September 2008 Issue 1
Library Buzz is Here!
Welcome to the library's first issue of Library Buzz. The Buzz is the library's new eco-friendly way to keep library users informed of programs, events, and other happenings being offered at the library. The Buzz will be e-mailed monthly to anyone who signs up on the the library's homepage.
As this is a new format for us, there may be some growing pains to start. Please e-mail slove@chulavista.lib.ca.us with your feedback so we can make this newsletter the most useful we can.
Thank you,
Scott Love, Public Relations/Cultural Programming Manager
At Risk for a Foreclosure?
Do you know what your rights are and what the scams to watch out for? Attorney J. Alan Enochs is hosting a series of programs at Chula Vista libraries to help owners with these questions and more. The next workshops will be:
South Chula Vista Branch, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Independent Film Festival to Feature Award Winning Foreign Films 
During September, the library will be showing award winning Independent films from the Film Movement series every Sunday at 2pm, at the Civic Center Branch. These films are unrated, and are recommended for ages 17 and over.
Sept. 7 – La Gran Final (The Great Match)
Sept.14 – Viva Cuba
Sept. 21 – Madeinusa
Sept. 28 – The Violin
Too Good To Miss
Ritual by Mo Hayder. Hayder gives us a taut, chilling tale of clandestine occult practices, New Age medicine, and the drug underground, set in a hyper-modern urban landscape challenged by colliding immigrant cultures.
Takeover by Lisa Black.
When high-level executive Mark Ludlow is discovered beaten to death in front of his house, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean and her fiancee, homicide detective Paul Cleary, investigate.
Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures by Matthew Reinhart. Visiting mythical beings around the world, from household brownies to the merfolk lurking deep below the sea.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. Murakami's latest is a nonfiction work mostly concerned with his thoughts on the long-distance running he has engaged in for much of his adult life.
This Book Isn't Fat, It's Fabulous by Nina Beck. 16-year old Riley Swain, pushed into spending Spring Break at an upstate New York "fat farm" by her father's fiancee, is happy with her weight but finds she has a lot to learn about friendship and love.
California Romantica by Diane Keaton. Three hundred full-color photographs capture an array of California's Mission-Style and Spanish Colonial houses from the early twentieth century.
Chula Vista Public Library Locations
Civic Center Branch |
South Chula Vista Branch |
EastLake Branch |
Heritage Museum |
Library Card Design Contest Ends October 15
Do you have what it takes to design an eye-catching library card? Your artwork could be featured as one of the library's new designer cards. With themes of "My First Library Card" for kindergarten through 3rd graders, and "I Love My Library" for 4th grade through adult. All Chula Vista library cardholders Kindergarten to adult can participate.
Applications can be downloaded from the library's homepage or picked up at your local branch. All entries must be received by October 15. Winners will be announced in December, with the new designer library cards available for purchase beginning in February 2009 for National Library Lovers Month. See the application for complete rules.
Use Your "Most Important School Supply" During September
Library users have an opportunity to win some prizes in September, the American Library Association's Smartest Card campaign month, which promotes the use of libraries and library cards.
Children and teens can win a backpack full of supplies. Adults will be able to win a book bag full of goodies, including a one-year movie subscription. Visit the library for more details.
Saving the Planet One Kid at a Time!
Do you want to know everything about "going green?" The EcoKids Club is for ages 7-12, and kicks off the last week of 
September.
EcoKids Club is a fun six-week program to help kids learn how to reduce, recycle, and reuse. Please contact your branch to pre-register for this as space is limited!
Civic Center Branch
Wednesdays, Sept. 24 - Oct. 29 at 4 p.m.
South Chula Vista Branch
Thursdays, Sept. 25 - Oct. 30 at 4 p.m.
EastLake Branch
Saturdays, Sept. 27 - Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.
Enter a World of Adventure @ The Magic Tree House Party on 
September 26
The library will be celebrating the release of Mary Pope Osborne's 40th book in the Magic Tree House series with a great party at the South Chula Vista Branch on Sept. 26 at 6:30pm.
All participants will receive a Passport as a guide through a series of adventures. The Fern Street Circus will also be on hand to perform their magnificent show. Please contact your branch to pre-register for this event as space is limited!
Friends Corner: Frank & Joan Rosem
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This first edition of Library Buzz honors Frank and Joan Roseman who have given 40 years of service to the Library and our fine city.
Our library would struggle to exist without the kind of commitment and dedication given by volunteers like the Rosemans. Frank and Joan are regularly sighted at the Civic Center Branch Library pitching in to help with whatever needs doing, organizing projects and attending meetings to provide leadership to the library's growing Friends network.
Frank retired from Rohr Inc. as a Manufacturing Engineer, serving as President of the Civic Center Friends in the early 70s and founding the Heritage Museum in 1992. Frank was the recipient of the U. S. President's "Call to Service Award " from the U.S. Freedom Corps in 2006. Frank volunteers many hours a week helping the Friends and managing the On-Line Bookstore. Check it out at www.Abebooks.com.
Joan retired after 20 years as a School Nurse. She has served on the Executive Board for many years and has most recently graciously stepped in to serve as President of the Executive Board of the Friends when we lost Harry LaBore.
Both have also been docents at Chula Vista's Nature Center where Frank also serves as a member of the Friends of the Nature Center Board. Married since 1945, the Rosemans are parents to two children, including a daughter who is also a Friends volunteer.
Thank you, Frank and Joan, for your priceless service to the community and for instilling a love of the library in your children...