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■ Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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■ Cljerokeeaij Herald ■ thecherokeean.com
EDITORIAL BOARD MARIE WHITEHEAD
publisher
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TERRIE GONZALEZ
editor
DIS PATC H E SI from city
■ ’m relatively new to
I library work, but I’ve
I already learned just how
m important public libraries
are to their local communi-
ties. Every day at the Jack-
sonville Public Library, I see
hundreds of people walk in
to use our services. We must
be doing something right, or
else they wouldn’t be coming
back.
Yet, some people argue
that libraries are the next
dinosaur. Let me share a
story.
While taking a walk on a
warm summer evening in
our new neighborhood, my
husband gregariously intro-
duced himself to our neigh-
bor and his father-in-law.
After greeting each other,
the conversation turned to
me.
“What do you do?”
“I’m a librarian.”
“I don’t think there will
be a need for librarians in
the future,” the neighbor’s
father-in-law said casually. I
was flustered by his smug-
ness and his complete lack
of social graces. After all, he
had just condemned my new
career. Outwardly, I was
pasting on a false smile to
avoid further conversation,
but inwardly, I knew exactly
what he meant: “I have in-
ternet access. I have Google.
I can find anything I need.”
So is that what it all boils
down to? They call this the
Information Age, after all.
Google gives us the illusion
LISA TANG
Jacksonville Adult Circulation Supervisor
that with just a few chcks,
we can be instantly inundat-
ed with information. We get
the false sense of security
that all the information we
will ever need is at our fin-
gertips. I can see his point.
Yet, I have full confidence
that hbraries can survive
because we have something
people can’t find anywhere
else, even on the web.
First, hbraries are exciting
places for kids of all ages. Li-
brary events that draw kids
include story time and our
summer reading program.
Libraries are one of the few
places that children can
come to learn to enjoy books.
The excitement of choosing
one’s own books is like shop-
ping in a candy store.
Libraries provide free
access to ideas and informa-
tion, online and in print.
Free internet access and Wi-
fi services are increasingly
important to access personal
information and to accom-
plish transactions.
By maintaining a digital
presence, most hbraries
point patrons to online
services that help them gain
essential skills. With JPL’s
Learning Express Library,
a patron can study for many
subjects and many types of
tests such as the GED, ACT
and SAT. Mango Languages
is an onhne language learn-
ing program that is also free
to our patrons.
Our website also contains
many finks to useful onhne
resources for everything
from job searching to learn-
ing computer skills.
Libraries are also an an-
chor for their communities,
providing unique historical
and documentary resources.
Just ask anyone who has
looked for newspaper
articles from more than 15
years ago, or who is looking
for historical information
about Jacksonville. It’s not
on the web, either.
More than that, hbraries
serve as a “third space,” a
place away from home to
hang out and explore their
personal interests. Think of
what a positive environment
hbraries offer for youth and
young adults.
I suspect that people who
think hbraries will become
extinct never set foot in a
library and are unfamihar
with all the ways today’s
hbraries have evolved.
Just hke Google, librarians
take survival of the fittest
seriously — and we don’t
want to become the next
dinosaur.
A Even in the infor-
mation age, the help
desk at the Jacksonville
Public Library is a great
place to begin a search
- whether it is for an
audio book, genealogy
or even help performing
an Internet search.
-< The Jacksonville
Public Library’s help
desk will assist patrons
with finding titles in
the stacks. Librarian
Lisa Tang compares the
experience to shopping
in a candy store.
TAXING I
Tips for reducing employee absenteeism
flB re you frustrated
■B by employee ab-
fta senteeism and the
U B negative impact it
has on your operations,
customer support and
profit level?
Are you looking for
ways to improve the at-
tendance and productivity
of your workers? Here are
a few suggestions.
• First, realize you can
make a difference. The
situation is changeable. If
you take proactive steps,
attendance can improve.
• Let your employees
know you care about
them. Stress and personal
responsibilities are part
of life for your employees.
Let them know you under-
stand and appreciate their
dedication.
• Lead by example with
your attendance. Demon-
strate the personal dis-
cipline and commitment
you hope to instill in your
workers.
• Emphasize the link
between attendance and
productivity. Ensure that
all employees understand
ANITA L. WOODLEE
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
the importance of the role
they play in the success of
the business. Explain the
impact absenteeism has
on the rest of the team
and your customers.
• Learn what motivates
your employees. Consider
a survey to learn if money,
recognition, promotion
or time-off drives your
employees.
• Consider job enrich-
ment. Cross training and
job rotation can improve
employee appreciation for
the overall business and
mitigate the impact of
employee absences.
• Consider Fridays off
if your business is suited
to working four ten-hour
days.
• Make work more fun.
Are there ways to make
coming to work more
enjoyable?
A healthy working
environment has room
for celebrations and team
building.
Try these suggestions
to increase the time your
employees spend at and
on your business.
They’ll appreciate the
effort, and you’ll profit
from their improved dedi-
cation and performance.
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ANITA L.
