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Director’s Note SRP Recap

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Family History Month Michael Phipps Gallery

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KidSpot & TeenSpace Partner & Staff Spotlight

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2018 Omaha Reads

“The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas Join us in reading this year’s Omaha Reads selection, “The Hate U Give,” by Angie Thomas.

Each year, Omaha Public Library (OPL) encourages the community to vote for and read one book as a way to promote literacy and inspire discussion among Omaha and Douglas County residents. The selection is celebrated with book talks and other related programming.

“The Hate U Give” is the story of 16-year-old Starr Carter and how her life changes after being the only witness to her friend’s death at the hands of a police officer. This award-winning novel addresses a variety of themes including racism, community, family, justice, friendship Book Discussion  and identity.

Tues | Sept 18 | 6-7:30 pm | South “Because of the wide variety of topics it addresses and its relevance to issues facing young people today, this book provides a springboard for important conversations,” said OPL Executive Director Laura Marlane. “The community selected this book, letting us know that it’s something they’d like to discuss.”

Get involved by checking out the book at your local branch, participating in a program, and discussing the book with friends, family and neighbors.

Banned Books Week

Angie Thomas

Tues | Oct 16 | 6-7:30 pm | Millard

Omaha Reads After Hours  R Thurs | Oct 18 | 7-9 pm The Venue at Highlander | 2120 N. 30th St.

Omaha Table Talk  R Tues | Oct 2 | 6-7:30 pm UNO Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center | 6001 Dodge St.

Stories of Identity  R Wed | Oct 24 | 7-9 pm The Union for Contemporary Art 2423 N. 24th St.

Kickback & Book Discussion  R Fri | Oct 12 | 6:30-8:30 pm | Washington

 Teens  Adults R Registration required

Top 10 most challenged books of 2017

September 23-29

Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those that may be considered unorthodox or unpopular.

The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books

Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.

Your words have power. Stand up to censorship and declare your literary freedoms by reading from a banned book or discussing censorship issues on camera. Record a video of your efforts and share it using the tag “Banned Books Week.”

Learn more at bannedbooksweek.org/videos.

Summer Reading Program

Director’s Note With school starting up again, don’t forget that OPL is here to help with all of your information needs. Find a wealth of digital resources available to you with your library card. Log in to Tutor.com through OPL’s website to get live homework help in a variety of subjects from professional educators. Use Mango Languages to learn a new language or brush up on language skills that may be a little rusty. Mango provides online tutorials in more than 70 different languages! If college classes are in your future, LearningExpress offers online practice exams for SAT, GRE and ACT. Find all of these resources and more at omahalibrary.org There are also some amazing apps that make accessing OPL collections fast and easy. Access the library’s online catalog through the MyOPL app. Read book reviews, place holds on the titles you want and pick them up at your most convenient OPL location, or even create a virtual bookshelf of the titles you’d like to read in the future. Libby is the new OverDrive app and the gateway to all of OPL’s eBooks and downloadable audio titles. Browse all titles in OPL’s collection or narrow your search for items currently available. Filter further by genre to help you find your next favorite read, whatever it may be! With the RBdigital app, you can access dozens of magazines. Explore the world with National Geographic Traveler, stay up to date on current affairs with Newsweek, or check out some great recipes with Cook’s Country. Whatever your interests, OPL has something for you!

While you’re making the most of OPL’s digital resources, remember that library staff are here for you, too. OPL has a branch open every day of the week with friendly staff who are happy to help you find the resources you need. Drop in and explore your library today!

Laura Marlane Executive Director

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June 1–July 31, 2018 Presented by the

Richard brooke Foundation

Libraries Rock – and so do you!

Omaha and Douglas County residents of all ages celebrated the 2018 Summer Reading Program (SRP) theme “Libraries Rock!” and challenged themselves to 10 hours of reading for the opportunity to earn prizes.

