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Patrons Enjoy Brown Bag Lunch Program

Patrons enjoyed a special Brown Bag Lunch program at the Stromsburg Public Library this Tuesday. Charlotte Endorf presented her program, “Nebraska Spirit: The North Platte Canteen” featuring the story of the North Platte Canteen and personal stories from people who worked at the Canteen and servicemen and women who enjoyed their stops at the Canteen.

The North Platte Canteen is a little known piece of Nebraska history that shows the true spirit of Nebraskans. The “One Book, One Nebraska” selection for 2014 is Bob Greene’s book, “Once Upon a Town” which features the story of the North Platte Canteen. The book is the result of the author’s search for “the best America there ever was,” and may be checked out at the Stromsburg Public Library.

Patrons gathered on Tuesday to listen to the program about the North Platte Canteen.
Patrons gathered on Tuesday to listen to the program about the North Platte Canteen.
Come to the Stromsburg Public Library to check to check out Bob Greene's book about the North Platte Canteen.
Come to the Stromsburg Public Library to check to check out Bob Greene’s book about the North Platte Canteen.

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Brown Bag Lunch at the Library

Tuesday, March 11, we will be holding a brown bag lunch at the Stromsburg Public Library. Our program will be “Nebraska Spirit: The North Platte Canteen” by Charlotte Endorf.  Endorf is a popular speaker who has done numerous informative tours, most notably on the Orphan Train. Endorf has also written a book on the North Platte Canteen and comes to the library courtesy of Humanities Nebraska.

The program will be held at 12:00 pm in the main library. Pack a lunch and come enjoy this free program held in conjunction with One Book, One Nebraska.

 

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Upcoming Activities

By Diana Johnson

Activity at Stromsburg Public Library begins in the morning and ends later in the evening Tuesday, February 18. A lapsit for children ages one to four accompanied by their parents takes place at 11 a.m. Valentines and friendship are the themes. Sharing books is a great way for parents to bond with children and encourages children to read.

A community discussion of Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen, a book by Bob Greene, is scheduled for 7 p.m. that same day. The book describes how a community of only 12,000 people provided welcome, friendship, and food to more than six million soldiers on troop trains passing through the North Platte depot during World War II. The book is the 2014 selection of the One Book One Nebraska program.

“Nebraska Spirit: The North Platte Canteen” is the title of a program by Charlotte Endorf which will be presented as a Lunch & Learn Brown Bag session March 11, at 12 noon. Save the date! Endorf is a popular speaker who has done numerous informative tours, most notably on the Orphan Train. Endorf has also written a book on the North Platte Canteen and comes to the library courtesy of Humanities Nebraska.

 

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One Book, One Nebraska

By Diana Johnson

“You would hear the train whistle from off in the distance . . . and it would send a tingle down your spine.” This quote from the One Book One Nebraska selection for 2014, Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene, describes the passion felt by the residents in and around North Platte for all the World War II servicemen during the war.

Author and journalist Greene wrote the nonfiction book after searching for what he described as the best America there ever was and he found it in North Platte, Nebraska. The book’s subtitle, The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen, emphasizes the author’s admiration for the community’s sacrifices.        During the war American soldiers from every city passed through the small railroad depot on troop trains en route to Europe and the Pacific. Every day of the year for the war’s duration local volunteers staffed and funded the canteen from 5 a.m. until after midnight when the last troop train pulled away. No matter the length of the stop, welcome, food, and friendship were shown to the servicemen.

To acquaint and celebrate this One Book One Nebraska program Stromsburg Public Library invites the community to read this book and join in the discussion February 18, at 7 p.m. at the library. Extra copies of the book of less than 300 pages are available for checkout, easily accessible on the central display area attractively arranged by Assistant Librarian Monica Tidyman.

Owners of Nook ereaders may bring them in Tuesday, February 11, to learn more about its features. Staff can also assist with setting up the necessary accounts to check out digital audiobooks and ebooks from the statewide Overdrive library. A password or pin is now required to access Overdrive. Simply come in or call the library at 402-764-7681 to get the password.

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iPad Training and New Front-Line Tech Support on OverDrive

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 the library staff will be offering free iPad training. The main purpose of this training is to help patrons set up their device to access OverDrive, a free online ebook and audiobook checkout system available through the library. We will answer questions and provide support as much as we can outside of OverDrive also.

New to OverDrive is FrontLine Tech Support. This is another layer of support and help available to our patrons when they are having questions about OverDrive. If your question hasn’t been answered in the “Help” section of OverDrive and the librarians are unavailable or unable to help you, you can turn to FrontLine Tech Support right on OverDrive. Simply click the “Help” button or if you are already in the help section, scroll to the bottom of the page to “Support”. When you click on “Support” this will take you right to a FrontLine.

*A Reminder: OverDrive will now be requesting a library specific password to help prevent patrons from checking out books on another library’s patron card. This is not listed as a password, but rather, OverDrive requests a PIN in addition to your library card number. If you do not know this password, please stop by the library to obtain it.

Any other questions? Please contact the library staff at 402-764-7681.

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OverDrive Library Specific Password Goes into Effect January 29

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 the online library system, OverDrive, will begin to require library specific passwords for log in. Patrons will need to obtain this password from the library before signing into their OverDrive account.

Don’t forget, tomorrow is the day to bring your Kindle to the library! Librarians will be available all day to offer assistance in checking out books from OverDrive through the Stromsburg Public Library or other assistance.  Some things to do before you come in, if possible, are download the OverDrive Media Console app either through the Amazon Appstore or through the OverDrive website and if you would like to read books through the app rather than your Kindle, make sure you also have an Adobe ID and know that password and username.

Browse the many eBook options on OverDrive by visiting www.nebraska.lib.overdrive.com today!

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Free Magazines at the Stromsburg Library

It’s that time of year again, time to cut the clutter and get organized. One way we do this at the library is to get rid of magazines that are 2 years old or older in some cases. Gone are the days of doing a research paper using the Reader’s Guide to Periodicals! (Anyone remember those?) So goes the need to keep magazines around for five or ten years. The library typically keeps back issues of our magazines for one year. Some magazines are held longer due to content that might be relevant in the coming years.

The magazines are free for the taking and are available on the large table in the center of the library. Take as many as you want!

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Events at the Library-January 21-28

January 21-11 amLapsit-Ages 1-4 accompanied by an adult are welcome. We will be reading stories about how friendship makes winter cozy!

January 21-7 pmBook Club-The book club is discussing the novel, “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L . Stedman, feel free to join this lively discussion!

January 28-All DayKindle Training-The library will be focusing one day each week over the next several weeks to a different eReader. Stop by the library any time during the day to receive help and training on your device. No set time, just stop in whenever it is convenient for you, we are here to help!

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Christmas Break Events at the Library

Saturday Morning Cartoons at the Library

Saturday, December 28, 2013

10:30 am until Noon. 

Children 8 and up only please. Younger children are welcome when accompanied by an adult. 

Cartoons will be running in the meeting room. We will also serve a small snack. Ready to have the kiddos out of the house? Send them to the library!

Teen Chocolate Party

Saturday, January 4, 2014

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

We will have many games involving chocolate for the 10 and older crowd. Guess which unwrapped candy bar is on the plate, try your hand at stacking sandwich cookies and unwrapping candy using oven mitts! 

Fun and games and of course, chocolate!

 

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