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THE LIBR ARY
JULY 2003
A NEWSLETTER OF THE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY,
THE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
THE WORLD’S BEST BOOK SALE
Foundation Launches First
Edition Society at May Luncheon
Once again the Friends of the
Library organized a most successful Spring book sale.
For more information
and Friends articles see
pages 4 and 5.
o
Alice Rivoire and fellow guests
Eduardo Valdez talks to daughter Lillian
before going in to lunch
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n May 16, more than 200 people attended The Inside Story Luncheon at
the Holiday Inn. Designed to spread the word in the community about
the library’s work, the gathering was a chance for those familiar and not so
familiar with the library to come together to learn more, and to consider
making a financial investment.
The event marked the launch of the First Edition Society, a group of library supporters who have pledged $1,000 or more a year for the next five years. The Society
is off to a great start with fifteen charter members. Spurred by a challenge grant from
the Park Foundation, First Edition Society members and other guests have contributed $165,945 in gifts and pledges of long-term support. Charter membership in the
First Edition Society is available until the end of 2003.
Lillian Valdez and her father Eduardo (pictured, left) were featured speakers at
the luncheon. Eduardo spoke of how libraries served as refuge and source for exploration during his formative years in Mexico. He continues the tradition of librarygoing with three-year-old daughter Lillian by visiting almost every Wednesday. Lillian
is a faithful attendee of Toddler Storytime, sitting right up front so she doesn’t miss a
word. Dad and daughter look forward each week to their special time at the library.
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F RO M T H E D I R E C TO R
A librarian on the road
a
fter 25 days, 16 states and 6,200 driving miles,
I can report that America is indeed beautiful
and spacious, our mountains are purple and that
the grain in Kansas does appear to be amber.
My husband and I took a road trip to the
Circus Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin; the Badlands of South Dakota; Mount Rushmore; Yellowstone; the Grand Tetons; Salt Lake City; Abilene, Kansas; Hannibal,
Missouri; Springfield, Illinois and Cleveland, Ohio.
As information junkies, we had to work hard to keep the number of guidebooks
and recreational reading to a minimum. We long for the day when cars come complete with on-board Internet access, so our curiosity and need for information can be
immediately satisfied through the touch of a keyboard. We even brought our laptop
computer with us, loaded with the CD ROM version of the Encyclopedia Britannica,
but we rarely referred to it—primarily because what we needed to know (where’s a
good restaurant, what’s happening in Sioux Falls tonight) couldn’t be answered with
an encyclopedia.
We used American Maps’s 2003 Road Atlas constantly—I loved the Large Print
edition! The 6th edition of the Rough Guide to the USA was the best one volume
source of information about cities and sights, sometimes irreverent, but always detailed and accurate. Two other books which came in handy (both purchased at the
Friends booksale) were National Geographic’s Scenic Highways and Byways, and Crossing America, A guide to the Interstates.
Having just finished The DaVinci Code before we left, I was hooked on Dan
Brown, and read two of his other books, Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress
within the first three travel days. But the best books were those we collected along the
way. I read On the Rez by Ian Frasier during the days when we were on Indian reservations in South Dakota and saw the Crazy Horse Monument. Diane Smith’s Letters
from Yellowstone was the perfect book to read while sitting in the Old Faithful Inn.
Every historic site comes with a bookstore. At the presidential sites of Truman,
Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Lincoln, along the Lewis and Clark Trail, the Oregon
Trail and the Mormon Trail, we were overwhelmed with the opportunities to read
more about it.
While we returned with more books than we can possibly read, we know that if
we need to know more, our public library will have what we need.
Janet Steiner
Tompkins County Public Librar y
marched with the Friends of the Library in the Ithaca Festival Parade
May 29.The Friends wore wacky book
titles such as, Pretend Your Nose is a
Crayon and other Strategies for Staying Younger Longer, and Spam: a Biography (yes, these are real book titles).
TCPL depicted a “panorama” of our
services and programs. The three
areas we highlighted were:
• TCPL’s participation in the community-wide read of Antigone (check our website for more about this)
• Summer Reading Program for kids — Picture This, Imagine That — Read!
• Library Lovers:Volunteers, Donors, and Friends of the Library
We would like to thank everyone who volunteered to march with us or who
helped us design costumes and props. A special thanks to Ann Rhodin for her work
and skill in creating our ‘Antigone’ attire.
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TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Gar y Woloszyn
President
Irene W. Stein
Vice President
John J. Gilbert, Jr.
