We just got word that our new library director, Kate Pohjola will be serving as a celebrity chef in the Dave Thomas Celebrity Cookoff benefitting Spaulding for Children, a private non-profit foster care and adoption agency. Join her and watch her cook There is more online here: http://spaulding.org/events/4/2011-dave-thomas-celebrity-coookoff/. There’s a fact sheet here, too: http://spaulding.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DTCC-Fact-Sheet-2011.pdf
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One of our kind residents has just donated dozens of train videos to us and we’re sure that these are something somebody else would desperately love to have. We just don’t know exactly who that is? Do you love trains or know somebody who does? Can you help us find somebody who’d be willing to buy these tapes at an extremely reasonable price? Do let us know at ferndalefriends[dot]org(at)mail{dot}com. Here’s a list of just the tapes in Box 1 (there are many boxes):
| Producer | Title |
| Bly Rail | Railside in Florida |
| Bly Rail | Maine Rails |
| Trains on Location | Canada’s Canyon Conquest |
| Hot Rails | The Great North American Rial Safari |
| Neff Video | Ontario Rail Volume 1 |
| Keith Trains | #60 Tennessee Valley Railroad |
| Keith Trains | #84 CN Algoma Central |
| Pentrex | Mexico Volumes 1, 2, 3 |
| Pentrex | Winchester and Western a Big Little Shortline |
| Pentrex | The Copper Canyon Chihuahua Pacifico |
| Pentrex | Maine |
| Pentrex | Amtrak Auto Train |
| Pentrex | Hot Rails through the Twin Cities |
| Pentrex | Today’s Shortline and Regular Volume 1 |
| Pentrex | Those Incredible ALCOS Volumes 1, 2, 3 |
| Pentrex | British Columbia Railway |
| Pentrex | British Columbia Rail Cab Ride from Sea to Sky |
| Pentrex | California Baldwin Diesels |
| Pentrex | Union Pacific Challenger |
| Pentrex | Conrail Hot Spots West |
| Pentrex | B and O Odyssey Volume 2 |
| Pentrex | McCloud River Railroad the Early Baldwin Diesels |
| Pentrex | SP’s Geeps and Cadillac’s Vintage Workhorses |
| Pentrex | Eastern Quebec’s Ore Line Volumes 1 and 2 |
| Pentrex | Arizona Shortline |
| Pentrex | U-Boat |
| Pentrex | LTV Mining Railroad |
| Pentrex | The Joint Line |
| Pentrex | The NASA Line |
| Pentrex | KCS Across the Meridian Subdivision |
| Pentrex | Missouri Kansas Texas |
The Friends of the Ferndale Library demonstrated on Saturday, August 13, that a love for books, music, arts and culture is not inconsistent with a love of teamwork and sports-related injuries. Not that we won. In fact we lost the first three games and tied the last one (we were actually behind after three innings but the Ferndale Community Foundation allowed us to redeem ourselves in a two-run fourth inning that put us ahead). But we had fun and received all sorts of minor scratches and scrapes that we could use to impress our friends and neighbors with our physical intrepidity. And we raised over a hundred dollars for the Friends of the Library.
Thanks to our players–Kelly and Jeff Farrah, Tim and William McElgunn, Matt Nowaczok, Jim O’Donnell, Kyle Pollett, Joanne Scharich, Kat Diehl, and Melissa Wilson–to our cheering section consisting–sons and daughters of the Deegan-Krause, Farrah, McElgunn, O’Donnell, and Wilson families–and thanks to Joann Wilcock for organizing the whole thing. We look forward to playing again next year.
For those with interest, there are a few online traces of this event:
- Keith Dalton made a nice video: http://www.youtube.com/user/FerndaleMi?feature=mhee
- Ferndale Patch did an excellent story and photo shoot: http://ferndale.patch.com/articles/photo-gallery-ferndale-youth-assistance-team-wins-in-nonprofit-kickball-tournament#photo-7361578
Yes, the oddly textured from grade school is back. And far from the triumphs and humiliations of the playground, it now offers a chance to benefit some of the best causes in Ferndale. We are looking to put together a winning team from among the Friends of the Library. This means not only Friends members but also their family, friends, kickball-skilled acquaintances, and hopefully a few ringers who played in this year’s “World Kickball Championship.”
