High Plains Library District

Miss the days when spine labels made it easy to pick out the kind of book you wanted? LibraryAware newsletters are monthly(ish) email newsletters that show you all the new stuff HPLD's got in a HUGE range of genres. Sign up today: bit.ly/hpldaware

Concerts starting to catch up with you a bit? On Fri., Aug. 15th, researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz and NoCO academic and community partners will host a whole bunch of free health-related activities, including hearing tests. Free! bit.ly/44iEjBp

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person waving small American flag

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person receiving citizenship papers

Just a few pics from this year's Naturalization Ceremony! And a "Welcome" to the newest group of American Citizens!
It's always one of the best events we get to be a part of each year. Thanks to everyone for letting us be a part of this wonderful day.

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yesbot mascot with child

kids with yesbot mascot

Great to see you all at D6's kickoff last weekend! Your boy YES!bot was quite popular! If you didn't get a chance to visit, don't worry, YES!bot will be all over YES!fest on September 20th at LINC! www.mylibrary.us/yesfest

Still a few spots left for Erie's Youth Art Show!
Sign up now before they're gone!
bit.ly/erieart6

It was both glorious and disturbing...maybe a new LinkedIn tagline to describe my career.

5 days left of summer reading. Unfortunately, our Unhinged Edition Summer Reading Adventure webpage came out...a little too weird. So it'll only be live today until about 5 pm. Head to www.mylibrary.us/sracursedfin... take a moment to marvel at the horrors, and sign up!

PPS: If you ever want to make the case for your organization writing more conversational newsletters, I'm happy to share our process to help! We moved to the format after a little testing of a more corporate style showed it was getting us nowhere.

I mean, it's a solo game, but I still need his help. Don't tell him I said that.

Thank you so much! Just downloaded it. I'm going to play this with my brother (we're both middle-aged and I STILL need him to explain games with any rules to me), who's an academic and HUGE RPG fan!

Weld County's Public Health Mobile Unit will be outside Centennial Park Library Wed. August 6th from 10am-12pm providing immunizations for kids (ages 11+) and adults, health screenings, and more! All services are free, no appointments necessary!

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Gosh, that taillight looks awfully familiar...something from a little ways BACK, movie-wise, but almost like it belongs TO THE FUTURE at the same time.
Well, whatever, just a heads-up...YES!fest is coming soon to a library near you.
More details soon...

Mead Groundbreaking. PopUp Library Team for scale.
Maybe this is our new standard measurement for libraries...how many PopUp Teams long is Mead, anyway...we'll have to do a little math.

District 6's kickoff is Saturday, and we'll see you there, right!? Free backpacks, free school supplies, free lunch, free sports physicals (you'll need one of those if you're playing sports!).
D6 Kickoff:
August 2nd, 2025
Island Grove Regional Park
501 N. 14th Avenue - 9am-12pm

Thanks! Give it a go! If you like the emails, the newsletters have a lot more of the same! www.mylibrary.us/newsletter

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Our newsletter, flung from its faraway, dying world, has crashlanded in email inboxes all over HPLD! www.mylibrary.us/news
By the way, at that same link, you'll find just bit down the page a podcast version of the newsletter for your listening pleasure!

Register for the 6th Annual Erie Art Show! Feeling like you need motivation? We've got a subject suggestion. It rhymes with Berie Bommunity Bibary.
bit.ly/erieart6

We just had a patron (thanks!) link us to what-dan-read.com
There you will find a portion of the life story of Dan Pelzer, a man who, before his passing this month, read over 5,000 books, wrote them all down, and, oh, ahem: CHECKED ALMOST ALL OF THEM OUT FROM THE LIBRARY.

Peter Brings:
5. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties by Mike Drucker
6. DanDaDan by Yukinobu Tatsu: bit.ly/4mjzFdW
7. Paranoid Gardens by Gerard Way: bit.ly/4m9JACC
8. Marvel Two-In-One Annual 7 (1982)

Meagan brings:
1. At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman: bit.ly/4fh44HC
2. Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen: bit.ly/4fb24Ag
3. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson: bit.ly/45w9gD1
4. Nordlys by Malin Falch: bit.ly/4l3N5K1

Why Did You Read That? Episode50 To celebrate our 50th episode, we did exactly NOTHING special because bringing you 8 fresh books every month is already special. What do you want from us!? Are you never satisfied!? Meagan brings: 1.

New Podcast Episode!

soundcloud.com/hpldpodcasts...

To celebrate our 50th episode, we did exactly NOTHING special because bringing you 8 fresh books every month is already special. What do you want from us!? Are you never satisfied!?

might be better off just remodeling the basement around it.

CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging will host the Weld County Research Roadshow at LINC on Friday, Aug. 15, 10 am to 2 pm. This is cost-free!
Register: ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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100 Years Ago Today in Greeley News, L.V. Elmore was fined $10 for exceeding the posted speed limit of 35 MPH on a state highway.
More tales like this are available thanks to CHNC and HPLD: www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org

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That old TV served you well, right? From the days it was balanced on a couple of milk crates in the living room. But maybe its time has passed. Fortunately, Greeley is hosting an electronics waste collection event Sat, Aug. 9, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Details: www.weld.gov/go/hhw

We still have a few exhibitor spots remaining for this year's YES!fest, so if you’d like to exhibit, roll on over to www.mylibrary.us/yesfest for details! but don't delay, time waits for no robot mascots, no matter how lovable they might be!

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Unusual request for recommendations: Hypothetically, if you were headed to a baseball game today where the home team was not having a very good year, and you wanted to bring a book that's highly engaging but also discreet, maybe having a purple cover is a plus...got anything for me?

When a library patron asks if you know "the kindle airplane mode trick" and you can't endorse or talk about it, but, yeah, you know.

...Samurai Cop, Things, Jacob's Ladder, Demon Knight, Dagon, Laserblast, The Changeling, The Gate, Dolls, Popcorn, Street Trash, The Stuff, Maniac Cop, Prince of Darkness.

Why does everyone post that you can pick only 5 from a list of horror/cult movies? At HPLD, you can have it all!
Lifeforce, Pieces, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Society, Night of the Comet, Terrorvision, The Video Dead...