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A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 BOOKS: in one day. “I don’t know how many books I’ve read in my life,” continued from page A1 she said. “I’ve always read a sible,” she said. “If an ac- lot. My TV is under the desk tivity director has a particu- over there. I don’t like TV. I lar need, they can come get get so aggravated at all those books, or they can request commercials on there. Why that I take them some.” am I paying money to watch Hansen said Proudfoot commercials?” and fellow Guardian An- Librarian Marie Baldo gel Homes resident Judy said the Elderlibraries pro- Barkhurst are “voracious gram began during her ten- readers,” so she supplements ure in 2004 following the the books delivered to the fa- efforts of her predecessor, cility with special deliveries MLou Williams. from the library’s shelves to “MLou wrote the grant those residents. and got it all started, and she “It’s great because, other- retired before we were actu- wise, where would I get my ally awarded the grant from books?” Barkhurst said. “I the Meyer Foundation,” she can’t get to the library.” said. “It was all her concept.” She has been an avid Baldo said the two-year reader since the age of 4 and grant included funding for a FRXOGQRUPDOO\¿QLVKDQRYHO library van and a part-time employee, and the duties were transferred to the vol- unteer coordinator when the funds expired. “With a grant-driven SURJUDP\RXKDYHWR¿JXUH out a way, once those grant funds dry up, to integrate it into your normal operations and to sustain it,” she said. “That’s where there has been changes over the years.” Baldo said she understood WKHEHQH¿WRIDSURJUDPVXFK as Elderlibraries because her mother’s “greatest joy” was reading, and she resided at Hermiston Terrace until she passed away in her 90s. “It’s just a good pro- gram,” she said of Elderli- SEAN HART PHOTO braries. “It’s like any kind of outreach that we do. Li- Hermiston Public Library Volunteer Coordinator Jodi Hansen shows some of the books she braries really are trying to delivered as part of the Elderlibraries program to a small library at Guardian Angel Homes Thursday in Hermiston. be about outreach.” TECH: “I love what’s going on with the digital age,” she said. “A Kindle is a large- downloaded audio materi- als. “It’s an audio book sys- continued from page A1 tem that they’ve tried to read it and (think) OK, now make as absolutely simple we’re all right. It’s kind of as they can so people don’t feel like they’re losing the pits.” The condition has been out,” she said. “I guess they getting worse, but she plans have a really large library to try a new method to ful- of newspapers and current ¿OOKHUGHVLUHWRUHDGDXGLR events. They try to keep up books. on with that too.” Library Assistant Jodi Hansen said the Hermis- Hansen said the Library of ton Public Library recently Congress has been making received one of the Talking materials for people with Books machines, so staff sight impairments since members can show people the 1800s and has had au- how they work. dio books for more than 50 “This is a really cool years, but many people are program that a lot of peo- not aware they are avail- ple don’t know about,” able. she said. “We would like “Sight-impaired people to let people know that have rights too, so the Li- this is available. They brary of Congress works don’t have to be sight-im- with almost every state paired. If they’re physi- library in the country to cally handicapped where make sure that they have they can’t read a book braille or Talking Books like you and I can do and available,” she said. go into the library and Through the LOC, the get a book, then they can Oregon State Library pro- qualify for this program. vides people who have dis- They just have to fill out abilities with free Talking an application.” Books machines that read Applications are avail- books aloud from car- able at the library and on- tridges, which can be ex- line at www.tbabs.org. changed through the mail, Librarian Marie Baldo Hansen said. The machines said the library is also uti- also have a USB port, she lizing newer technology to said, so people can listen to help provide services. print book, and when I’m ready for them, I’ll have my electronics, so we’ll be supplying (electronic books for download) through Li- brary2Go. 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