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Welcome!

Summer Reading Program
This popular program had over 200 children participate this summer. The program will close with a party on Thursday, August 12th at 4 pm with Wild Animals, Inc. Children can pick up prizes until August 25th.



Regular storytimes will resume after Labor Day.

Buzzy's Book Bash

A large crowd turned out to enjoy ice cream sundaes and to welcome back home-town author, Buzzy Jackson. Buzzy delighted audiences with readings from her new book, Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Geneologist.

Copies of Buzzy's book are still available at the Bookshelf at Hooligan Rocks. A percentage of the proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Friends of the Library.

Thanks to the many volunteers who made the event such a success and to the following sponsors:

Bookshelf at Hooligan Rocks
Curran Distributing
EventMasters
Girl Scout Troup #1313
Matthew Meschery
Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District
Villager Nursery and Gifts

Excitement is in the air!

Plans are moving forward for building a new library in Truckee.

This ambitious project is being directed by a special committee, the Building for Books Committee. The committee has taken several recent actions:

» A Sacramento based consulting firm, Municipal Resource Group has been hired to conduct a feasibility study. The study will help identify the best operational model for the new library.

» The committee is in the process of creating a fund development and communications plan.

» There have been presentations to local service clubs and several public meetings.

If you are interested in joining the Building for Books committee to help with planning a new public library for our town, please contact Seana Doherty or email truckeefol@gmail.com.

If you would like to have the Friends make a presentation at your organization or would like to donate to the new library planning efforts, please contact Ruth Hall at 587-7499.

To date the Friends have collected input from the community, town officials, and local leaders as well as started the work of identifying several potential sites.

The Committee had the wonderful opportunity to do a site tour with visiting, renowned architects Will Bruder and Richard Jensen. Will Bruder designed Reno's Nevada Museum of Art

If you have additional ideas or comments you'd like to share with the Friends, please send us an Email: truckeefol@gmail.com .

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