Treasurer
Tonya Engst
Secretary
Rajindra Aneja
Thomas B. Colbert
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Gar y Ferguson
Marcia Fort
Carl F. Gortzig
Lee Miller
Pamela Moss
Tanya Saunders
Martin Shapiro
Janet Steiner
Library Director
TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC
LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD
Howard P. Hartnett
President
Robin Moss Hinchcliff
Vice President
Judson Kilgore
Secretary/Treasurer
Todd Bowers
Ginger Cohen
Thomas B. Colbert
Nathan Fawcett
Rochelle E. Proujansky
Frances A. Ramin
Alice Rivoire
Suzanne Smith Jablonski
Executive Director
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Frances Fawcett
President
Betta Hedlund
First Vice President—Membership
Regina Lennox
Second Vice President—Booksale
Emily and Joe Metz
Co-Treasurers
Kyllikki Inman
Secretary
Bill Apgar • Nancy Cool
Ginger Cohen • Barbara Cotts • Jeanne Peck
Eleanor May • Deborah Miller • Jean Robinson
Jean Strout • Amanda Ufford • Sharon Woloszyn
NEWSLETTER STAFF
Editor
Sally Grubb
Layout and Design
Mo Viele
Consultants
Janet Steiner
Suzanne Smith Jablonski
Contributors
Janet Steiner • Suzanne Smith Jablonski
Laurel Hodgen • Terry Harbin, Kyllikki Inman,
Katelyn Inman (photographs)
Regina Lennox (photographs) • Frances Fawcett
The Library Connection is published four times a
year by the Tompkins County Public Library
Foundation, 101 East Green Street,
Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 272-4557
Web page: www.tcpl.org
Printed by Arnold Printing Corp., Ithaca, N.Y.
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New Health Information Program
Links for Healthy Living to Unlock
Trove of Online Knowledge
t
hanks to a grant from the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine,
TCPL will debut Links for Healthy Living: Promoting Electronic
Health Information Resources in
Tompkins County this fall. A project of
the library’s Health Information Center,
Links for Healthy Living will give people
tools to manage their health and well
being by training them in how to find
reliable, up-to-date information online.
Whether looking for strategies to get and
stay healthy or ways to manage chronic
illnesses, people can find the knowledge
they need right at their fingertips.
Workshops to be held in September
and October will teach participants where
to find the most credible electronic consumer health information and how to
make sense of the sea of resources available online. Learners will learn how to
find and use electronic resources, links
to local health and human services, and
databases accessible via the Tompkins
County Public Library website (including National Library of Medicine databases MEDLINEplus and PubMed).
Sessions will be held at TCPL and the
community library centers in Danby,
Caroline and Lansing, with a special session for teens at Greater Ithaca Activities Center.
The project is but one of the programs and services of the Health Information Center. The Center was founded
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Jai Gopal K. Khalsa began volunteering at the library in February 2003 in the Circulation Department. Jai continues to
come once a week to help empty the book return bins and
when that is caught up she sorts and shelves videos and DVDs.
In addition, Jai will be working as a volunteer for the first
time in the Youth Services Summer Reading Program to help
register children.
Whenever you see Jai working in the library she is always
enthusiastic, full of energy and very efficient. Jai states she
loves books and libraries and is considering returning to school
to get a Master’s Degree in Library Science. What keeps Jai
coming back is finding new treasures to read that she might not see otherwise and
meeting new people.
Jai has also volunteered for the Friends of the Library since 1999 and gave 110
hours of her time last year. Jai started as a rough sorter and quickly took on more
responsibilities. Jai really enjoys being with other people who are interested in books
and being able to support the library. Jai feels that volunteering for both the Friends
and the library allows her to have the best experience.
Jai is passionate about community service and has a staff position at Loaves and
Fishes. Jai returned to Ithaca 4 years ago and is a definite asset to this community.
The library is very grateful for all that she does and the joy she brings to her work.
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in response to the growing desire among
local residents to take a more active role
in their well being. While this need continues (and will expand even more in the
coming years as the population ages), the
Center is presently underfunded. Supported by private funds raised during The
Campaign for the New Library in 2001
and 2002, the Center must now operate
on a project basis, with limited staffing.
Despite funding constraints, TCPL remains committed to meeting the community’s health information needs. We
continue to seek partnerships, grants and
private support to serve the community.
Links for Healthy Living has been
funded in whole or in part with Federal
funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-3521.
