The Definitive 200 -- Where Would You Be Without Them?

The Buena Park Library District is pleased to announce the addition of more than 60 titles to our Music CD collection for your listening pleasure. This is in response to the Definitive 200 campaign launched by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The campaign which asks “Where Would You Be without Them?” is an attempt to rank some of the most commercially and critically successful albums of all time. The list of 200 ranked albums celebrates the classic recordings by favorite iconic and contemporary artists and is proclaimed to be albums that every music lover should own – or check out from the library.

The list can be found at http://www.definitive200.com/. The top ten albums on the list are:

• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club by the Beatles
• Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
• Thriller by Michael Jackson
• Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
• Joshua Tree by U2
• Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones
• Tapestry by Carole King
• Highway ’61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
• Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
• Nevermind by Nirvana

The Buena Park Library will be adding the titles that we do not already own in our collection to make sure we have at least the top 50 from the Definitive 200 list, plus selected other classics. Visit us at 7150 La Palma Ave., between Western and Knott, to “check-out” the music or visit our website to see what titles are available.

Gourd Art Exhibit on Display from March through April

Gourd Art Exhibit -- Jewelry Gourds
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Art pieces created from a stunning variety of gourds are now on display at the Buena Park Library District, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues. The decorative and utilitarian pieces, created by artist Fayme Harper, are on exhibit in the Library lobby now through the end of April 2007.

Objects on display range from musical instruments, such as the ocarina and guiro, to birdhouses, to fanciful creatures and gourds adorned with Celtic knot work. The artist states that her art designs have been inspired by her interest in “primitive archery and fantasy art.”

The artist said she fell in love with this medium four years ago after a visit to a farm in Fallbrook, California. The gourds are embellished with a wide variety of materials including paint, gold leaf, beads, Teneriffe weaving, and eggshells. Techniques such as carving and pyrography (the burning of the gourd) have also been employed. Harper states that all over the world, people have used hard-shelled gourds for centuries for eating and drinking vessels, musical instruments, sacred masks and costumes, and art.

Stop by the Buena Park Library and take in the amazing range of items that can be created from gourds. The Buena Park Library is open Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For information, please call the Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, ext. 125.

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- Wednesday, March 28

The Buena Park Library District is sponsoring a free financial awareness seminar presented by Buena Park Chamber of Commerce members Peter Chow and Sylvia Woodside, who represent a large dealer/broker in financial planning. The seminar, entitled, Options for Quality Retirement, will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s 2nd floor Board Room, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• Retirement Facts
• Will You be Able to Retire?
• Sources of Retirement Funds
• Expenses
• Road Blocks to Retirement
• Retirement Funding
• Senior Health Care

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.

Annual Media Madness Sale Returns to the Buena Park Library District

Starting Saturday, March 10th, 2007, the Buena Park Library District will be taking part in the annual reading program sponsored by the In-N-Out Burger. the Volunteer Guild celebrates the return of its ever popular Media Madness Sale in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The sale ends March 31st at 4:30 p.m., but don’t wait until then to get the best bargains ever! It is a “Buy One, Get One of Equal or Lesser Value” of all sale items such as: VHS videos, CD-Roms, Sheet Music books, and all kinds of audio music in CDs, Cassettes and LPs – that’s long-playing albums, folks. Yes, WE HAVE A LOT of LPs, of all different kinds – classical, easy listening, rock … you name it. In fact, come see for yourself! We will have magazines on sale during this event, too, so all your bases are covered during the March Media Madness Sale. Come early for the best selection!

The Guild Bookstore is on the 2nd floor of the Library, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues. Sale proceeds benefit the Volunteer Guild which supports all the Library’s programs and collections.

For further information about this and other upcoming sales, please call the Guild Bookstore at 714-825-4100 ext. 123.

Teen Tech Week March 3rd - 10th at the Buena Park Library District

Buena Park Library District, located at 7150 La Palma Ave., is pleased to announce its participation in the American Library Association’s first annual Teen Tech Week, March 3rd – 10th, 2007. The Library will join thousands of other libraries across the country who are encouraging teens to use their libraries for the different technologies available to them as they "Get Connected @ your library®." This program is designed to show teens that the library is a trusted resource for accessing information and that librarians are the experts who can help them develop the skills they need to use electronic resources effectively and efficiently.

Youth Services Librarian, Phyllis Nisle, hopes to increase teen awareness of the different technological services that are available at the Library by offering a variety of events in which teens can participate. Events planned for this week include an Online Scavenger Hunt, a video contest, a Web Design class on Saturday, March 3rd from 9:00 am – 10:00 am (pre-registration is required), and a Sudoku Tournament on Tuesday, March 6th from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. Visit the Library’s web page at www.buenapark.lib.ca.us to download the Online Scavenger Hunt or to obtain the entry form for the video contest.

