Holo I Mua • February 2007

discovers that although she is shunned as Tax Forms, from front page a “leadfoot,” she has the surprising abil- ity to become invisible. ments Section; Kahuku, Kailua, Kaimuki, -Palama, Kaneohe, Kapolei, Liliha, Polly Shulman , McCully-Moiliili, Pearl City, State Public Library System February 2007 By Edna Weeks, Young Adult Librarian, Salt Lake-Moanalua, Wahiawa, Waialua, Hawaii State Library – Young Adult Section ENTHUSIASM (Gr. 9 – 12) and Waimanalo; – Kahului, Kihei, Lahaina, Makawao and Wailuku; La- Jordan Sonnenblick Julie and Ashleigh, high nai – Lanai; – Hanapepe, Koloa, Support Your Public Libraries; NOTES FROM THE school sophomores and Princeville and Waimea; Big Island MIDNIGHT DRIVER Jane Austen fans, seem – Bond Memorial, Hilo, Honokaa, Kailua- Grand Dame of Dragons (Gr. 8 – 12) to fall for the same Mr. Donate a Tax Refund Kona, Kealakekua, Naalehu, and Pahala. After being assigned Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide their to Appear at Libraries In addition, you can log-on to the By Paul H. Mark to perform commu- true feelings from one another. Federal IRS website to print or down- By Paul H. Mark Valentine’s Day is coming up in February. Do you LOVE your nity service at a nursing load forms: www.irs.ustreas.gov/forms- public library? If you do, here’s a suggestion on how you can home, 16-year-old Alex Ann Turner argaret Weis, an pubs/index.html. Then go to: forms and help us during the coming tax season. befriends a cantanker- HARD HIT (Gr. 8 – 12) award-winning publications by date or by number. The ous old man who has some lessons to Sixteen-year-old Mark and bestselling co- y donating a portion of your tax refund to the Hawaii State Public Library website also includes other Federal tax impart about jazz guitar playing, love and has an enviable life. creator/co-author System Special Fund, you could join thousands of Hawaii taxpayers who have information. M forgiveness. When his dad is diag- of the New York Times demonstrated their love and support of public libraries. nosed with cancer, ev- bestselling Dragonlance, B In 2004, Act 193 provided a check-off box on State Individual Income Tax Daniel Ehrenhaft erything Mark believed Darksword, and Death Weis Returns that allows taxpayers to make a token donation to support the Hawaii State DRAWING A in – love, God, the Grand Dame of Dragons, from front page Gate Cycle and author Public Library System: just $2 for an individual or $4 for a joint return. BLANK OR HOW I future – is called into of the Dragonvarld trilogy, is scheduled In 2006, $60,500 was collected through this tax donation program, which enabled TRIED TO SOLVE question, and he finds himself wishing he Friends of the Library Chapter. Programs to speak at nine public libraries on Hawaii’s public libraries to purchase additional copies of children’s books and a vari- A MYSTERY, END were in anyone’s shoes but his own. are subject to change. and the Big Island, Feb. 10 – 17. Admis- ety of adult books published about Hawaii, that benefited library customers of all ages A FEUD AND LAND Call the hosting library two weeks in sion is free. statewide. Since its inception, a total of about $152,700 has been collected to benefit THE GIRL OF MY advance if a sign language interpreter or More than 22 million copies of Weis’ Hawaii’s public libraries. DREAMS (Gr. 9 – 12) other special accommodation is needed. books have been sold and translated into All you have to do is mark the appropriate check-off box on your 2006 State Carlton Dunne IV, an For more information, call Hill- over a dozen languages. This year, Weis Individual Income Tax Return Form: Form N-11, line 41b; Form N-12, line 55b; Form outcast boarding school student with ary W. Chang, McCully-Moiliili Public is scheduled to release three more books: N-13, line 24b. Mahalo for your support! a secret identity as a graphic novelist, Library Young Adult Librarian, at (808) Warrior Angel, Dragons of Time and teams up with a beautiful Scottish girl 973–1099. Dragons of the Highlord Skies. Need Tax Forms, Anyone? who yearns to be an American police The following