October 5, 2022
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MDC encourages turkey hunters to submit fall feathers. Pg. 4 Submitted photo The St. Charles City-County Library District unveiled its Library to You Bookmobile last week. The bookmobile will provide service to those who live in extended areas of the district’s coverage area.
The St. Charles City-County Library District unveiled its new Library to You Bookmobile last week, returning services to rural areas of the county By Brett Auten With a tip of the cap to the county’s rural past, the St. Charles City-County Library District unveiled a new tool for exploration and discovery. The Library to You Bookmobile was made public at the Spencer Road Branch last week and will soon be a regular passerby throughout the county. The library district has had a couple of versions of the bookmobile in the past, but it has been since 1997 since one has been in regular rotation.
“Since we began services, we knew this was a large and spread-out county and one of our biggest challenges is reaching those who aren’t near a full-time, operating library,” Jason Kuhl, Library CEO said. When Kuhl announced that no tax dollars were used to fund the project, a round of applause broke out. The price tag was picked up by supporters of the St. Charles City-County Library Foundation And a big reason why things moved quickly was the Amy Haberkorn Memorial. Amy Haberkorn passed away this year at
the age of 52. She worked for over a decade as a reading specialist at Pheasant Point Elementary. Amy was survived by her husband, Scott Haberkorn and her twin daughters, Samantha Haberkorn, and Toni Shikany among others. Several members of the family and friends were there to mark the occasion, gathered around the Bookmobile and snapping photos. “This is unbelievable,” Scott Haberkorn said. “This is perfect. This is what she did for 16 years. We knew from day one that we See ‘LITERACY’ page 2
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