WOODLEE,
CPA, PC
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANT
111 Henderson
Rusk • 75785
Phone: 903-683-1002
www. anitawoodleecpa.
com
Visit our web site
for new tax tips and
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U|QU POINTS!from^ Real
^Holks along El Camino
Real have been busy
checking off those
school supply lists and
assembling a back-to-school
wardrobe for their little
darlings. Tissues will be
the main item on the list
for many of our parents as
they drop their little Pre-K
and kindergarten children
off for the first time. Tears
will flow but most of the
stronger parents are able to
stop crying by lunchtime.
The children are usually just fine, and the
teachers are trained to wait until they get
home to cry over the long year ahead. We
don’t have to worry about all that stuff
until next week, and I’ve got six bits’ worth
of news that needs telling right now.
Early Saturday morning a good crowd of
Alto Yellowjacket fans headed west on El
Camino Real to watch the Yellowjackets
scrimmage the Crockett Bulldogs. As a
rule I hate football scrimmages because it
is always entirely too hot in August, and it
is hard for me to keep up with everything
that is going on. When the Yellowjackets
took the field on Saturday morning in
Crockett, it was cloudy with a cool breeze
blowing. In fact it even had some of us
talking about hunting season. About mid-
way through the game it started to rain,
and the people who didn’t have umbrellas
had to head for cover. After last August
the weather for this scrimmage was noth-
ing short of a blessing. The Yellowjackets
came out hitting hard, running fast and
catching passes, so I’m optimistic that we
are going to have some great games to
watch in the months ahead. People have
been pouring in to the Alto ISD Adminis-
tration office to buy their season tickets, so
I must not be the only person who thinks
we’ve got a good season ahead of us.
Christy Hollis out in the Lynches Chapel
Community celebrated the big 4-0 on Sun-
day, August 19. Hitting forty can really
hurt, but it didn’t take me long to realize
that fifty hurts a lot worse. With her two
sons, Cole in high school and Camden in
middle school, she isn’t going to have time
to feel old for several more years. Happy
birthday, Christy!
Johnny and Vicki Sue Wallace Lucas are
new grandparents. Their son, Cole and
his wife Crystin, are the proud parents of
a big baby boy. Case Austin Lucas was
born in Tyler on Aug. 14 and weighed over
nine pounds. The way Vicki was brag-
ging about the new grandbaby, I figure the
little fellow can talk and ought to be doing
some college work by this week. I don’t
know where the new baby lives or much
else. The important thing is Vicki Sue is
a grandma. Congratulations to the Lucas
family on their new baby boy!
I had a chance to talk to Cammile Ad-
ams the other day. She is the Texas A&M
swimmer who finished fifth in the finals
of the women’s 200M butterfly at the XXX
Olympic Games. She was busy getting
settled back in for the fall
semester at Texas A&M, but
she was gracious enough
to take time for one of the
home folks. Cammile told
me that the first time she
swam competitively she was
about five years old. She is
now 20 and an Olympian.
She and her twin sister
Ashley are both swimmers
at Texas A&M. I asked
Cammile to share some of
her favorite Alto memories
with me. She said that she
enjoyed it most when the whole family got
together. She said that she always loved to
ride the four-wheelers and golf carts. She
told me that her horse still lived in Alto.
Cammile is an education major at Texas
A&M and competes on the swim team. She
is going to work hard on her degree and
plans to return to the Olympic Games in
2016 to make us proud again. She sounded
hke a really sweet girl, and I’m sure her
fan base here in Alto will be cheering her
on to 2016. I’ve been to Aggie Football
games and my boys all bleed maroon, so
I guess I could go watch the Aggies swim.
I just wonder if you have to stand up at
Aggie swim meets hke you do the football
games?
I’ve mentioned the tears of our young
parents as they say good-bye to their ba-
bies at the elementary school, but I haven’t
mentioned the real tears that are about to
be shed. These are the tears of the parents
who are saying good-bye to their sons and
daughters going away to college. Those
tears won’t stop in a few hours, they will
continue for years to come and every time
you open your empty wallet you will start
crying again. Maybe they’ll graduate, get
a good job and pay you back all the money
you’ve invested in their education. Yeah,
right, and the tooth fairy is going to deliver
the check when they write it. Good luck to
all our new college students.
It looks hke we are going to have a
bumper crop of pecans this year and that
is something we have needed for several
years. Everyone I’ve talked to were down
to nearly nothing as far as pecans in the
deep freeze. Now all we have to do is keep
the squirrels and crows at bay until we
can get them picked up. That is if we don’t
throw our backs out trying to get them. I
never will be able to find my hand pecan-
picker-upper. It’s been so many years since
I’ve used it. The pecan trees are shedding
limbs under the weight of the leaves and
the pecans, but hopefully there will be
enough of everything left when it’s all said
and done. You just can’t make a decent
dessert in East Texas without plenty of
pecans.
I’m sure there is something that I forgot
to tell you, but the computer is acting flaky
and I figure I had best hit the send button
before I lose it all. I’ll see ya next week!
And remember, It takes three kinds of
bones to support you in life, a wish-
bone, a backbone and a funny bone.
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
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