It's TV- Turnoff Week April 24th-29th @ the Buena Park Library District

It's TV- Turnoff Week April 24th-29th @ the Buena Park Library District

The Buena Park Library District will be hosting a variety of special programs during TV -Turnoff Week April 24th through 29th, 2006. The Library is located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues.

The week kicks off Monday, April 24th at 4:00 p.m. with a special production presented by Kaiser Permanente’s educational theatre group. This twenty minute theatrical production entitled The Swashbuckling Adventures of Jamie in the World of Red, the Reading Pirate will inspire and promote the importance of reading to children ages four and up.

Other children’s programs during the week include:

• Tuesday, April 25th at 10:00 a.m. – Storytime
• Tuesday, April 25th at 3:30 p.m. – Craft time
• Wednesday, April 26th at 11:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. - Storytime
• Thursday, April 27th at 7:00 p.m. - Special storytime where teens will read their favorite children’s book
• Friday, April 28th at 3:30 p.m. – Craft time
• Saturday, April 29th at 10:00 a.m. – Storytime

Turning off the television gives us a chance to think, read, create, and do. Sound like fun? Join other families in the community by celebrating TV-Turnoff Week at the Buena Park Library District. For further information please call the Children’s Room at 714-825-4100 ext. 126.

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- Saturday, April 22nd

The Buena Park Library District is co-sponsoring a free financial awareness seminar with the Society for Financial Awareness, a California non-profit organization that provides financial education through seminars and workshops. The seminar, entitled, Investing Concerns in a “Fragile” Market, will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2006 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s 2nd floor Board Room, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California. The guest speaker will be George McGehee, a member of SOFA.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• The U.S. economy is heating up. Learn how to grow your money wisely.
• Why “down” markets create investment “opportunities” for the wise investor.
• Do you know what you’re doing when you invest?
• The “cash flow” eliminator: debt. How spending before planning is “terminal” to investing.

This program is free of charge and the public is invited to attend. No reservations are necessary. For more information, please call the Buena Park Library District Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, extension 125.

Bunny Rabbit Teapots on Display through April

A collection of charming bunny rabbit teapots and figurines are now on display at the Buena Park Library District. The spring display is courtesy of Linda Hudson, a long-time area resident. “The Bunny Lady” collection is on display in the lobby now through the end of April 2006. The Buena Park Library District is located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues.

The hand-painted collectibles include those made by Fitz & Floyd, Otagiri and Omnibus. Hudson has been collecting for nearly 20 years, and has over 200 ceramic bunny figurines at her home. She is an Orange County native, born in Fullerton. She often has afternoon teas at her home for friends, using one of her unique teapots.

Hop on by the Buena Park Library District and take some time to enjoy the delightful works. The Buena Park Library is open Mondays through Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For information, please call the Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, ext. 125.

National Library Week Coming to the Buena Park Library District

The “American Dream” is alive and well at the Buena Park Library District as we celebrate National Library Week starting Sunday, April 2nd through Saturday, April 8th, 2006 at 7150 La Palma Ave., between Western and Knott on La Palma. Where else can you get something for nothing? With a free Library card for California residents, a card holder can check out books for three weeks on nearly any subject imaginable, listen to music and audio books, borrow a current movie for one week and use the Library’s online databases from home when you access our web page at www.buenapark.lib.ca.us. Upstairs in our hugely stocked and attractively priced Guild Bookstore, a cup of coffee is just 75 cents! Do you need a passport? The Buena Park Library is now an official US Passport Acceptance Agency! Call 714-826-4100 x125 for details about these and the many storytimes for children and special events for teens that are going on here. Look for a new Summer Reading Club for Adults, too.

In the words of Buena Park Councilmember Steve Berry at the City Council meeting held March 28, 2006, “[t]he City Council of the City of Buena Park does hereby proclaim April 2-8, 2006 as National Library Week in Buena Park and encourages all residents to take advantage of all their library has to offer and come discover all the ways they can change their world at [our] Library.”

Buena Park Library District - check it out. We connect you to the world of knowledge.

Change your Luck -- Come to the Media Madness Sale at the Volunteer Guild Bookstore!

Starting Friday, March 17, 2006, on St. Patrick’s Day no less, the Volunteer Guild Bookstore at the Buena Park Library, located on the 2nd floor at 7150 La Palma Avenue, will present its popular St. Patrick’s Media Madness Sale to all interested parties. No blarney! The sale runs through to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 1st, 2006.

All music items are on sale 50% off – cassettes, CD’s, vinyl records, sheet music, books, etc., plus videos and audio books. The donations have been remarkable, so come by early for the best selection. As an added bonus, the $1.00 magazines are also 50% off!

No other discounts apply because these are such great bargains!

For more information about this sale or any future Bookstore sale events, please call 714-826-4100, x123.

