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Ruth Pratt Honored by Governor for Arts Support |
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Written by David Townsend
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:01 |
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| Ruth Pratt, center, Executive Director of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library Foundation, musician, and patron of the arts, was recognized Sept. 23 in Boise with a Governor's Award in the Arts. The silver medallion honored her for "Support of the Arts." Pictured with her and Idaho Gov. Butch Otter following the ceremony are, from left, Nancy Flagan, Roberta Larsen, First Lady Lori Otter, Kelly Lattin, Rachel Dodge, and Mary Sanderson. |
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Winton Readers Win Summer Reading Trophy |
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Written by David Townsend
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Friday, 24 September 2010 15:12 |
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Children who spend part of their summers reading return to school in the fall better equipped to learn. The kids at Winton Elementary demonstrated that they are readers by being the first annual winners of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Summer Reading Traveling Trophy.
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Winton Elementary students Trevor Carpenter and Nathan Ralston hold the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Summer Reading Traveling Trophy with Susan Thorpe, Youth Supervisor for the public library, left, and Beth Dane, Winton School Librarian. Trevor and Nathan were two of 59 students from Winton who participated in Summer Reading.
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According to Susan Thorpe, Youth Supervisor, children visiting the library and participating in Summer Reading not only had the opportunity to win prizes, but also got to vote for their school on each visit. According to the ballots, 59 students from Winton visited the library 187 times and earned the right to display the trophy in their school library until next summer.
Winton School Librarian Beth Dane told her students at an assembly Friday, “Winton is a school of readers.”
She noted that the students and their families are “100 percent responsible for the new books we were able to add to the library last year – 317 books … filling up our library to a total of 9,326 books.”
She said in the past year students checked out 13,000 books and that students in third, fourth and fifth grades passed 2,989 Accelerated Reading tests – for a total of 18,151, 970 words. Dane gave special recognition to student Sarena Kaschmitter for reading more than one million words on her own.
News about the library and other city departments is also available on the City of Coeur d’Alene news blog: cdacity.blogspot.com.
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Mudgy & Millie Are All Around Town |
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Written by David Townsend
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 09:33 |
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 The Mudgy & Millie Float for the Fourth of July Parade in Coeur d'Alene Sunday. Sponsored by the Coeur d'Alene Public Library Foundation, It featured author Susan Nipp, sculptor Terry Lee and a group of young library supporters. For more photos of the float and the Foundation's Mudgy & Millie Booth, visit the library's Facebook page by clicking on the link on the left side below. And while you are there become a fan.
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Youth Members Bring Different Perspective to Board |
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Written by David Townsend
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:14 |
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Emily Burnham, left, and Kaye Thornbrugh, youth member of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library Board of Trustees.
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The Board of Trustees for the Coeur d’Alene Public Library meets the fourth Wednesday of each month. Its voting members bring together a wide range of experience: education, the law, community activism, politics, etc. But the perspective is that of adults.
But two other members – nonvoting though they are – provide a slightly different point of view. Emily Burnham and Kaye Thornbrugh are the Library Board’s youth members. Both began terms on the board in 2009 and both will be seniors at Coeur d’Alene High School this year.
They were recently asked to respond to a questionnaire and these are their responses.
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Last Updated on Monday, 19 July 2010 10:41 |
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Outreach Coordinator Earns Fellowship |
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Written by David Townsend
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 13:54 |
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Barbara Nolan, Outreach Coordinator for the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, has been selected as a fellow in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Western Regional Fellowship, Transforming Life After 50.
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Barbara Nolan
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In a partnership between the Idaho Commission for Libraries, California State Library, Oregon State Library, and Washington State Library, the fellowship will introduce 93 selected public library professionals from 11 states to a new framework for serving and engaging midlife adults, ages 50 and up. The fellows will re-examine traditional views on aging and explore innovative ways in which public libraries can become centers of productive aging, lifelong learning, and civic engagement.
“We congratulate Barbara for being accepted and the Coeur d’Alene library is committed to applying new practices and tools developed as a result of this fellowship,” said Library Director Bette Ammon. “We look forward to enhancing the resources that we can provide to our midlife patrons.”
The fellowship will run from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. The yearlong program is funded by a grant from the U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
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