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.

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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.

Ceramics Display at the Buena Park Library District

Ceramics created by local artist Yoojin Kim are now on display at the Buena Park Library District. Over a dozen of her fantastic creations are on display in the lobby now through the end of December 2005. The Buena Park Library District is located at 7150 La Palma Avenue in Buena Park, between Knott and Western Avenues.

Ms. Kim studied ceramics at California State University Sonoma and had a studio for several years. This is her first public exhibition. Ms. Kim stated that we live in a fast-paced world and we often don’t think about what we are doing. "It is important to stop and think. Art serves as a vehicle to do that." Ms. Kim stated that when she was younger, she felt she had no direction. "Art gave me a way to express my feelings." She hopes that other young people might be drawn to art as a means to find direction and expression in their lives.

Many of her pieces are humorous, but upon further reflection and study, an underlying pain is perceived. One piece, "Confussion I", was the result of a blind date set up by her mother. The artist thought her date was unattractive, yet had to deal with the pain and confusion of his rejection.

Stop by the Buena Park Library District and take some time to examine the works of thoughtful and sensitive artist. 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.

Volunteer Guild's "Members Only Double Discount Sale" -- Saturday, Dec 10th

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 10, from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 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 2006 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.

After School Fun -- Krafts for Kids!

Children ages 6-12 yrs. are encouraged to join the City of Buena Park's Recreation Staff for a fun-filled hour of Krafts for Kids. This free drop-in program is sure to bring alive your creative side.

For more information, please call 714-236-3860.

Dates and Time:
Wednesdays, November 2 - December 14
No program on November 23
3:30 - 4:30 pm

Location:
Buena Park Library
7150 La Palma Avenue

National Book Award Winners Announced

The National Book Award Winners for 2005 are listed below:

• Fiction:
  William T. Vollmann, Europe Central (Viking)
  
  
• Nonfiction:
  Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (Alfred A. Knopf)
  
  
• Poetry:
  W.S. Merwin, Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press)
  
  
• Young People's Literature:
  Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks (Alfred A. Knopf)

Knitting Class for Teens -- Monday, November 28th

Just in time for Christmas gift giving, teens can attend a knitting class and knit a scarf for someone special. The class is Monday, November 28th from 6:00-7:45 and will meet in the downstairs auditorium at the Library. Teens need to bring size 19 U.S. needles (or larger) and two thick and fluffy yarns in two colors that go together.

For further information and fun facts on knitting, check out these links:

• About.com site on learning to knit
• Knitting needle sizes and conversions
• How to buy knitting needles

Hope to see you on November 28th!

Free Financial Planning Seminar -- Saturday, Nov 19th

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, Financial Blunders: Lessons We Never Learn, will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2005 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 Rayna Elmendorf, a member of SOFA.

Topics to be covered during the program include:

• When and how to deal with stock and stock options
• How to “preserve” and “protect” our assets against a plunging market
• The bank, is it really the place to “save” money?
• How truly naïve we are in understanding the market…great opportunities, great risks
• How to avoid losing up to 40% of your retirement plan on the day you walk away
• How to avoid strangers becoming guardians of your children in the event of an untimely death

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.

Program of Supernatural Experiences -- Tuesday, Oct 25th

The Buena Park Library District will be presenting a talk program and slide show of supernatural experiences that have happened in Southern California and other parts of the United States and the world. The program, entitled, A Haunting We Will Go, will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. in the Buena Park Library’s basement-level auditorium, located at 7150 La Palma Avenue, Buena Park, California. The guest speaker will be Mr. Hal Fowler, a local area resident.

During the program Mr. Fowler will present a slide show and talk about some of the strange and unexplained sightings and experiences that he has had during his lifetime. Many of the areas he will discuss are familiar to Southern California residents: the Queen Mary steamship; the University of Southern California campus; Downtown Long Beach; the Dominguez area near Long Beach; Buellton, Culver City, Fallbrook, and the San Bernardino Mountains. Other areas he will discuss include: Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Kwajalein in the Central Pacific Ocean.

This program is free of charge and the public is invited to attend. It is appropriate for teens and adults. Due to the nature of the topic, it is not recommended for children and preteens. No reservations are necessary. For more information, please call the Buena Park Library District Reference Desk at 714-826-4100, extension 125.