Participants also enjoyed a variety of programs at OPL’s 12 branches and “Out & About” at different locations across the Omaha metro. The “Libraries Rock!” theme provided opportunities to make musical memories. Millard Branch welcomed patrons to enjoy live musical performances on Music Mondays. Several locations featured movie sing-alongs with favorites such as “Frozen,” “Mary Poppins” and “Moana!” There were even ukulele lessons and time to make your own instruments.

Overall, more than 34,150 people participated in the annual Summer Reading Program, logging 320,425 hours of reading. Programs attracted 33,767 attendees. “It’s always fun to see Omaha families make libraries a part of their summer routines,” said Youth & Family Services Manager Julie Humphrey. “Connecting reading with fun is what SRP is all about, and helping people to learn something new just happens as a result!” OPL is grateful to this year’s presenting sponsor, the Richard Brooke Foundation, and the many other organizations who helped make SRP educational, affordable and entertaining. See more photos at flickr.com/omahalibrary.

School Bell Award OPL was honored to receive the Omaha Education Association’s (OEA) School Bell Award at their 55th Annual OEA Laurels Night Banquet on May 6.

OPL was selected for its work with the Omaha Public Schools (OPS) Libraries during its annual Summer Reading Program (SRP).

The School Bell Award recognizes individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to education. OPL was recognized for its efforts toward combatting the achievement gap and summer learning loss that occur when children do not stay engaged in active learning while out of school over the summer.

OPS Libraries and OPL have partnered for many years to promote literacy, writing, reading and more in an engaging, fun environment at several elementary sites during the summer.

OPS students engage in both OPS and OPL summer activities, and summer school students also register for SRP to earn prizes for reading.

“OPL is honored to receive the School Bell Award and looks forward to continued partnerships with schools and educators throughout Douglas County to help improve our community and the lives of young people,” said OPL Executive Director Laura Marlane.

October is Family History Month Learn more about one of the best genealogy collections in the Midwest by attending a program hosted by OPL and the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society (GOGS).

10th Annual Genealogy Lock-In Fri | Oct 5 | 6:30-9 pm | Main Library Library staff and GOGS members will be available to help participants discover genealogical treasures in OPL’s collection and online.

Participants are encouraged to bring laptops and flash drives if desired, and a valid OPL card. Computer guest passes will be available for participants who are not OPL members.

Professional genealogist Marcia Stewart will present “Your Ancestors and the Company They Kept.” The presentation will cover the cluster research strategy and how it can help to solve family history puzzles.

Marcia Stewart

Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be awarded to lucky participants. Parking will be validated for program participants who use Omaha Park One (15th & Douglas). Advanced registration is required at omahalibrary.org or by calling 402-444-4826.

If you can’t make it to the event, don’t forget that OPL offers year-round opportunities to begin or continue researching family history using its extensive genealogy resources, such as MyHeritage, Ancestry Library Edition, Omaha Star Digital Archives, and the Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Omaha World-Herald Digital Archive.

“There are so many resources available at the library for discovering one’s family history,” said Genealogy and Local History Librarian Martha Grenzeback. “OPL would like to show people how to use online databases, special collections and more to learn about their past.”

The Human Library

Michael Phipps Gallery Main Library | 1st Floor Available free of charge to local artists and art groups for exhibitions throughout the year.

Exhibitions are displayed for approximately two months and are scheduled each fall for the following year.

Sept/Oct: Holly Kranker & Jeff Sedrel Opening reception: Fri | Sept 7 | 4-6 pm

(Artists’ discussion at 5 pm) Kranker’s work hovers between experience, Holly Kranker: 2014, Prana Camper contemplation, exploration and memory. Using a variety of materials such as pine needles, sand, wood and fabric, Kranker creates familiar objects that assume unfamiliar identities in their redefined contexts. Sedrel uses a meditative, improvisational approach to drawing to explore the spiritual through an expressionist and pop art sensibility. Continued themes in Sedrel’s work are harmony, balance, and the inner world of emotion and connection.

