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Eagle Scout Projects Enhance Library in Adams County By Wilma Kreps
New Oxford – Thomas Downing and
his family have been members of the
Friends of the New Oxford Area Library
since the library opened its doors in 1983.
Tommy is a graphic artist who loves to
read. In planning for the renovation of
the library, I knew we would have a large
empty wall in the children’s area. When
Tommy asked what he could do for
the library for his Eagle Scout project,
I had an idea ready. A three-part mural
designed by Tommy would be a great
focal point for this area.
This mural was designed by Tommy,
painted with his scout troop, and you
will notice some signatures on a log
on the right-hand corner -- these are
some of his helpers from Boy Scout
Troop 85.
This seating area is a gift from the Eagle Scout program.
The Eagle Scout program produced this cheerful mural inside the library.
When you stop at the circulation desk
for assistance, your eyes immediately
go up to the back wall of the children’s
area and this wonderful artwork.
Tommy painted it in 1999, and we hung
it in the children’s area with the Grand
Reopening in October 2000.
Jackson is a young man I have known
since he and his two brothers were very
young and would come to story times
with their father. Jackson and his family
have been active readers, and it has
been a pleasure to see how the boys have
grown up the last ten years. He came to
the desk and mentioned he was going
to the Borough of New Oxford Council
meeting to present plans for a reading
area for the library. I told him we had
always hoped to put a bench out under
the trees that the Friends of the New
Oxford Area Library had planted in the
front of the Borough building. Jackson’s
idea was so much better: two benches
on a brick patio, with a pergola and
some bushes and flowers. Eagle Scouts
also ask local businesses for donations
to assist in their projects.
This library, at 122 North Peter Street,
New Oxford, has always had Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts working with us or
joining us for programs since it began.
I have had sleepovers in the library
and computer classes with several Girl
Scout Troops. I have had Boy Scouts
participate in game nights as well as
assisting the Friends in the Yard Sale
activities at the New Oxford Social and
Athletic Club Pavilion in New Oxford.
These two Eagle Scouts have had an
important visible impact with our
patrons and the community. Patrons
praise the new reading area and salute
the New Oxford Borough Council for
approving this project. Call 717-624-
2182 for further information on New
Oxford Area Library activities and
programs or go to www.adamslibrary.
org/noal/.
Participating Libraries in the One Book Program
Pennsylvania State Library
Public Libraries
Cumberland County
Amelia Givin Library (Mt. Holly Springs)
Bosler Memorial Library (Carlisle)
Cleve J. Fredricksen Library (Camp Hill)
East Pennsboro Branch Library
John Graham Public Library (Newville)
New Cumberland Public Library
Shippensburg Public Library
Simpson Public Library (Mechanicsburg)
Dauphin County
Dauphin County Library System locations
East Shore Area Library (Harrisburg)
Elizabethville Area Library
Johnson Memorial Library (Millersburg)
Kline Library (Harrisburg)
Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library
(Harrisburg)
McCormick Riverfront Library (Harrisburg)
Northern Dauphin Library (Lykens)
William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family
Library (Hummelstown)
Hershey Public Library
Middletown Public Library
Lancaster County
Adamstown Area Library
Columbia Public Library
Eastern Lancaster County Library
Elizabethtown Public Library
Ephrata Public Library
Lancaster Public Library
Leola Branch
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Lititz Public Library
Manheim Community Library
Manheim Township Public Library
Milanof-Schock Library
Moores Memorial Library
Mountville Area Branch
Pequea Valley Public Library
Quarryville Library
Salisbury Township (Gap) Branch
Strasburg-Heisler Library
Lebanon County
Annville Free Library
Lebanon Community Library
Matthews Public Library
Myerstown Community Library
Palmyra Public Library
Richland Community Library
Perry County
Bloomfield Public Library
Community Library of Western
Perry County
Marysville-Rye Library
Newport Public Library
York County
Arthur Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock
Collinsville Community Library (Brogue)
Dillsburg Area Public Library
Dover Area Community Library
Glatfelter Memorial Library (Spring Grove)
Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover’s
Public Library
Kaltreider-Benfer Library (Red Lion)
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Center (Hellam)
Martin Library (York)
Martin Library at Bradley Academy in
Springettsbury Township (York)
Martin Library at the Jefferson Resource
Center (York)
Martin Library at the Manchester
Township building
Mason-Dixon Public Library
(Stewartstown)
Red Land Community Library (Etters)
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County
(Shrewsbury)
Village Library (Jacobus)
College Libraries
Harrisburg Area Community College
campus libraries
Tri-County Association for the Blind
will air the book on TCABPN (Tri-County
Association for the Blind Programming
Network - a radio reading service for
individuals who are blind, visually impaired
or otherwise print impaired in Cumberland,
Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and Perry
counties.) They will also provide podcast
readings and readings on Comcast
television channels 78 & 98.
Berks County
is Reading
One Book and
Offering Two
Additional
Programs
Berks County – Berks County
Literary Council will sponsor
a training session for potential
tutors, 6 - 9 p.m. Thursday,
September 30, at Muhlenberg
Community Library, 3612
Kutztown Road in Laureldale.
The council and the library are
jointly sponsoring the session
to provide training for those
interested in assisting those in
the community who wish to
learn to speak and read English,
or to improve their English skills.
Call Marcina Wagner at 610-929-
0589 for further information or
go to muhlmw@gmail.com.
Also, a Historic Doll Tea Party
will be 10-11 a.m. on Saturday,
October 9, at Wernersville Public
Library, 100 North Reber Street
in Wernersville. Participants
may wear party dresses and
dress up their dolls and bring
them along. Call Shelly Irvin
at 610-678-8771 for additional
information or go to swechild@
berks.lib.pa.us.