Friends of Library thank supporters

For those of you who do not know, Lorraine Jackson, our well-respected, creative, innovative, and cherished library director, is retiring Sept. 1. Lorraine's departure saddens us, but she assures me that she will still remain a part of our library community. We all wish her fulfillment in her endeavors after retirement. For certain, we know that she will never be bored. Our loss will be Bart's gain. Together, may they continue to explore life's wonders.

Congratulations to our high school scholarship winners for this year. The winners of the Pearl Dammers Memorial Scholarship are Andrew Dahl and Nishita Shah. Our Teen Library Volunteers Award winner is Gouri Dongaonkar. We appreciate the contribution of all the pages and student volunteers and wish all graduating seniors much success.

Again, our shared love of books - and a good bargain - was a common thread among the shoppers at our "Hot Books in the Summer Sun" book sale. Both rooms were packed with serious buyers of all ages. Tempting goodies to eat were decimated by the end of the sale. Between the sale of books, refreshments and memberships, we experienced yet another stupendous sale

Each and every individual who donated time and expertise helped to achieve this success. Please forgive us if your name did not come to our attention:

Raneel Ahmad, Luda Bakunovich, Sonia Bhutra, Amy Burzynski, Donna Burzynski, Chris Carbone, Evelyn Catoe, Ganesh Chandra, Mianna Cher, Abhimanya Cherukupall, Pat Dahl, Saleena Davidson, Dorayne DeMoore, Neja Dutta, Gary Edelman, Caryn Engel, Mary Fischbeck, Donna Flegal, Bud Freitag, Lucille Gassaro, Gilda Gildenberg, Larry Gildenberg, Kurt Gochko, Alissa Groome, Sweta Haldra, Suzanne Hayducka, Wendy Heisler, Sai Hemchandra, Tatyana Ivanyutenko, Lorraine Jackson, Mihir Joshl, Manju Khanchandani, Reema Khanchandani, Tahereh Kahzacinia, Ellis Klein, Claire Krucher, Amy Kuan, Norbert Kuliner, Julia Lea, Ceil Leedom, Jane Li, Michael Li, Barbara Lustig, Dan Maltby, Randy Marsalis, Pranita Mehta, Marion Moyer, Matt Mulligan, Vignesh Natarajan, Davika Patel, Deviya Patel, Juliana Peng, Shaza Rizvi, Catherine Rojvirat, Lease Ruddick, Ruth Ruddick, Ramya Sakthivel, Aditya Sanyal, Viji Savithri, Allison Schloss, Matthew Schloss, Lou Schwartz, Allen Solomon, Geri Stover, Dipan Thaker, Rucha Thaker, Bob Wiedis, Althea Wurmbrand, Morton Wurmbrand, Esther Young, Yan Yu Zeng, YAC volunteers, and of course, our wonderful staff.

Membership: Congratulations to Bob Wiedis, the winner of our "Hot Books in the Summer Sun" basket. The Giving Tree: A very generous donation was made to plate the trunk of our tree. We are most appreciate to Robert Stanton and Bharat Patel and look forward to seeing their inscription.

A leaf was plated in celebration of the life of Amy Feiman Behar by the Gittleman family. Please include your leaf, acorn, branch or steppingstone to honor a special person in your life. Envelopes are available to the right of the tree.

Please join us at our next meeting Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Don Taylor quiet study room. We always have room for another Friend.

Susan Edelman

Friends of South Brunswick Public Library