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re: Serendipity at its finest...

kiya@evpl — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:40:13 GMT

Looking forward to it! It's at Central Library, 2nd floor, right?

re: Encore catalog currently unavailable

professor.knowsitall@evpl — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:43:25 GMT

As of 12:30pm on Monday, January 14, the Encore catalog is once again available.

re: Book Talk: Postcard History: Evansville

SweetTeaNBooks@evpl — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:13:37 GMT

Joe is a neighbor of mine and he has a real passion for the history of E'ville, I hope everyone enjoys his book!

re: Curiosity's big day: the Mars landing

kiya@evpl — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:32:59 GMT

Oops! I was off by a day. The landing is approximately 12:30 a.m. Monday, Aug 6th CDT. I apologize and will try to correct the original post.

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re: Paying for college

electroplater — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:10:34 GMT

Here is a link to The Vanderburgh Community Foundation Scholarship Programs. The Foundation administers various scholarship funds established by individuals, families, corporations, and organizations to assist local students in pursuit of advanced education.

www.vanderburghcommunityfoundation.org/csp-app

re: Paying for college

kiya@evpl — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:38:21 GMT

Overwhelmed by the college admissions process?

College Prep: the college admissions process - 3 sessions in one

Saturday, September 24, 2011

2:00pm - 4:30pm

North Park Branch Library – 960 Koehler Dr, Evansville IN 47710

Join us for an introduction to Choosing the Right College, Admissions Applications and Interviews, and Paying for College - 3 sessions in one!

We'll hear from experts in the field, and there will be time for questions. Teens and parents invited.

See also the indepth sessions at Red Bank in October.

College Prep: the college admissions process

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Red Bank – 120 S Red Bank Rd, Evansville IN 47712

• Thursday, October 13, 2011 – Choosing the Right School

o Presented by Neil Saunders, Evansville Day School College Counselor

• Thursday, October 20, 2011 – Getting In: Applications and Interviews

o Presented by University of Evansville Admissions Staff

• Thursday, October 27, 2011 – Scholarships, Grants & Loans: Paying for College

o Presented by University of Southern Indiana Financial Aid Staff

re: Links for the holidays

professor.knowsitall@evpl — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:41:33 GMT

Had a reader write in with another link: www.allfreechristmascrafts.com

AllFreeChristmasCrafts.com offers 1000's of free craft projects, home decor ideas and DIY tips. We add new projects and tips every day. Some of our reader's favorites include Ornament Crafts, Christmas Crafts for Kids, DIY Christmas Gifts and DIY Christmas Decorations.

re: Tax forms status?

SuDocQueen@evpl — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:39:38 GMT

Breaking news! Unfortunately, not good news. The gentleman who handles the ordering of our tax forms was just notified that we should not expect to receive instructions for 1040-ALL forms and 1040A until late January. Apparently the forms were only released for printing yesterday, so everything is running behind. However, I checked www.irs.gov just now and the online instructions have been updated as of yesterday, so they should still be printable if you don't want to wait.

re: Endangered species: where to find current information

gawell@evpl — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:12:02 GMT

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."

- Charles Darwin

www.endangeredspecie.com/.../in.htm

Indiana has 25 threatened and endangered plant and animal species.

Animals -- 22

Status Listing

E Bat, gray ( Myotis grisescens)

E Bat, Indiana ( Myotis sodalis)

E Blossom, tubercled ( Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

* It's a Pearly Mussel

E Butterfly, Karner blue ( Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

E Butterfly, Mitchell's satyr ( Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

E Catspaw, white ( Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

* Another species of Pearly Mussel

E Clubshell ( Pleurobema clava)

* More Mussel

T Eagle, bald (lower 48 States) ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

E Fanshell ( Cyprogenia stegaria)

* To its fish host, a fanshell larva looks like a worm. When the fish host attacks, the larva attaches itself to the gills, where it will grow into a juvenile fanshell. (Mussel)

E Mucket, pink ( Lampsilis abrupta)

* Mussel

E Pearlymussel, cracking ( Hemistena lata)

E Pearlymussel, white wartyback ( Plethobasus cicatricosus)

E Pigtoe, rough ( Pleurobema plenum)

* Mussel

E Pimpleback, orangefoot ( Plethobasus cooperianus)

* Mussel

E Plover, piping (Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus)

* It's a Bird

T Plover, piping (except Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus)

* A sparrow-size Bird

E Pocketbook, fat ( Potamilus capax)

* River dredging for irrigation and flood control threatens to destroy the only known population of this mussel.

