Congratulations to Sally Bankson! Sheโs 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 ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃโ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐โ๐จ 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 Associationโs Awards Committee. We were also joined by Jessica Wilkinson, Director of Crete Public Library (last yearโs Mad Hatter Award recipient).
CCPLโs staff members as well as Sallyโs family were thrilled to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of her hard work and dedication.
We are so proud of Sallyโs 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:
โ๐๐๐ง 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.โ
โ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ 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.โ