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- Saturday, March 25th

The Buena Park Library District is co-sponsoring a free financial awareness seminar with the Society for Financial Awareness, a California non-profit organization that provides financial education through seminars and workshops. The seminar, entitled, Getting “Fiscally” Fit, will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2006 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s Basement-level Small Meeting Room, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California. The guest speaker will be George McGehee, a member of SOFA.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• How to overcome the roadblocks to financial success
• Creating and maintaining a financial blueprint
• How our daily habits influence our financial fitness
• How to develop your own action steps to financial freedom
• The need to identify cash flow traps
• Why tax-planning vs. tax-preparation can put dollars back into your monthly cash flow
  

This program is free of charge and the public is invited to attend. No reservations are necessary. For more information, please call the Buena Park Library District Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, extension 125.

Apply for your U.S. Passport at the Buena Park Library

Planning to travel soon? Take advantage of the Library’s convenient Passport Application Services!

The Buena Park Library District has recently been designated an official Passport Application Acceptance Agency. Library staff have been designated by the U. S. Department of State as Passport Acceptance Officers and have been trained to assist you in applying for your passport.

Plan ahead and get your passport now! By December 31, 2006, you will need a passport for air and sea travel to and from Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda. By December 31, 2007, you will need a passport for land border crossings to the above destinations. This means a big increase in the number of passports that will be issued.

Passport services are offered on the 2nd floor of the Library. When applying for your passport you will need to bring 2 passport photos, proof of U.S. citizenship such as a certified birth certificate, naturalization certificate or previous U.S. Passport and proof of identity, such as a state issued driver’s license or Identification card. Passport application forms are available at the Library. The cost of a passport is $97.00 for adults (16 & older) and $82.00 for children under 16. This cost includes a $30.00 execution fee set by the U.S. Congress that is paid to the Acceptance Agency which will become an additional revenue source for the Library.

Take advantage of the Buena Park Library District’s convenient passport services and help support library programs at the same time.

Passport Application Acceptance Hours are:

Tuesdays 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Thursdays 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

For more information and details, call the Library at (714) 826-4100 or visit the Buena Park Library District's website. You may also refer to the U.S. Department of State website for application forms, information on documentation required, fees and a wealth of other passport and international information.

Reminder of Free Financial Planning Seminar!

Just a reminder that the Buena Park Library District is hosting a Free Financial Planning Seminar on Saturday, February 25th.

Click here for more information!

Holiday Closure -- President's Day on Monday, February 20th, 2006

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Monday, February 20th, 2006, in observation of the President's Day holiday. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, February 21st.

Library Closure -- Monday, February 13th

The Buena Park Library District will be closed for staff training on Monday, February 13th.

Normal hours will resume Tuesday, February 14th.

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- Saturday, February 25, 2006

The Buena Park Library District is co-sponsoring a free financial awareness seminar with the Society for Financial Awareness, a California non-profit organization that provides financial education through seminars and workshops. The seminar, entitled, Year End Tax Planning, will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2006 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s 2nd floor Board Room, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California. The guest speaker will be William Dove, a member of SOFA.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• Most common tax mistakes made by people
• Tax “planning” vs. tax “preparation”
• The impact of taxes on investments and qualified plan distributions
• Current tax law changes
• Determining the “formula” for one’s tax liability
• What to do in an IRS audit

This program is free of charge and the public is invited to attend. No reservations are necessary. For more information, please call the Buena Park Library District Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, extension 125.

Slate of Free Financial Awareness Seminars at the Buena Park Library

The Society for Financial Awareness – “a non-profit educational organization” and the Buena Park Library District have teamed up once again for another round of free informative noontime Saturday seminars to educate anyone interested on some specific financial topics. The seminars are available to everyone and are generally held from 12 NOON to 1:00 p.m. in the second floor Library Board Room, at the Buena Park Library, 7150 La Palma Ave., on La Palma, between Western and Knott Avenues. The speakers are from Society for Financial Awareness’s Culver City, Orange County and Torrance Chapters.

The first seminar is scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2006, and the topic is “Tax Planning” with speaker William Dove. The rest of the Saturday line-up is as follows (as of February 1, 2006) with one room change* noted:

• March 25, 2006, Getting Fiscally Fit, Downstairs Small Meeting Room*, Speaker: Rayna Elmendorf
• April 22, 2006, Investing Concerns in a “Fragile” Market, Speaker: Rayna Elmendorf
• May 20, 2006, Legal Lessons for Life, Speaker: Arthur Swerdloft
• June 17, 2006, “Exploring” Your Options for a Quality Retirement, Speaker: Rayna Elmendorf

For more detailed information about the seminar topics, please contact Bruce Pasarow in the Library’s Reference Department at 714-826-4100 ext. 125.

In February, Love is in the Air at the Volunteer Guild Bookstore!

Starting Monday, February 6th, 2006 and lasting until Saturday, March 4, 2006 the Buena Park Library’s Volunteer Guild Bookstore is having its annual Romance Paperback Sale up on the 2nd floor. Come by for the latest escapist stories of forbidden passion, dastardly villains, brooding heroes and damsels in distress. There are some other “sweetheart” deals to be found, too, like all the 50 cent paperbacks are now 25 cents! Buy 100 of these paperbacks at a time and receive 20 free – that’s 10 more than last year! Just a note: there will be no discounts for items under $1.00. February is also known as Library Lovers’ Month.

