Friends of the Paul Sawyier Public Library Newsletter
SPRING 2009      Volume 7, Issue 1     Frankfort, KY


President’s Letter

Hello, Friends! It’s good to know we now 
number over 400 active members! As we all need 
to be reminded from time to time, Friends’ goal is 
to enhance our library’s services, and to present it 
front and center to our community. This year has 
been a busy one so far, and promises to be even 
busier as our activities and projects take shape. To 
get an idea of where we’ve been and where we’re 
going, try this for starters: 
January, we were guests of the Frankfort Optimist 
Club, to let them know about Friends; and we had 
a booth at the Local Day Care “Kick-off” at the 
Library. 
February saw us hold a great Winter Book Sale, 
and our Board voted to fully fund the Library’s 
Summer Reading Program for 2009. 
March 18 was a special day for us, when we honored 
both store and book sale volunteers - 55 in all 
- with a catered luncheon. 
April was an important month for us, with National 
Library Week April 12-18 - no better time to 
show appreciation to our faithful library staff, with 
“goodies” and a small gift to each on April 14. 
Beyond all this, our Board is lining up projects that 
will extend into 2010. But the big event coming 
up right away is our giant Summer Book Sale! We 
feature it in a separate article in the Newsletter. 
Remember that all we do and all funds we earn go 
to support our great library! 

     — Cloyd Stratton 



Friends Working in Partnership with Two Great Organizations

Friends have noticed all the good work that Downtown 
Frankfort Inc. (DFI) has been doing to help get the word out 
about all the great activities that are taking place downtown—
including programs and services at our Library. To 
support DFI in its efforts to preserve and revitalize our downtown 
area, the Friends recently became a member of DFI. 
And the Friends continue to partner with the Kentucky Book 
Fair. As we have done for several years, the Friends recently 
purchased for a nominal fee books remaining from the Kentucky 
Book Fair to sell in the Lilian Lindsey Bookstore. 
These books move very quickly off the shelves and help 
boost our sales each year. We still have a good selection of 
Kentucky Book Fair books remaining and invite you to visit 
the bookstore soon. We very much appreciate the Kentucky 
Book Fair making these books available to us! 

     — Mary Lynn Collins 



Don’t miss the Paul Sawyier Library 
Summer Reading Open House!

   — Monday, June 8, 2-7 pm — 

Door Prizes and Refreshments!

The entire center section of our newsletter is 
devoted to the summer reading brochure. 
Let’s help promote it! Tell your friends and 
family about this wonderful event!


 
Giant Summer Book Sale

Here we go again, with another exciting, eventful book sale, 
to be held in our library’s Community Room, June 4-6!


Hours:

    Thursday    4:00p - 7:00p with Friends members only admitted
                              (memberships will be sold at the door)

    Friday     10:00a - 5:00p

    Saturday   10:00a - 2:00p “Bag and Box Day”
         (fill your grocery bag with books for $2.00, including tax,
          or your box for $5.00, including tax)


Hope Hager, a very active member of Friends, 
has taken charge of our upcoming book sale. 
She takes the reins from Cloyd Stratton, 
who has led book sale events for almost two years. 
Hope plans to build on past success, 
and take us to new heights, 
as she even now prepares for the big June sale. 
We hope to see you there!