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Lewis & Clark Library Director Judy Hart announced Tuesday that the library has received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read Under The Big Sky. The focus this fall will be on Tim O’Brien’s award-winning story about the Vietnam war, “The Things They Carried”. This is the third such grant the library has received for the Big Read program.
“We are thrilled to announce that Tim O’Brien will visit Helena and serve as our keynote speaker for this year’s event,” Hart said. “This truly is a community partnership, and without the support of our public officials, Senator Baucus, Senator Tester, Congressman Rehberg, Governor Schweitzer, Lewis & Clark County Commissioners Mike Murray, Derek Brown, and Andy Hunthausen, City of Helena Commissioners Paul Cartwright, Robin Shropshire, Alan Peura, and Matt Elsaesser, Mayor James Smith, and the dedicated organizing committee, patrons, and staff, this celebration bringing residents of Lewis and Clark County together to generate enthusiasm over the joyful experience of reading and discussing a good book would not be possible,” she said.
Members of the 2009 Planning Committee are: Adult Services Librarian Suzanne Schwichtenberg, Teen Services Librarian Pad McCracken, Helena High School Librarian Niki Whearty, Capital High School Librarians Jeanne Tweeten and Joan Meyer, Suzi Watne, Libraries/IMC Coordinator Helena Public Schools, Dr. Kay Satre, Department of Languages & Literature at Carroll College, Diane Carlson Evans, founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project (now the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation), Janice Bacino, UM-College of Technology, and Katie Knight, art teacher at Capital High and Carroll College Fine Arts.
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