The Library is located at 7150 La Palma Ave., between Knott and Western Avenues. The Guild Bookstore hours are Monday through Wednesday, 12 noon to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, 12 noon to 7:30 p.m., Friday, 12 noon to 3:00 p.m., and Saturday, 12 noon to 4:30 p.m. For further information, please contact the Volunteer Guild Bookstore at (714) 826-4100 x123.

Come Celebrate the Volunteer Guild Bookstore's 5th Birthday in February!

The Volunteer Guild Bookstore, located at the Buena Park Library District, at 7150 La Palma Avenue, on La Palma between Knott and Western, is celebrating its 5th Birthday with a little open house party on Tuesday, February 7th, 2006, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served, and Birthday Book Bucks will be available for all attendees.

The Guild Bookstore is run 100% by volunteers and has had some amazing years of revenue that all goes back to funding programs and providing monies for special projects for the Buena Park Library. Guild Memberships are as low as $5.00 for an entire year, with some neat member benefits, too. Stop by to say “Happy Birthday” and see what a great selection they have to offer … you might pick up some great deals on books, paperbacks and magazines.

For more information about the Bookstore, its hours or possibly volunteering, please call 714-826-4100 x123.

Holiday Closure -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Monday, January 16th, 2006, in observation of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, January 17th.

Southern California Rocket Association Display

Members of the Southern California Rocket Association (SCRA) are displaying many of their model rockets at the Buena Park Library District. They will be on display in the lobby now through the end of February. The Buena Park Library District is located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park.

The items on display include many types of model rockets, a launch system and pad, pictures and posters of model rockets, and a blueprint drawing of one of the first model rockets from 1957. The group has a centrally located, legal, supervised and controlled model rocket launch site serving the Los Angeles/Orange County area and they use the Lucerne Dry Lake Bed site in San Bernardino County. In addition, they also conduct model rocket building and design classes for individuals, families and youth groups. For more information please visit their web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~mebowitz/

The SCRA (as part of the National Association of Rocketry) is about having fun and learning more with and about sport rockets. A benefit of membership is getting together with other model rocket flyers to participate in building sessions, launches, and more.

ReferenceUSA Business Database Available From Your Internet Station

The ReferenceUSA database is now available remotely from your home or work. Just log onto the Buena Park Library’s website , click on the “Online Databases” icon and choose “ReferenceUSA”. Enter your Buena Park Library Card number (no spaces between the numbers) to access the database.

Why use ReferenceUSA? This database has detailed information on over 12 million U.S. businesses. Included are addresses and phone numbers, contact person, type of business, sales figures, parent companies and URL’s. Job seekers, small business owners, and market researchers can use the database to find businesses. Consumers - if you can’t remember the name of a business, but know they are located on La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, ReferenceUSA can help!

It’s just one more service brought to you by the Buena Park Library District.

Community Event: Buena Park Woman's Club Fashion Show

Come join the annual fun at the Buena Park Woman’s Club on January 28, 2006 for a noontime luncheon and 1:00 p.m. fashion show, “Spotlight on Fashion” featuring the wardrobe stylings of Nena’s Fashions of La Habra. The models are club members and friends. To those who have attended these last few years, this has been a favorite event of members and their guests. Ms. Nena herself puts the gilding on these local lilies with terrific clothes and accessories. Most items, plus lots of others, are available for purchase at the show, too.

The cost of the day’s event is $30.00 per person, and the deadline is January 20, 2006. Checks can be made payable to the Buena Park Woman’s Club, and mailed to Sally Riggs, 5912 Homewood Ave., Buena Park, 90621.

The Buena Park Woman’s Club is located on the corner of Beach and 11th Street, at 6711 Beach Blvd. Parking is available on 11th and 12th Streets, and across the street in the City Hall complex. There is no parking at the Enterprise Car Rental lot to the south or the small shopping plaza next door, just north of the Woman’s Club.

Nena’s Fashions, is an amazing store full of a variety of women’s clothing, hats, jewelry and other accessories, and is located at 581 West La Habra Blvd, La Habra, 90631, phone (562) 697-7885.

For information about this or other Buena Park Woman’s Club events, please call Sally Riggs (714) 523-4567 or Tess Rupe (714) 527-5502.

Holiday Closures

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on the following days in observation of the holidays:

Saturday, December 24 through Monday December 26, 2005
Open on Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Saturday, December 31 through Monday January 2, 2006
Open on Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Happy Holidays!

Hurry in for Bargains! Guild Bookstore Closed for Holidays

The Volunteer Guild of the Buena Park Library's second floor used book store will be closed from Monday, December 19, 2005 through Wednesday, January 4, 2006.

It will reopen on Thursday, January 5, 2006, at NOON and will have its regular hours the rest of the week.

Come on down for a nice variety of gift books, movies, magazines, and other media for those folk on your holiday list who are "hard-to-find gifts for."

The Guild Bookstore is located on the second floor of the Buena Park Library District, 7150 La Palma Ave., between Knott Ave. and Western Ave. in Buena Park.

For more information or questions, please call 714-826-4100 x123.