Nov/Dec: Peter Fankhauser & Roberta Leaverton Opening reception: Fri | Nov 2 | 4-6 pm

(Artists’ discussion at 5 pm)

Wed | Oct 17 4-7 pm Main Library With the goal of public engagement and education through community relationships, OPL is partnering with AIGA Nebraska to present The Human Library.

This powerful and popular global event is designed to bring together people who wouldn’t otherwise cross paths, to challenge societal prejudices and biases wherever and for whatever reasons they occur, and to help people form a better understanding of those with whom they share their communities.

Individuals with diverse life experiences acting as human books can be ‘checked out’ for in-person conversations. This event is an opportunity to break through the expectations and labels we place on each other, to share stories, ask questions and challenge biases through open and honest dialogue. It’s a safe space where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered.

Participants (readers) can go online on or after Sept. 17 to browse the list of human books, choose a subject they are interested in learning more about, and make a reservation for a time that is most convenient for them.

For more information, visit nebraska.aiga.org/2018-human-library.

Bert Leaverton: 2014, Fedayeen Garage

Fankhauser and Leaverton’s works involve the re-staging of particular events in their pasts to set up new distances and frames of understanding. Fankhauser will share a body of photo, video and text-based works that juxtapose his remembered impressions of a crime with archival video footage to examine representational media, memory and shifting truths across space and time. Leaverton will present a series of photographs of miniature 1/35 scale dioramas creating symbolic representations from her tour of duty in Iraq.

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KidSpot Sense Screening Storytime

Each OPL branch will host two special storytimes featuring senses—one about vision, and another about hearing and language. Following these storytimes, interested parents can have their children screened to help detect early signs of hearing impairment, language delay, or possible vision impairment by trained screeners from Boys Town Pediatric Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning; and Lions Club International.

Screeners can also connect parents with resources to help improve their children’s quality of life and to help prevent or reduce learning delays often associated with impairment.

Free Museum Passes

OPL will partner with Omaha Children’s Museum to offer free museum admission to library patrons beginning Sept. 4.

Each of OPL’s 12 locations will have 100 single-use tickets for distribution during each of the following periods: September 4 - November 30, 2018 December 1, 2018 - February 28, 2019 March 1 - May 25, 2019 OPL cardholders ages 18+ who are Douglas County residents or have a nonresident paid membership to OPL are eligible to check out the tickets. Due to the great demand and limited supply, tickets cannot be held or reserved.

Only one ticket per library card and customer can be issued per distribution period. Each ticket admits up to four people, and must include at least one adult and one child.

Omaha Children’s Museum joins Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and Fontenelle Forest as the third community organization to offer free admission through Omaha Public Library.

Saddlebrook Branch Youth Services Librarian Katy Lofgren is especially excited to offer this new storytime. “As a parent of a visually impaired child, this is awesome. I love that we are able to offer this for our families,” said Lofgren. A complete schedule of these storytimes is available at omahalibrary.org.

“Partnering with these outstanding destinations not only adds tremendous value to your library card, but it also helps families who need it the most to enjoy some of the best of what our community has to offer,” said OPL Executive Director Laura Marlane.

Costume Characters

To see which OPL locations have tickets available, visit omahalibrary.org and search for “Omaha Children’s Museum.” You may also call or visit any OPL branch location to check availability.

Enjoy stories & activities with children’s book characters.

Don’t forget your camera!

Taco Dragon Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept 22

9:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saddlebrook 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willa Cather 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abrahams 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Omaha 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Swanson 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorensen

Bruce the Bear Nov 9 Nov 10 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17

10 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saddlebrook 10 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benson 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main 10 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abrahams 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florence 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Swanson

Schedules subject to change, visit omahalibrary.org for updates.

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Teen Read Week™ is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). It began in 1998 and is held annually in October. Its purpose is to encourage teens to be regular readers and library users.

Library staff, afterschool providers and educators can use this year’s theme, “It’s Written in the Stars,” to encourage teens to think and read outside of the box, as well as seek out fantasy, science fiction and other out-of-this-world reads.

Visit omahalibrary.org for the full schedule of events.

