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Hepker Honored for 30 Years Service MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD were among those honoring Librarian Kathy Hepker for thirty years of service at the Council Meeting last week.
Hepker had been a substitute teacher when she first started working for the library as an assistant librarian in 1977, and became the head librarian in 1980 At Hepker’s reception, council member Ed Engle Jr. said her work with the library has been a “torrid love affair.” “Kathy loves words and books, and loves taking care of them,” Engle said. Hepker said she has seen many changes in the thirty years she has been at the library. Technology has affected the library in a number of ways. Computers, for example, were unknown in libraries thirty years ago; today the Hudson Library has eight for public use and much of the business of the library is handled on them. “The library field keeps changing and you have to keep up with the new laws and trends. The community changes so much; you have to stay on your toes and keep up with public relations and keep up with the local government,” she said. Hepker, a graduate of Hudson High School, served on the Hudson Board of Education and belongs to the Kiwanis and the Hudson Woman’s Club. Both in her job as the Librarian and outside of it, she's taken a lot of interest in the community -- most of the parades and festivals in recent years have her fingerprints on them somewhere. She was involved in the start of the Hudson Museum, then located in the basement of the Library, and now located on Main Street.
"You have to love people to work in a place like this," she commented.
"The bonus is that I really do do love books."
The second clean up for 2007 is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, October 13th. This is an excellent opportunity to dispose of items that are not normally able to be disposed of during the regular weekly refuse collection. National Do Not Call Registry 2003, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission created a national do not call phone registry. In addition many states also created similar registries for state residents. The registry is for home and personal phone numbers, and does not cover business phones or fax line numbers. The registry was intended to greatly restrict telemarketing calls, just as you were sitting down for dinner or sleeping. Having your number on the registry does not preclude bill collection agencies from calling concerning financial obligations, though there are other federal and state laws that govern bill/debt collector frequency and calling time limitations. Having your residential phone or cell number on the registry is good for a five year period and then it expires. It becomes necessary to re-apply your number on to the registry. For the millions of Americans that immediately signed up on the registry in 2003, time is almost up. You do not need to wait until 2008 to re-apply. Registering is really a simple process and very convenient. You can apply on the telephone or do it on the internet. It takes less then a minute to do on the computer. There is no deadline to register or re-register. If you did not register in 2003 or have never registered, it is not too late. Once your number is listed on the registry it takes affect 31 days later. That means that telemarketers have up to 31 days to update their registry listings, without facing a potential penalty. This is the registry information that you need. For internet access, the www.donotcall.gov, once registered, you will receive a verification notice via email, almost instantly. You can also contact the registry by phone. The call is free, 1-888-382-1222 calling from the telephone number you want to delete. You can call the toll free number back again, and following the prompts, verify that your number is on the registry. It took me less then 60 seconds to register, and it will be good till 12/2012. That means fairly soon, I’ll stop getting phone solicitations from a certain Ohio based newspaper that has called several times a week; and those wishing to sell me more magazine, since December. Hudson Thrillers Book Club A book club for adults interested in reading mysteries and other fiction will begin on Thursday, October, 18th; 7-8:30 pm at Lydia’s Book’s store, located at 114 North Market. The bookstore was formerly named Hartman Books. The store has a wonderful reading area, which will make for a very comfortable book club meeting space. A club web site has been set up to provide details concerning the club, meeting dates, books selected by the club members to read, and who brings dessert. The club web link is available at www.bookmarked.target.com/bookclub. The club link is a service of Target department stores and there is no cost to register, and certainly no obligation to purchase books.
Club meeting dates and book selections for the remainder of 2007 are as
follows:
The Hudson Public Library will have each of these books available for
check out. In addition, books will be available for purchase at Lydia’s
Books; their number is 781-6021. The Book club is a community activity,
and there is no cost to participate. Do join us.
Lincoln Students of the Month for May
Leaf Through a Good Book! The books published in the fall season are beginning to arrive at the Hudson Public Library. Two of the top recreational pursuits of Americans are gardening and reading, and they keep changing places on the top ten activities listed by U.S. citizens. Our gardening duties will soon be over, raking, mulching, planting bulbs and bushes, and readying our gardens for winter. We have more time to read. It’s no wonder that autumn sees the largest selection of books for the year. Some of the new arrivals at the library are: Summer by Kingsbury, Bones to Ashes by Reichs, Power Play by Finder, 74 Seaside Avenue by Macomber, High Noon by Roberts, The Prayer Chest by Gold, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Gabaldon donated by Mary C. Tanner. Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom, World Without Us by Weisman, Free Fall by Michaels and The Other Mother by Gross both donated by Mary C. Tanner, Take Me Home by Corgiat, You’ve Been Warned by Patterson, Dark Possession by Feehan, Elves of Cintra by Brooks. Children’s Books: New fall arrivals for the childrens pleasure are: Nancy Drew Halloween Hoax by Keene, and The Witches’ Night Before Halloween by Bannatyne. When Santa Fell to Earth by Funke, Pumpkins by Robbins, Skeleton Hiccups by Cuyler, Whoo? Whoo? by Carter, Tell me a Scary Story by Reiner, and Cowboy and Octopus by Scieszka, all provided in memory of Ellen Perkins Arnold. Also, the last four Magic Tree House books donated by Brianna Wilenius: Dragon of the Red Dawn, Blizzard of the Blue Moon, Night of the New Magicians, and Monday with a Mad Genius all by Osborne. Fantasy book: Baltimore; or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mignola in memory of John Watt from His Grandmother. Come in and check us out. Don’t forget, we are now open on Monday mornings. New Library Hours Hudson Public Library Board and staff conducted circulation desk statistics of hourly and daily library use for the months of January 2007 - July 2007. The board and staff did a review of the past year’s library usage, observations of staff and community requests. This was done as an effort to meet the changing needs and demographics of the community. After looking at the results of the hourly use and staff observations, it was decided to add morning hours to Mondays. Hudson Public Library Board of Trustees voted to change the library hours beginning Monday September 17, 2007 to: Monday 9-6 PM; Tuesday9-6 PM; Wednesday 9-5 PM; Thursday 9-5 PM; Friday, 9-3 PM; Saturday 9-1 PM Sunday Closed. Hold-Em Tourney The Clayton Summer-Fest 2007 Committee will host a Texas Hold-Em Tournament On Saturday, September 29, at the Clayton Fire Hall. Registration will open at noon and play starts at 1:00 p.m. The Buy-In is $40.00 (Receive $2350 in chips.) There are no re-buys. Play will continue until all but one player is eliminated. Registrants must be 18 or older. Additional $1000 in chips will be available for $5. Payout is 50% of proceeds to top ten players. There will be a Free Door Prize Drawing. To pre-register call (517) 445-2227 or (517) 673-0827. Proceeds from the tournament will go to support the Summer Festival and other community events. There will be a Halloween Party for all area children on October 28, sponsored by the Summer-Fest Committee. Hudson Area High School Fall Homecoming 2007 homesc
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