Signing off as President After 14 years as President of the Friends of the La Mesa Library, I am happy to announce that our organization has found a new leader. At our annual general membership meeting on September 28th, Melony Watson stepped forward to take on the role of President. She joins Robin Theilmann (Vice President), Christine Ly (Secretary), Leslie Stump (Publicity), Justin Walker (Membership), and me (Treasurer) as your new board. We now have a vibrant younger group that will continue to look for ways to improve and promote library services to our city. I want to thank Bob Thatcher who served as Treasurer, Joyce Richter who handled Membership, an...
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Happy New Year to you all. I am looking forward to the coming year for a variety of reasons. First and foremost is that I will be stepping down as President next summer! I will have served in this capacity for 14 years and it is time for a fresh perspective. I won’t be leaving the Friends, just stepping over to be treasurer. If anyone has the time and interest to take over, or to fill another position on the board, please let me know. My email address is: [email protected]. The following are some other Friends of the La Mesa Library highlights: We await news from the City of La Mesa on the response they got when they approached the Postal Service about moving out of their current location in the Civic Center. If they do, the library can be...
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The first library field trip for third grade classes from Rolando Elementary was a great success!
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The library hosted a booth at the La Mesa Earth Day Festival at MacArthur Park on Saturday, April 22nd.
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