Friday, February 24, 2017
Our Sympathies...
Aloisia W. Harris(1922 - 2017
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ALOISIA W. ODERMOTT HARRIS1922 ~ 2017
Aloisia W. Odermott Harris died peacefully on January 2nd, 2017 with her daughters by her side in Emmett, Idaho. She was the daughter of Walter Odermott and Ottolena Jantz Odermott. She was born in Eagle, Idaho on June 13th, 1922. She married Orville L. Harris on June 12th, 1938 in Emmett, Idaho.
She loved riding in the mountains with Orville in her younger years. Later, when they moved to Emmett, she worked at various jobs, as a clerk at Corner Grocery, in various positions at the J.C. Penny's store and as a bookkeeper for Albertson's. She was a life member of Eastern Star, a frequent cook for the Masonic dinners and she worked with Jobs Daughters. She made wonderful scrap books for the Jobs Daughters. She was an avid rock hound and photographer; she was a skilled seamstress. She was a wonderful companion to her husband and they enjoyed many friendships. She loved time with her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Elsie Milegar Simpson, her brother, W.L. (Sonny) Odermott, son-in-law, Darrell Munger, and her husband, Orville. She is survived by her two daughters, Jean Munger of Sweet, Idaho, and Bernice Harris and son-in-law, Teb Blackwell of Denver, Colorado, three grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Letter from the Ola Library Board
The Ola Library Annual Sweetheart's Dinner was a great success.
Members of the Ola Library Board were pleased to ask Jean Munger to be the special guest. Many people are not aware of her involvement in getting the Ola District Library formed.
She was hired as an aide and specifically asked to catalog the books. Some had been cataloged, but were only the fiction & non-fiction. Wanting the students to know how to utilize a library ( when they left our school), she wanted to do the cataloging correctly. It was decided that the old Jackknife School behind Ola School would be our library building. She took cataloging classes and got help manually at that time.
Students at the Ola School were always in need of books for book reports and information for their annual science fair projects. There were also adults who desired a place where they could check out books without going all the way to Emmett. She decided that we needed a district library. She researched the law, worked with the State Library, State Board of Education, & the Boise Public Library CEO. Boundaries were worked out for the Ola Community Library District, and residents living within those boundaries voted on whether or not they wanted a library district. Elaine Waldner, Betty Schmelzer, and Blaine Carlock sat on the first board with Jean as secretary/ treasurer/ librarian.
Jean also wrote grants to purchase books for the library. Because we became a district library, we were eligible for interlibrary loans from any state in the United States. One of our first interlibrary books came from Alaska. What a thrill that was!
From this to a full service library now with over 10,000 bar-coded items to check out, a computer for public use, a fax machine, and library classes taught to the students....Thank you, Jean for being the first librarian.
She was hired as an aide and specifically asked to catalog the books. Some had been cataloged, but were only the fiction & non-fiction. Wanting the students to know how to utilize a library ( when they left our school), she wanted to do the cataloging correctly. It was decided that the old Jackknife School behind Ola School would be our library building. She took cataloging classes and got help manually at that time.
Students at the Ola School were always in need of books for book reports and information for their annual science fair projects. There were also adults who desired a place where they could check out books without going all the way to Emmett. She decided that we needed a district library. She researched the law, worked with the State Library, State Board of Education, & the Boise Public Library CEO. Boundaries were worked out for the Ola Community Library District, and residents living within those boundaries voted on whether or not they wanted a library district. Elaine Waldner, Betty Schmelzer, and Blaine Carlock sat on the first board with Jean as secretary/ treasurer/ librarian.
Jean also wrote grants to purchase books for the library. Because we became a district library, we were eligible for interlibrary loans from any state in the United States. One of our first interlibrary books came from Alaska. What a thrill that was!
From this to a full service library now with over 10,000 bar-coded items to check out, a computer for public use, a fax machine, and library classes taught to the students....Thank you, Jean for being the first librarian.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Believe..Achieve..
Succeed.
DRUG FREE!!!!
This week is Red Ribbon week. Red Ribbon week is drug awareness week. Every day of the week is a different day to dress up. Monday is "Sock it to drugs" day (you wear crazy socks to school), Tuesday is "I see red when I see drugs" (you wear red to school), Wednesday is "Put drugs to sleep" (you wear your PJs to school), Thursday is "Saying no to drugs is no sweat" (wear sweats to school), and Friday is "Turn your back to drugs" (wear your clothes backwards).
Ola School
Red Ribbon Week
January 30-February 3,2017
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WE ARE BACK AGAIN!!!
Sorry, people of the Squaw Creek, that we have not been able to do any posts in a while. With all of the snow we have been having a lot of snow days, which has been keeping us from posting on the blog. Hopefully we will have no more snow days so we can keep you up on the Ola School news and more!!!
Sorry, people of the Squaw Creek, that we have not been able to do any posts in a while. With all of the snow we have been having a lot of snow days, which has been keeping us from posting on the blog. Hopefully we will have no more snow days so we can keep you up on the Ola School news and more!!!
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