SAVE THE DATE
for training workshops
Thursday, September 18, 2003
6:30 – 8pm
Caroline Community Library Center
Friday, September 19, 2003
7 – 9pm
Lansing Community Library Center
Saturday, September 20, 2003
10:30am – 12:30pm
TCPL, Borg Warner Room
Thursday, October 2, 2003
6 – 8:30pm
TCPL, Borg Warner Room
Friday, October 3, 2003
4:30 – 6:30pm
FOR TEENS!
Greater Ithaca Activities Center
Saturday, October 4, 2003
10am – 12pm
Danby Community Library Center
To register for a workshop, please
visit http://www.tcpl.org/Health/
and sign up using the online form.
You may also register by emailing
[email protected] or by calling
Patricia Lia at 272-4557 ext. 250.
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FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
NEWS
The Friends of the Library Bag Sale
F
or the first time The Friends of the Library 2003 Spring
booksale held a bag sale from 4–7 p.m. on Monday
June 9 the day after the end of the sale. There were
247 people in line when the doors opened! It was a
huge success with 991 visits in 4 hours and 1,706 bags
of books sold.
There were crowds of people in every section having fun
seeing how many books they could get in a bag. The paperback Romance aisle was packed with eager buyers getting their
summer reading. A couple who rebind books for hotel deco-
President’s Perspective
Thanks to the superb efforts of
our book sale coordinator, Regina
Lennox, her three excellent assistants, and our hard-working volunteers, this year’s Spring book
sale was the most successful yet!
Since we began sorting last November through the end of this
sale, 183 volunteers worked more
the 5,800 hours. We had over
144,000 books (up 17% from last
Frances Fawcett
spring) and rainy weather (always
a benefit to us unless it’s a torrent), resulting in a 30% increase in sale income. Our new format of splitting the sale
between two consecutive weekends also increased attendance, as did the excellent pre-sale publicity. Total attendance equalled 8,899 visits. The bag sale on the last day was
a great success, with 247 eager people lined up before the
doors opened. Close to 1000 people bought 1706 bags of
books at $1 apiece before the evening was over. The record
number of books stuffed in one Wegman’s bag was reported
to be 60! After accounting for the bag sale, less than 25,000
books remained to be recycled or saved until the fall sale,
somewhat fewer than last year. (After the fall sale, everything remaining is recycled, so each year starts anew.)
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rating bought 81 bags of
hardcover fiction. The Children’s Section was filled with
parents and children who
were delighted to find good
classics, fiction, and non-fiction books and magazines still
available.
I interviewed some of the
busy buyers who found time
Sarah Gabriele Wertis, one of
the sales’s youngest customers
It’s always enjoyable to work at the sale. My favorite job
is floater—answering questions, guiding people to various
sections, straightening shelves, etc. As I was reshelving books
in the Health section a couple of shoppers were busily comparing finds behind me, when one of them said she couldn’t
find where any prices were marked. I turned and told her
that all items were 25 cents. Her mouth dropped and she
exclaimed, “You mean a quarter? Everything’s a quarter? Well,
that changes my whole strategy!” Another woman was delighted to be shown a whole shelf of fat V.C. Andrews novels
in the Occult Section. And a man with two toddlers was
pleased to find there were still plenty of children’s puzzles.
Then there was the grad student standing in front of the
Literary Criticism section lamenting that she hadn’t discovered “ the world’s best book sale” until her last year in Ithaca.
“The World’s Best Book Sale” has several goals. When
setting the sale prices we keep in mind that, in addition to
raising money for the Library and our Outreach programs,
we want to make as many books available to as many readers
in the community as possible. So we don’t raise our prices
too often. And we keep the prices affordable, with decreases
as the sale progresses. We’re also interested in seeing the
remaining books get into reader’s hands rather than going
to the shredders, so we are pleased that the bag sale has
generated such interest. Now, we are hard at work preparing for the fall sale, and I will end with a reminder that we
are accepting book donations until September 1.
Frances Fawcett
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to talk while they filled their bags:
Bob Doherty was amazed with
the quality of what was left for the
bag sale. He found some good “summer music” in records but was disappointed that Mozart was gone.
Adrian Bergling, who came with
his grandmother, said he was excited
by “all sorts of things you can get in
a bag for a dollar — movies, books,
Adrian Bergling
comics, puzzles and games!”
Marci Bean said, “I’ve come to the Spring sale (all) four
days and each time I buy more!”
At 8 months old, Sarah Gabriele Wertis was one of the
youngest customers. Her dad,
John, said he “comes every
year to both sale. We go to the
Librar y, too, but it’s nice
there’s no overdue fines when
you shop at the Booksale.”