For more information, or to register for the Web Design class, call the library at 714-826-4100 ext. 125 and ask for Phyllis.

California Young Reader Medal Voting now Happening at your School and at the Buena Park Library District

It is once again time to vote for your favorite book among the titles selected as nominees for the California Young Reader Medal (CYRM)! Young people in our state are being encouraged by their schools and public libraries to read some wonderful books and VOTE fore their favorite(s). The Buena Park Library District, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, has a decorative display of the current CYRM titles nominated, and we also have ballots for you to place your vote for your favorite books. Turn in the ballots with Phyllis Nisle, the Youth Services Librarian, or Mary Ivelia, our Children’s Programming Coordinator.

The California Young Reader Medal program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state. Since its inception in 1974, millions of California children have nominated, read, and voted for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal. Young people suggest the names of favorite books for nomination, or teachers and librarians note repeatedly read or requested titles, and these are submitted to the California Young Reader Medal Committee. Members of the committee read the suggested books, discuss their merits and appeal to children, and then decide upon a well-balanced list of nominees.

The CYRM program is sponsored by four statewide organizations committed to books and reading: the California Association of Teachers of English, the California Library Association, the California Reading Association, and the California School Library Association. A committee of representatives from each organization coordinates CYRM activities at the state level. To be considered for nomination, a book must be an original work of fiction published within the last four years by a living author. Recommendations for nomination are due each year by April 1 for consideration as a nominee the following year. It is a two-year cycle from the time of nomination by students to the presentation of the California Young Reader Medal to the winning authors and illustrators in the Primary and Picture Books for Older Readers categories.

Books are nominated for the medal in five categories: Primary (Grades K-2), Intermediate (Grades 3-5), Middle/Junior High School (Grades 6-9) and Young Adult (Grades 9-12).

Students may read and vote for books in any and all categories, but they must read all the books nominated in a category to be eligible to vote. Students read the nominated books from July through March and vote for their favorite(s) through their teachers and/or librarians Teachers and librarians provide ballots for the students, compile vote totals, and submit results to the CYRM committee.

All CYRM ballots must be postmarked by April 1 of each year. Make it easy on yourself and turn it in at your school or the Buena Park Library District! We’ll take care of the ballots filled out or dropped off here.

The 2006 – 2007 Titles nominated for the CYRM are http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees.htm#2006

You can pick up a ballot at the Library. You can also http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/official_ballot2006_2007.htm

Please mail your OFFICIAL BALLOT and postmark it by April 1st to be counted. No votes can be taken electronically. The CYRM committee asks that you use the official ballot to make counting the votes easy.

So make sure you vote and have your vote COUNTED for this year’s California Young Reader Medal winners. See if your #1 pick gets to be #1 this year!

For more information about the nominated titles or any other programs at the Buena Park Library District, please call 714-826-4100, extension 126 for Children’s programs or x125 for Teen and Adult programs.

New Live Homework Help Service Offered from the Convenience of your Home through Library's Webpage

Parents and students! The Buena Park Library District has free “Live Homework Help” now available from our website at www.buenapark.lib.ca.us. Students in grades 4-12 and above can access this service free from their home computers. You will need a Buena Park Library card to access the site that is being made available from Tutor.com’s web-based online classroom. This service is available from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. any day of the week. You can now ask a live online tutor to help you with homework questions in math, science, social studies and English.

This homework help service is also available to Spanish speaking students from Sunday through Thursday, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. El programa “Live Homework Help” (ayuda en vivo para la tarea) está disponible en Espanol por nuestra pagina de Internet de 3 pm a 7 pm Domingo a Jueves.

The California State Library Live Homework Help Grant Program makes this possible for students of the Buena Park Library community. The Library is providing the online connectivity to this unique service through its webpage. The tutors are certified teachers, college professors and graduate students who have undergone extensive background checks prior to hiring. The program is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, and is administered by the California State Library.

It is a great free electronic and “real-time” homework resource from your local library – the Buena Park Library District. For more information, please contact Public Services Manager Kathleen M. Wade at (714) 826-4100, x135.

Blood Drive at Library for St. Jude Medical Center

The Buena Park Library District is having its second American Red Cross Blood Drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, February 12, 2007, in the downstairs auditorium. This time the drive is supporting the St. Jude Medical Center. Appointments are appreciated, and potential donors are requested to call 714.826.4100 x125 or go to www.givelife.org and put in our sponsor code: BPL to make your appointments. Either way is really simple. The Library is located at 7150 La Palma Ave., between Knott and Western Avenues.

