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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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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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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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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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Sep 14, 2017
2 min

Adult Programs: Respect for Elders

To listen to her adult program visit Previous Programs page. Rebecca’s Lesson Plan I am an only child raised with a healthy respect and...

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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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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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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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Sep 12, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Job Search

Story by Tom Ravely In the summer of 1989 I moved from Minneapolis to LaMoure, ND motivated by my interest in family history. I had found...

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Sep 12, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Family Influence

My love of the library and for reading began when I was three or four years old. I would visit my local library several times a week,...

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Sep 11, 2017
2 min

Library Story: One Book, or Two, Makes a Difference

Joe Rector, library director, and I (Bill Kennedy), development director and writer of this post, were talking about how to communicate...

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Sep 10, 2017
2 min

Library Story: My Library & Literacy

As a parent of four kids, I know that children’s literacy is of utmost importance. I also know that it is not easy in our modern world...

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Jan 25, 2017
1 min

Adult Programs: Geneaology Online Searching

Adult Program by Barb Caine Barb discovered her love for family history at her great-grandmother’s knee. An education major, she is on...

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Oct 1, 2016
1 min

Adult Programs: Writer's Development Workshop

Adult Program by Bruce Berg, Keith Norman and Bill Kennedy Tuesday, October 11, 6:00 pm Lower level Alfred Dickey Conference Room Do you...

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Sep 8, 2016
1 min

Adult Programs: Fall Birding Class

Adult Program by Dan Buchannan Where: Alfred Dickey Lower Level Conference Room When: Tuesday, September 13, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm What birds...

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Aug 18, 2016
1 min

Library Story: Louis L’Amour, Alfred Dickey Free Public Library

These are quotes from the opening pages of Education of a Wandering Man, Bantam Books, 1938. “Education is available to anyone within...

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Jul 27, 2016
2 min

Library Story: Chess @ The Library

We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. Fifty losses in a row. That’s about how many times Tim...

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Jul 7, 2016
1 min

The Book Mobile: Lifetime Vision Source makes Donation

Library Development Director, Bill Kennedy, Lifetime Vision Source, Dr. Larry Motacek, Library Director, Joe Rector, Lifetime Vision...

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Jun 15, 2016
1 min

The Book Mobile: Modern Woodmen of America Donation

Thanks to the local chapter of Modern Woodmen of America for their generous matching gift of $2,500 for the new Bookmobile. Pictured are...

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May 18, 2016
1 min

Adult Programs: Modern Computing Questions & Answers

Adult Program by Justin Batz Where: Alfred Dickey Library, 105 3rd St. SE Jamestown, ND When: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 6:00 PM Join...

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