The Friends of the library elected new officers at its annual meeting on July 10th, 2012.

They include from left to right:

Treasurer Kay Jackson
Board member Carlene Makawski
President Gaylia Garrison
Board member Cindi Nicks
Secretary Lynette Montgomery
Vice president Jo Gressly
Board member Esther Francis

Not pictured is board member Patrick Dare.

As the new president of the Friends Board, I am looking forward to an exiciting year! A lot of you already know me from my nearly 30 years of working for the library in children's, circulation and reference services, and I hope to make many more friends while serving on the Friends board.

I am looking forward to our semi-annual book sale, which will be August 20-25 in the Belt Branch Annex, starting with our special sale for Friends members the night of Monday, August 20.

If you are not a Friends member now, please consider joining. We fund so many worthwhile projects for the library and would love to have you become a member. Membership forms are available at our Friends Used Bookstore (drop in for a cup of coffee and browse the amazing selection of books and other materials!) and in both libraries.