The American Red Cross has provided an incentive to help donors get here: all participants have an opportunity to enter a regional opportunity drawing for a “Day at the Ballgame” (for Angels, Dodgers and Padres) which includes two free game tickets, parking, and a concession gift certificate.

Please call or log on to make appointments now. There is no time like the present to donate. Save a life and donate a pint on this special day. For more information about the Blood Drive and to make an appointment, call the Library at 714-826-4100 ext. 125. You can also visit our web site at www.buenapark.lib.ca.us to link to the web site for the American Red Cross Blood Drive (www.givelife.org) to sign up online, sponsor code: BPL.

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- February 28, 2007

The Buena Park Library District is sponsoring a free financial awareness seminar presented by Buena Park Chamber of Commerce members Peter Chow and Sylvia Woodside, who represent a large dealer/broker in financial planning. The seminar, entitled, Issues of Real Estate – Buying and Selling, will be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s 2nd floor Board Room, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• First Time Buyers’ Money Saving Secrets
• How to Finance Buying a Home
• 8 Tips Every Buyer Must Know
• 9 Deadly Sins to Avoid When Buying a Home
• How to Sell a Home
• 10 Biggest Selling Mistakes
• Market-Share Improvements
• Investing in Real Estate Market

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.

It's February and Romance is in the Air at the Buena Park Library District

This week kicks off a month long celebration of ROMANCE and “finding your passion” at the Buena Park Library District. In recognition of February as Library Lover’s Month, the annual Volunteer Guild’s Romance Paperback sale is here! Starting Monday, February 5th and ending Saturday, March 3rd, come by and spend some time and money and take advantage of special offers in Romance Paperbacks. For example, buy 100 of the 50 cent Romance Paperbacks and get 20 of the Romance Paperbacks for free! All the 50 cent paperbacks are half off or just 25 cents! Come early for the best selection!

The Guild Bookstore is on the 2nd floor of the Library, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues. Sale proceeds benefit the Volunteer Guild which supports all the Library’s programs and collections.

For further information about this and other upcoming sales, please call the Guild Bookstore at 714-825-4100 ext. 123.

Laura Ingalls Wilder visits the Buena Park Library District

In honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday (February 7th), the Buena Park Library District will be hosting a very special program on Saturday, February 10th, at 3:00 p.m. in the downstairs auditorium. Ms. Judith Helton, a well-known Laura Ingalls Wilder reinactor, will be here for a one-woman show to share events and stories from Ms. Wilder’s life, plus she will have on display memorabilia from numerous Laura Ingalls Wilder museums from across the country. All ages are welcome to “meet” Laura Ingalls Wilder as she talks about life on the prairie and reads her stories from the “Little House” books. The Library is located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues.

For further information about this and other programs, please call the Library’s Children’s Department at 714-825-4100 ext. 126.

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- January 24

The Buena Park Library District is sponsoring a free financial awareness seminar presented by Buena Park Chamber of Commerce members Peter Chow and Sylvia Woodside, who represent a large dealer/broker in financial planning. The seminar, entitled, Personal Finance 101: Getting Fiscally Fit, will be held on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s 2nd floor Board Room, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• Retirement facts
• Importance of planning
• Cash management
• Debts
• Rule of 72 – The magic of compounding
• Basic investment rules
• The high cost of waiting

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.

Christmas and New Year's Holiday Closure Dates -- Library and the Volunteer Guild Bookstore

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Monday, December 25th, in recognition of Christmas, and will be resuming normal hours on Tuesday, December 26th, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. The library will also be closed on Monday, January 1st, for New Year's Day, reopening on Tuesday, January 2nd for normal hours.

The Volunteer Guild Bookstore will be closed from Monday, December 18th, through Wednesday, January 3rd, and will be resuming regular bookstore hours on Thursday, January 4th, opening at 12 p.m. and closing at 7:30 p.m.

Volunteer Guild Having Members Only Double Discount Sale, Saturday, Dec. 16

The Volunteer Guild of the Buena Park Library, located at the Buena Park Library District, 7150 La Palma Avenue, is offering a few hours of unbridled joy for Volunteer Guild members at very reasonable prices. This annual special sales event will be held Saturday, December 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Guild’s second floor bookstore. Tables full of donations, including a large selection of audio books, music CDs and cassettes, music LPs, VHS movies, magazines, Christmas themed books of all kinds, and a ton of fiction and non-fiction titles will be on display for perusal and purchase. Come early for best selection!

