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Page 8--l)e ocallonta itnrS--July 17. 2003
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by Allen Johnson,
Director of Pocahontas County Free Libraries
Summer festivals spread the
breadth of Pocahontas County
in early summer, with Heritage
Days in Hillsboro folk)wed by
Pioneer Days in Marlinton and
capped by Durbin Days in the
north. The libraries are involved
in all three events, Last week's
event included many "'goings
on" at the McCImtic Library. A
booth was set up with a CD
player and headphones to listen
to oral histories of World War II
Veterans as well as Pocahontas
Fire Towers remenabrances.
John Friel explained tile Poca-
hontas Woods project that is
training lolks with the skills to
make high quality' hand built
furniture.
The Barlow family show-
cased their well-researched fami-
ly genealogy to many visitors,
hopefully sparking interest in
some folks to work on their
own genealogies. On Friday BJ
Gudmundsson showed her fihn,
• "Cal Price" along with a film of
the 1996 flood and clips of her
upcoming production on the
Pocahontas Times. McClintic
also sponsored a successful used
book sate through the help of
volunteers.
Durbin Library will also
hold a hook sale this week dur-
ing Durbin Days. The new liter-
acy program now' available in
tile northern part of the county
will be trumpeted during Durbin
Days to let folks know about
the opportunity for adults to
strengthen their reading abilities
in tile Green Bank and Durbin
areas. Librarian Tara Stricklin is
now certified as a Laubach Lit-
eracy tutor and can arrange tu-
• toting by appointment at either
library lacility,
Jean Hire tutors at McCtintic
Library in Marlinton.
Speaking of adult literacy.
the West Virginia Literacy
Foundation is awarding Poca-
hontas Lib,aries $3100 for tile
upcoming year. Much of tile
funds will go toward developing
education stations at tile Green
Bank+ Durbm, and Hillsboro li-
braries to go ahmg with the
concept in operation at McClin-
tic The stations would'include a
workstation, computer,'and ma-
terials encompassing tile range
of adult education needs from
basic literacy, GED preparation,
to college catalogues and dis-
lance learning support.
A crisis has developed m Po-
cahontas County in Adult Basic
Education since the p,'ogram is
sharply cut back in funds for the
upcoming year. This may affect
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persons seeking their GED di-
plomas, as well as those inter-
ested in developing computer
skills. For many years the Po-
cahontas County Board of Edu-
cation administered tile ABE
programs. Last year RESA IV
out of Summersvillc started
heading up ABE for our county.
The libraries arc currently
exf)loring v, avs to assist with
tile ABE programs.
The v, indstorm that blew off
tile roof at the Hillsboro school
gym also damaged the electricity
masthead for the library. A re-
pair was made within 48 hours:
hoxever, a bus',' inspector was
not forthcoming. Without pov,-
er. the Hillsboro Library has
suffered a v.eekhmg shutdmn.
Nonetheless. librarian Charlene
Be,.crage has worked in darkened
conditions doing housecleaning
and organizing ahmg v, ith pro-
viding scaled-dov<n services to
patrons. Even some community
events are carrying on. with the
quilt club holding a dinner b',
candlelight.
Librarians throughout our
multi-county region are bus}' re-
placing bar codes on all books
to meet tile requirements of a
new circulation database. This
tedious process needs to be done
by October, and with many
thousands of books in each li-
brary, librarians will be extra
busy. I will have more on the
new database in a future col-
umn, but ,just to s'av one thing,
a pamm's library' card will work
for any library in our region.
While enjoying your sum-
mer, stop often at your local li-
brary to check out books and
videos.
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
July 18, 19 and 20, Ambas-
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Huntersville.
Shue Gabfest: Saturday, July
19, 3 p.m., Droop Mountain
Battlefield State Park. Bring a
covered dish, listen to music.
Malcomb Family: Saturday,
July 19, 12 noon, Watoga Pic-
nic Shelter. Bring a covered
dish.
Curry Family: Saturday,
July' 19, 12 noon. Wade's La-
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July' 19, 12 noon, Arbovale
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Rimel Family: Saturday' and
Sunday, July 19, 5:30 p.m.,
Mountain Grove Community
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noon.
galford Family: Sunday',
July 20, 1t a.m., Marlinton
Municipal Park, Stilly, ell.
Rose/Williams Family:
Sunday, July 20. 12 noon.
Droop Mountain Battlefield
State Park. Descendants of
James Calvin and Martelia Rose
Williams, Rawl, Crockett, Jim
and Lon Rose.
Mace Family: Sunday, July
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Sheher. Bring a picnic lunch.
bag of candy and gift, Family of
Ligon and Bessie Jackson
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Young/Barlow Family:
Sunday. July 20. 12:30 p.m.,
Joyce ;v'arner residence. Durbin.
Family of Thomas Walter
Young and Henrietta Barlow.
Friends also welcome.
Workman Family: Sunday,
July 20, 11 a.m., Droop Moun-
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Workman family.
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Friends welcome.
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Friel Family: Saturday. Au-
gust 2, I1 am., Seneca State
Forest Picnic Shelter. Bring a
covered dish and lav, n chair.
VanReenen Family: Satur-
day, August 2, I1 a.m.. Mc-
Clure homeplace. Bring a cov-
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Family of James Lonnie and
Icie McClure VanReenen.
Campbell Family: Sunday.
August 3. I1 a.m.. NRAO pic-
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Grimes Family: Sunday'.
August 3. 10 a.m.. Mill Run
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dish.
Alderman/Dean Family:
Sunday', August 3, 11 a,m.,
Droop Mountain Battlefield
State Park. Bring a covered dish.
Tv, ent,,-second annual reunion.
Cochran Family: Saturday.
August 9, 11 a.m., Beard Chap-
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