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Denise MatsumotoShirley A. Robinson

Garrett ToguchiPaul VierlingDarren Ibara,

student representative

Darwin ChingMaggie Cox

Mary J. CochranBreene Harimoto

Cec HeftelLei Ahu Isa

Holo I Mua (move forward, advance)

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Jo Ann Schindler, State Librarian

Paul H. Mark, Editor

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Randall M.L. Yee, chairpersonKaren Knudsen, 1st vice chairperson

Herbert Watanabe, 2nd vice chairpersonApr. 14 – Good Friday Holiday, all libraries closed. Call your local library for holiday hours or visit www.librarieshawaii.org.Apr. 16 – Easter Sunday, all libraries closed.

(See Essay Contest Winners, back page)

Mark Your Calendars

(Essay Contest Winners, from front page)

Hawaiÿi State Public Library System April 2006

By Paul H. Mark

Join in the festivities as the Hawaiÿi State Public Library System celebrates National Library Week 2006 (Apr. 2-8) in April. Public librar-ies statewide are scheduled to host a variety

of special free programs throughout the month. Change Your World @ your library is the theme of this year’s National Library Week, which is conducted by libraries nationwide. The American Library Association (ALA) selects the theme each year. “National Library Week is the perfect time to visit your local public library to see how we can help you change your world,” said State Librarian Jo Ann Schindler. “Whether you’d like to make a small change in your life or a big change in the world, the Hawaiÿi State Public Library System has a wealth of information, plus all kinds of books, including e-Books and digital audio books, and more than 40 online databases,that can help you get it done.” National Library Week 2006 marks the sixth year of The Campaign for America’s Libraries, a multi-year public education campaign sponsored by the ALA and libraries nationwide to speak loudly and clearly about the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century. More than 20,000 libraries in all 50 states are being reached by @ your library®, The Campaign for America’s Libraries. Hawaiÿi public libraries will offer programs such as author talks, cultural dance, puppeteers, storytellers, and a variety of other performers. The Friends of the Library of Hawaiÿi is the primary sponsor, with additional funding provided by local Friends Chapters. For National Library Week 2006 program information, log-on to the HSPLS web-site: www.librarieshawaii.org or call your local library.

Essay Contest Winners Named

Two courageous young girls who lived with hope while their world was at war, and three orphans who overcame a series of nearly impossible bad events inspired the 2006 Hawaiÿi winners of the Library of Congress Letters About

Literature contest. Wai Sam Lao, Rachel Turner, and Nikki Picciotto will read aloud their winning essays on Saturday, Apr. 22 at the Hawaiÿi Center for the Book’s Award Ceremony at the Hawaiÿi

State Library. The public is invited to attend the 11 a.m. awards ceremony in the Lobby to meet the State winners and runners-up. The three winners are among more than 47,000 students who wrote essays about a book that made a difference in their lives. Organized by the Library of Congress Center for the Book and sponsored by Target Stores, the contest invited students from Grades

Castle & Cooke Donates $5,000 to O’ahu LibrariesBy Paul H. Mark

Castle & Cooke Hawaii, a division of Castle & Cooke, Inc., and a developer of master-planned com-munities, recently donated a total of

$5,000 to two Oÿahu public libraries. Kapolei Public Library received a $2,500 donation through the Friends of the Library, Kapolei, and celebrated by hosting a special program that featured storyteller/balladeer James McCarthy, and a check presentation ceremony. The Hawaiÿi State Public Library System’s newest library used the donated funds to purchase an assortment of the latest books to enhance their children’s collec-tion. “We are delighted to accept this generous donation from Castle & Cooke Hawaii,” said Richard Burns, Kapolei Public Library Manager. “These funds will be used to purchase additional new materials for our Children’s Room, which will benefit the children of West Oÿahu and the Leeward Coast, as well as throughout Hawaiÿi. Continuing sup-port from community business and other organizations allows Hawaiÿi’s Public Libraries to strengthen our communities by providing more materials and services for the people of Hawaiÿi.” Last month, Mililani Public

(See Donations, page 2)

By Colette Young, Section Head, Hawaiÿi State Library-Social Science & Philosophy

Thomson Gale: LegalForms

The often heard advisory phrase “Get it in writ-ing” is given

to individuals who want assurance that an agreement will be kept or their wishes are known and followed. Too often verbal agreements are not kept. Claims without written proof are difficult to win. So, what’s an individual to do? Put it in writing with the help of forms available free of charge from Thomson Gale LegalForms. LegalForms provides official, Hawaiÿi-specific, federal, business, personal, real estate, and general forms. Some of the forms were drafted by attor-neys for a particular matter, while others are from public records and participat-ing companies. “Official” forms include court forms from the federal district courts and the state circuit courts. Sample case documents offer examples on how a completed court document should appear. The most popular category of forms – bankruptcy, divorce, income tax, name change, power of attorney, real estate, sample letters, and wills – are only two mouse clicks away from the Thomson Gale LegalForms home page. Just look to the left of the screen for the box marked “Most Popular” for these categories of forms. There are 41 forms and sample letters under “Power of Attorney” so you must select carefully for the correct form. If you want to specify “who gets it when you go”, check out the 50 forms under “Wills.” A description of the form – what it is and how it is used – fre-quently appear on the lead page of the document. As applicable, there may be a law summary after the description with

