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your public library
Where Co mmunity & Ideas Co nnect to provide excellent customer
edingle@FrederickCountyMD.gov • 301-600-7212 • www.fcpl.org service and information and to help
anyone who seeks it. I can’t possibly
by Erin Dingle, Administrator, Thurmont Regional Library/Emmitsburg Branch Library
thank everyone who has been part
of this adventure—my co-workers
The annual Summer Reading children to the Thurmont Library throughout the library system; the
Challenge is underway for all ages on Water Street to load up on many community organizations and
through the end of August. Read books. One evening, the part-time businesses who support us in so
books, explore the community, and evening librarian, Lalie Eskay, many ways; and you, the patrons,
win amazing prizes. Visit www.fcpl. mentioned that her position would who understand and appreciate the
org for details. This year’s theme is be opening up. I had just, after value of a public library.
Radio Frederick, with lots of cool many years, completed my English I am also excited to share that
music events. degree at Mount St. Mary’s and Thurmont resident Amy Whitney
Kicking off a new event was in serious job-hunting mode. I will be taking my place. Many
series, titled “Music Through the interviewed, was hired, and spent library users will remember Amy
Decades” will be the sounds of the the first part of my career working from her time working at the Water
1930s and 1940s, on the library the evening shift at the branch on Street branch. Starting as a shelver
deck, with The Rocky Birely Water Street, and I loved every and then Library Associate for
Combo. Mark your calendar now minute. I made many friends among Adult Services, Amy was promoted
for Thursday, June 14, at 7:00 p.m. the patrons who visited the library, to manage the Brunswick branch
In July, we feature music from the and I was surrounded by books. and oversaw the building of their
‘50s and ‘60s with the Cruisers, and What could be better? I prepared new library in 2011. Amy was then
finish out in August with the ‘70s and hosted children’s storytimes promoted to Administrator of the
and ‘80s, featuring Second Time and filed cards in the original old Urbana Regional Library.
Thru. This is in addition to our wooden file cabinet. I learned how
annual Music on the Deck Sunday to use computers when they were ads @ thecatoctinbanner .com
series. The Bluegrass Chapel Band first introduced, and how to do
starts the summer for us on Sunday, proper reference interviews to better
June 24. And, of course, there will help people find information.
be loads of programs for children When Margaret Bruchey Krone
and teens. All programs can be retired, I took over as branch
found in our magazine, BookMarks, manager. I eventually obtained a
online at our website, or just stop Master of Library Science degree so
by and ask us what’s going on. that, with the support of Director
Summer at the library is always a Darrell Batson, the Thurmont
rockin’ good time! Town Council, and many others, I
I am excited to share the news could take on the role of Regional
that after thirty years of providing Library Administrator, and mark
library service to the community, the opening day of our beautiful
I will be retiring from Frederick library on Moser Road in 2008 as a
County Public Libraries on June 29. life highlight.
It was serendipity that I found This has truly been the perfect
this—the best possible job in my career. Although library service
opinion—in 1987. Like all good has changed in many ways, the
parents, I routinely took my two core principal of what we do is
