MEET THE LENDERS

Fremont Main Library
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
9:30 – 12:30 p.m.

Interactive Business Seminar and Resource Fair

This seminar and resource fair is a must for any business owner interested in securing debt or equity financing. Be ready to participate in a panel discussion with lenders offering advice in today’s tough lending environment. Participation is a must for any business owner interested in securing debt capital.

Learn how a wide range of banks and other lending organizations evaluate your loan application and the types of funding they can provide.You will be given an overview of how to get “capital-ready” before you approach a lender to insure a greater chance of success. 
 

Participants will learn:

• What the 5 C’s of credit are and how they apply to the participant
• How a wide range of lending organizations evaluate your loan application
• The types of funding different lending organizations can provide
• What types of information the lenders are looking for and why

This seminar is free to all attendees.  Advance reservations are required.  Please register online at  http://acsbdc.org/node/13414. Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by the City of Fremont, the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and the Alameda County Small Business Development Center (ACSBDC) and the Alameda County Library System.

 

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Fresh Produce Coming to Fremont Main

One day in the not so distant future, you’ll be visiting the Fremont Main Library and leaving with a bag full of library items and another bag of fresh produce.  Fremont Main is entering into a partnership with Dig Deep Farms and Produce, a social enterprise and a project of the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ Activities League.  The Dig Deep Farms website describes a weekly delivery service of fresh produce; the partnership with Fremont Main Library is a pilot project that will bring Dig Deep produce stands once a week to consumers for the first time.  That those first produce stands will be on library grounds certainly says something of Fremont Main’s role in our community.  So how about that?  With one trip to the library, you will be taking home food for the mind as well as food for the body.  It certainly is a good deal to look forward to.  You’ll know when it’s here.

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Preview: Summer Reading Game 2013

This year’s summer reading game theme, “Have Book—Will Travel” will take you on journeys. You can explore new places and experiences, meet travelers from around the world, and even plan your own summer adventure.

The library has many titles and formats for you enjoy. You could plan a road trip, join a marathon race, or live for a time in a very different place. Try these adult titles: “My First 100 Marathons” by Jeffrey Horowitz, “Road Trip USA,” by Jamie Jensen, or “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail,” by Bill Bryson.

The game will run June 10 through August 10, using a bingo game format – you’ll win prizes by reading or doing the optional activities. However, the best prize is the one you give yourself, taking the time for an enjoyable reading adventure. Reading is for all ages.

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Money Smart Week @ Your Library

Money Smart Week®, a joint effort of the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, aims to promote financial literacy. As a Money Smart Week partner, the Fremont Main Library at 2400 Stevenson Blvd. will host the following free programs in April. No registration is required. Fremont Main is wheelchair accessible and an ASL interpreter will be provided if requested at least seven working days in advance. Contact 510-745-1421 or TTY 888-663-0660.

Preparing for Home Ownership
Tuesday, April 16, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Learn from George Duarte, MBM, CMC, President of Horizon Financial Assoc., about the pre-purchase planning process; what you need to know to ensure success purchasing or refinancing your new home
Annuity Scams & Other Schemes

Annuity Scams and Other Schemes
Friday, April 19, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Neil Granger and Prescott Cole will discuss annuity and other common scams and what you must know to protect yourself from fraud. Neil Granger, a 30-year independent Life Agent in California, is a member of the California Department of Insurance Curriculum Board, which makes recommendations on educational standards for Insurance Agents in California. Prescott Cole is an 18-year attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR).

Estate and Gift Tax Law
Tuesday, April 23, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Atashi Rang Law Firm presents current estate tax developments and how the new tax law can impact you and your loved ones by passing wealth from one generation to the next.

Estate Planning Mistakes
Saturday, April 27, 2–4 p.m.

Atashi Rang Law Firm will discuss how to avoid the seven biggest misstates in estate planning and how to successfully detect and avoid them.

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Zinio Digital Magazines Class March 23rd: Browse, Download, Read!

Don’t want to look through the year old magazines in your doctor’s office, but wish you had the latest issue of O?  Didn’t get to finish that article in Consumer Reports?  Wish you could subscribe to the Economist or Forbes but can’t afford the price?

Well then, join us for a hands-on class on how to use Zinio, the library’s magazine database that allows you to read online or download and read offline on your computer, laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android or Kindle Fire.  Library computers will be available for reading online, but feel free to bring in your own device for help downloading magazines for offline reading.

What: Zinio Digital Magazines Class
Where:  Fremont Main Library- van Doorn Room.
When:  Saturday March 23^rd
Time:  10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Call 510-745-1401 to register or email:  emendez@aclibrary.org

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Parenting Workshop in Chinese #1

Fremont Library is hosting a series of Parenting workshops conducted in Mandarin Chinese in 2013.  These free workshops are held quarterly on Saturdays at 3:30 pm.  Topics includes:

• March 23 – Early Childhood Development
• June 15 – Positive Discipline
• Sept 7 – School Aged Children Development
• Dec 7 – Homework/Chores and Responsibility

Lectures will be offered by speakers who are licensed teachers from Herald Family Rebuilding Center located at the Fremont Family Resource Center followed by a Q and A session.  No registration is required.  Please call (510) 745-1421 for more information.

