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NEWSLETTER No. 78 Dear Friend of the Library, NEXT MEETING: There will be no meetings during July and August. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 28th, 1994, at 7:00 p.m. There will however be a Newsletter in August. BOOK SALE '94 Our third annual effort at the Ice Arena went well, as usual, this time under the direction of John Hunter, ably assisted by our regular group of dedicated, hardworking members, who did all the original sorting of the thousands of books (this year this was done within the library itself), the huge job of setting it all up at the Ice Arena, including putting up 50-60 tables first, the control of everything during the two sale days, then packing up the unsold books and removing all the tables from the rink area after closing on Sunday. This year, we did not seek physical help from the Air Cadets because there seem to be only a few of them around at the end of June; instead John Hunter arranged excellent help from some students, through the Canada Employment Centre, four to help set up and two for cleaning up. It was a joy to "us seniors" to watch these big, strong young men "going at it" - they did a great job and were first class in every way. Also willing help from family members, especially during the cleaning up phase was much appreciated. Generally speaking, we felt that this year's sale did not have quite the impact that the 1993 sale had - the numbers and selections of books on offer were not so extensive, and the number of buyers was down, particularly on the second day. The gross "take" was $6,255, with a net figure of $6,095 after deducting the cost of hired student labour. Last year's total was $7,700. So an excellent effort by all concerned well done John Hunter! Well done EVERYBODY! ARTISTS' RECEPTION The next artists' reception will take place on Monday, August 2nd from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. The artists featured will be Michael and Jennifer Judge. The exhibition will continue until August 28th. THE BUDDLEIAS AND THE PAINTED LADIES IN WEST VANCOUVER IN JULY The common habitat presented by the mountainous coast is one of sombre forests, relatively poor in species of broad-leaved trees which in other areas form the food-plants for the caterpillars of many butterfly species, and only the flower gardens of the local residents provide the sunny spaces where butterflies love to congregate ... the common flowering shrub in our local gardens is the Buddleia, sometimes called the "Butterfly Bush" because of the strong attraction to these insects presented by its long dense racemes of fragrant lavender-coloured blossoms. The Buddleia, though not a native, is evidently well suited to this particular area, for it readily escapes the confines of gardens in which it has been planted, and is to be seen in the roadside ditches and in many waste spaces along the route of my morning walks. On most warm, sunny July mornings I approach one especially dense thicket of the fragrant plant, hoping to be rewarded by the sight of a group of "Painted Lady" butterflies, one of the best known and most universally distributed of all the butterfly tribe, and known to love the Buddleia plant. The Painted Lady is a celebrated migrant, and for reasons not yet understood, travels in .../2 July 1994