Loomis Library & Community Learning Center

Hang codling moth traps with pheromones for apple and pear trees. Check irrigation systems; perform maintenance. Fertilize indoor plants... Acid-loving plants like azalea and gardenia may show yellowing between leaf veins due to an inability to absorb iron. Add chelated iron if correcting poor drainage and adjusting pH does not correct the problem.

Henry is sure Yetis do exist, and he sets off on an expedition to find one. He has packed everything he needs, including a camera to take photos for evidence. But can he find a Yeti? And will anyone believe him when he returns home? Join us for this "Live-from-the-archives" storytime!

Kids Take-and-Make Craft kits and Adult Boredom Buster kits will be on the craft cart outside the library today (Friday, 4/2) at 12pm. Stop by and pick one up while supplies last!

From train to tractor, from boat to balloon, join the fun as an active bunny family takes a cross-country vacation. We will do some fun bunny fingerplays after the story!

LOOMIS BASIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S THROWBACK THURSDAY: F.W. Barkhaus and Sons Frederick W. Barkhaus, Sr., was a native of Placer County, born in 1861 at Gold Hill where his German-immigrant father engaged in mining, farming, stock raising and had a small orchard. Fred took up farming, raising hops near Wheatland until the year 1900 when he moved to Newcastle and became an orchardist. He owned a 408-acre ranch with 360 acres in fruit, said to be the largest single bearing orch...ard in the county. His sons, Walter and Merwin, joined him in the fruit business which they operated under the name F.W. Barkhaus and Sons. In April 1922, F.W. Barkhaus and Sons constructed a new and up-to-date fruit packing and shipping house in Newcastle. Son Walter took charge of the fruit house. Merwin superintended the ranch operations. Having shipped to markets on the Pacific Coast for several years, they successfully broke into the Eastern market in 1925, distributing under their own PET brand label. They handled not only their own fruit, but also actively engaged in the merchandising of Placer County fruits in co-operation with the Tracey-Waldron Fruit Company of Lodi. They shipped from both Newcastle and Auburn. Frederick W. Barkhaus, Sr., pictured here with his PET brand label, retired from the business in 1928. He sold his orchards to his sons who continued to operate under the name Barkhaus Brothers. Fred died at his home in Newcastle in 1931. The sons, F.W. Walter Barkhaus, Jr., and Merwin F. Barkhaus, married sisters May and Pearl Day, daughters of James J. Day of Loomis. After closing their fruit business in the 1930s, Walter worked for the Rawhide Mine near Alta. Merwin moved to Palermo, becoming manager of Butte County’s Fair Oaks Fruit Corporation. He later worked for the California Fruit Exchange, retiring in 1970.

Little frog is kind and generous as he helps a little bug, a little slug, and more stranded creatures across the pond. But what happens when he gets tired and can't get across? Let's find out! This Live-From-The Archives story is read at the lotus pond in Sacramento. Please join us!

LOOMIS BASIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S THROWBACK THURSDAY: All Saints Episcopal Church In 1893, four years after the arrival of the first English colonists, residents of the Citrus Colony were planning to build a new church about one and a half miles from Loomis on the slope of Antelope Ridge. The church opened three years later. Services were held for the first time at the Citrus Colony Episcopal Church of All Saints, on Delemere Avenue (now Delmar), at 3:00 p.m. on Good Friday..., April 3, 1896. The Episcopal Church has its origins in the Anglican Church, also known as the Church of England. In the 1780s at the end of the Revolutionary War, the Anglican Church in America reorganized as the Episcopal Church, cutting its ties to the British Crown. A century later, for the English settlers of the Placer County Citrus Colony, the Episcopal Church was an obvious substitute for the Anglican Church of their motherland. Nonetheless, it was not as readily accepted by some of their neighbors, as noted in the following newspaper letter: To the Editor: Dear SirI hope you will allow me a small space in the paper to correct an erroneous report which has got abroad in regard to the Episcopal Church of All Saints in Delamere avenue near Loomis. Several times in conversation it has been spoken of to me as the ‘English Church.’ I have also made enquiries upon the matter and am only too sorry to find that such seems to be the common impression. I would first of all say that the church in question belongs to the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, and is entirely under the control of her Bishops, and therefore nothing whatever to do with the English Bishops. And secondly, that the church was built by the united efforts of English and Americans. Some people also have an idea that an invitation is necessary before they can attend the services. Others again that they will receive the cold shoulder from the English if they do attend. Such I can assure anyone wishing to come is quite contrary, in fact it has always been a source of wonderment to some members of the congregation why it is that Sunday after Sunday no Americans attend. Lately I am glad to say I have noticed one or two Americans and I sincerely hope that Americans are beginning to recognize that it is the Episcopal Church of their own country. As to the necessity of an invitation, I cannot imagine anyone thinking that such a thing is necessary in the Lord’s House. I hope this letter will be the means of removing any erroneous reports which may be in circulation regarding the church, and that in future the Americans will help to swell the congregations at the services of the church. H. Basil Martin Loomis, Feb. 11, 1897 The All Saints Episcopal Church eventually became well-accepted in the community. It was one of the first two churches in Loomis. Comments Comment as Loomis Library & Community Learning Center

Meanwhile, on these magical winter nights Don't forget to get out and join in a little nighttime reveling in the natural world too!

Thank you to the families who made cards for the Senior Citizens at the Loomis Senior L.I.F.E Center. They were so appreciated!Thank you to the families who made cards for the Senior Citizens at the Loomis Senior L.I.F.E Center. They were so appreciated!

Live from the Archives! The Winky Wonky Donkey story as told by Roger Carroll. This puppet show was performed during our Summer Reading Program in 2018. Roger Carroll's shows are always a hit!