Deb Bachmann, visiting
from Madison, Wisconsin,
said “This bag sale is a great
idea—I’m going to suggest it
to my home library.”
Kyllikki Inman
Bob Doherty at the bag sale
Third Graders from Louisiana Visit the Booksale
T
he Spring Booksale had ended with the spectacularly
successful bag sale on Monday June 9. By Friday the
Booksale volunteers and the Probation workers had
accomplished a small miracle — all the books to be
recycled were off the shelves and disposed of, the tables rearranged and everything ready for the rough sorters to begin
work again on Saturday morning.
At 1:00 on Friday most of the huge building was dark, deserted and quiet. In the Children’s Section, in the back corner,
however, lights were shining brightly, and the sound of excited
children’s voices could be heard.
This story started at the Sciencenter last winter, when a
volunteer, Dani Novak, mentioned to another worker that his
daughter taught in a southern school where there were almost
no books to read. The second volunteer explained the problem
to Suzanne Spitz, an avid volunteer at both the Sciencenter
and the Booksale. Suzanne passed this information on to me,
because I sort in the Children’s Section. As a result, we sent six
boxes of unsaleable children’s books (without covers or in poor
condition) to the third grade classroom of Edna Novak at the
Edna Novak (back right) and some of the Louisiana families
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West Saint John Elementar y School in Elgard,
Louisiana. She shared the
books with other classrooms in the school and
the Booksale received
thank you letters and pictures from the children.
Early in June, after a
winter of fundraising in
Louisiana, seven of the
children and their parents
made a trip to Ithaca.
Even though they were
told that the building
would be empty, the children wanted to see the
Louisiana students at the Booksale
Booksale site. On Monsite
day an anonymous customer bought 7 bags of books at the Bag Sale and on Friday
these were displayed in the children’s section. The children and
parents had a wonderful time choosing books to take home.
The rest were boxed to send back to their school’s library. One
of the fathers was given a box of magazines and puzzle books
to keep the kids occupied on their trip home.
The delightful children who visited were: Coi Duronslet,
Justice and Ronnie Feist, Eumekia Jackson, Asasha and Austin
Terry and Jasmine Thomas. They and their parents also visited
Enfield School, where they have pen pals, the Sciencenter,
Stewart Park, Sapsucker Woods and other local attractions. The
high point was a visit to Niagara Falls where they went on the
Maid of the Mist. Finally there was a large picnic supper and
group sing at the Novak’s home for the families and Ithaca
people who helped with the visit. Edna Novak did a fantastic
job in arranging this wonderful experience for everyone.
Laurel Hodgden
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A Hearty Thanks to Foundation Donors in 2002
In 2002, 802 generous donors contributed $163,026 to the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation. Private gifts to the Library Foundation supplement public funding and create a first-rate community resource. Here’s how some of the donations were put to work:
• Sunday hours from September 2002 to May 2003
• New books and materials purchases, including new fiction, CDs, DVDs and videos, classical music
recordings, large print books and youth ESL and foreign language materials
• Teen writing workshops
• An outreach program to encourage a love of reading and libraries among the children of West Village
• Planning and marketing activities for community library centers in Danby, Caroline and Lansing
• A new endowed book fund to ensure our collection’s future growth
As the need for the library’s services continues to swell, private contributions are increasingly important. The investment of countless individuals, foundations, local businesses and corporations, government agencies and civic groups yields dividends for our entire community.
The Tompkins County Public Library Foundation thanks the following supporters for helping enrich
lives and expand minds:
Gifts through December 31, 2002.
$10,000 – $49,999
Seth W. Burchard
J.M. McDonald Foundation, Inc
Anonymous
Mrs. Barbara W. Little
New York State Assembly
The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust
$5,000 – $9,999
Abbott Associates
Professor and Mrs. Michael
Kammen
$1,000 – $4,999
Phyllis L. Allen
American Library Association
Rajindra and Sarla Aneja
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. Hans A. Bethe
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Colbert
John and Inger Gilbert
Marvin and Annette Lee
Foundation, Inc
Kenneth A. McClane
Medical Society of the County of
Tompkins, Inc.
Park Foundation, Inc.
Barbara B. Payne
John Scott Poucher
Joyce Sirlin-Rand and Richard Rand
George V. and Jean A. Smith
Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Cushing Strout
Tompkins County Finance
Ann Ward
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Jeanne A. White
$500 – $999
Robert H. Abrams
Joan Bechhofer
Avery and Lois Beer
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Butler
The Community Foundation of
Tompkins Co. Inc.
