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Jun 11, 2013 — by Courtney Hatley Legion Park, the oldest city park in Owensboro (with the exception of Smothers Park which was set aside as public grounds in the 1816 plat of Rossboro), was acquired as a shady picnic area in 1894. At the time, the location of Legion Park was outside the city limits and patrons paid a fare of 5 cents to ride a streetcar the 1 and a half miles to and from the park, which was operated…
Jun 9, 2013 — by Jim Blanton When I first started out as a librarian, I envisioned a future of providing reference service and assisting patrons with locating books and information. While that certainly comprised a significant part of my job duties, almost from the word go I was drawn into the area of library programming. Unfortunately programming was a subject that was notably absent in my graduate school program. I vividly remember during the orientation week of my…
Jun 5, 2013 — by Wesley Johnson Filmmaker Martha Stephens was born & raised in Kentucky. Although she now lives in West Virginia, her work makes it evident that she still has a great fondness for the Bluegrass State. Her latest feature, Pilgrim Song, tells the story of a freshly pink-slipped music teacher leaving his home in Louisville to figure life out while hiking the Sheltowee Trace Trail in Eastern Kentucky. Pilgrim Song will show at the library this…
May 26, 2013 — Dear Parents, School is out, and now is the perfect time to start planning for the summer! Make the Daviess County Public Library a part of your summer routine by enrolling your child in our “Get into Character @ your library” Summer Reading Program sponsored by The Friends of the Library. All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. Numerous studies have shown that reading over…
May 23, 2013 — by Wesley Johnson A text message is made up of a very small amount of data. That fact has caused many to wonder over the years why it costs so much to send one. Search the internet and you’ll find many in depth articles attempting to find the reason behind the cost. Despite all the effort, though, no one has arrived at a logical conclusion. A few years ago, the always on the rise price…
May 22, 2013 — by Wesley Johnson
May 12, 2013 — For the Derringer By Leslie McCarty One was an aviation pioneer. She led others, yet she was blind. No mob was going to lynch his prisoner. This Civil War hero made a fatal decision. Why the Colonel went into the lion’s den, day after day. Each of us has a story to tell; so do they. Come and here these voices speak for themselves at Echoes of Elmwood. Have you missed some stories from years…
May 10, 2013 — by Christy Temple Are your nerves frazzled from too much work? Do you long to spend a few days in some exotic locale or in the cool, crisp air of the mountains? If so, taking a vacation or some time to travel probably sounds like a really good idea right about now. However, if you’re like me, sometimes you don’t always know exactly where to start on finding just the right information in order to…
May 9, 2013 — by Kim Mattingly The 94th celebration of Children’s Book Week will be held May 13-19, 2013. Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Administered by the literacy organization Every Child a Reader and funded in part by the Children’s Book Council, Children’s Book Week celebrates books for young people and promotes the joy of reading. During Children’s Book Week, the 6th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala…
May 7, 2013 — by Brian Lashbrook When people ask me what is the one app I cannot live without, I don’t have to even think about it. The fact that nobody ever asks me that question doesn’t stop me from volunteering the answer. The answer is…wait… let me look it up in Evernote. Oh yeah, the answer is “Evernote”! A few years ago I was tasked with finding a Mac alternative to Microsoft’s OneNote application. The company I…