The procedure is simple: We gather at Martin Road Park at 10am on Saturday August 13 and play a few games for a few hours. Cost is $20 per person, but you get a t-shirt and all the rest of the money goes to the charitable groups we care about (Ferncare, Friends of the Library, the Ferndale Community Foundation, Ferndale Youth Assistance).
If you would like to play (and I hope you do), let me know as soon as possible, and let me know your t-shirt size so we can order the right amounts in advance. It would be best, therefore, to know by Sunday the 7th.
If you want more information, let us know at ferndalefriends.org@gmail.com or take a look here: kickball flyer 2011. Feel free also to forward it to anybody who would be interested. We look forward to playing games with you!
The Ferndale Public Library is looking for Friends Volunteers Children’s Summer Reading. The library needs one volunteer for July 23, July 30 and August 6 and three for the carnival on August 13th. If you are interested please call and talk to Jillean McComons at (248) 546-2504 or email her at jilleanmc[at]gmail{dot}com
Big day tomorrow at the library:
- 10am: Special Library Board meeting to decide on new director http://www.ferndale.lib.mi.us
- 11am-3pm: Help us set up and sign up for the Summer Reading Program
- 3:30: Friends of the Library Annual Meeting. We need a good turnout for a quorum and to plan for the future so please show up if you’re a Friend.
A note from Library Trustee Jim O’Donnell:
Friends:
You are cordially invited to a community reception for Library Director Candidate Kate Pohjola, to be held at the library at 7:00 PM on June 14th. Come with questions to ask her or just say hello. Do come with a light appetite, as light refreshments will be served. Please see the flyer for more information.
You are, of course, invited to stay for the library board’s second interview with Ms. Pohjola.
Regards,
Jim O’Donnell
Library Trustee
In the last year we’ve opened a new library, survived a flood, reopened an even newer library, built a Friend’s store from scratch (twice), helped with a dozen library events, and supported library efforts at all levels.
One year after last year’s successful “reboot,” join us to celebrate the Friends’ successes, see friends, plan for the future, and vote in new officers at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18 in the Library’s Community Room, 222 E. Nine Mile.
A nominating committee is preparing a list of candidates for the board positions. We will be looking to our members for a new president and treasurer. If you are interested in these positions or any other opportunities to get involved with the Friends’ board, please contact nominations committee chair Bridget Deegan-Krause at bridgetmail {at] gmail [dot} com.
A Benefit for the Ferndale Public Library and Queer for Books
Blumz… By JR Designs
503 East 9 Mile Rd
Ferndale, MI
Hosted by Blumz by JR Designs and Queer for Books
Featuring Author: Kathe Koja
June 3rd, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
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Please join the Ferndale Public Library’s new GLBT book club, Queer for Books, for cocktails, appetizers, live music, and Victorian punk fun to begin your Pride Weekend!
Under the Poppy, June’s featured book, is the critically-acclaimed story of two men in love and war, at a notorious Victorian brothel theatre. Under the Poppy has also been adapted for an immersive stage presentation. Buy your copy of the book at this event, meet author Kathe Koja, and receive a specially autographed copy of the stage show script at the next Queer for Books meeting on June 25th.
Tickets are $30, available in advance at the Ferndale Public Library and Blumz, and $40 at the door. All proceeds are tax deductible, and will benefit the Queer for Books Collection at the Ferndale Library. And your ticket stub is your ticket to the event’s afterparty at Menjo’s!
Victorian punk costumes encouraged- tophats, fishnets, bustles . . .
Come get Queer for Books Under the Poppy!
