February 2023

Pete the Cat Visits Heth-Washington Elementary School

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Library mascot Pete the Cat visited Heth-Washington Elementary School today as a reward for HWES being the top school in January 2023’s Read to Feed Harrison County Winter Challenge.  In each classroom from Pre-K to 3rd grade, Eden Ransdell, Youth Services Manager, read and sang Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes.  Pete acted out the story and led the kids in dancing along.  Each classroom received a special Certificate of Excellence signed by Pete the Cat with their total number of books read.  Way to go, Heth-Washington!

HCPL Readers Donate 102 Pounds of Food to Community Services

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Harrison County Public Library is proud to announce that the participants of the Read to Feed Harrison County Winter Challenge donated 102 pounds of food to Harrison County Community Services during the month of January!  In addition to these canned good donations, HCCS also received 100 cases of chicken from Tyson, $1,000 from Duke Energy, $200 from REMC, and a $75 gift from Walmart.  These generous donations from the community helped feed 724 households with 1,746 individuals.  Great work, Harrison County!

Pictured above, Kymberli Wilkinson, HCCS Director of Development, accepts a Walmart gift card from Eden Ransdell, HCPL Youth Services Manager.

“Saturday Spotlight” at the Frederick Porter Griffin Center: Black History Month

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by Kathy Fisher, Head of Genealogy

In July of 2006, a diverse group gathered at Corydon’s historic Leora Brown School to hear the remembrances of a special nonagenarian named Ethel Porter.  The location was appropriate, for Ethel was there to speak about her experiences growing up in Indiana’s segregated school systems.

The library staff was there to capture these stories and the recently uncovered video is now available to share.  You are invited to rediscover this program each Saturday during Black History Month.

Viewings will run on the hour between 10 am and 4 pm each remaining Saturday during February.  Stop in to learn more about Ethel, the Leora Brown School, Harrison County’s rich Black history, and more!

(Don’t worry if you can’t make it in person, the videos will be added to the library programming page on the website at the end of the month.)

Who’s Awesome! – Julia Phipps

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Congratulations, Julia Phipps!

Julia Phipps, affectionately known by staff as Julie, is HCPL’s first Who’s Awesome! winner. Julia works as a reference assistant and was one of twenty-two staff members nominated in January.

Tiffany Thieneman, public services manager, nominated Julia for the award stating, “Julie was awesome when we had a patron in reference who had a medical issue. Julie’s nursing experience came in handy as she assessed the patron’s condition. Julie stayed calm and was able to provide EMS with information regarding the situation. I was glad Julie was there to help!”

Julia joined the reference staff at Main October 25, 2021.

Each month a winner will be selected by random drawing. A quarterly winner and nominator will receive a small prize in addition to the recognition.

Other staff members nominated in January were Amanda Applegate, Nikki Esarey, Ann Allen, Eden Ransdell, Sandy Harbeson, Melissa Schellenberger, Ann Crecelius, Vee Colantonio, Lynn Hardesty, Bethany Banet, Savannah Wallace, Seren Lindsey, Debbie McClanahan, Steven Schifcar, Liz Dennis, Trevor Smith, Kelly Powell, Alisa Burch, Jessica Stroud, Sarah Dorton and Pat Schwartz.

Article by Alisa Burch, Director

 

 

The Results Are In! Read to Feed Harrison County 2023

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Harrison County Public Library is excited to announce that 30,418 books were read for the #WinterRead2023 Read to Feed Harrison County Winter Challenge during the month of January.  This is more than three times the original goal of 9,500 books! 1,789 readers participated, including 1,428 students.

Thanks to the hard work of the community, Harrison County Community Services will receive 100 cases of chicken from Tyson, $1,000 from Duke Energy, $200 from REMC, and a $75 gift from Walmart.

Missed out on the challenge?  1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is always open for children from birth through Pre-K.  Track your reading with Beanstack or pick up a memory book from any library branch.  Try out HCPL’s new app to access eResources and more.

If you have participated in a reading challenge with us before, you already have a Beanstack account. The library will assist you if you have any difficulties logging on.

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