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Phone: 317-896-9391
FAX: 317-896-3702
Westfield Washington Public Library
333 W. Hoover Street
Westfield, IN 46074
www.wwpl.lib.in.us
Sheryl Sollars, Director
Sandy Rowland,
Assistant Director
The Westfield Washington
Public Library will strive,
in partnership with local
organizations, to provide
quality services, materials
and facilities that fulfill the
educational, informational,
technological, cultural and
recreational needs of the
entire community.
Friends News...
Friends Board:
Virginia Fiscus, President
Carly Schull, Vice President
Jeanette Wachtel, Treasurer
Marie Albertson, Secretary
The next Friends meeting will
be held on July 10, at 6:00
p.m.
The annual Craft Bazaar and
Silent Auction is coming in
October. Would you like to be
part of this fundraising,
community-minded event? If
so, please attend our next
meeting. Everyone is
welcome.
 
 
@ the Westfield Washington Public Library 
      A publication of Friends of the Westfield Library
Volume  6, Issue 6                      July 2009 
Westfield
Washington Planning for the Future—You are Invited!
Public Library
Board of Trustees:
You are invited and encouraged to participate in planning the future for the
Westfield Washington Public Library.
Carolyn Wheeler
The Westfield Washington Public Library Board of Trustees is in the process
President
of developing a new Strategic Plan for the library. This plan will enable the
library to continue providing quality library services for Washington Township
Mike Thomas
for the next three to five years.
Vice President
Bob Richardson The Library Board feels that community input is vital to a successful plan. We
encourage you to fill out the enclosed survey and return it to the library. The
Secretary
survey is also available online at www.wwpl.lib.in.us.
Paul Catlin
Treasurer The next step in the planning process will be Focus Group Sessions. We are
excited about this process and we would like to invite you to participate in
Nedra Hoard these sessions to hear more of your input as we plan the future of the
Mic Mead Westfield Washington Public Library. If you would be interested in
participating, please complete the information at the end of the survey.
David Weiss
Thank you for participating in the planning of the future of the Westfield
Washington Public Library. Your input is very valuable. (Survey enclosed)
Book Sales in 2009: The Library Board
meets on the
Aug. 7: Preview 6-7:30 pm second Wednesday
Pepper Profit Program
Aug. 8-15: Library Hours of each month at
Oct. 2: Preview 6-7:30 pm
7:00 p.m. Chili’s restaurant located at 14735 N. Meridian in Village Park Plaza in
Oct. 3-10: Regular Hours cooperation with Friends of the Westfield Library has agreed to give the library
Nearly New Book Sale: 10% of your purchases on the dates of July 8th and July 9th. This is a great
Dec. 4: Preview 6-7:30 pm Library Hours way for the library to earn some extra dollars. All money will be used to
Dec. 5-12: Regular Hours purchase items for the library. The coupon is located on the last page of this
Monday-Thursday
newsletter and must be presented when you pay. Thanks for participating and
9:00 AM-8:00 PM enjoy your meal!
Friday
9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM-5:00 PM Library Closed
Closed Sunday July 4th
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Summer Reading Program... Be Creative@Your Library
There is still time to sign up for the
summer reading program at the
Westfield Washington Public
Library.
You will need to read and/or lis-
ten to 10 books and you can also
receive credit for attending adult
programs, book discussions, ESL
classes, or reading three maga-
zines or reading three children’s
books to a child.
There are some very nice prizes
offered, including items donated
by the Westfield business
community. A grand prize draw-
ing will be will be held at the end.
Audio/Video Department...
You can really be creative at the
library during the month of July.
You are invited to join the group
for Craftivities at 6:30 pm on
each Wednesday
night. Each week
will feature a
demonstration of a
different craft,
ollowed by free time
to work on the craft of your choice.
Did I mention a cup of herbal tea? Congratulations to Daniel and we
Take advantage of this hour to
enjoy the camaraderie of other
crafters and enjoy the relaxed
atmosphere.
WWPL Board Meetings—June 10, 2009...
Teen Summer Reading
Program :
If you were signed up by
June 20th, your name was en-
tered in a drawing for tickets to the
Verizon Wireless Music Center.
The lucky winner was:
Daniel Hicks.
hope he enjoys the tickets and
keeps reading!
Circulation of materials for the Plan. Once the survey results have sessions have not been scheduled
month of May 2009: 39,172 been tallied, the next step in devel- yet, but will most likely be in late
compared to May 2008: 37,884. oping the plan will be Focus Group August or early September.