libraries will host this Just in time for the 2006 tax season, officer, to resolve an ancient feud and author program: Oahu - Feb. 10, 11 a.m. all 51 public libraries statewide will rescue Carlton’s kidnapped father. at -Kapahulu Public Library; Feb. 11, 3 p.m. at Kaneohe Public serve as distribution outlets for State tax forms, courtesy of a continuing Charlie Price Library; Feb. 12, 6:30 p.m. at Mililani partnership between the Hawaii State DEAD CONNEC- Holo I Mua (move forward, advance) Public Library; Feb. 13, 6 p.m. at Wa- is published monthly by the Public Library System and the State TION (Gr. 9 – 12) The Friends of the Library of Hawaii hiawa Public Library; Feb 14, 6:30 p.m. Hawaii State Public Library System Dept. of Taxation. A loner who communes (FLH) conducted a blessing and grand at Kapolei Public Library; Feb. 15: Salt Library Development Services Library staff will supply the forms, with the dead in the opening ceremony last month for “Bill’s Lake-Moanalua Public Library at 3 680 Iwilei Rd., Suite 528 but are not trained to assist with tax town cemetery hears Bookmobile,” the former Kaneohe p.m., McCully-Moiliili Public Library , Hawaii 96817 questions. For assistance, call the Dept. the voice of a murdered bookmobile that was refurbished and Tel. 587-8397 / Fax 587-8396 at 5:30 p.m.; Big Island – Feb. 16, 3 p.m. of Taxation’s Tax Information Line: State House Majority Leader Rep. Kirk cheerleader and tries to transformed into a new stationary book- Website: www.librarieshawaii.org at Hilo Public Library; and Feb. 17, 2 store. The renovation was made possible on Oahu, 587-4242; from Neighbor Caldwell (D-24th) was selected by the convince the adults he Jo Ann Schindler, State Librarian p.m. at Kailua-Kona Public Library. through a gift made in memory of the Islands, call toll-free at 1-800-222-3229; Friends of the Library of Hawaii as the knows what happened Recommended for sci-fi and fantasy late Bill Harper, an avid reader and sup- Paul H. Mark, Editor for the hearing impaired: on Oahu, call 2006 Legislator of the Year, at their an- to her. readers ages 12 to adult, these programs nual Legislative Breakfast on Jan. 10 porter of public libraries. Located at 690 Board of Education: 587-1418; from Neighbor Islands, call are sponsored by the host library’s at the Hawaii State Library. Here, Rep. Pohukaina St., the bookstore is open For info. visit: www.boe.k12.hi.us toll-free at 1-800-887-8974. For more Laura Ruby Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (ex- Caldwell (right) received the Mahalo Karen Knudsen, chairperson See Grand Dame of Dragons, back page information, visit the State Dept. of WALL AND THE cept on State holidays) and sells “gently Award from FLH President Stephanie John R. Penebacker, 1st vice chairperson Taxation website: www.state.hi.us/tax. WING (Gr. 5 – 8) used” books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, Herbert Watanabe, 2nd vice chairperson Rezents for being a strong and avid Mark Your Calendars Do you need Federal tax forms? In future New York and videos at bargain prices. Here, Dr. Eileen Clarke Dr. Lei Ahu Isa supporter of the Hawaii State Public There are 34 public libraries that will Library System. Rep. Caldwell worked where most people can Sally Harper, Bill’s widow and current Mary J. Cochran Kim Coco Iwamoto Feb. 17 -19 – Presidents Day Holiday; FLH Vice President, cuts the ceremonial Maggie Cox Denise Matsumoto serve as distribution outlets for Federal hard to obtain funding for the expan- fly and cats are a rarity, all libraries closed. Most libraries will ribbon after a blessing by Kahu Wendell Breene Harimoto Garrett Toguchi reopen on Feb. 20. Call your local library tax forms: Oahu – Aiea, Hawaii Kai, sion of the Manoa Public Library, and a nondescript resident Silva (left). For more information, call the Cec Heftel Darren Ibara, student for holiday hours or visit www.libraries Hawaii State Library-Federal Docu- provided much needed support for the of Hope House for the Friends at 536-4174. Donna Ikeda representative hawaii.org. HSPLS Operating Budget. Homeless and Hopeless See Tax Forms, back page