“The Education of Little Tree” will be shown at the library on Monday, October 23 at 6 p.m. This is the fourth and final film in the Faces of Family discussion series. James Cromwell (Babe) stars in this heartwarming adaptation of the acclaimed best-seller about an eight-year-old Cherokee boy in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains during the […]
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Winners of the Niobrara County Library Foundation raffle are Judy Hamaker and Cindy Starkey. Michael Tucker drew the tickets at the library on Friday, September 22 and the quilt went to the Hamaker home. Cindy Starkey was the second ticket drawn and took home the crocheted tablecloth. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped […]
Guest Editorial by Wyoming State Librarian, Lesley Boughton. In 1882, John Hoyt, third governor of the territory of Wyoming, proposed that “a strong public library be established at the chief center of population in each county.” Hoyt’s vision was embraced in 1886 when the legislature authorized the establishment of free county libraries. Local groups responded […]
The film, “White Oleander” will be shown at the library as part of the Faces of Family series on Thursday, October 5 at 6 p.m. Based on the popular bestseller by Janet Fitch, “White Oleander” traces a teenager’s remarkable journey to independence. Alison Lohman portrays Astrid, struggling to get a foothold in life as she […]
The Niobrara County Library Foundation will draw raffle tickets on Friday, September 22. The drawing is for a handmade quilt with squares donated by Dorothy Keenan and completed by Judy Hamaker and other volunteers. The quilt is considered an Ohio star pattern and the stars were completed over 70 years ago. Children’s Librarian, Yvonne Jensen […]
The film, “A Home of Our Own” starring Kathy Bates will be shown at the library on Monday, September 25 at 6 p.m. as part of the Faces of Family series. This film portrays Bates as a single mother who comes to appreciate the value of community as she builds her family a home in […]
Presenting?. eAudiobooks! Over 1200 popular titles including best-sellers and classics, Pimsleur foreign language learning programs and Modern Scholar courses are now available from your local library website, https://www.niobraracountylibrary.org. Books “check-out” for three weeks and are renewable, no more holds and no more late fees with the simple renewal process. Up to 10 titles can be […]
The changing face of family life today will be discussed in a film discussion series at the library beginning Monday, September 11. “Faces of Family” begins at 6 p.m. with the discussion of the film “John Q.” This film stars Denzel Washington as a working father who fights back when his son falls through the […]
50,000 apply. 1,200 are accepted. Only the best survive. That is the road that Jake Huard faces. He is a young man from the wrong side of the tracks whose dream of attending Annapolis Naval Academy becomes a reality. He gets exactly what he wants but once there, he is not sure he measures up […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Children’s Library at the Niobrara County Library in Lusk, Wyoming is now known as the Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library the Library Board of Trustees announced recently. An anonymous gift was received by the Niobrara County Library Foundation Endowment Fund that results in the renaming of this portion of the library […]