THE VISION ISSUE - City of Shaker Heights

LIBRARY NEWS
will be entered into a drawing for two
select seats for a theater production.
Student Writing Contest
Reception Set for January 18
The Library invites the community to
the Main Library from 4:30 to 5:30
pm Friday, January 18 for the presentation
of the winners in the Library’s
15th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. student writing contest. Youth in
grades 3-8 were asked to write a short
essay telling what they could do in
their lives to make a difference. Meet
the winners and hear their affirming
essays.
Recent Contributions to the Library
Contributions to the Library from June
through August include donations
to the Marilyn Kammer Memorial
Fund from Randy Kammer in honor
of Cindy Edelman, Micah Goldberg,
and Sue Nussbaum, and in memory
of Kevin Fergusson, Joel Goldman,
Alice Haltmeyer-Klein, Ron Little,
and Mitchell Small.
Marilyn Gardner, Marsha Moses,
Lissa Moses, and Rob Johnson donated
to the Frances Belman Fund to
honor the memory of Frances Belman.
Linda Knight donated to the Bertram
Woods Branch Landscaping & Garden
Fund and Yvette Shenk made an unrestricted
contribution.
The Library also has an Endowment
Fund through the Cleveland
Foundation to provide ongoing financial
assistance to the Library and its
programs. The fund is held and managed
by Cleveland Foundation, which
invests the gifts for greater return on
investment and prudent growth. Gifts
to the Fund provide the Library with
an important source of revenue now
and into the future.
A gift given today can have a significant
impact on the lives of others
for generations to come. For more
information about contributions to
the Library or to the Shaker Heights
Public Library Fund of the Cleveland
Foundation, please call Library
Director Luren Dickinson at 216-367-
3001.
Recent Donations to the
Local History Collection
Recent donations to the Local History
collection through October 4 include
historic papers and books by local
authors. If you would like more information
about how to donate to the
Local History collection, please call or
email Local History Librarian Meghan
Hays at mhays@shakerlibrary.org.
Shaker resident, businessman, and
activist John E. Guinness donated 27
boxes of background material on the
Parents, Teachers, Students Working
Group Shaker Heights school reform
effort he spearheaded over the past several
years. This group’s work resulted
in several studies which are available
both in the Local History Collection
and for check-out. The background
materials will be processed in order to
be available to interested patrons in the
library.
Shaker resident Nola Drake donated
42 U-Matic master tapes of the
1970s-1990s local cable TV program
“Shaker Life,” which was produced
and directed by her husband, the late
Douglas Drake. This show profiled all
aspects of Shaker Heights public life,
from profiles of the Nature Center
and the Fire Department to Mayor
Patricia Mearns’ annual State of the
City speeches to League of Women
Voters-sponsored public hearings on
the Shaker Schools Plan. The Library
hopes to find resources to convert
these tapes to digital files to enable the
public to view these important historic
artifacts.
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