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BOOK SALE What a marvellous team effort -- and it was truly that! A total of 53 Members actively participated, carrying out their role -whether designated or "self imposed" - with enthusiasm, initiative and cheerfulness. The recorded hours are 301 on book sorting and 145.5 during the event itself, not including organizational time. We made $7,910.80!! and this in the face of the fact that we did not increase book prices from last year! We should, indeed, be proud. Publicity was excellent this year. We were able to design and produce the poster ourselves, which was a very eye-catching white on tomato red in the Blue Buses and hot pink in local shops and businesses. The banner, of course, is always a winner and really stood out amongst the clutter of others on the bridge. Press coverage would be hard to better, including a first time photo in the North Shore News. In fact, we were in the NS News a record total of five times! We were also mentioned in the Sun, Voice, Squamish Chief and Shahvand (Farsi) once, and Bowen Island's "Undercurrent" twice. Rogers Cablevision assured us that our announcement would appear but, since this could only be aired between 1 a.m. & 8 a.m., our hard working team were unable to provide their usual efficient monitoring service! We were able to start book sorting earlier this year. This is the fifth year that we have been fortunate enough to hold the event in the Library's basement which provides a large, well lit, pleasant working space. A tried and tested location and a far cry indeed from some of the facilities utilized since the Friends embarked on this project in 1982. Again, we were most ably assisted by the Maintenance Services personnel. Clean up also went well. The day after the sale, representatives from the following organizations selected complimentary books - Inglewood Lodge, Hollyburn House, St. Mary's Palliative Care, Kinsmen Care Home, Libby Lodge, -and a Spanish teacher from the Seniors' Centre. The remainder, as last year, were donated to The Institute of Neotic Sciences (IONS). A team of cheerful, willing young people came in on June 25 to box and stack all books remaining on the shelves. Our thanks to the Library for agreeing to store these until the entire shipment is ready in the Fall. IONS is a research and educational foundation which is privately funded. It has a worldwide membership of over 55,000. Last year, the shipment was offloaded at Durban, South Africa, on to large trucks which then made deliveries to outlying villages. The entire village would gather at the sight of these phenomenal conveyances disgorging wonders into the villagers' empty, purpose built structures. The programme was evidently successful as the Institute have again received private funding. May we all have a pleasant summer and look forward to meeting again in September.