New Library Hours

Hartshorne Library will be opening at 8am Tuesday through Friday. We are participating in a pilot project to study the usage of different hours of business. Hartshorne is exploring early hour usage, while McAlester Public Library will be opening on Sundays 1:30-5:00. We will be conducting this project until June. At the conclusion we will study the feasibility of the new hours.

Greg Rodgers visits Library

Choctaw storyteller, Greg Rodgers, visited the Library Saturday Oct, 24. We were pleased with the good turn-out. Several of the students from nearby Jones Academy was in attendence. Greg spoke about how he gathered his stories and how he got started. Telling how he apprenticed under Tim Tingle, another Choctaw storyteller. He then told a couple of scary stories, very apropos for this time of year. The kids were very attentive and at the end of the presentation they had a few stories to share with him. We were very honored to have him and we are considering inviting him back for the Summer Reading Program next year.

FOHL Annual meeting

The Annual FOHL meeting was held on Sept. 27. Virgina Barlow called the meeting to order and reported on the projects the FOHL did in the last year. Shirley McBee gave a treasurer's report. Election of Officers were held, with the motion made to keep the existing officers. There was discussion concerning money to be given to the Library's Chidren's Summer Reading Program as well as money given to Chamber of Commerce for Christmas bags for the children.
The meeting was very well attended in large part because of our very special guest speaker, Barbara Smitherman. She is the author of "Engaging the Sons of Darkness". A fictinal book that is set in the Jack Fork Mountains. This is her first book. She related that she wrote it is 36 days. She lives in McAlester with her husband, Doug and is currently working on her second book. The FOHL as well as the Hartshorne Library would like to thank Barbara for coming and sharing her story.

Renovations

New Addresses for website(s)

We now have a new website address. It is www.oklibrary.net/hartshorne. It is a part of the Southeastern Library System website, www.oklibrary.net. We are still adding to it so check back for additionl information. Also our catalog address has changed to catalog.oklibrary.net. I hope that everyone enjoys the change and if you have any questions contact me at tucker@oklibrary.net

Tae Kwan Do Exhibition

Saturday as our last Teen Program the McAlester Tae Kwan Do came to exhibit their talents. We had a great turn out for the program and all that attended enjoyed themselves. Several boards were broken by all the students. The black belts spent time showing us how they could even brake cement blocks. (don's try this at home)LOL Thanks to the class for takeing time to entertain our community. Click to see a video of one of the exercises.

To see other videos on You Tube. Just enter Tae Kwan Do Mcalester.
Master Harp (McAlester TKD 6th Dan Sabum Nim) Breaking Concrete Block With Side Kick
Master Harp (McAlester TKD 6th Dan Sabum Nim) - Flying Side Kick And Board Break Over Chairs

New URL

We have recently migrated to another internet provider and you can now find us at www.hartshorne.oklibrary.net