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Balboa Library Adds A New Saturday Morning Story
Time To Its Agenda Balboa Branch
Librarian Phyllis Scheffler has been with the Newport Beach
Library since 1990. She originally started at the Balboa Branch,
then in 1995 she was transferred to the Mariners Branch in Corona
Del Mar. Then last September she was transferred back to our
Balboa Branch where she has wasted no time getting children's
programs in order. Phyllis words it, "To get young children into
the library and get them used to reading at the library."
Balboa Branch Librarian,
Phyllis Scheffler
In addition to the Tuesdays 10:30 am Story
Time, Phyllis has added a new Saturday 10:30 am Story Time because
as she says, "To catch the kids that are in school and their
families that can't come in during the week." According to
Phyllis, for each Story Time, "We think of a theme and plan our
Story Time books and actives around it. Reading books, finger
plays and small crafts. A variety of sources to tell the story. A
about 45 minutes. We have both mothers and nannies come in. It's a
social thing."
Jill and Isabell Morris. Jill says, "She [Isabell] mostly likes
the reading and
she likes the crafts afterwards."
In addition to the new Saturday Story Time
Phyllis has added a new drop in kids crafts table with two crafts
a month. Phyllis says, "To encourage grade school children to use
the library. It's just continuous, they come any time, there's no
set time for it."
Rick Staffor with grandson Eric. Their
first Story Time. They come to the
library all the time.
Phyllis also notes, "I want people to use the
new library database, get to know what we have here. We have a lot
of stuff, people say, 'Wow, I didn't know you had this.' Right now
through April we have tax forms, that's important."
Molly McCance and Isabell Morris
using the crafts table
Good Show
Peter Levshen
On Your U.S. Citizenship
Now get a job and pay taxes
like the rest of us.
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Wisdom
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Time Capsule
From Dick Vogel's
personal photo album.
Circa 1930
That's my grandfather, John F. Vogel Sr., standing in the doorway
of his store that was located at 300 Main St., across the alley
from where the Post Office is now. The year was 1930.
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I've been living in Balboa for over 10 years now and had a couple
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