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Book Sale Friday, February 3, 2-5 p.m. (members only) and Saturday, February 4, 11-4 p.m. (open to the public).

Library Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tues. and Thurs. from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., and closed on Sun. and holidays. Other LAPL libraries.

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January library events: To be announced. See LAPL's San Pedro Library web page.

An Afternoon with Lisa See and Dreams of Joy

Spend an afternoon with Friends of San Pedro Library as we present Ms. Lisa See, the author of On Gold Mountain, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls. Ms. See will be speaking to booklovers on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at The Grand Annex, 434 West Sixth Street in San Pedro. The event will start at 2:00 p.m. Reservation is $15 and includes a complimentary copy of her most recent book Dreams of Joy. Download the reservation. We anticipate this event will sell out very quickly. Please make check payable to Grand Vision Foundation and send it to 434 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. Visit their website at www.grandvision.org to read about all their upcoming events.

Louis Zamperini cancelled, Robert Kent CEO of Pacific Battleship Center to present USS Iowa instead

Louis Zamperini will not be the speaker for our January event due to ill health and weakness he sustained after a bout with pneumonia. Instead, Robert Kent, CEO of Pacific Battleship Center, will be making a presentation of the USS Iowa which will be arriving in San Pedro early in 2012. Download the Special Edition Winter 2012 for further information on USS Iowa.The presentation will be held on Sunday, January 29th at the Cabrillo Aquarium Auditorium starting at 2:00 p.m. We are not taking reservations but ask that a $10 donation be made at the door. Download the flyer. Cabrillo Aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen M. White Drive in San Pedro, California. Aquarium parking is $1.00 per hour.

Dinner at Port O' Call Restaurant with Friends and John Bogert

Close to 100 members joined the Board of Directors of the Friends of San Pedro Library at their Annual Election and Fall Dinner on October 22 at the Ports O' Call Restaurant in San Pedro. Dinner started with a salad with light balsamic dressing and was followed by a choice of pan-seared chicken or salmon, both with cream sauce. The dessert was a decadent chocolate cake, very calorific and very delicious. After dinner, newsletter editor Cecelia Moore and Life Member Patricia Colby read the list of all of this year's events and recalled how successful they were. Correspondence Secretary JoAnn Kostelas followed with a sneak-preview of the events that are being planned for the coming year. President Jerry Gusha introduced the guest speaker for the evening, John Bogert, columnist with the Daily Breeze, who has been delighting readers for over 25 years in the South Bay area. As usual, the audience was treated to his wonderful insights and anecdotes. He talked about many topics including the Legio Nona Hispana, the Roman Ninth Legion that mysteriously disappeared in Scotland in AD 83 and the Picts that fought them; how history is recorded by those who can write; Gutenberg's movable type; an incident that made him believe in guardian angels; and a will, written on several canvas-size sheets of velum he had picked up in England of Sir John Clay, a baron who willed everything he owned. He was delighted to learn that a member of his audience grew up in his home town of Utica, New York, and used the same library he did as a child. Later, he fielded questions from the audience and answered them with his usual wit and charm. It was great to see that he is still as vibrant as ever despite his recent bout with cancer. After the entertainment, President Jerry Gusha asked the members if they would like to nominate any new members to the board and accept the current board members. There was one nomination—Patricia Colby-- and the current board was accepted with a resounding “Yes!” At the end of the evening, members were invited to pick a book from the many books that were brought from the Friends Book Store, as a thank you for their continuing support for Friends of San Pedro Library.

LAPL Hours of Operation

• Central Library
  • Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Regional libraries (San Pedro Library)
  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Branch libraries
  • Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 pm.
  • Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• All libraries will be closed on Sundays and holidays.

Updating Friends Website

The website will be updated during the first week of each month to keep our visitors updated on the events and activities at the library. You can also follow us on our Friends of San Pedro Facebook page or www.twitter.com/friendsspl. These pages will be updated weekly depending on the activity level.

Be a Friend! Join Today

Print and fill out a membership application. Download Membership Application Form

Download Friends Winter 2012 Newsletter and read about our upcoming events: Louis Zamperini (Jan 29), Lisa See (Feb 19), and the Pennyroyal Players (Mar 31); Find information on upcoming Friends events and much more.

For questions about our newsletter email us at: newsletter@friendsspl.org