Partner Spotlight A hospital stay is never fun, but since 2010, OPL has worked to bring joy to some of the children being treated at Nebraska Medicine, as well as their families and visitors.

The partnership began with OPL loaning costume characters booked to visit library branches to Nebraska Medicine so that the characters could also visit patients. Characters are introduced at group storytimes with kids who are able to attend. They also make room visits for children who are in isolation or don’t feel up to attending the larger storytime.

“Some of our patients can be here for months or close to a year, so they miss out on some of the normal kids’ activities. They always love it when the characters visit,” said Ardi Blazek, early learning developmental specialist at Nebraska Medicine.

Children commonly want to give hugs or take photos with the largerthan-life characters, some adults also request pictures, and the Nebraska Medicine staff can be observed smiling as they pass the characters in the hall. “The staff work in pretty intense situations, so it’s always nice to bring some joy to the unit,” Blazek said.

The character visits also serve as a tool for the patients’ visitors. “We post pictures [from the visits] in the rooms and sometimes it’s a good conversation starter for visitors or people providing medical care who

Staff Spotlight: Karen Berry

can ask them about the visits and take their minds off of whatever else is going on,” said Lisa Gulseth, hospital teacher at Nebraska Medicine.

Since 2013, OPL librarians have made bimonthly visits to the children being treated at Nebraska Medicine. Storytimes and various activities normally hosted at library branches are brought to the patients.

“It’s a way for us to share literacy with families who aren’t able to join us in person and give a little cheer,” said Julie Humphrey, OPL’s youth & family services manager. “It also gives them knowledge about the fun programs at the library here in Omaha or wherever they are here from.”

Gulseth says that it’s great to have the guest librarians visit because they are knowledgeable about the latest books and popular authors, and “expose our patients to things that are happening in the outside world. The resources that the library offers and their willingness to share the characters with us is a wonderful community support.”

Throughout her career at OPL, Berry has focused on building relationships with patrons. Having worked at nearly every branch, Berry’s extroverted and zany personality has made her so well known that she’s often recognized in public by people who know her through the library. She recognizes them, too.

Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch Branch Manager Sarah VanRaden marvels at Berry’s ability to remember names and faces of children and families she interacts with, whether at the library, school visits, Out & About Storytimes, or elsewhere. “I think that’s really special and helps make the library feel comfortable and like home for the kids—that they’re remembered and not just another face in the crowd,” VanRaden said.

Karen Berry has a long history with OPL. Growing up, she and her siblings visited Benson Branch, and she can still visualize OPL’s Bookmobile pulling into the parking lot of her elementary school for its biweekly visits. Technically, helping escort younger kids to the Bookmobile, stamping library cards and restocking picture books was her first library job.

In high school, she regularly visited North Omaha Library, now Charles B. Washington Branch. To this day, she can see the face of the librarian there and hear her “shush” Berry and her friends nearly every time they entered the building. Looking back at it now she laughs, but admits, “It also makes me a little angry because a couple of the kids walked out and never went back.”

That interaction initially made Berry hesitant to pursue library work.

“I was afraid I would not like it,” she said. “I think maybe in the back of my head, the shushing was always in there.” However, after landing her first position at OPL in 1994, that memory became Berry’s guide for what she wanted to do differently.

Unsurprisingly, interacting with patrons is Berry’s favorite part of her job. “I learn something almost every day from helping customers find something, doing research for somebody, or them telling me something about a book…It’s that interaction with people that makes it exciting,” said Berry.

Berry has worked at nearly every OPL branch, spending the past five years as youth services librarian at Elkhorn Branch. She has watched children grow up right before her eyes, helping to erase any doubts she ever had about working at the library.

Berry proudly asserts that she made the right career choice.

“It’s the best job I have ever had in my life,” she said.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Sandi Skorniak Sandi Skorniak has been an avid reader throughout her life and libraries have supplied her with an endless amount of reading materials.

