1989

The Friends Turn Thirty

On January 18 the annual meeting adopted amended bylaws and a new logo by John Hales, and it chose Shearson Lehman to manage the Belasco memorial fund. The Beach Reporter profiled writers from the December authors' boutique, including Michael Andrews, Sheila Finch and Jake Luis Varela. The Belasco fund paid for forty-five children's honor books. Nancy Bond and Noel Okuda designated gifts through the TRW Foundation Matching Gifts Program, and the Woman's Club gave $300 for books. The Friends turned thirty in September, and the fall sale raised $1,450. On October 13 the board wrote to the city council to protest a proposed cut in library parking for patrons and staff. Leftover paperbacks went to the Long Beach Veterans' Hospital through Jim Taylor. The authors' boutique returned on December 2, and the year closed with $5,530.33 in operating funds.

Drawn from: Annual meeting minutes — January 18, 1989; The Beach Reporter — The write stuff; Newsletter — March 1989; Board minutes — June 14, 1989; Newsletter — thirtieth birthday and fall sale; Board minutes — October 11, 1989; Letter to city council — library parking; Newsletter — November 1989.

Summary written by Claude from this year's records, for review by the board. Read every year.