John Crandall
Prof.and Mrs. Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Eissner
Fraternal Order of Eagles Ithaca
Auxiliary
Howard P. Hartnett
W. Wright Kirk, Jr.
M & T Charitable Foundation
Mrs. William T. Miller
Harriet L. Moeller
John and Robin Moss Hinchcliff
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Rochester Area Community
Foundation
Rotary Club of Ithaca
Daniel Schwarz and
Marcia Jacobson
Paul Sherman
Mr. and Mrs. James Spero
Phyllis E. Stout
Tompkins Investment Services
Helen L. Wardeberg
Charles and Nancy Wolfram
Professor and Mrs. Frank Young
$250 – $499
Carolyn and Tim Ainslie
Anonymous (2)
Bill Cooke Imports, Inc.
Harriet B. Brittain
Ms. Percy Browning
Cargill Incorporated
Mr. and Mrs. R. Davis Cutting
Clover Drinkwater
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fontana
Dr. Steven Gelber and
Ms. Robin Tuttle
Brad and Mary Grainger
Sidney and Bobbie Green
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Haley
Rebecca and Ron Harris-Warrick
Carman and Sandra Hill
Larr y R. Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Kahn
Andrew and Tamara Kobziar
Nelda B. Kubat
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Marcus
Amy McCune and David Winkler
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miller
The New York Times Company
Foundation, Inc
Mrs. Richard M. Ramin
Dorothy Reddington
John and Cheryl Rigas
Jean and Elizabeth Rowley
Salomon Smith Barney Charitable
Trust, Inc.
Edwin Salpeter
Security Mutual Insurance Co.
John and Shelley Semmler
Mr. and Mrs. Alain Seznec
Kirk Sigel
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Soyring
Suzanne Spitz
Janet Steiner and
Edward Kokkelenberg
Robert and Dorothy Summers
Rev. and Mrs. John Teeter
Sarah Thomas and Peter B. Hirtle
David and Susan Watkins
Erik Westwig and Karen Trible
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Widom
Stephen and Amy Yale-Loehr
$100 – $249
Mr. and Mrs. Barr y Adams
John and Elaine Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Allen
Richard Allmendinger and
Ms. Teresa Jordan
Anonymous (8)
Professor and Mrs. Neil Ashcroft
Autodesk, Inc.
Robert and Nancy Barlow
Mary Berens and Paul Feeny
Carolyn O. Boegly
Mrs. E. Bolgiano
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bonamie
BorgWarner Morse TEC
Barbara Brenner and
Jonathan Plotkin
Mr. and Mrs. Urie Bronfenbrenner
Laurie Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan B. Brumsted
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Bylebyl
James and Terr y Byrnes
Michael Cannon
Patricia J. Carden
Eric and Kay Cattarulla
David and Linda Caughey
Pamela Cawley
Harold and Ginger Cohen
Timothy and Mary Ann Colbert
Claire H. Conta
Lenore Coral
Pat and Phil Cornell
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Barbara Correll
Jonathan and Janet Corson-Rikert
Robert and Barbara Cotts
Jane D. Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. Leland R. Crawford
Jonathan Culler and Cynthia Chase
Professor and Mrs. Tom E. Davis
Paul and Catherine Dawson
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Deathe
Carol Devine and James P. Sethna
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dexheimer
Henry and Frances Doney
Ronald and Dora Donovan
Katherine Darrow Durant
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Earle
Emerson Electric Co.