the appropriate Hawaiÿi Revised Statutes sections cited. Forms are available in MS Word or Adobe PDF format for downloading. Rich text and/or WordPerfect formats may also be available for some of the forms. In many forms, blank spaces have been left for the user to fill in the correct information (e.g. name, address, property being given to an individual, etc.). Added bonuses include a glossary of legal terms and a limited nationwide attorney directory. To access Thomson Gale Legal-Forms, visit HSPLS’ home page at http://www.librarieshawaii.org and click on “Other Databases”, select LegalForms, to enter the Infotrac website and then Thomson Gale LegalForms. You will need a valid library card number if you are accessing this database from home.

Disclaimer: Thomson Gale and the Hawaiÿi State Public Library System can-not provide legal advice. Individuals use these forms at their own risk. Individuals having serious legal issues are advised to see an attorney.

Next month: Student Research Center

National Library Week

Change Your World @ your library

4 through 12 to write a personal letter to an author, explaining how his or her work changed their view of the world or themselves. Level I (Grades 4-6) winner, Wai Sam Lao, a 6th grader from Salt Lake, wrote to Eleanor Coerr that Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes “taught me deeply of perseverance…as Sadako…never stopped believing that she would recover from leukemia.” Level II (Grades 7-8) winner, Rachel Turner, a 7th grader at Kahuku High & Intermediate School, told Lemony Snicket that reading The Bad Beginning finally made her realize that life was not all bad for her, despite leaving family & friends to move thousands of miles to a new home. It helped her “realize how fortunate I really am.” Level III (Grades 9-12) winner, Nikki Picciotto, a 10th grader at Le Jardin Academy, told Anne Frank that upon

reading her Diary of a Young Girl, she remembered stories of her Jewish grand-father who was in China during World War II when Japanese forces invaded the country. She thought also of her other grandfather and grandmothers, deter-mined to “hear all their stories.” The three essays will be sent to the Library of Congress Center for the Book as Hawaiÿi’s entries in the national com-petition. National competition winners will receive a trip to Washington, D.C. to read aloud their essays at the National Book Festival in the fall. Each Hawaiÿi winner will receive a Target gift card and a cash award funded by Target stores.

scheduled to make three other public appearances. On May 10 at 3 p.m., the author will visit readers at the Kähala Barnes & Noble store. On Thursday, May 11, she will participate in a DOE TV in-teractive interview at 9:30 a.m., and visit the Kailua Public Library from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

(Kate DiCamillo, from page 3)

The Kahuku Public & School Library Bookmobile Project got off to a great start last month, thanks to an $11,425 donation from sponsor Turtle Bay Resort, which conduct-ed a silent auction fundraiser at its first annual Seafood Festival in November 2005. Here, acting Kahuku Library Manager Fran Corcoran extends her hand to thank Turtle Bay Resort General Manager Abid Butt on behalf of the library and the community it serves. At left is Janine Brand, Friends of the Library-Kahuku President, who is help-ing to hold the ceremonial check. This was the first in a series of fundraising events planned by Turtle Bay Resort for the purchase of a mini-bookmobile to serve Windward Oÿahu from Kaÿaÿawa to Sunset Beach. A special mahalo to North Shore singer-song-writer and Grammy Award nominee Jack Johnson for his donation to the silent auction. Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming bookmobile fundraiser events.

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By Sally Walstrum, Librarian, HSL-Art, Music, Recreation Section

HUSTLE AND FLOWA hard-hitting Mem-phis hustler has dreams of becoming the next rap superstar in this gritty story of struggle and redemption. Stars Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Terrence Howard. INSIDE HURRI-CANE KATRINAUsing comprehensive analysis of events, hours of govern-ment audio tapes, and personal interviews, National Geographic takes viewers into the eye of Katrina to uncover the decisions and circumstances that determined the fate of the Gulf residents.

LORD OF WARNicolas Cage stars in this action-packed tale based on the true story of Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian immigrant to America who became one of the world’s premiere arms dealers. This gunrunner supplied dictators and outran the law for nearly 20 years.

MURDERBALLThis is a story of a group of highly-com-petitive, quadriplegic rugby players. In this version of rugby, play-ers smash into each other in custom-made wheelchairs. Off the court, they smash every stereotype one has ever had about the handicapped.

