Staff Reports

DIAMOND BAR-  The Friends of the Diamond Bar Library will be hosting a Wine Soiree and Benefit Auction on Sunday, April 24, at the Diamond Bar Center.  The annual soirée is an institution in Diamond Bar and is a great way to meet new and old friends and neighbors.

This festive and exciting event will feature delicious food from local restaurants, great wine, music, entertainment, raffles and exciting book, silent and live auctions.  Each year the Soirée is full of entertaining surprises:  this year look for the Total Wine and More table with interesting and delicious French wines being poured by Total Wine and More.  Tasty beer will be poured by Innovation Brew Works from Cal Poly.  Some of the great restaurant food hosts this year include Albertsons Market, Aljibani Halal Market, Buca de Beppo, Chili’s Grill and Bar, Claro’s Italian Restaurant, Del Taco, Diamond Palace, Got Taco Party?, Graber Olive House, It’s A Grind, Jeseca Creations, Julie’s Café, Mandarin Taste Restaurant, NiNi Bakery, Round Table Pizza, The Noodle, and The Whole Enchilada.  Visit them in person and thank them for their support for literacy in our community.

The Diamond Bar Community Library manager announced recently that the Diamond Bar Library is second out of all 86 libraries within the Los Angeles County library system for circulation, with 460,000 volumes moving in and out of the library each year.  Additionally, the Diamond Bar Library ranks eighth in total monthly patronage with a gate count of over 22,000 visitors per month.  The Diamond Bar Friends of the Library dedicates its time and energy to supporting this invaluable community institution.

With the support of the community,  the Friends gave the Diamond Bar Library over $30,000 in 2015, for much-needed materials, programs, books, magazines, etc. that would not have been possible without the Wine Soirée and our non-profit bookstores, Basically BOOKS.

Tickets for the event are $60 per person, and are available at the following Diamond Bar locations:  Midas Auto Service Experts, 796 N. Diamond Bar Boulevard; Diamond Bar Library, 21800 Copley Drive; and Basically BOOKS, 23447 Golden Springs Drive.  Advertisements are also available in the annual program.  A unique souvenir wine glass and program are included with each ticket.  Tickets and program information are also available at  www.dblibraryfriends.org.  For more information call Kathleen Newe at 909 629-2711.