My library card is a tiny sliver on my keychain. It’s a key to lots of free stuff.
Print books
Audio books
E-books
Magazines
Newspapers
DVDs
Music CDs
Interlibrary loans from other libraries
Research databases
Public computers (and printing for a small fee)
I am a big library fan. I have a vivid memory of being told (at perhaps age five) that I could check out as many books as I wanted to, or at least as many as I could carry. Eureka!
By Fred Steiner (Photo accompanying this column shows Fred Steiner and Ryan Lowry cutting the Icon’s first anniversary cake in 2010.)
Thoughts on:
• how the Icons came to be,
• journalism in a small town,
• and a memo to Steve Stratton on retirement.
Here’s the thing:
You can earn a living working in your profession in a small, rural community. But, along the way, you can’t predict the encounters that hit like insects on a car window at 70 mph.
Andy Chappell-Dick and Jane Inniger are winners in this "write a caption for this photo" contest.
Andy's caption wins a 1-item, 14-inch Padrone's Pizza: "Fun first day, but I forgot my lunch box."
Jane's caption wins a $10 Shirley's Popcorn gift certificate: "I can't seem to find my ski poles to help me get around, so I'm glad the Allen Co RTA is available now!"
Watch for the next Icon contest posted when you least expect it.
Here's the latest chance for one Icon viewer to win a Padrone's pizza and a second viewer to win a Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn gift card.
Write a caption for this photo. It's Bluffton's mayor, Richard Johnson disembarking from the first test ride of the Allen County Regional Transit Authority's bus runs from Lima to Bluffton.
