Join the Friends of the East Fishkill Community Library for a truly wondrous high tea at the home of Dave and Jan Bushey on Saturday, May 4.  Choose one of three seatings:

• 12 Noon
• 2:00 PM
• 4:00 PM.

On the menu – scones, English tea sandwiches, desserts, a variety of teas and that American staple, coffee.  Bring some friends or make new ones.

Reserve your place by calling Dave or Jan at 221-6123.

Suggested donation $20.  For more information, check out the Friends of the Library webpage.

Nothing priced higher than $2.00 and on Sunday, fill a bag for $3.00 or a box for $5.00 all day!

Support your local library and build you home library in one glorious shopping trip.  It’s a win/win.

The director, Gloria Goverman, makes the decision to close based on a combination of weather forecasts and and visual observation when possible.  The decision not to open, or to delay opening, is made as early in the day as possible – usually by 7 a.m.  She contacts all employees via email and then posts the information in a variety of places listed below.  If it starts to snow when the library is already open, she tries to make the decision to close early enough to allow people to get home before the roads become too hazardous.

She tries to keep closings to a minimum, however, when in doubt she chooses safety over everything else.  If you have any thoughts about how the library makes this decision, please contact Gloria – she’s happy to hear from you.  Be aware that when the library has an unscheduled closing, fines are not accrued.  We feel very strongly that we’re here to enhance your life, not give you more problems!

In the event that we have no power, the only notification that we’ll be able to post will be to WHUD Storm Center because that’s the only one we can do via a phone call.  And, with no power, you won’t get a message when you call the library – the phone will ring with no answer.

We post unscheduled library closings in a number of places:

• Cancellations.com (you can sign up to be notified by email when we post a closing)
• Twitter
• The library web page
• The library facebook page (Have you liked us yet?  Please do!)
• The online calendar
• WHUD Storm Center
• Cumulus Media
• The answering machine will give you a “the library is closed” message

Remember that our Spring Book Sale is the first weekend in May and our Fall Book Sale is the last weekend in October. Mark your calendars!

PS – Have you ever wondered about what we do with the remainders after the Book Sale is over?  Good news – we sell them to a company that sells what they can and then they recycle the rest.

The results are in and the budget passed with  152 yes votes and 46 no votes.

Pat Moore was re-elected with 162 votes, Rocco Martino with 163 votes and Barbara Zawadzinsky with 175 votes.

Thanks to everyone who voted and thanks to all of the volunteers who helped staff the voting stations!

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The East Fishkill Public Library District vote is scheduled for Thursday October 4 from 12 noon to 9 p.m.

On the ballot will be the budget and voting for three library trustees.

The ballot reads, “Shall the East Fishkill Public Library District increase funding to $785,984 in compliance with the state mandated 2% tax cap law, to be raised by an ad valorem levy and collected annually in the same manner and same time as other town real property taxes. ”

Three trustees are running as well; Barbara Zawadzinsky, Pat Moore and Rocco Martino.

Call Liz Colbert 221-9943 ext. 231 or email her at colbert@eflibrary.org for absentee ballot applications.  Absentee ballots must be returned to the library on the day of the vote.

The library is very pleased to announce that Jennifer McTigue Padgett is the winner of the brand new Kindle Fire!! Congratulations Jennifer and thank you for ‘liking’ the East Fishkill Community Library!

Although we didn’t hit 1,000 likes, we were able to bring our goal a lot closer with 899 likes, up from 629 when we started the campaign.  Thank you East Fishkill, for your likes and support!!!

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Help us to achieve our Facebook goal!  We want to have 1,000 “likes” two weeks from now.  If you “like” us on Facebook, you’ll be eligible to win a new Kindle FIRE!

All you need to do is “like” us on Facebook and your name will automatically entered into a drawing for a new Kindle Fire*!

Stop by our booth on Community Day, Saturday 9/15, and sign up right there!  Or, go to www.facebook.com/eastfishkilllibrary from the comfort of your own home.  It’s all good.

You have until September 29 to “like” us and have your name thrown into the pot.

Have you already “liked” us? No problem!  No need to do anything – your name will be included in the drawing automatically!

The drawing will be held on Saturday, September 29 at 4:00.

As with any drawing, there are a few rules:

• You must live in the East Fishkill Community Library’s service area
• You must have a personal, not a business or organizational, Facebook page
• Library trustees and employees are not eligible to win

*The Kindle Fire was not purchased with public funds.

Thank you volunteers who labored so hard (although some of you seemed to be having a lot of fun!). Special thanks go to the Friends of the East Fishkill Library for organizing the event, Jen Stengle for her leadership, Brent Feldweg & Lori Brengelman for their professional expertise  and East Fishkill Provisions for cookies.

Three district trustee positions will be subject to election.  Anyone interested in running for the three-year position of library trustee can pick up the petition forms at the library.  The incumbents intend to run for re-election.

Candidates must be qualified voters of the East Fishkill district.  The completed petitions, which must be signed by 25 qualified votes of the East Fishkill district, must be delivered to the secretary of the board of trustees on or before September 4 between the hours of 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

Good news – you can freeze your holds so that you have more control over when they arrive – and you don’t loose your spot on the queue.

Just go into your record and put a check mark in the Freeze Holds box.  When you return from vacation all tanned and relaxed, just go back into your record and remove the check mark and your place in the wait list resumes as if you’ve never been away.

So you can take that lovely vacation to Tahiti without worrying about Fifty Shades of Gray slipping past you while you’re on the beach.  Now if you can just find someone else to check  whether you left the tub running….