Year: 2009
Places
Snakes in Christmas Florida
Here is one small story from life in Christmas, Florida.
Life in the boonies was filled with lots of snakes. I saw quite a few poisonous snakes. The coral snake was seen every year around springtime.
We had a cat that was...
Events
Breast Cancer Awareness GO PINK DAY at North Orange 2002
Go Pink Day at North Orange 2002
Staff members at the North Orange library in Apopka, under the management and with the encouragement of then manager Carolyn Rosenblum, participated with great exuberance in the annual GO PINK DAY during Breast Cancer...
Events
Becky's Goodbye Party
Becky Canonico was lead clerk at the North Orange Library for years and worked in the Orange County Library System for many more. She left in 2002 and staff across the system gathered to wish her well and express our...
Events
Girl Power!
ABOVE: Nia and Stedra
GIRL POWER!
WMFE invited OCLS to participate in one of their Healthy Woman Conferences called "Girl Power!" at the Orange County Convention Center.
Enjoy the thoughts of some of the attendees.
Interviews
LISTEN (4:14)...
Events
Oh, Woman!
OCLS is excited to have participated in "Oh, Woman!"
Women at the conference took time to talk to OCLS staff about the wide array of Health Resources available at the library. Many also sat down to participate in a short 2-5...
Events
National Day of Listening
StoryCorps has initiated a celebration that they are calling the "National Day of Listening." This initiative by StoryCorps is designed to promote family conversations on a day that families are traditionally together, the day after Thanksgiving. As we give th...
Places
Street Map of Orlando 1936
Street Map of Orlando, Showing Route of 23-mile Scenic Drive Around 18 Lakes
Images are from a 1936 street map of Orlando, Florida, showing the route of a 23-mile scenic drive around 18 lakes. The map was published by the City...
Places
Steak N Shake
Steak N Shake was one of the popular hangouts throughout the years in Orlando.
What's your favorite memory from Steak N Shake?
BELOW: Steak N Shake 1966 menu.
ABOVE: Image of a Florida Steak N Shake restaurant on a postcard from the ...
Events
Hurricane Charley Damage at Southwest Library
Hurricane Charley Damage at Southwest Library
On Friday, August 13, 2004 Southwest Library was damaged as Hurricane Charley slammed through the Orlando area. I was one of the librarians at Southwest and happened to be the first to arrive for work...
Places
Saturdays at the Rialto
From the age of about five, until I was probably fifteen, going to the Rialto Movie Theatre on Saturday mornings is one of my fondest memories of Orlando. For 9 cents (later 14 cents and even later, a quarter). Here's...
Events
Citizenship Inspired @ OCLS
Citizenship Inspired is a course offered at the Orange County Library System to prepare patrons for their upcoming Citizenship Exam.
Rosalba Castano was one of the first students to take the test after the initial course. She passed. In this video...
Places
Crooked Lake
Crooked Lake is a lake that has tons of bass fish. It is over 7,000 acres.
My family and I would visit this lake every summer. We would stay in rental apartments and pretty much swim, ski, tube and eat for...
