Recycling Company Donates Profits to San Marino Public Library Building Fund

Campaign Co-Chair Nick Stonnington and Library Director Carolyn Crain accept check from Library Foundation donor Dennis Magrdichian.

Local businessman Dennis Magrdichian of Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. [www.burrtec.com] has donated the proceeds from his company's recycling efforts at the City's July 4th celebration to the San Marino Public Library Capital Campaign. The funds raised will go toward the construction of a new library building, which is scheduled to begin in July 2004.

Summer Reading Program Wrap-Up

The Summer Reading Program was a huge success at the San Marino Public Library. Over 630 children registered for the summer reading program "It's a Jungle Out There...Swing Into Your Library". The YA program also had an astonishing number of participants, with over 150 teens signing up to "Get Wild...Read" The San Marino Public Library would like to congratulate all of the 188 children who read 20 books during the summer and completed the youth program. Those children who finished the program received a special reading award, a certificate from the Rainforest Café and a gift certificate from the San Marino Toy and Book Shoppe.

The annual summer program concluded on Saturday, August 2nd with a magic and puppet show performance by Wonderworld Puppets. The winners of various contests held throughout the summer including a poetry, drawing and name the rainforest bird and monkey, were also announced.

The staff at the San Marino Public Library would like to thank all the children and teens that participated in the San Marino Public Library Summer Reading Program. We would also like to thank all the "Ticktockers" from the National Charity League who donated a countless number of volunteer hours. We also want to thank all the businesses that helped support the Summer Reading Program through their donations of reading incentives and prizes. Your participation played a crucial role in the success of the San Marino Public Library's Summer Reading Program. Last but not least, we would like to especially thank the Friends of the San Marino Public Library. Their hard work and dedication make it possible to continue the Summer Reading Program every year.

Winning Kids

Name the Character:

Bird, "Mr. Peck": Jack Basalari

Monkey, "Macarena": Michelle Floyd

Poetry Contest:

Rachel Linton

Michelle Floyd

Chanica Veranunt

Drawing Contest:

Alec Chang

Ashley Chuck

Sasha Netchaev

Juice It Up Cup and Certificate:

Kate Benuska and Jonathan Shue

"It's a Jungle Out There" T-shirt:

Jacques Shih and Jack Basalari

Rainforest Stuffed Bird:

Andrew Liu

Hollywood Video Coupon:

Victoria Chung, Nate Glenn, Elizabeth Shelburne, Shane Fox, and Christian Lee

Pasadena Ice Skating Pass:

Jake Agajanian

Star Athletics, 1 Month of Free Classes:

Alya Lamba, Aaron Tran, Grace Zhung, Ben Hubsch, Larissa Phillips, Jennifer Binley, Matthew Lin, Kyle Ezold, Matthew Higdon, and Elizabeth Hannan

San Marino Toy & Book Gift Certificate:

Jacqueline Chang, Andrew Zong, and Megan Martinez

Shakey's Pizza Gift Certificate:

Hillary Santoso, Thomas Krimmel, and Jordan Agajanian

Bahama Lanes:

Sarah Higdon, Tasha Lam, Justin Lan, Jay Davis, Luke Benuska, Lindsay Saldebar, Britney Yip, Christopher Wa, Paul Thvedt, and Jonathan Lee

Magic Mountain Pass:

Leslie Yick

Teen Winners

CD Player:

Karen In

Jones Bicycle Certificate:

Nathaniel Yuan

Tower Records Gift Certificate:

Hannah Lu, Jody Sheu, Emily Liao, Cheryl Yeung, Rebecca Moreton, Carla Yee, Tiffany Liu, Caroline Liai, Sean Fisher, and Henry Fung

Aquarium of the Pacific Passes:

Alicia Kuch and Citlalli Sandoval

AMF Bowling, Extreme Bowling:

Samantha Basalari, Jonathan Wong, Sara McNight, and Meagan Brazil

Los Angeles Zoo Pass:

Michelle Lui and Melissa Dundas

Pacific Theatre Pass:

Stephanie Su, Alice Pan, Vicki Lau, Charles Lin, Jefferson Chen, Nathalie Barfield, and Christina Lin

Gene Autry Musuem Pass:

Eulanca Liu, Michael Schultheis, and Laura Adamzs

Vroman's Bookstore Gift Certificate:

Nicholas Hwang, Diana Zhang, Kimberly Chen, Valerie Yuan, and Philip Tyler

Rick's Drive-In Gift Certificate:

Tina Lertharakul, Taylor Greenleaf, and Coco Raaether

B-Man's Teriyaki & Burgers Gift Certificate:

Andrea Binley, Karen Lim, and Arianna French

AMF Bahama Lanes Bowling Certificate:

Chelsea Javier, Sagar Pujara, Emily Fisher, Brandon Tso, Ileana Borunda, Alison Chang, Chris Lau, Scott Tsangeos, Andrew Tsangeos, Stephanie Law, and Aphinaya Narayanan

Participants Who Completed the Children's Summer Reading Program:

Charlie Agajanian	Jake Agajanian	Jordan Agajanian
James Ang	John Ang	Noor Atighi
Leann Barth	Jack Basalari	Kate Benuska
Luke Benuska	Jennifer Binley	Rosemary Boutin
Sam Boutin	Will Boutin	Vanessa Chan
Alec Chang	Christina Chang	Jacqueline Chang
Michelle Chee	Kelly Cheh	Brandon Chen
Brenda Chen	Connie Chen	Janice Cheng
Ruyi Cheng	William Cheng	Elliott Chou
Victoria Chung	Megan Cootauro	Ariel Cristi
Erin Cristi	Sabrina Cristi	Curtis Cuccia
Sean Cuccia	Chaz Davis	Jay Davis
Emily DeLorimier	Lauren Dietzel	Matthew Dietzel
Anika Ezold	Kyle Ezold	Nicholas Farewell
Justin Farshidi	Eden Faure	Sean Fisher
Charmayne Floyd	Michelle Floyd	Katherine Flynn
Shane Fox	Arianna French	Michelle Gandawidjaja
Pippin Garet	Joshua Gilmore	Tyler Gilmore
Joey Glenn	Nate Glenn	Rachel Glenn
Mindy Gottschalk	Cameron Grannis	Annika Greenleaf
Olivia Greenleaf	Tiffany Gu	Victoria Gu
Megan Halkett	Elizabeth Hannan	Tommy Hannan
Matthew Higdon	Sarah Higdon	Maya Ho
Ben Hubsch	Will Hubsch	Alexander Hung
Anthony Hung	Christopher Hung	Bonnie Jin
Daphne Kan	Jasper Kan	Jessica Kemp
Michelle Ko	Stephanie Ko	Thomas Krimmel
Blake Kunitake	Leigh Kunitake	Paige Kunitake
Katherine Laco	Fiona Lam	Tasha Lam
Alya Lamba	Nikita Lamba	Justin Lan
Aaron Lee	Christian Lee	Grace Lee
Jonathan Lee	June Wai Lee	Justin Lee
Andrew Lin	Ashley Lin	Bill Lin
Christina Lin	Keenwei Lin	Matthew Lin
Andrew Liu	Janice Liu	Jonathan Liu
Thomas Liu	Brandt Lukas	Kara Lukas
Eric Ma	Megan Martinez	Chloe Mason
Jacquiline McGreal	Michelle Miller	Rebecca Morris
Ashley Muranaka	Paul Myint	Manu Navjeevano
Shirleen Ng	David Olivar	Jordan Olivar
Matthew Omori	Maya Omori	Sean Panajotovac
Avni Parikh	Kristen Park	Everett Philips
Larissa Phillips	Danny Preston	Steven Preston
Nicky Rayyis	Cameron Roberts	Evan Roberts
Brian Rogers	Thomas Rogers	Kimberly Rolan
Lindsay Saldebar	Hillary Santoso	Elizabeth Shelbourne
Jonathan Sheu	Rebecca Shieh	Jacques Shih
Kendall Smiley	Carrie Smith	Peter Smith
Jonathan Su	Nanami Suzuki	Andrew Tang
Justine Tang	Eric Thvedt	Paul Thvedt
Aaron Tran	Tiffany Tran	Andrew Tsangeos
Scott Tsangeos	Freddy Tsao	Natalie Tso
Amanda Ung	Nicholas Ung	Han Vi
June Wai Wai	Andrew Wan	Camille Wang
Sophia Wang	Valerie Wang	Devin Weakland
Tyler Weakland	Bree Wernicke	Christopher Wu
Esther Wu	Wyatt Wu	Brian Yao
Benjamin Yee	Leslie Yick	Britney Yip
Joycelyn Yip	Vivian Yip	Bethany You
Christopher Zaro	Vincent Zhu

Community Support

Each year local businesses donate goods, services, and cash, which the library uses to provide prizes and reading incentives for its Summer Reading Programs for both children and young adults. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the following businesses for their generous support of this year's programs.

"Get Wild...Read"- Young Adult Reading Program Donors:

• Jones Bicycles
• Aquarium of the Pacific
• AMF Bahama Bowling Lanes
• The Los Angeles Zoo
• The Autry Museum
• Pacific Theatres
• Vroman's Bookstore
• Ricks Drive-In, Alhambra
• B-Man's Teriyaki & Burgers

"It's a Jungle Out There...Swing Into Your Library"- Children's Reading Program Donors:

• San Marino Book & Toy
• Rainforest Café
• Hollywood Video
• Pasadena Ice Skating Rink
• Shakey's Pizza
• AMF Bahama Bowling Lanes
• Magic Mountain
• Juice It Up

A special "thanks" is extended to Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS) and the Friend's of the San Marino Public Library for their unwavering support of the summer reading program year after year.

Home Swell Home

Look around your home. Wouldn't it be fun to spruce it up a little? To add a dash of spice and style to the décor? Head on over to the library, because we have just purchased over thirty new books dealing with all aspects of interior decoration.

Explore the theory of design with Patterns of Home by Max Jacobson or 77 Habits of Highly Creative Decorators by Sarah Lynch. Or, get right down to brass tacks with Impatient Decorator by Glenna Morton or Lynnette Jennings Straight Talk on Decorating. Investigate color and texture with Annie Sloan's Color Schemes, The Paint Effects Bible by Kerry Skinner, or Chuck Fischer's Wallcoverings. Perhaps you will emulate the California Colonial or the Red Tile Style of America's Spanish revival architecture documented in books by Elizabeth Jean McMillian and Arrol Gellner.

Redoing the kitchen or the bath? We have Dream Kitchens by Wanda Janowski and The Bathroom Idea Book by Andrew Wromer, among others. How about some new curtains? Turn to The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions. Redecorate on a shoestring with Trade Secrets from Use What you Have Decorating by Lauri Ward, or go all out with Sheer Opulence by Nicholas Haslam.

Whatever your tastes and budget, the San Marino Public Library now has the interior decorating books for you!