One of her fondest memories from childhood was walking to the library with her siblings on Saturday mornings and checking out the maximum of five books each visit. “I always read those before the weekend was over, which made it hard to wait a whole week to visit the library again,” Skorniak said.

For the past 40 years, Skorniak has called Omaha home, and for the last 20, she’s lived in Benson. In that time, she said Benson Branch has become her “home away from home.”

When she retired in 2014, volunteering at her local library seemed like a logical fit for Skorniak. At the time, the library needed assistance with cleaning materials or refiling books, and she opted to take on cleaning.

“The staff keep an eye out for items that are in bad shape and set them aside for repair, cleaning or possibly removal,” said Karen Pietsch, Benson Branch manager. “To have someone like Sandi who volunteers to care for those items helps free up staff time and ultimately saves OPL money.”

While she agrees with the saying that one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, Skorniak recognizes that many people do, making her role all the more important. “Presentation is everything and if a book looks clean, it’s more likely to be checked out,” she said.

While cleaning library materials may not interest everyone, it allows Skorniak to explore new titles, authors and genres. “I have been introduced to many new authors and all kinds of exciting things, so I really think I have the better end of this deal,” Skorniak said.

Skorniak commonly leaves her volunteer shifts with four or five new titles, in addition to the titles she reserves through her OPL account online, a service she thinks is the “greatest thing since graham crackers.” While this book aficionado has always felt at home in the library, volunteering at Benson Branch has allowed her to get to know the staff, and she enjoys watching and helping them work. “It’s just like another family for me here,” Skorniak said.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering at OPL, visit your neighborhood branch or omahalibrary.org/volunteer for more information.

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New Fall Titles Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs The daughter of Apple’s notoriously mercurial founder, Steve Jobs, pens a frank, smart and captivating memoir of her childhood.

A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts

by Therese Anne Fowler This is a riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York.

The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke This is a propulsive, darkly sinister tale set against the national optimism of the Chinese dream.

Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You

by Lin-Manuel Miranda From the creator and star of “Hamilton” comes a book of affirmations to inspire readers at the beginning and end of each day.

The Man I Never Met by Adam Schefter This is a story of 9/11, but it’s also the story of 9/12 and all the days after. Life moved on. Pieces were picked up. New dreams were dreamed. The Schefters are the embodiment of that.

BETWEEN THE LINES with Amy Thielen

Honorary Event Chair

Clayton Chapman, The Grey Plume

Amy Thielen

Wed • Sept 26 • 6:30-8:30 pm

is an award-winning writer, chef & TV cook.

Metropolitan Community College • Fort Omaha Campus Institute for the Culinary Arts (Bldg 22) • 32nd & Sorensen Pkwy

Enjoy cocktails, appetizers, and a presentation by Amy Thielen, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

• Patron Ticket • $100 each (features a private 5:30 PM author reception & valet parking) • General Admission • $60 each For tickets contact the Omaha Public Library Foundation at foundation@omahalibrary.org or 402.444.4589.

For more details, visit omahalibraryfoundation.org.

Event proceeds will support Omaha Public Library programs and services.

Financial Gifts Received

July 20, 2017 – July 20, 2018 $50,000+

Holland Foundation Claire M. Hubbard Foundation McGowan Family Foundation The Sherwood Foundation

$25,000+

Anonymous Richard Brooke Foundation Hawks Foundation Lozier Foundation William & Ruth Scott Family Foundation Weitz Family Foundation

$15,000+

Anonymous Omaha Community Foundation Amy L. Scott Family Foundation Sokolof Foundation in memory of Richard Rosinsky

Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather First National Bank Devin Fox, M.D. Ike & Roz Friedman Foundation Gallagher Foundation Joan Gibson & Don Wurster Giger Foundation James & Dawn Hammel Humanities Nebraska Sandra Jenkins Special Donor-Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation Richard & Helen Kelley Jim Kineen Dan & Tina Lonergan Steve Martin & Amy Haddad Mike & Dana Meyer Rochelle Mullen The Soener Foundation StrategicHealthSolutions Webster Family Foundation

