Celebrating young readers… Bossard Public Library Children’s Programs
By Lorna Hart - Special to OVP
Pictured are Kim Wilcoxon, Laura Erwin, Frosty, Nicholas Sheets and Rachael Barker of the Bossard Library.
All photos courtesy of the Bossard Library
As a way of promoting literacy and physical activity, the library hosts StoryWalk with the French Art Colony. This unique way to enjoy children’s books in an outside venue is permanently located on the grounds of the FAC. Pictured is Bossard Youth Services Program Coordinator Rachael Barker.
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Library patron Oliver Morgan is pictured during the summer reading season. Summer reading is one of many programs for younger readers held throughout the year.
Black History Month… The relics of ‘separate but equal’
By Lorna Hart - Special to OVP
The former Langston School which was located in Point Pleasant. (Chris Rizer | Courtesy)
Photo of the former “West Virginia Colored Institute.” (Used with permission from the WV State University Archives)
Pictured is what remains of the former “Kerrs Run Colored School.” (Shannon Scott, Meigs County Historical Society | Courtesy)
Pictured is the former Lincoln School of Gallipolis, Ohio. (Gallia County Historical Society| Courtesy)
Terms of freedom
Freedmen’s Bureau, (1865–1872): The popular name for the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to provide practical aid to four million newly freed African Americans in their transition from slavery to freedom.
The library’s connection to community… Children’s programs utilize technology amid pandemic
By Lorna Hart - Special to OVP
Leo and Max Poole with their gingerbread houses completed in time for Christmas.
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Waylon and Dalis Sellers are all smiles with their gingerbread houses.
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Anna Bryn Larsen completes her gingerbread house remotely, continuing on the popular library program despite the pandemic.
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Miss Anna often introduces music to the children during Wiggle Giggle Read. This photo was taken before COVID-19 restrictions. However, Wiggle Giggle Read is now presented weekly in a virtual format.
Christmas on the Ridge
By Lorna Hart - Special to OVP
Guests were greeted by Santa and Mrs. Claus at the end of their Christmas journey through the displays
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The Grinch was on hand to remind everyone that “maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more” than just presents and feasting.”
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A social distancing iteration of “Christmas on the Ridge” brought a line of cars to Bob Evans Farms in Gallipolis driving through to see the display.
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RIO GRANDE Christmas on the Ridge organizers were not deterred by COVID-19, 2020’s version of the Grinch that Stole Christmas. Instead, they came up with a new plan that would allow families to enjoy a bit of cheer while social distancing.
Remembering with ‘Wreaths’
Wreaths were once again placed at Tyn Rhos Cemetery as part of Wreaths Across America.
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Wreaths were placed representing POW MIA, General Services, and one for each branch of the military as part of Wreaths Across America at Tyn Rhos Cemetery.
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THURMAN Volunteer Patricial Filie was not deterred by the coronavirus pandemic in her efforts to bring Wreaths Across America to Tyn Rhos Cemetery for its fourth year.
While many services around the country were canceled, Filie and other volunteers managed to lay 66 wreaths on veterans graves during last Saturday’s ceremony.
Services were held inside the First Church of the Southern Ohio Welsh Pioneers adjacent to the cemetery. COVID-19 safety practices were followed, including leaving the church door open to the cold and rainy elements of the day.