Live music by (the) fundamentalists
Sponsored by Menjo’s and BLUMZ BY JR DESIGNS
The Ferndale Science Fiction Book Club will take a meet again on June 8 at the Ferndale library (222 E. Nine Mile) at 7pm.
Recognizing how busy we all are, we’ve picked a book that has both a novel-length version and a short-story version: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, a classic about children and war, strategy and exceptional talent
Read the novel, or read the short story. Or, for the fun of getting into the author’s mind, read both and see what he added to the short-story for the transition to novel form (and what he took away).
The short story is available online (apparently with the author’s permission) here: http://www.hatrack.com/osc/stories/enders-game.shtml
Copies of the novel-length work are available throughout the TLN library system:
- The book: http://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/cejIWKip7g/FERNDALE/200390047/9 and http://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/rquWG4cga8/FERNDALE/200390047/9
- A downloadable book (through Overdrive): http://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/WsR1TWWA9D/FERNDALE/200390047/9
- An audiobook (not at Ferndale but at several nearby libraries): http://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/nop92YCj83/FERNDALE/200390047/9
If you cannot obtain a copy please contact Kevin Deegan-Krause at kdecay@gmail.com.
The Ferndale Science Fiction Book Club will take a break in April and resume on Wednesday, May 11 at the Ferndale library (222 E. Nine Mile) at 7pm.
On the 50th anniversary of its publication we read one of the classics of the 1960s, one that has lots of implications for the world of half a century years later.
Copies of the books we choose are available throughout the TLN library system (http://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/qXlQGH6SGp/FERNDALE/242080182/123) but if you cannot obtain a copy please contact Kevin Deegan-Krause at kdecay@gmail.com. For more information, see: http://ferndalefriends.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=481&action=edit&message=6
On the 50th anniversary of its publication we read one of the classics of the 1960s, one that has lots of implications for the world of half a century years later.
Copies of the books we choose are available throughout the TLN library system (http://catalog.tln.lib.mi.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/qXlQGH6SGp/FERNDALE/242080182/123) but if you cannot obtain a copy please contact Kevin Deegan-Krause at kdecay@gmail.com. For more information, see: http://ferndalefriends.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=481&action=edit&message=6
The last time the book club met was November of 2010. By some quirk of fate–or power of prediction–we managed to read Margaret Atwood’s “The Year of the Flood” just days before a fault in the plumbing system poured 15,000 gallons of water into the library.
Since what we read seems to come true, library has asked us please not to read “Fahrenheit 451″ and so instead we’ve chosen a book, which–if it comes true–may offset the decline in property tax revenue: Neal Stephenson’s “The Diamond Age.”
The Diamond Age is an extraordinarily inventive novel, notable for its attempt not only to think about the possibilities of nanotechnology, but of that technology’s effect on how we arrange our personal, social and political lives. Plus, it’s fun.
Copies of the book is are available throughout the TLN library system (http://ferndalefriends.org/ferndale-science-fiction-book-club-every-second-wednesday-at-seven/) but if you cannot obtain a copy please contact Kevin Deegan-Krause at kdecay{at]gmail[dot}com.
The Ferndale Reads program encourages everyone from our community to read and celebrate one book.
This year, the library has selected a favorite among the staff: John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things.
The story follows young David through a garden wall and into a magical world filled with creatures of all sorts, good and bad. There, David must try to rescue his mother and find his way home again.
The line-up of events includes The Crooked Man’s Open Mic Night, a film series, book discussions, The Play of Lost Things at Go Comedy!, and an appearance by John Connolly himself.
Find the full schedule here at:
http://www.ferndale.lib.mi.us/images/stories/fernreadschedule.pdf
The Ferndale Science Fiction Book Club continues in November the library (222 E. Nine Mile) at 7pm.
In honor of the 2010 elections we’ll be talking apocalypse and reading Margaret Atwood’s new “The Year of the Flood” which is available at the Ferndale Library (and almost every other library in the system) and even by downloadable audiobook.
Come for the conversation even if you haven’t read the book (and we’ll try not to spoil it for you)!
