OFF THE SHELF at the Susquehanna County Library Howard Burkett

Welcome back to "OFF THE SHELF"! This is our first library podcast in 2024 after taking a bit of a breather to determine what kind of format that you might have interest in! We decided that in 2024, will focus on local community events and in a recommendation of other podcasts that you might have interest in listening to.

At the library, we are noticing a growing number of patrons using electronic services like e-books, online magazines, comics, podcasts, streaming video services and audio books.



This podcast is focused on the recent Susquehanna AG Day. We had a table at the event and interviewed people on why they came to the event and a few other questions. At the end, I left in a short "hot mic" recording from when we were talking to a group of youth, and I forgot the mic was still recording!

So............ It's a shorter episode, but you can hear some great comments about AG Day. We will b doing this at some other community events and will have a drawing for some nice prizes if you record with us at the event!



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Christmas and New Years are still weeks away, but we are all ready planning for Valentines Day 2024! In a discussion with one of our library patrons, he provided us with a copy of a song he wrote and performed that fit right in here, because the song is "Love at the Library". We were talking to a couple of staff and patrons at several of our locations and thinking of several movies where the "Love at the Library" story was a focus. SO.... we decided to create a podcast to showcase the song, and YOUR STORIES about the topic.

Take a listen to this special episode, listen to Mike Power's GREAT song. We are so happy he shared it with us and gave us permission to use it.

After you listen, we hope if you have a REAL or imaginary story of "Love at the Library", that you go to our website, and enter the contest. The top ten stories will be voted on by patrons in early Feb for the BEST "Love at the Library" story.



Here is the link to submit your story: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11y14ccE0l6HJESllaq6qwIQGSoZqv7_unN064STdgpo/edit



Good luck, enjoy the event and the great music.



See you again in a few weeks!



Howard


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Hi there, It's been a while since we have released an episode, but with the winter season here at the library, things are a bit slower, so we are kicking off in early December with a special episode that asks the question, "What to the following have in common?"

* Our Association Board Member Ann Reed

* William Penn and his sons

* The Pennsylvania Indian wars of the 1700s

* A wonderful song by a local artist

Well after you listen to this very special episode, you'll know the answer! Thank you to both Ann Reed and Van Wagner for their contributions to this episode.



Think of this episode as a Pennsylvania History Lesson about how Indian attacks against European Settlers, during a period of over 20 years, in revenge for being swindled by Thomas Penn and others, of more than a million acres of prime real estate in 1737, an area which would later become northern Bucks County and Northampton County areas of northeastern Pennsylvania.


Leave us a comment on our library web site or Facebook page and you might win one of Van's albums!

We will be back in just a few more days with another special episode that will highlight a special library contest that you can enter. It will also have a great piece of music created and performed by one of our local patrons!

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!



Howard


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The 165'th Annual Harford Fair is over! I had a wonderful time at the fairground last week, manning a table on Thursday in the Penn State Susquehanna County Master Gardener's building. I was representing both the Master Gardeners and the Susquehanna County Library. I have not heard the final head count yet on how many people visited us, but I'm going to guess it had to be close to 1,000 people.

I was at the table with a microphone in hand to talk to people about a couple of areas. I'm going to replay their conversations in this episode. Everyone that spoke to me has been entered into a special drawing for an Amazon echo dot device and some $25.00 gift cards.

This episode is going out on both the "Digging for Answers" podcast and the "Off the Shelf" podcast, since it is a great community event!

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Have a GREAT week, a safe/fun Labor Day weekend, we will talk to you again in September!



Howard


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It's FAIR WEEK! This special episode is focused on the 2023, 165'th Annual HARFORD FAIR, in Harford PA. Here from Penn State, Susquehanna County Master Gardener Anson on what the Master Gardeners are sharing at the fair this year. The event runs 14-19 August, the booth is open 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. each day of the fair. Come talk to us, bring your questions and get some information that will help your garden/trees/flowers/yard.

If you didn't listen to last year's fair podcast from Anson, you should find it, download it, and listen about the history of county fairs!

Howard will be there on Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with the podcast microphone to capture your comments for a future podcast. If you talk to him, you can get the drawing for an Amazon Echo Dot device or a gift card!

Hope to see you at the fair on Thursday!



Howard






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I don't know what you were doing on Friday and Saturday, 4-5 August, but myself and over 1,000 others were at the 44'th annual Montrose Blueberry Festival! Listen in to hear about the event and WHY people were attending the event!

Thank you to all that were involved with the event!


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