Fremont圖書館將於2003年舉辦一系列的親子教育中文講座.  講座將於每三個月舉辦一次, 時間為週六下午三點半至五點 此講座由持有加州教師執照, 現任角聲護家中心主任的周紅主講, 周紅有多年教授情緒管理以及親子關係的經驗, 她並將帶來護家親子講師團隊與大家一起研討親子教育的各種議題 講座結束後並有問題解答及分享時間.

第一次講座訂於三月二十三日星期六下午三點半至五點. 歡迎為人父母或對教養孩子有興趣的朋友們來參加.

講題包括:

• 3/23/13 – 嬰幼兒(0-5 歲)的身心發展
• 6/15/13 – 正面的管教方法
• 9/7/13 – 學齡兒童 (6-12 歲) 的身心發展
• 12/7/13 – 學校作業及家事分擔?

講座無需報名,免費參加,詳情請電(510) 745-1414 鄒小姐 或電郵 jtsou@aclibrary.org 查詢

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A Good Time to Discover & Go

Thanks to my library card, I was able to visit the San Francisco Asian Art Museum without charge and to meet visiting terracotta warriors from China.  The eight life-sized warriors and two horses there now are representative of the more than 7,000 clay warriors with horses and chariots that were designed to protect the First Emperor, Qin Shihuang, in the afterlife.  Qin Shihuang had ascended to the throne at 13, unified seven warring kingdoms and proclaimed himself First Emperor.  Discovered in 1974 in Shaanxi, China, by farmers digging a well, the First Emperor’s tomb complex is a parallel world meant to enable his rule after his death.  In addition to the clay warriors, ongoing archaeological excavations have revealed a replica of the imperial life as the First Emperor knew it, including terracotta musicians, acrobats, officials and water birds of bronze.  Signing up at the Information Desk for a guided tour of the exhibit, scheduled at noon and 2 p.m., helped to bring displayed artifacts together and create a picture of what life was like during the First Emperor’s reign.

The video clip below shows the unpacking and installation of the current China Terracotta Warriors exhibit, which runs through May 27, 2013. A Discover & Go pass to the Asian Art Museum admits two adults and children under 12.  If you go, just remember to choose a date other than the first Sunday of the month, which is a free day at the Museum.  One daughter who made the mistake of picking this month’s first Sunday said she was glad she had her pass and did not have to stand in line with the many, many people awaiting admission, but it was truly crowded inside.  Have your library card ready and find out where else it may take you.  Start here.

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Tween Page Turners

Are you in grades 6-8? Do you like to read books and discuss what you’ve read (and have a lot of fun?) Consider joining Tween Page Turners. We meet once a month (the last Wednesday of the month) from 4-5 pm in conference Room A. We read a different book each month, and sometimes we read Advanced Reader’s Copies (books that are not yet published) and review them for the library. We currently are about half full, and are looking for new tweens to join us! If you are interested, please stop by the Children’s Desk to pick up a copy of the bookfor the next month’s meeting.

If you would like any further information, or have any questions, please email Mary Ayers at mcayers@aclibrary.org.

Some of the recent titles we’ve read:

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Secret of Platform 13 by Iva Ibbotson

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

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Year of the Snake Celebration!!

Today marks the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year which fell on Sunday, February 10 this year. According to the Chinese tradition, celebration will last for 15 days until the Lantern Festival.

As usual, Fremont Library hosted a big celebration with our community on last Saturday, the New Year’s Eve. If you were not one of the spectators, here are some photos for you to enjoy:

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Kung Hay Fat Choy!

恭喜發財! 蛇年行大運!!

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Daybreak Trio at Fremont Main February 16

Daybreak Trio

The Daybreak Trio performs in the Fukaya Room at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 16.  Daybreak Trio plays a variety of styles:  soft jazz, Cajun, Latin, original arrangements, world music selections.  Group leader Wayne Siligo, jazz and pop guitarist, vocalist, saxophonist and blues-harp player, was a tenor soloist with the Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose symphonies.  He played three nights weekly for 16 years at Papillon French restaurant on Mission Blvd., Fremont, and is now music director at the California School for the Blind, also in Fremont.  Markus Choo, keyboardist and award-winning musician-CSB graduate, is the accompanist for the school Glee Club.  Completing the Daybreak Trio is David Grandstaff, percussionist, guitarist and vocalist and teaching assistant at the CSB.

So, mark your calendar now:  Daybreak Trio, 2 p.m. Saturday, February 16, at the Fremont Main Library.  Check the online calendar regularly at http://bit.ly/V1WFhI and use the “Remind Me” button to automatically receive an emailed reminder of your chosen events.

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