Ferndale Science Fiction Book Club, today (Wednesday) at the library (222 E. Nine Mile) at 7pm. We’ll be talking What Ifs (in this case Philip K. Dick’s Man in the High Castle in which the US lost WWII) and what nexts (which books we should read in future).
Come even if you don’t know the book!
A new series for those who like to make stuff and do stuff without having to buy or plug in a lot of other stuff. Low tech. Low stress. Low key. But lots of fun.
Where: Ferndale Public Library, 222 E. Nine Mile
When: EveryFourth Thursday, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Come for a few minutes or the whole time, to ask advice, offer suggestions or just enjoy the company of those with similar hobbies. In September we will focus on stuff you can do with yarn, string and thread.
Call 248-660-0335 and leave a message for more details or email: ferndalefriends.org@gmail.com
Mary Ann Neal, Longtime Ferndale Library Trustee, Resigns. Board Seeks Applicants to Fill Term
August 27, 2010
For Immediate Release
For Additional Information Contact:
Ann Warner, President, Ferndale Library Board 248.546.1850 or annwarner@wowway.com
Mary Ann Neal, a Ferndale Library Board Trustee for 18 years, has resigned effective October 1, 2010.
She stated that during her service on the board she “saw both the board and the library change and grow. My dream of a newly expanded and renovated library has come to pass and it is time for me to move on to other challenges.”
“To say that Mary Ann put her heart and soul into the board and the library is an understatement,” said Ann Warner, President of the Board. “Her hard work and dedication over these many years were unwavering and her determination to serve until her dream of a new library in Ferndale was realized is admirable. The board, the library, Ferndale residents and library patrons have all benefitted from her many contributions.”
Ms. Neal’s resignation leaves an open seat on the six-member board, which will appoint an interim successor to serve until the next general election. Persons interested in being appointed to fill the seat should send a resume or letter outlining their qualifications and stating why they wish to serve on the board. Letters should be addressed to the Ferndale Library Board and may be sent via e-mail to ferndale.libboard@gmail.com or may be mailed to or dropped off at the library at 222 E. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale, Michigan 48220. Applicants must be Ferndale residents. The deadline for applying is Monday, September 20, 2010. Applicants will be interviewed at a Special Meeting of the board to which they will be invited via an e-mail or letter from the board.
It’s no longer hard to justify science fiction as “serious” literature, since it seems like everybody’s doing it these days–Michael Chabon, Philip Roth, Kazuo Ishiguro, Margaret Atwood–but the best justification is that it is fun to read.
So join us on Wednesday, October 13th for our first Ferndale Science Fiction Book Club meeting. We begin with a classic alternate history story: Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle (which takes the standard Nazis on Mars nightmare and enriches it with a subtle considerations about the meaning of truth, history and authenticity.
Copies are available throughout the TLN library system but if you cannot obtain a copy please contact Kevin Deegan-Krause at the address below.
- For more information about the book, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_high_castle.
- For the tentative schedule of future readings for this and other book clubs, see the google calendar
- For more information about the club and to make book suggestions, email Kevin Deegan-Krause at kdecay[at]gmail[dot]com
We’ve had our sneak peek and our community preview. Now the fun really begins. The new Ferndale Public Library opens its doors to the public tomorrow, Monday, August 2 at 9am.
Two local businesses have generously agreed to be there to provide a little something to those who show up early: coffee from Chazzano Coffee Roasters, 1737 E. Nine Mile, 248-691-4256, and doughnut holes from The Fritter Shop, 741 E. Nine Mile, 248-545-7295. Thanks to these local businesses for being with us “from day 1.” Their gifts are truly a case of “while supplies last” and we don’t know how long they will, so show up right at 9am if you can!
Thanks again to the folks at Chazzano and the Fritter Shop.
For those of you who have not yet heard, we just received the following bit of news:
The Ferndale Public Library will reopen for business on Monday August 2 at 9:00
a.m. We’re looking forward to seeing you!”
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