Meet Author Kate DiCamillo on May 10

Kate DiCamillo, author of 2005 Nënë Award win-ner Because of

Winn-Dixie, is scheduled to be a special guest at the 41st Annual Nënë Award Presentation Ceremony on Wednesday, May 10. The ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Kaimukï High School Auditorium. DiCamillo will participate in the ceremony and announce the 2006 winner of the Nënë Award, which is presented to the favorite book voted by the children of Hawai‘i in grades 4-6. Last year, nearly 8,000 children statewide voted for the award at their public libraries or school libraries. Student winners of the Nënë Award Essay, Poster, Performing Arts, and Digi-tal Arts (new category this year) contests will be honored and get a chance to meet the author. The annual Nënë Award is sponsored by the Hawaiÿi Library Association’s Children and Youth Section, Hawaiÿi Association of School Librarians and supported by the state Department of Education, Hawaiÿi State Public Library System, the Hawaiÿi Association of Independent Schools, and the Friends of the Library of Hawaiÿi. Corporate spon-sors of the Nënë Award are Perma-Bound Books, Barnes & Noble, and the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel. In addition to the Nënë Award Presentation Ceremony, DiCamillo is

PRETTY PERSUATION Scandal erupts at a prestigious private school when a female student accuses her teacher of sexual harass-ment. Meanwhile, a local reporter hopes the scandal will launch her into celebrity in the television news business.

UPSIDE OF ANGERWhen her husband suddenly leaves, Terry is left to raise their four daughters alone. Next door neigh-bor Denny becomes her drinking buddy and slowly evolves into her source of strength. Stars Joan Allen and Kevin Costner.

By Cynthia Frazer, Young Adult Librarian,Kailua Public Library

Chris Wooding POISON (Gr. 7-10) Poison has violet eyes and a contrary character. With only her wits and friends to aid her, she must survive the lethal attentions of the Phaerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that could mean the end of her people.

Janet Elizabeth McNaughton THE SECRET UNDER MY SKIN (Gr. 6-9) Blay is an or-phan after the technocaust and ecological trauma to earth had left humanity struggling to recuperate. Her new assign-ment allows her to escape the workcamp, and her attempt to discover the truth of her prior existence reveals truths which may allow democracy to be restored.

Sonia Levitin THE GOODNESS GENE(Gr. 7-10) Will has been groomed his whole life to help develop his father’s world view. When he tours the colonies with a bright student named Leora, his exotic experiences and disturbing discoveries shake him to the core, so that he returns to the capital with a new mission for his life.

Pete Shaner DIGITAL FILM-MAKING FOR TEENS(Gr. 8-12) You don’t need your own equip-ment, financial back-ing, or an army of te-chie friends to make your movie. All the stuff you do need will fit in a backpack, including this book. And remember, it’s all about story-telling!

Sharon Shinn THE TRUTH-TELLER’S TALE(Gr. 7-10) Adele and Eleda are “mirror twins.” It is easy to confuse them until you know them well, for while one is relent-lessly forthright, the other is devious and secretive, and delights in fooling others into thinking she is her sister. In their 17th year, a handsome dancing master and his apprentice enter their world, bringing romance, more deception, and intrigue.

Louis Sachar SMALL STEPS (A SEQUEL TO HOLES)(Gr. 8-11) Theodore (aka “Armpit”) is determined to make the “small steps” neces-sary to stay out of trouble: #1. Graduate high school. #2. Get a job. #3. Save his money. #4. Avoid situations that might turn violent. #5. Lose the name Armpit. He has managed to complete the first two but when his friend “X-ray” from Camp Green Lake shows up, #4 is in jeopardy.

Library was the recipient of a $2,500 check donation through the Friends of Mililani Library, and hosted a check pre-sentation ceremony. This Central Oÿahu library plans to purchase library materials for all ages to add to its collections. “We are thankful that this generous gift by Castle & Cooke Hawaii allows us to expand our materials collection and support the mission of HSPLS so that all individuals can meet their reading, in-formation, and life-long learning needs,” said librarian Wendi Woodstrup, Mililani Public Library Manager. “Although these materials will be part of our library’s collection, all items will be available to borrow statewide. So essentially, Castle & Cooke’s gift donation not only benefits customers in our Mililani community but also customers in other communities throughout Hawaiÿi, as well.”

Seated, from left - Sherry Bentley, Wendi Woodstrup, Library Manager, Mililani Public Library; Stand-ing, from left - Jim Tutko, Lynn Masumoto, Director, Public Libraries Branch; Julie Sagliano, President, Friends of Mililani Library; Michael Sagliano, Jesse Weinberger, Ken Makino, Roberta Sullivan, Diane Todd, Children’s Librarian, Mililani Public Library; and Kathy Best, Community Relations Coordinator, Castle & Cooke Hawaii.

(Donations, from front page)

A large group of children from Island Pacific Acad-emy and the neighbor-hood volunteered to hold the ceremonial check for this photo op with Castle & Cooke Hawaii’s Kathy Best, Community Rela-tions Coordinator (wearing lei), and Richard Burns, Kapolei Public Library Manager. The smiles on the faces of these children and their enthusiasm ex-emplified the phrase that is inscribed on the check “Building Readers One Book At A Time.”

(See Kate DiCamillo, back page)