Bust Summer Boredom With Poudre River Libraries Summer Reading Program

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“School’s out for the summer!” -Alice Cooper HELP! I’m sick! For most students, the first couple weeks of summer vacation is a freedom-filled sunshine party. But inevitably after a few weeks of being out of the classroom, students are diagnosed with summertime-boredomitis. Luckily the Poudre River Public Library District’s summer reading program is a cure …

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Chicks on the Loose at the Old Town Library!

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Last month, Old Town Library was host to nine baby chicks after they hatched in the library. Everyone – kids and adults were fascinated seeing the incubating eggs and waited eagerly for their hatching. They learned about the incubation period of twenty-one days for chickens, the temperature and humidity levels and what the baby chicks …

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Celebrate Colorado Women

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As many Coloradoans know March is Women’s History month.  Here are several women who have not only influenced Colorado and its history (or should we say HERSTORY!), but also changed the course of the United States, both in the distant past and the modern age.  These women have influenced everything from politics and women’s rights …

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