SNEAK PEEK at Two of the Entries in Our Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest! Enter Yours By Saturday, October 19th!
Here’s a SNEAK PEEK at two of the ENTRIES in our LITERARY PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST!
Aren’t they super-creative?!!
๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ง 19th ๐๐ฉ 1:00๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ!
Only one entry per division: age 10 & under, age 11-18, age 19 & over, and Family entry.
The winners in each division will receive PRIZES!
Click here for more information: https://libraries.ne.gov/centralcity/2024/10/01/ccpls-literary-pumpkin-decorating-contest-is-back/
CCPL’s Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest is BACK!
We begin accepting entries for our Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest on TUESDAY (October 15-19)!!
We can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!
The Central City Public Library is hosting a Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest that
begins on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 and lasts through Saturday, October 19, 2024.
Decorate a pumpkin or gourd (real or artificial) as a book character or with a literary theme and drop it
off at the CC Public Library’s front desk for display until October 25. The public will vote for “People’s
Choice Awards” in four categories (age 10 & under, age 11-18, age 19 & over, and Family entry).
Winners will be announced on October 25, 2024. Winners in each category will receive prizes!
Contest Rules:
- The library cannot accept carved pumpkin/gourd submissions. Only painted and/or decorated
whole pumpkin/gourd submissions may be entered into the contest. - Submissions will not be accepted before Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 9 am.
- All contest submissions must be accompanied by an entry form.
- Contest submission must be turned into library staff by Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 1:00pm.
Late pumpkin submissions will not be accepted. - One winner will be chosen from each of the following categories: age 10 & under, age 11-18,
age 19 & over, and Family entry. - All pumpkins must be picked up by 1:00pm Saturday, October 26, 2024. Pumpkins/gourds
that are not picked up by this time will be disposed of.
Click below for Contest Entry Form and for more information:
http://libraries.ne.gov/centralcity/files/2024/10/Pumpkin-Entry-Form-2024-1-1.pdf
Congratulations to Sally Bankson! She’s the 2024 Recipient of the Mad Hatter Award!
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง!
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ’๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐’๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐.
Here to present the award were special guests Holli Duggan and Sally Snyder from the Nebraska Library Commission, who serve as liaisons to the Nebraska Library Association‘s Awards Committee. We were also joined by Jessica Wilkinson, Director of Crete Public Library (last year’s Mad Hatter Award recipient).
CCPL’s staff members as well as Sally’s family were thrilled to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of her hard work and dedication.
We are so proud of Sally’s achievement and grateful for all the incredible contributions she has made to our library and community. 
Comments from the two nomination letters included statements such as:
“๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง.”
“๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ๐จ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐จ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ญ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ.”
Celebrate Your FREEDOM to READ!
So Many NEW BOOKS at CCPL!
We’ve added SO MANY NEW BOOKS ฮฑฦ CCPL that it’s tough to choose what to read next!
๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐.ย 
Bad Liar by Tami Hoag (release date 9/24/24)
The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin
Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert
We Need No Wings by Ann Dรกvila Cardinal
Den of Iniquity: J.P. Beaumont #23 by J.A. Jance
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Passions in Death: an Eve Dallas novel by J.D. Robb
Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill (Sunny Randall Book 12) by Alison Gaylin
The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak
Lethal Standoff by DiAnn Mills
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
Before We Were Us by Denise Hunter
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman
The Closing Days by Isac Kovach
Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks (release date 9/24/24)
Disconnected Kids, Third Edition: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders (by Dr. Robert Melillo
Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O’Connor
Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health by Casey Means MD
Freaky Folklore: Terrifying Tales of the World’s Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids
Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy by David Rohde
Inside Out 2 (DVD-movie)
Check out what’s new and popular at CCPL here: https://centralcity.biblionix.com/catalog/
Congrats to the Winners of our Bronze Dedication Door Prizes!
๐๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ณ๐ย ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ:
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐
๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ค, ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ!ย 
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Enjoy your prizes, and thank you for being a part of this memorable day!
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You’re Invited! Patricia Campbell Memorial Bronze Dedication on September 11th, 2024
