"To Dance with the White Dog" White Dog Contest

To celebrate Terry Kay’s Friday night presentation FOSL sponsored a white dog contest on Saturday morning. Over 20 “white” dogs came in various forms of white including white, tan, fawn, red, brown, black and mixtures of all of these shades of “white”. All of the dogs played nicely and everyone else enjoyed a really fun time.

The winners were White Dog - Romeo, Tan Dog - Skeeter, Big Dog - Patches and Small Dog - Axel.

Alex Neely donated a professional photo shoot to Romeo, the White Dog 1st place winner. Anne Mincey, from Pet Portraits with PURR-sonality!, donated silhouettes to Skeeter, Patches and Axel. FOSL thanks both for their lovely donations that will be enjoyed for years by the winners’ families.

Though 4 dogs were selected for prizes, all are winners in our hearts!

Photos of the event and all of the beautiful dogs have been posted to the website and can be viewed at http://www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary.org/
  

Terry Kay - Author of "To Dance with the White Dog"

Terry Kay, author of bestseller "To Dance with the White Dog" and other acclaimed novels, spoke to a audience of FOSL supporters on Friday evening at the Smyrna Community Center. The crowd of nearly 100 thoroughly enjoyed his mix of humor and heart touching stories. A book signing followed the event.  FOSL sincerely thanks Mr. Kay.

FOSL also extends it gratitude to Jean Bowen and her students from Chattahoochee Tech for volunteering to manage the food preparation and service during the reception.

Smyrna Public Library Releases 2009 Annual Statistics – Over 272,000 Patrons Served

Annual Report - Library Statistics for 2009
Days Open: 353

Circulation
TOTAL: 230,464
Average Daily Circulation: 652.87
Change from 2008: +8.9%

Attendance
Total attendance: 272,062
Average Daily Attendance: 770.71
Change from 2008: +2.1%

Reference
Total Questions: 11,627
Daily Average: 32.94

Misc.
Meetings and Programs in Library: 515
Library Card Registrations: 4,161
Total Library Cardholders: 37,948
Total Cataloged Library Materials: 95,265
Titles: 88,137
Voter Registrations: 19
Interlibrary Loans: 49
Times Patrons Used the Internet: 30,189