Non-members can take this opportunity to purchase a membership for only $5.00 for a year’s worth of savings! If you remain a non-member, though, you will pay regular bookstore prices … which are still the best in town.

Also available at this sale is the 2007 Orange County edition of the Entertainment Books for $35.00, which is chock-full of discounts and coupons for a number of events and eateries all over Orange County. A limited number are still available, so stop by and purchase one for that certain someone who has everything!

For further information, please contact the Bookstore at (714) 826-4100, x123.

Tinker Bell Collectibles on Display

Tinker Bell
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A fantastic collection of Tinker Bell collectibles are now on display at the Buena Park Library District, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues. Caroline Egan, a Buena Park Library District staff member, has been collecting Tinker Bell memorabilia for a few years but states that Tinker Bell has always been a childhood favorite. A small portion of her collection is on exhibit in the Library lobby now through the end of December 2006.

Included in the display are mugs, watches, snow globes, music boxes, figurines, original artwork, pins, key chains, tea sets, desk accessories, and a set of "Disney Fairies," a new series of books about Tinker Bell’s friends from Pixie Hollow. The collectibles are from Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris and from London’s Disney Store, as well as our local Disneyland.

Tinker Bell originally appeared in the J. M. Barrie play "Peter Pan" in 1904. According to the Disney website, the pixie debuted on May 5, 1953 in the animated movie "Peter Pan" and is still used as an icon for Walt Disney films and television shows.

The Buena Park Library is open Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., but closed on Federal holidays. For information on how you might want to display your own collections for the public to see, please call the Library’s Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, ext. 125.

Thanksgiving Closures for Library and Volunteer Guild Bookstore

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Thursday and Friday, (November 23 and 24) in recognition of Thanksgiving, and will be resuming normal hours on Saturday, November 25, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 5 p.m.

The Volunteer Guild Bookstore will be closed from Monday through Saturday (November 20-25) and will be resuming regular bookstore hours on Monday, November 27, opening at 12 p.m. and closing at 6 p.m.

National Book Award Winners for 2006 Announced

The National Book Award Winners for 2005 are listed below:

• Fiction:
  Richard Powers
  The Echo Maker (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
  
  
• Young People's Literature:
  M.T. Anderson
  The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party (Candlewick Press)
  
  
• Nonfiction:
  Timothy Egan
  The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Houghton Mifflin)
  
  
• Poetry:
  Nathaniel Mackey
  Splay Anthem (New Directions)
  

Library Closure -- Veterans' Day

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Saturday, November 11, 2006, in recognition of the Veterans' Day holiday, and will be resuming normal hours on Monday, November 13, 2006, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.

Buena Park Library's Activities for Children - Halloween and After School

On Tuesday, October 31st, the Buena Park Library is having a Halloween Celebration in its downstairs auditorium, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. We are going to have some fun and games on Halloween Night and we are requesting all the children who attend to be IN COSTUME! We are planning games, crafts and a Costume Parade! So come ready to have a ghoulishly good time! For more information about this, please call the Library at (714) 826-4100 x126 in the Children's Area or go to our web page at www.buenapark.lib.ca.us.

Starting Wednesday, November 1st, we are having our annual "Krafts for Kids" event in November and December. It is a joint after-school FREE craft program with the Library and the Buena Park Recreation & Parks Department starting at 3:30 p.m. in the Library’s downstairs auditorium for six Wednesdays. The first program begins Wednesday, November 1st and runs through to December 13th, with no class on November 22 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. For more information about "Krafts for Kids," call the City at (714) 236-3860 or go to www.buenapark.com or call the Library at (714) 826-4100 x126 in the Children’s Area.

It is flu season again. Where do I get a flu shot?

Attention seniors 60 years of age and older. Receive free flu shots at the annual Flu Shot Clinic on Monday, November 6, 2006 at the Buena Park Senior Center, 8150 Knott Avenue in the Community Recreation Center. Flu Shots will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on a first come, first served basis or until serum runs out. Call the Senior Center at 1-714-236-3870 for additional information.

The County of Orange Office on Aging also has an updated schedule of additional flu clinics. Call the Office on Aging at 1-800-510-2020 or 1-714-567-7500 or go on line with www.findaflushot.com to find a flu shot clinic near you.

A flu shot is the best way to prevent the flu and avoid unnecessary complications or hospitalizations. However, there are additional preventive measures you can take to further reduce your chance of getting sick and spreading any respiratory illnesses to others: cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands often with soap and water, try to avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth, avoid close contact with those who are sick and if you get sick, stay home until you are better.