talented students.
"The Things I want to know are in books; My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I haven't read."
Abraham Lincoln