Lawrence Endo and Caron Bove
Tonya Joy and Adam C. Engst
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Esman
Mr. and Mrs. H. Brainard Fancher
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Farley
Nathan and Frances Fawcett
Howard and Rosalind Feinstein
Martha L Fineman
Finger Lakes Agility and
Obedience Association
Barbara L. Finlay
Harvey and Bryna Fireside
James A. Flanders
Dora Flash-Bourne and
Russell Bourne
Alex Flecker and Alison Power
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foulkes
Marie Gast
Denise Gelberg and Charles Wilson
Charles and Eileen Gibson
Margaret I. Gibson
Ruben N. Gonzalez
David and Synnova Gooding
Sandra Greene
Sally and David Grubb
David Guaspari
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gunn, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hardin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harrison
Brian Heltsley and Ann Hofman
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Heppel
Ronald Herring
Thomas Hirasuna and Jean Hunter
Peter U. Hohendahl
Anna K. Holmberg
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Honig
Jean Houghton
John and Martha Hsu
Dr. & Mrs. Henry Humphrey
Priscilla L. Hurdle
Mary S. Jaffe
Stephen and Lorraine Johnson
Laurie Johnston
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Jones
Meeri H. Kaaret
Jeffrey Kadlecik
Dr. and Mrs. Judson Kilgore
Mr. and Mrs. Robert King
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter C. Kozen
Meredith Kwiatkowski
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Langhans
John and Ann Lemley
Samuel L. Leonard
Laurie Linn and Eric C. Lindstrom
Theodore J. Lowi
John and Kathy Ludders
Denis Mahoney
Suzanne Hotte Massa and
John M. Todd
Ellen McCollister and
Robert H. Frank
Betty J. McKnight
Grace McMenamin
Jean and Dan McPheeters
Yvonne C. Meinwald
Natalie A. Melas
Mr. and Mrs. Arnim Meyburg
George and Nina Miller
Harold Mills
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Mittman
Timothy and Elizabeth Mount
Robert G. Mower
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Nelson
Deborah O’Connor and
Peter Lepage
Alice N. Pell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Phelan
Mr. Karl A. Pillemer
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Porter
Russell and Sarah Posegate
Richard L. Quaas
Barbara B. Quirk
Quirk-Garvan Family
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Ramstad
Gilbert F. Rankin
President and Mrs. Hunter
Rawlings, III
Marion Raymond
reQuest technologies, inc
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Resler
Roger and Arlene Richardson
Richardson Bros. Electrical
Contractors, Inc.
Virginia K. Rinker
David and Margaret Robertshaw
Elma B. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Roscoe
John and Toni Rosenbaum
Mar y Crane Rossiter
Judith Rossiter and William Kaupe
Mrs. James N. Rothschild
Arthur and Enid Ruoff
Helen Saunders
Carol Scheele
Raymond and Kathleen Schlather
Mr. and Mrs. George Schmeltzer
Fred B. Schneider
Andrew Sciarabba
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shapiro
Myra Shulman
Caroline C. Sievers
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Silsbee
Victoria Smith
Jeffrey and Suzanne Snedeker
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sokol
Ann F. Spector
Staff of Tompkins County Public
Librar y
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Stanton
Lauren M. Stefanelli
Peter and Irene Stein
Wanda and Jim Stouffer
Lynn Swisher
Abbie Tamber
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Taube
Torrent Hose Company Five
Donald and Karen Trotter
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ufford
Aurora R. Valenti
Karen Vogtmann and John Smillie
Thomas P. Volman and
Leslie Horowitz
Elaine M. Walker
John and Diane Wallace
Warren Real Estate of Ithaca, Inc.
Jeffrey A. White
Emily and Richard Whitman
John and Yasuko Whitman
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Widding
Meredith Williams and
Gladys Birdsall
Alex and Lola J. Winter
Sharon and Gary Woloszyn
Carl Yanez
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Yarussi
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Bettie Lee Yerka
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Ziegler
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Bruce D. Abbott
Rebecca Abraham
Nancy Adams
June T. Alex
Mara Alper
Connie and Ed Amici
Mary-Hale Andres
Anonymous (23)
Martha J. Armstrong and
Lois Levitan
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ashton
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Avery, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Baines
Beverly Baker
Alison and Todd Balan
Martje Baldini
D.G. Bancroft-Gowin
William Banner
Joan M. Barnes
Anna Bartel
David Bassanelli
Merry Jo Bauer
Daniel A. Baugh
Barbara S. Bayer
Randi Beckmann and
John Hoffmann
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Beer
Kelsine Behan
Margaret M. Berian
Karl and Mary Berkelman
Mr. and Mrs. Erik J. Beukenkamp
James and Virginia Bizzell
Susan Blumenthal and
David L. Kreinick
Bear and Mer Boel
