BOOK LOVERS WILL GET THEIR BARGAIN DAYS.Byline: Victoria Giraud Bargain hunters Bargain Hunters was a game show on ABC in the summer of 1987, hosted by Peter Tomarken. Games Each episode featured six contestants, with two playing one of the following games — Bargain Quiz, Bargain Trap and Bargain Busters — at a time. , take note. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a , once again, for the semiannual Friends of the Library Book Sale. Thousands of books of all kinds will be sold on the walkway walkway Rehabilitation medicine An instrument used to measure the timing of foot contact and or position of the foot on the ground outside and in the Valencia Library meeting room Oct. 5-8. Priced to sell, hardcover books will go for $1 each and most paperbacks for 50 cents. Small paperback romances are only a dime and children's books range in price from a dime to $1. Sale chairwoman Pauline Nossaman said the books will be arranged by categories, including fiction and nonfiction on many subjects - home improvement, self-improvement, computers, social studies, mathematics, etc. Newer, more popular books will be readily available. The members of Friends of the Library, some 235 strong, will be invited to the special preview and members' reception at 6 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Valencia Library meeting room. ``It's a real bargain fair,'' Nossaman said. ``People tend to look forward to the opportunity to get books at reasonable prices. Some of the children's books that are donated are maybe read once.'' She also pointed out that there are special prices for sets of older encyclopedias, which are still handy source material despite the popularity of computer encyclopedias. Nossaman said the book sale is the primary fund-raiser for the three libraries in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . She estimated that the Friends of the Library raise about $6,000 to $8,000 a year from the two sales. With budget cuts affecting county libraries, this fund-raising effort Noun 1. fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported helps support each library. The three local branch libraries are free to spend donated money as staffs and givers see fit. Some of the money might go for enriching the library's book collection, to the popular children's story programs or to the Bookmobile. A semiretired sem·i·re·tired adj. Working only on a part-time basis, as for reasons of ill health or advanced age. sem counselor and teacher, Nossaman has been in charge of the book sales for the past seven years. ``I'm one of those people who likes to put things in order,'' she observed. She's also an avid reader who buys many books at a sale and, after reading them, donates them back for the next sale. ``I don't have enough space at home. It isn't practical,'' Nossaman explained about not keeping them. Books for the sale come from all kinds of sources, and the Friends of the Library have help from the community. The Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during , the Boys Scouts and the California Junior League are among groups that collect books. Some are older books that are discards from the local libraries. The 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. proved an inadvertent windfall for the fund-raising book sales. Many of the books from local residents' shaking bookshelves ended up on the floor and later found their way to the book sales, Nossaman said. The Valencia Library was also most in need of financial help. Because of the earthquake, the sprinkler system rained on the books, and there also was a great deal of damage from broken glass. Nossaman said that preparing for a book sale is labor-intensive and requires at least six to eight weeks of organizing, sorting and transporting. The books are all sorted in Newhall and then brought to Valencia to be placed on tables. All the work before, during and after the sale is done by volunteers. To ensure that as many books as possible are sold, the last day of the sale is bargain day. On Oct. 8 bargains will probably include a whole bag of books for $1. Books that aren't sold are given to the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. . The Friends of the Library are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new members. Senior citizens pay $2 annual dues, and others pay $10. To become a patron costs $25 per year, and a life membership is $100. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in AV and SAC--color in SAC) Judy Hist, a libra Libra (lē`brə, lī`–) [Lat.,=the scales], southern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Virgo and Scorpius; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. rian, holds one of the books given for a sale Oct. 5-8 in Valencia. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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