$1,000+

Anonymous Arun Agarwal Mary Joy Anderson $10,000+ Mogens & Cindy Bay Dianne & Allan Lozier Michael & Michelle Berlin The Adah & Leon Millard Foundation Anne & Brian Branigan John & Ruth Sage Stephen & Anne Bruckner Elizabeth Summers Julie & Scott Cobb $5,000+ Stewart & Lisa Dale Bluestem Prairie Foundation John & Terri Diesing Cox Communications Dollar General Literacy Foundation Dan & Kari Kinsella Carol Ebdon Michael & Susan Lebens Fraser Stryker PC LLO Sally Mae McFarland Estate Friedland Family Foundation Maggie & Michael McMeekin Lance & Julie Fritz Metro Omaha Medical Society Carol Gendler Foundation Jo Giles NP Dodge Company / Peggy & John Heck Sandy & Kate Dodge Scott & Cindy Heider Pacific Life Foundation Kate & Neil Holstein RBC Wealth Management Harold & Clara Hoover Silvia Roffman Fred & Eve Simon Charitable Foundation Edward Hotz & Trish Nipp Noreen Johnson The Todd & Betiana Simon Foundation Dave & Vicki Krecek Jill Slosburg-Ackerman Gary & Lucie Long Gilbert C. Swanson Foundation Deborah Macdonald Tenaska, Inc. Mark & Dianne McMillan $2,000+ Jim & Bobbie Montequin Aflac Mutual of Omaha Alvine & Associates, Inc Sharee & Murray Newman Fund Best Buy Olsson Associates Barbara Bock-Mavis Phyllis & Bob Newman

Lewis & Winifred Pinch RDG Planning & Design Dave & Anne Rismiller Kathy & Chad Roum Security National Bank Nola & David Schettler Paul & Annette Smith Jon & Alka Swanson Stephen & Karen Swartz United Way of the Midlands Carol Wang & Jim Phillips Sarah Watson Dennis & Patricia Wiederholt Eileen M. Wirth Philip & Nancy Wolf

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Bruce & Susan Vosburg Nicole & Ted Wheeler Molly Wickert

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Anonymous Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, P.C. AmazonSmile Foundation Martha Antonson Lynn & Thomas Ashby BCDM Architects Marcia Bechtel Marjorie & Larry Brennan Richard & Carol Britten June Carlson Bobbie Carlson James & Anne Carroll Lou & Ellie Clure Robert & Jill Cochran Leilani & Ron Coe Mark & Teri D’Agostino Mikki Frost Thomas & Nancy Gallagher Lynn & Cindy Gray Barbie Green David Harding & Sarah Newman Terry & Linda Haubold Dr. Kris & Mr. Gary Hoffman Laura Honeycutt ilumin Chuck Jahren Theresa Jehlik Barbara & Adam Karpf Howard & Gloria Kaslow Emily & Philip Kemp Marc & Joan Kraft Marty Magee Stephanie McClellan Gail McFayden Sharon L. McGrath John & Merrilee Miller Susan Petersen Norma & Cliff Pountney Robert & Patricia Ranney Rotary Club of Omaha--North Rotary-Suburban Saddlebrook Elementary School PTA Shirley Siebler Gloria Sorensen Sandra Squires Pete & Mary Lou Stehr Jonell Tempero Mark Thalken & Katie Wadas-Thalken Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government

Judy Vann Jim & Maureen Waldron Gary Wasdin Katie Weitz

Honorariums & Memorials

Received April 20 – July 20, 2018 In Memory of Aileen Anderson Denise Hill

In Memory of Brianna Ard Brenda Theobald

In Memory of Wally Berry Karen Berry

In Memory of Florian Ciurej Kimberly Corum

In Honor of Julie Cobb Jim & Maureen Waldron

In Memory of Catherine “Cathy” Corp Crawford Teddi Slattery

In Honor of Matthew Couch Elizabeth Summers

In Memory of Simon Cutler Eric Cutler

In Memory of Patrick Esser Anonymous

In Memory of Theodore Parker “The Professor” Johnson Mary & Robert Mollner

In Memory of Veronica Key Susan Baginski

In Honor of Amy Mather Nancy Williams

In Memory of Lucy Mora Monica Mora-Handlos

In Memory of Judy Slominski Rochelle Mullen

In Memory of Elouise Squires Sandra Squires

In Memory of Thomas, a lifetime reader Anonymous

In Honor of Wendy Townley Megan Moslander Meggan Thomas Nichole & Kevin Turgeon Jim & Maureen Waldron