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Boisvert
Elizabeth Boniface
John and Margaret Bracewell
Katherine Breen
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Brenna
Virginia Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodhead
Martha Brodhead
Kate Bronfenbrenner and
Coert Bonthius
Broome DDSO
Catherine Brown
Susan and Ken Brown
E. Wayles Browne
Nancy and Bruce Brumfield
William Buffone
John and Mary Beth Bunge
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Burlitch
Professor and Mrs. Allen Bushnell
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Camp
Harley and Annie Campbell
Robert and Jean Carman
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carpenter
Ann F. Cedarholm
Larry E. Chase
Stephen U. Chase
Robert and Martha Cockram
Suzanne Cohen and Philip Davis
Susana and Royal Colle
Mr. and Mrs. Gould Colman
Karen Comstock
Carrie J. Corbin and Vicki Gayle
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cordes
John and Ann Costello
William J. and Marcella Cox
Karen E. Creenan
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Darsie
Joe Davenport
Peter J. Davies
Susan Dean
William and Sarah Demo
George and Elsie Dentes
Andrew Diamond
Deborah and Douglas Dickerson
Molly Diesing
Joline Digiacomo
VOLUME VI, ISSUE 3
William J. Dinard
Frank and Barbara DiSalvo
Jessica Lynn Dodge
Robert and Esther Doherty
Lyn Donohue
Drama Club of Ithaca
Matthew and Mildred Drosdoff
Edward and Robin Dubovi
Jean M. Dunlavey
John Efroymson
Richard Ehrlich
Mark and Paula Eisner
Donald C. Enright
Madeleine Ernstoff
Cynthia Estes-Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evett
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Ewing
Michael and Mary Faber
Paul Farli
H. Elizabeth Farrell
David Faulkner and Ellen Gainor
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Feist
Kenneth and Lorraine Felch
Joan K. Fenner
Dorian and Terrence Fine
Mr. and Mrs. David Flinn
Tessa Sage Flores
David and Alanna Fontanella
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Foote
Jean and Brian Ford
Professor and Mrs. Raymond T. Fox
Thomas Fox and Maria Constanzo
Danny Fox and Karen Knudson
Benjamin and Carolyn Franklin
Jeff, Paige and Taylor Frey
Betty Friedlander
Martha Frommelt and David
Feldshuh
Dr. and Mrs. Charles L Garbo
Marilynn Gazevitz
Pamela Gearhart
Margaret A. Gerlach
Anna D. Geske
Emmanuel P. and Harriet Giannelis
Elizabeth M. Gillis
Nancy Given
Sarah Glogowski
Mr. and Mrs. Angus Chavers Godwin
Michael and Susan Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Goldstein
Daniel and Ruth Goodenough
Carl and Jean Gortzig
Sibyl R. Gould
Raymond Gozzi, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Granados
Robert and Eileen Gravani
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gray
Stan and Dawn Greene
Bradley and Nita Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grimm
Nancy Grossman and
Donald Swanson
Sol Gruner and Rosemarie Parker
Thomas E. Gudeman
Eileen Hagerty
Bruce and Pauline Halpern
Joseph Hamilton
Margaret C. Hampson
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Haney
W. G. Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harriott
Robert and Margaret Harris
Helen C. Hartnett
Herbert B. Hartwig, Jr.
Jerome and Joan E. Hass
Judith and Timothy Healey
Kathlyn B. Heaton
Jaime and Suzanne Hecht
Donna Heilweil
John Henderson and
Margaret Shepard
David and Christina Henke
Dr. and Mrs. Bogumil W. Hetnarski
H. Thomas Hickerson
Edward and Anna Hickey
Robert Andrew Hillman
Diane I. Hillmann
Hazel Hinaman
Roald Hoffmann
Dick and Kathe Houpt
Sarah E. How
Morgan Howell
Brigid and Alan Hubberman
Garr y and Gay Huddle
Laurie Jane Hultberg
Alice Humerez
Kevin and Marian Ingerson
Lillian O. Isacks
Italian Study Group
Kathleen Jacklin
Judith Jackson
Louise F. Jackson
Jay S. Jacobson
Sandra Jacobson
Andre and Jean Jagendorf
Phyllis Janowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Jewett
James J. John
Robert G. and Mable Johnson
Yevgeniy Kalinin
Mr. James Karpinski
Slade Kennedy, Jr. and
Geraldine Jones
Ms. Rosalind Kenworthy
Graham Kerslick and
Jennifer Wilkins
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kesten
Prof. and Mrs. Gordon Kirkwood
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Klein
Heinz and Judith Koch
Kathleen and John Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kronik
Dr. and Mrs. Oo Hyon Kyong
Dominick La Capra
Carol A. LaBorie
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lalor
Lillian J. Lee
Lehigh Crossing Apts.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Leibovich
Michael and Selina Lenetsky
Peter Lent
Clara O. Leonardo
Lynn Leopold
Deborah Levin
Diane H. Levine
Gilbert and Ilma S. Levine
Robert A. Levitsky
Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis
Allyn and Barbara Ley
Jennie M. Lia
Martha Ellen Linke
Simpson and Esther Linke
June Locke
Douglas and Anh Thu Look
Ruth E. Lovelace
Mr. and Mrs. John Lumley
Barbara D. Lynch
Jemma Macera
Lucile P. Macera
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Mackay
Karl F. Madeo and Linda Schempp
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mai