E Puma, eastern ( Puma concolor couguar)

* Seeing a Puma outside their habitat is a bad sign because it means they were forced out of their habitat

E Riffleshell, northern ( Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

* This mussel survives in less than 5 percent of its former range.

E Ring pink ( Obovaria retusa)

* Unless reproducing populations of this mussel are found or created, it will soon become extinct.

T Snake, copperbelly water (MI, OH, IN N of 40° N. Lat.) ( Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

E Tern, least (interior pop.) ( Sterna antillarum)

* A bird who is closely related to the Little Tern of the Old World. Other close relatives include the Yellow-billed Tern and Peruvian Tern, both from South America.

There are no Most Terns (yet) but there are Greater and Lesser Crested Terns.

Plants -- 3

Status Listing

T Milkweed, Mead's ( Asclepias meadii)

* It's a long-lived, tallgrass prairie herb, one response to

being threatened is to grow faster than it can be consumed,

it's the sole food source of monarch butterfly larvae

T Thistle, Pitcher's ( Cirsium pitcheri)

* It's monocarpic; after flowering once, the plant dies

E Clover, running buffalo ( Trifolium stoloniferum)

* Requires periodic disturbance and a somewhat open habitat to successfully flourish, but it cannot tolerate full-sun, full-shade, or severe disturbance

Reason for decline of Mussels

At one time, the pink mucket was found to be present in twenty-six rivers in the Midwest and eastern United States.[2] The building of dams and reservoirs has caused the flooding of the habitats of the pink mucket.[4] It is reported that since the mussels have lost their habitats they are struck with the inability to reproduce as often as usual. This also affects the host fish. Deteriorating water quality and siltation also affects mussel populations.[1] Other practices, such as dredging, gravel mining, removal of trees, and undergrowth along the stream bank, and non-point source pollution from agriculture and urban areas, have contributed to the decline in the pink mucket as well.[2]

Steps to recovery

Many people do not realize the importance of mussels to the environment. Mussels are filter feeders that pump water through their siphons to collect food particles from the water.[2] They gather essential nutrients and remove unwanted toxins from the water.[2] Depending on the state, many organizations and conservationists, are making attempts to recover the pink mucket. Protection and management of the pink mucket is clearly related to managing the habitat and the water quality of the large rivers it depends upon.[1] For instance, some landowners report mussel poaching by calling their local conservation agents.[1] Others have already taken steps to recover the pink mucket. The state of Kentucky, where the pink mucket is also endangered, has created the Kentucky’s Wildlife Action Plan. This plan was developed by the state to help create priority conservation actions for the aquatic and wildlife that have become threatened and endangered species.[5] On July 2007, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources reared pink mucket mussels at the Center for Mollusk Conservation and released one thousand one hundred pink muckets in Green River.[5] The state will continue to work on the endangered species for the next several years in order to increase and even augment the current populations of mussels. The states of Tennessee and Alabama have designated mussel sanctuaries in parts of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers and have also successfully reproduced populations at these locations. The recovery of the pink mucket is expected to improve over the years, and it is very important that it does. The significance of pink muckets, and other freshwater mussels only helps to maintain cleaner waters that benefit both wildlife and people.

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re: Early voting at EVPL libraries

kiya@evpl — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:58:41 GMT

Remember, you must be REGISTERED to vote in Vanderburgh County to vote early at the library. If you are registered in a neighboring county, you can't vote here!

Also, Monday, October 4th is the last day to register and still vote in November's election.

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re: New credit card rules

seeker@evpl — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:30:01 GMT

These are some seriously effective links - not just on the new credit laws, but on current awarness on all sorts of personal finance -- Thanks