News Digest News Digest (May 14, 2004)

Library closing for 3 days

The Pleasanton library will close for minor remodeling from Wednesday-Friday, May 26-28. It will reopen for normal business Saturday, May 29.

New shelving will be added, and the new-book area will be redesigned for browsing. The self-checkout machines will be moved to a more accessible and central location. Improvements will also be made to the lobby, and new electrical and data lines will be added.

No library materials are due while the library is closed; all due dates will be extended until May 29. Online services will continue during the closure.

Anyone who must visit a library during the closure may wish to go to the new library in Dublin, 200 Civic Plaza, just off Dublin Boulevard, or the new Livermore Library at 1188 S. Livermore Ave.

For more information about the Pleasanton library, call 931-3400. Recipients named for PPIE excellence award

Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE) Foundation named 13 recipients of the organization's 16th annual Excellence in Education awards. PPIE will recognize the awardees at a reception held 3:45-5 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, at the Presbyterian Community Church, 4300 Mirador Drive.

PPIE awarded nine teachers and four "at large" awards, based on personal merit and contributions to Pleasanton's public education. Nearly 100 nominations were submitted by parents, students and faculty members.

At large recipients are: JoAnn Bloom, Harvest Park Middle; Mary Cloyd, Donlon Elementary; Valerie Miyashiro, Fairlands Elementary; and Jose Rosa, Lydiksen Elementary.

Teacher recipients are: Pam Boni, Hart Middle; Linda Boveda, Lydiksen Elementary; Bill Britton, Mohr Elementary; Paula Farrenkoph, Harvest Park Middle; Donna Henderson, Lydiksen Elementary; Debbie Jager, Donlon Elementary; Liz Lyons, Hart Middle; Kerry Mattimore, Vintage Hills Elementary; and Maren Smith, Hart Middle. She's a c-h-a-m-p

Aliya Deri, a seventh-grader at Harvest Park Middle School, placed first in the 2004 Contra Costa-Eastern Alameda Regional Spelling Bee. The competition is open to third- through eighth-graders in all public, private and home schools in Contra Costa County and the Eastern Alameda Regional Area. The contest lasted three-and-a-half hours for Aliya. She now advances to the National Spelling Bee being held May 30-June 3.

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