By Olivia Terry The melting of the snow and the closing of the runs are a sorrowful reminder that ski season is nearly over. However, one must look forward to the bright reappearance of crocuses and the cheerful presence of a new brood of ducklings that always seem to signify that spring is here. For many, spring represents new beginnings. Seeds are planted in the spring and new life, ideas, and projects flourish in the warm weather. Pictured in this image from the Union Pacific … [Read more...] about Spring in the Air
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Kids Meet Poetry
By Helen Morgus, Children’s Librarian II In the Children's Library, before the pandemic, we invited groups of fourth graders to visit for poetry programs every April. One year, we had them read aloud. We handed out poems. They chose partners and worked on who would say which parts. They practiced. Then they bravely stood before their class, and performed. Poems in hand, they giggled, stumbled, and blushed. But they read. And we saw the lights go on in their … [Read more...] about Kids Meet Poetry
Women of Old Ketchum
Historic Photo Stories from the Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History For Women’s History Month, let's look back to some of the leading ladies of the mining town known as Ketchum. In this image we see the grace and elegance of Teresa Parks, Sarah Jane McCoy, and Frances Venable standing in their fur coats in front of the Ketchum Kamp Hotel, sometime between 1926 and 1937. All three of the ladies had moved to Ketchum sometime between 1880 and 1884, and raised their families in the … [Read more...] about Women of Old Ketchum
Book Review: The Big Umbrella…
...and So You Want to Talk About Race Children's Librarian Lee Dabney recommends The Big Umbrella and So You Want to Talk About Race. For those of you who don’t know me, I am the story-time lady. Every Monday at 10:30 a.m. a group of tiny people and their caregivers join me for stories and an activity. The past few months, I have been going through the alphabet letter-by-letter as inspiration for our weekly themes. On February 14, the letters were U and V. … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Big Umbrella…
Book Review: The Paris Library
Library Assistant Andrea Nelson recommends The Paris Library: A Novel by Janet Skeslien Charles. It was Miss Reeder who said about books that 'no other thing possesses that mystical faculty to make people see with other people's eyes. The Library is a bridge between cultures.'The Paris Library As Hitler's troops advance across Europe, Odile Souchet avoids old men and their constant talk of war. Germany stands no chance against France's superior army and its Maginot Line, bien sûr! Like … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Paris Library
Winter Read Creative Contest 2022
And we have a winner! Three actually: Andrea Pierceall, Betsy Sise, and Sarah Leidecker. Winter Read intern Cline Dolson, a junior at the Sage School, organized this contest for her internship project and each winner received a $50 gift card to the Gold Mine. Thank you to all who entered! Drumroll please! The Winning Winter Read Poems: From Sarah Leidecker Crust-Cruising in a River of Sunshine A river of sunshine drips from our sun, flowsdown the galactic stream, runsinto the face of … [Read more...] about Winter Read Creative Contest 2022
