I was reminded by Julia Jorgensen, from Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau, MO, that her school’s events are the first this year from the state of Missouri AND this is the FIFTH year her school has participated. She remarked that this “is significant to us!” and I share her enthusiasm. It’s significant to [...]
Archive for August 31st, 2008
first Missouri event!
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Connecting NY, WA, and Afghanistan at Summitview Branch Library (WA)
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This year, the Yakima Valley Libraries welcome community members to learn how a neighbor’s life–and perhaps their lives–are connected to those in Afghanistan. Cynthia Garrick, Reference Services Librarian at the Yakima Valley Libraries, let us know about their compelling event this September: As part of the September Project at Yakima Valley Libraries, Dr. Ken Zontek, [...]
Students get active at Cape Central High School (MO)
Posted in school library, youth, tagged book discussion group, book exhibit, display, Missouri, voter registration on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Do you remember the first time you voted? I do. It was incredible. I believed–as I do now–that my voice made a difference, that I had the ability to shape events larger than myself. This swell of memory put a smile on my face as I read about the events at Cape Central High School [...]