By Macy Conley Most librarians have found something used as a book mark that wasn't a book mark. Some librarians have found old pictures, money, or pressed flowers hidden between the pages of a book. Other librarians have been unfortunate enough to find items like tin can lids, banana peel, or deli meat. No librarian …
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Getting to know our library board: Rebecca Garcia
What jobs and/or volunteer work do you do outside of the library board? Volunteer at R. M. H., Member of Sacred Heart Alter Society, Evangelization group leader How long have you been the library board? I have been on the library board for a long time. I think through 4 different directors. Where did you …
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Getting to know our neighbors: Butts Flowers
By Sheila Barnard Butts Flowers has been a staple on Rock Island since 1909. Two doors down from the current location, the original owners, the Butts family, grew the flowers in their own greenhouse. The shop was eventually handed down to the daughters, Pauline and Helen. According to the current owner, the Butts girls were …
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Weather Awareness – Be Prepared!
By Peggy Kindiger After an extended, cool winter we’re all looking forward to the longer sunny days and warmer weather that heralds spring. Are you already preparing garden and flower beds in anticipation of the soaking rains that will turn dry seeds to future harvest of fruits, vegetables, and flowers? That being said, the mix …
The History of Spring Break
By Sheila Barnard It is that time again. The time that children count down to, college students save for, and parents worry about. Spring Break. From Florida to Texas to Disney World, we are going look at when spring break got started and how it evolved to what we know today. Spring break is said …
Children’s Art Smart Camp
By Tia Garrett This year for Spring Break we will be doing a FREE Art Smart Camp for all children PK-5th grade! It will be at 3:30 pm each day. Here is a little bit about what we will be doing! Monday the 18th Print Making Lear about Jose' Guadalupe Posada and his Day of …
Importance of Roses in the Dark Tower Series
By Alicia Ballard Before we start, here are a few terms: Constant Reader: Stephen King Fan Keystone Earth: The main version of Earth out of multiple realities To most people, Roses symbolize love, but to Constant Readers, they symbolize something far greater. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series spans eight novels, and several short stories. …
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Canadian County Master Gardeners
By Courtney Keck: Horticulture Educator Canadian County OSU Extension Service Despite the recent weather, gardening season is about to be in full swing, and that includes Canadian County Master Gardener activity. The CCMGs represent the Canadian County Cooperative Extension Service, which is a part of Oklahoma State University – Stillwater. Their mission is to share research-based …
Spring Out of Your Comfort-Zone
By Alicia Ballard Some readers, including myself, get stuck on a certain author or genre. It can be a satisfying but dangerous thing. One moment you could be on a science fiction binge, then the next thing you know, it’s been six months of nothing but science fiction and you feel guilty about the pile …
Getting to know our library board: Karen Pappas
By Sheila Barnard What jobs and/or volunteer work do you do outside of the library board? Friends of the Library, various activities with Wesley UMC, Project Transformation Reading mentor How long have you been on the library board? Two years Where did you grow up? Choctaw, OK Where did you go to school? Choctaw High …
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