Madison County Public Library News

Monday, June 16, 2008

Summer Programs . . .a first look

We're fully into Summer Reading and if you haven't signed up yet, we've saved room for you. An important part of Summer Reading each year is our programs and we have some great ones this year.
On Thursday, both buildings were visited by the House of Reptiles of Dry ridge, KY. Some magnificent animals were displayed and a lot could be learned if you were listening.

This wasn't even the BIG snake


We're fully into Summer Reading and if you haven't signed up yet, we've saved room for you. An important part of Summer Reading each year is our programs and we have some great ones this year.



On Thursday, both buildings were visited by the House of Reptiles of Dry ridge, KY. Some magnificent animals were displayed and a lot could be learned if you were listening.


a bit of audience participation with Shelley Tucker

On Friday, the Berea location hosted an educational show teaching electrical safety

Grand Opening

On May 17th, the Berea location of the Madison County Public Library celebrated the official Grand Opening of its new 12,000 square foot building located at 319 Chestnut Street. We were joined by a great many patrons, civic leaders, local authors, and local celebrities.

The library hosted several events throughout the day including a ribbon cutting, raising of the flag courtesy of the local VFW, presentation of a
wall hanging for our youth area, performances by magician Tom Hubbard and musicians Kristi Miller and James Hamilton, and the assembly of some of our best known local authors.

We would like to thank everyone for coming and invite you to view the event photos below:



Flag Raising with the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars


patron and friend Lois Morgan


Mr. Bowling checking out the paper


MCPL Director Sue Hays and Library Board President Kim Klouse


Architect Chris Cottongim, board memember Jim Davis, and design consultant Dan Smith


Berea Mayor Steve Connelly


State Representative Lonnie Napier


Wall hanging created by Virginia Piland
magician Tom Hubbard

musican Kristi Miller


Kristi and James Madison during their live performance
keeping patrons happy at the front deskElaine Hunter sharing a storyMCPL Berea Head Librarian Abbie Harris



authors Tom Parrish and Don McNay


author Loyal Jones


author Jaqueline Burnside


authors George Strange, Jim Tomlinson, and Warren Brunner
Authors Joan McGlone and Steve Hammond




author Debonairre Kovacs

author Katherine Valentine







author Libby Jones