Fran Spadafora Manzella
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martin
Joyce M. Masterpaul
Keely Beth Maxwell
James A. Mazza and Nancy Osborn
Carol H. McFadden
Elizabeth McGrath-Scott and
Randy Scott
Donald and Marion McPheeters
Mr. and Mrs. Philip McPheron
Bridget Meeds
Marilyn Mendelsohn
Susan M. Merkel and
Joseph B. Yavitt
Jodie S. Meyers
Diane Huff Mica
Lori Micho
Linda Mikula
Scott A. Miller
Arthur C. Mintz
Nell I. Mondy
Alice D. Moore and Robert S. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Morey
Barbara Morse
Carol Mosch
Jane Mt. Pleasant
Dr. & Mrs. Louis Munchmeyer
Linda Myers and Sanford Gutman
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nicklaus
Diana Nier
Leonard Nissenson
Mary Nygaard
Mr. and Mrs. Girard Oberrender
Christine Olson and Dennis Miller
Todd Olson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Overbaugh
Thomas G. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Oyer
Gloria Ozmun
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Paddock
Barbara Page
Jeanne R. Paisley
Sonya and Carl Pancaldo
Patten’s Jewelers
Thomas and Katharine Payne
William and Lisa Payne
Peter Penniman and Susan Fritts
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Perr y
Lois H. Peter
Sybil S. Phillips
Christine and Leonard Pogorzala
Enid J. Pollack
Jill H. Powell
Lloyd and Betty Powell
Bard and Gina Prentiss
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Preston
Andrea Priori
Frank and Jean Proto
Elaine and Andrea Quaroni
Kathleen M. Quinlan and
James P. Bower
Joel Rabinowitz
Dr. Linda Radomski
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ramage
Barbara H. Randolph
David and Beverly Reasor
John and Rosie Rice
Michael Riley
John and Alice Rivoire
Anne R. Robbins
John Rogers and Claudia Stoscheck
Thomas and Gwendolyn Rogers
Golda Hoffman Rosenfield
Judith Rothenberg
Carol Rubenstein
Laurie Rubin
Theresa and Myron Rush
Nancy and Laurence Russell
J. Edward Russo and
Paula J. Winner
Jeffrey and Caroline Rusten
Grace Saatman
James and Gail Salk
Sidney Saltzman
Roger F. Sandsted
Lisa Sanfilippo
Joel Savishinsky
Ernest & Beverly Schaufler
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scheraga
Priscilla Schneeberg
Herbert and Elisabeth Schryver
Neil, Sally and Ben Schwartzbach
Beatrice Schwoerer
Mark and Dorothy Scorelle
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Selden
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin F. Sellers
Prof. Shankar and Mrs. Mala Sen
Cecilia S. Sercan
Ruth B. Sharp
Duane and Michelle Shoen
Nirmala and Shiva Mohan
Shrivastava
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Susan Frey, Lisa LeBad and Janet Steiner pose with Mert LeBad after he received
a Pride of Workmanship Award from Ithaca Rotary
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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Stories in the Park
at Dewitt Park Farmers Market
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EVERY TUESDAY
through September 2
Moreland the Magician visits Youth Services
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. JULY 21
Tin Can Fantasy Factory
at Dewitt Park Farmers Market
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. JULY 29
Dos Madres Storytellers visit Youth Services
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. JULY 31
Cayuga Nature Center’s
Pee Wee Naturalists Program
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. AUGUST 11
Babies Books & Bounce Time and
Pre-School Storytime
6:30 –7:00 p.m. AUGUST 21
Teens Write with Irene Zahava
4:00 -5:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER 10, 11, 16 AND 20
Library Book Discussion Group reads Antigone
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER 25
EXHIBITIONS
Wrap Yourself in Art
an exhibit of wearable art
JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
Art in the Heart of the City
sculptures in Ezra Cornell and North Reading Rooms
JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER — part of exhibit
sponsored by the Ithaca Downtown Partnership
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Sola Art Gallery
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The Thimble Club
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Gray Thoron
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United Way of Tompkins County
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Robbert VanRenesse and
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Richard Warkentin
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Washington Park Neighborhood
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Exxon Mobil Corporation
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First Church of Christ
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Sarah Glogowski
Sally Grubb
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Fred Madeo
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Scott Miller
Nell I. Mondy
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Evelyn Sandford
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