POULSBO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Email: poulsbofriends@gmail.com
Facebook: Poulsbo Friends of the Library
KRL website: www.krl.org/poulsbo
PO Box 484, Poulsbo, WA 98370
PFOL NEWS
At the annual meeting on September 14,
2026, the following members were elected or positions filled.
The following
slate was presented:
Officers
● President:
Paula Dowdle
● Vice
President: Karen Andre
● Secretary:
Mackenzie Ryan
● Treasurer:
Nancy Teske
● Past President: Carol Larsen
Directors
● Bob
Schulte – continuing
● Betty Bos
– continuing
● Ricky
Harrison – continuing
● Sharon
Heim – continuing
● Alison
Breeden – filling the position vacated by Marge Dyer
● David Rice – continuing
The slate was read to the membership, and the membership was asked three times whether there were additional nominations from the floor. No additional nominations were given.
Our September book sale returned
$2,955.93 for our efforts. Thank you one and all for your patronage. Our reasonably priced used books profit our
Library Branch in many ways. Programs and non-budget items that are not
included in Tax Payer funding are made available by our efforts and your
patronage. Books also are kept out of landfills and there are many excellent
non-fiction topics and fictionalized literature to enhance your reading
pleasure for a minimal amount of cash.
Our next book sale will be held in the Community Room on Saturday, November 14, from 10:00am to 2pm.
If you are thinking of volunteering, set up is on Friday November 13, from
9:00am to noon and Saturday sale hours will be from 9:00am to 3:00pm, which
includes our sales and the clean-up and packing away of books. We would love to
have your help and we share food for lunch on Saturday, if you care to bringing
something. If you have ordered or would
like to have a PFOL T-shirts, they will be available at the meeting.
We are beginning to plan for the PFOL Holiday Pot Luck to be held on Monday, December 7. Volunteers will be needed and requested at the October 5th General Meeting. You may be contacted by our Volunteer Co-Ordinator, Carol Larsen, if you leave a phone number or email.
KRL AND BRANCH NEWS
******As time moves on and the seasons change, so it is with
our Branch Manager, Pam Crowe, who will be retiring April 2nd, 2027.
Pam has been an excellent coordinator with us during our many changes and our
need for a dedicated partner. Thank you, Pam, from the bottom of our PFOL hearts.
******
As a reminder to you and others the current PFOL book sorting
area will be enjoying a refurbishment of shelving for our many book donations,
making sorting for book sales easier for those engaged in its preparation. The
Community Room will be given over to that preparation and will be used by PFOL
sorters and KRL facilities exclusively in January. The Community Room will be
closed to others. Shelving has been
ordered. Delivery will be in early
January. The sorting area floors will be also be cleaned, repaired and sealed.
PFOL board approved sharing costs with KRL for the reconditioning of the
concrete floors.
Because of the book sorting room refurbishment
and the planning needed prior to sorting room refurbishment and use of the
Community Room, there will be changes made to the 2027 PFOL Book Sales and General meeting
dates. Stay with us for
further information. We expect to have everything resolved before the November General
meeting and the book sale and will confirm at that time.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEWS
Our PFOL website will be completed
and launching sometime in October. You can access it now at this address to see
what is coming.
poulsbofriendsofthelibrary.com
PFOL Directors had discussions
concerning old shelving disposal (Fishline will be happy to take our old
shelving, tables or chairs), needs and costs of new signs announcing our Book
Sales, support for a Girl Scout sponsored project of adding feminine hygiene
products to the rest rooms, and a needed plan prior to sorting room refurbishment.
REMINDER: The BOOK PAGE, a PFOL complimentary
compilation in paperback form of books and reviews, is available monthly in the
Elevator and Upstairs in the library area. Enjoy! Ask at the library desk for help, if needed.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
*Monday, October 5, 10:00am,
General Meeting, Speaker will be Linda Eakin-Johnson of the League of Women
Voters, Voters Services.
*Monday, November 2, 10:00am, General
Meeting, Speaker, Charlie Thompson, Executive director of FISHLINE Topic: Services offered by FISHLINE
*December 7, Festive Holiday Pot Luck
*Saturday, November 14, 10:00am to
2:00pm, Book sale in Community Room
Poulsbo community events can be found
at the following website. www.visitpoulsbo.co
Literary Quotes for October
October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around
the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”
– John Sinor
“The clear light that belongs to October was making the
landscape radiant.”
– Florence Bone
“Then came October, full of merry glee.”
– Edmund Spenser
“October is a symphony of permanence and change.”
– Bonaro W. Overstreet
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
– L.M. Montgomery
“I wish that every day was Saturday and every month was
October.”
– Charmaine J. Forde
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when
everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all
year for the grand finale.”
– Lauren DeStefano
