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    Library Story: Libraries and Elementary Schools
    • Dec 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Libraries and Elementary Schools

    Story by Deb Hornung The James River Valley Library plays a very important role in the elementary classroom. I have taught elementary...
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    Library Story: Libraries and a World Traveler
    • Dec 20, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Libraries and a World Traveler

    I don’t have any one single story about libraries playing a role in my life, but they’ve always been important. They were especially...
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    Library Story: Woodworth, ND to Mableton, GA
    • Dec 18, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Woodworth, ND to Mableton, GA

    Story by Stephanie Loose As a young reader, I knew I liked Burgess books. I recall the shape, size and art on the cover and where they...
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    Library Story: Rediscovery
    • Dec 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: Rediscovery

    Story by Jill Pfaff My library story really begins quite recently. It started when I accepted a position working at the James River...
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    Library Story: Community Quality
    • Dec 14, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: Community Quality

    Story by Dr. Jo-Ida C. Hansen Like many people, I am sure, who grew up in Jamestown, I have fond memories of the Alfred Dickey Free...
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    Library Story: Learning to Read
    • Dec 7, 2017
    • 3 min

    Library Story: Learning to Read

    Story by Alice Mueller Harris Not long after World War II in 1950, my family took a ship to the United States from Germany to make a new...
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    Library Story: Mrs. Smith, Memories of the Alfred Dickey Free Library
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: Mrs. Smith, Memories of the Alfred Dickey Free Library

    A librarian at the Alfred Dickey Free Library, whom I knew only as Mrs. Smith, made a profound difference in my young life. I discovered...
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    Library Story: Libraries & Teachers
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 3 min

    Library Story: Libraries & Teachers

    One of my favorite memories is when I signed up for my first library card. I was so excited. Imagine that — I could check out a few books...
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    Library Story: I Am Who I Am
    • Oct 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: I Am Who I Am

    When I was asked to write a story about how libraries influenced my life, I was skeptical. Was I willing to open myself up to a bunch of...
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    Library Story: Libraries & Vision
    • Oct 25, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Libraries & Vision

    When I received the information brochure regarding fund raising for a new bookmobile, I immediately knew it would be a community project...
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    Library Story: A Family of Readers
    • Sep 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: A Family of Readers

    Story by Diane Jolin Literacy has always been important to me. That is one of the reasons I became a reading teacher. I would tell my...
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    • Sep 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Read Until You See The Movie

    Story by Barb Laraway My family has always loved to read books. My children went to the library for Children’s Hour every time it was...
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    Library Story: The Librarian and a Neighborhood Kid
    • Sep 20, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: The Librarian and a Neighborhood Kid

    This is a story about the impact of the library on my own education from my high school days at Jamestown High School. I was tasked with...
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    Library Story: From Sparta to Jamestown via Libraries
    • Sep 20, 2017
    • 3 min

    Library Story: From Sparta to Jamestown via Libraries

    Libraries are the dynamic testament to a community’s need for intellectual stimulation and sense of community.  I can’t imagine a...
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    Library Story: Library As A Safe Accepting Place
    • Sep 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Library As A Safe Accepting Place

    When I was a young child, there were many problems in my family. At times the situation was very difficult. As both of my parents...
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    Library Story: Library In My Life
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: Library In My Life

    In the summer when my mother was working full time, my day always included about a half mile walk to the library where I could choose...
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    Library Story: Library, Home Schooling, Self-Publishing
    • Sep 15, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: Library, Home Schooling, Self-Publishing

    Story by Rebecca Nyberg, Homeschool Mom I began using the children’s library on a weekly basis when my oldest children were three and...
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    Library Story: Library and Family Care
    • Sep 14, 2017
    • 2 min

    Library Story: Library and Family Care

    There comes a time when all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can never fix Humpty Dumpty again. My brother Donald, at the age of...
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    Library Story: The Library, Just Walk In The Door
    • Sep 13, 2017
    • 1 min

    Library Story: The Library, Just Walk In The Door

    My first memory of books was being read to by both my mother and grandmother. What a wonderful way to be able to bond with a child, the...
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    Library Story: Libraries & Dumpsters
    • Sep 13, 2017
    • 3 min

    Library Story: Libraries & Dumpsters

    Story by Jim Nyland It started with a dumpster.  Well, actually, it started in a dumpster, but more on that in a minute. My start in the...
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