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2920 Bondesson St. / 402.444.5299 ______________________________________ _______ for every reader TU & WE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AM - 8 PM TH, FR & SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AM - 6 PM SU & MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLOSED

MILLARD BRANCH

13214 Westwood Ln. / 402.444.4848 ______________________________________ _______ MO, TU, WE & TH . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 9 PM FR, SA & SU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 6 PM

SADDLEBROOK BRANCH

14850 Laurel Ave. / 402.884.7473 ______________________________________ _______ TU, WE & TH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AM - 8 PM FR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AM - 5 PM SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 4 PM SU & MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CLOSED

A.V. SORENSEN BRANCH

4808 Cass St. / 402.444.5274 ______________________________________ TU & TH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AM - 8 PM WE, FR & SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AM - 6 PM SU & MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLOSED

SOUTH OMAHA LIBRARY

2808 Q St. / 402.444.4850 (call for hours during MCC quarter breaks) ______________________________________ _______ MO, TU, WE & TH . . . . . . . 7:30 AM - 9 PM FR & SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 6 PM SU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLOSED

W. CLARKE SWANSON BRANCH

9101 W. Dodge Rd. / 402.444.4852 ______________________________________ _________ TU, WE & TH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AM - 8 PM FR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AM - 6 PM SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 6 PM SU & MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CLOSED

CHARLES B. WASHINGTON BRANCH

2868 Ames Ave. / 402.444.4849 ______________________________________ _______ MO, TU & WE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 8 PM TH, FR & SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AM - 6 PM SU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLOSED

WILLA CATHER BRANCH

1905 S. 44th St. / 402.444.4851 ______________________________________ _______ TU & TH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AM - 8 PM WE, FR & SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AM - 6 PM SU & MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CLOSED 24-hour renewal of materials: 402.444.4100 Hours subject to change. or

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National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) TRY IT TRY IT NOW! Thousands of NOW! Thousands of recognizes the contributions made and the important eBooks eBooks presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United & audiobooks & audiobooks for every reader States and celebrates their heritage and culture. The term for every reader Hispanic or Latino refers to Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

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This year’s Hispanic Heritage Month theme, “Hispanics: One Endless Voice to Enhance our Traditions,” invites us to reflect on Hispanic Americans’ traditions, histories and cultures. Celebrate by attending one of OPL’s free programs.

Bilingual Storytime 

 Kids  Teens  Adults  All ages R Registration required

Mon | Sept 10, 17, 24 & Oct 1 | 6 pm South Omaha Mon | Sept 24 | 10:30 am | Abrahams Tues | Sept 25 | 6:30 pm | Washington

Alebrije Afternoon 

Sat | Oct 6 | 3-5 pm | South Omaha

Storytelling & the Hispanic Oral Tradition 

Family Fiesta  R

Sat | Sept 15 | 2-4 pm | Florence Branch

presented by Humanities Nebraska

Hispanic Heritage Fiesta 

Sat | Oct 13 | 2-4 pm | Millard

Sat | Sept 22 | 11 am-3 pm | South Omaha

Culinary Conference Dairy Delights

Sat | Nov 3 | 11 am - 3 pm | Main Library Dairy foods are ones that people tend to love to hate or hate to love. Learn more about this sometimes misunderstood food group at this year’s culinary conference. Sample a variety of cheeses and ice creams, watch food demonstrations, and hear from guest speakers who make milk products into dairy delights.