This was over a 3% increase from sessions. We feel public input is
The June Board Meeting was the
2008 statistics. New library cards crucial in creating a useful and
last board meeting for Steve
issued in May: 160. community-driven plan that will
Reitmeyer. Steve had served on
provide the library board the
Migration to Evergreen Indiana has direction it needs to continue to the board for 14 years. He
been tentatively scheduled for late provide quality library services to provided the library board with
October. We will be keeping you Westfield and Washington great leadership and guidance. He
informed of all of the new and Township. will be missed.
exciting features of Evergreen
Indiana through this newsletter, the We are excited about this process At the July Board meeting, we will
local newspapers and the library’s and we invite you to participate by be welcoming a new member to the
website. So, stay tuned. completing the survey and board: David Weiss.
volunteering to attend one of these
During the month of July, a survey sessions as we plan the future of (The board meeting minutes and
will be distributed to help the library the Westfield Washington Public packets are posted on the library’s
board with creating a new Strategic Library. Dates and times for the website at www.wwpl.lib.in.us.)

Most of you are familiar with Steve
Martin as a comedian, actor, and
writer, but did you know he is a
musician as well. In his latest
album, The Crow, Martin shows
his skill at playing the banjo. Five
of the songs were written by him
40 years ago. To compensate for
a lack of professional instruction,
he composed the tunes himself.
Other interesting titles added to
the CD collection are:
Kathy Smith’s Power Mix: a
selection of remixed music to help
you determine proper pacing
Happy 4th of July...
Most people in the United States
celebrate the 4th of July, but do
you know exactly why the holiday
is so important to our country.
The Continental Congress met in
Philadelphia and appointed a
committee to write a formal
document that would tell Great
Britain that the Americans had
during your exercise routines.
Karoake Party—#1 Hits of the
80’s: lyric book included.
Union Bible College: students
performing, five CD’s.
Jazz Wedding Album—First
Dances: 11 timeless love songs
for that romantic first dance.
decided to govern themselves.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of Independence and
it was approved by all the
members of Congress. They
revised the document and
declared their independence on
July 2, 1776, then officially
adopted it on July 4, 1776.
NEW DVDs:
Crossing Over
Defiance
Gran Torino
Inkheart
He’s Just Not That Into You
Revolutionary Road
NEW BOOKS ON CD:
Medusa, Clive Cussler
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, Janet
Evanovich
Robert Ludlum’s Bourne
Deception, Eric Lustbader
Fugitive, Phillip Margolin
Matters of the Heart, Danielle
Steel
Congress ordered that all
members sign the Declaration of
Independence. The next January,
Congress sent signed copies to all
the states. This document is not
just a piece of paper, but a symbol
of our country’s independence and
commitment to certain ideals.
Magazine Rack...
“The Buzz on Native Pollinators” in
National Wildlife discusses the de-
cline of the honeybees and other
pollinating animals. Scientists
estimate that in the United States
alone, native bees perform as much
as 3 billion worth of pollination
services annually. It also
illuminates what all of us can do to
conserve the pollinators in your
back yard.
Book Review...Top 10 of Everything 2009
The Top 10 of Everything (031.02)
by Russell Ash provides a
shorthand glimpse at what is
happening with the world economy,
global warming, deforestation, the
countries that will have the most
people and the densest populations
in the future, and other issues that
concern us all. At the same time, it
In case you missed it, in National
Review (June 8, 2009) is an article
about our own Indiana governor
Mitch Daniels including a picture of
him on the front cover of the maga-
zine. “Mitch the Knife” is described
as ‘The Blade’ . It is an interesting
article and should be read by all
Hoosiers—a good opportunity to get
to know your governor.
conveys a fascinating and
entertaining overview of the
amazing diversity of our planet and
its people. It lists, among other
things, the largest diamonds, the
largest snails, the heaviest and the
oldest people, the richest dead
celebrities, the largest shopping
malls and the most powerful
Mother Earth News has an article
that offers 35 tips to help you
handle pest control, weeding and
other peak summer garden chores.
“Keeping Up with Your Garden” is
good for those gardeners who like
to plant rather than pick. You can
use the guidelines in this article to
keep your garden
working
efficiently.
computers. If you want to know the
most common and unusual
phobias, the most borrowed and
the most translated authors or the
leading chocolate consumers and
the most overweight countries—this
is the book for you!