May 12, 2021
Ellen L. Harbaugh passed away peacefully, as the sun was setting on May 9, 2021 at the age of 77.
Ellen was born in Belleville, IL on December 17, 1943 to Henry and Veranda Stork. She graduated with honors and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Southern Illinois University, and attended graduate school at Kansas State University. She worked at Little Grassy Lake, near Carbondale, IL in the early 60’s, and helped to establish a day camp held at Camp Wartburg sponsored by the Monroe County Council for the Handicapped.
She married Daniel Harbaugh on June 25th, 1966. She taught elementary school for a year in Waterloo, IL and 4 years in Manhattan, KS before making their home in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1971, where she taught kindergarten and reading for the Marshalltown Area Catholic Schools. After teaching there for 23 years, she retired for health reasons. However, she found other ways to impact students. She continued to tutor following her retirement, a
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An official map of the participating locations of the Storybook Walk, which can be printed and brought to the Marshalltown Public Library by May 1 when completed to receive a free book and be entered to receive prizes.
A page-turning adventure will take families on a trip across downtown Marshalltown.
Marshalltown Central Business District and Marshalltown Public Library have partnered to put on a Storybook Walk throughout downtown businesses beginning Friday.
Fifteen businesses are participating in the Storybook Walk. Pages from the bilingual picture book “Book Fiesta!” will be posted inside the 15 businesses along a planned route. Kids and their families can read parts of the story while shopping around local stores.
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In honor of National Library Week, I would like to give a shout out to the amazing staff at the Marshalltown Public Library.
They have done a phenomenal job of finding new ways to make library services available to all ages during these tough times. All of this has been done while working with limited staff and within their limited budget. Are you looking for a new book or materials? Just ask. For books, if they don’t have it, they may order it or find it for you through interlibrary loan.
I have had the good fortune of borrowing books for required reading for online courses via interlibrary loan, thus saving the cost of purchasing. Besides its many other vast resources, the library also subscribes to large databases that in turn makes those resources available to library card holders. Included are things such as access to the New York Times, Washington Post, Consumer Reports, Ancestry.com, or even sites for researching hobbies or car maintenance. Another
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Adventure Passes are once again available at the Marshalltown Public Library, allowing for free family visits to the Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and the Waterloo Grout Museum.
Known to be a place for checking out books, the Marshalltown Public Library is also offering free passes to the Blank Park Zoo and other Iowa attractions to check out.
The Adventure Pass is one of the library’s best kept secrets, Youth Services Director Joa LaVille said.
“It’s not meant to be a secret, but I would say it’s kind of a best kept secret,” LaVille said.
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