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It's now been 28 years since southern Somerset County was struck by tornadoes on both May 31 and June 2, 1998. Do you remember? ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dybtLrKfJSM

Remembering the 1998 Somerset County, PA Tornado outbreak: 25 Years Later Meyersdale Public Library archivist Jennifer Hurl presents excerpts...

Shortly before 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 31st, 1998 - 28 years ago this evening - the community of Salisbury and several surrounding areas were struck by a tornado classified as a strong F-2, with winds at approximately 150 miles per hour. The devastation - as seen in part in this image of the former Greenville Township School Building in Pocahontas - will never be forgotten by those affected.

📸 Meyersdale Public Library | Meyersdale Republican/The New Republic Image Collection | Pocahontas, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa. | Early June 1998

See the new Children's Books at the Meyersdale Public Library at:

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This week's seven new Children's Books include "Orris and Timble: Star Stories", "Olive Oakes and the Haunted Carousel", and "Glory Be".

“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
― American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"

See what's new this week at the Meyersdale Public Library at:

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There are four new bestsellers, seven new children's books, and three other new books.

The new bestsellers this week include "Ironwood," "The Burning Side," and "An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln."

What was Revolutionary War Patriot Christian Shockey's connection to the Greenville Lutheran Church? Find out by attending "Freedom, Fields, and Faith" - a presentation by Richard Shockey, Christian's ninth great grandson. Richard will speak beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11th, at Meyersdale's Zion Lutheran Church, situated at 355 Center Street. His presentation - the next in our Meyersdale Public Library's "America ... We're All Part of the Story" guest speaker series - will highlight Christian's 54-year journey to Somerset County, his contributions to the settlement of Elk Lick and Salisbury, homesteading on Piney Run, the area's first sawmill, and Christian's life in Greenville Township. All are invited!

📸 History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania, Volume II | Author Rev. W.H. Bruce Carney | Published 1918 by The Lutheran Publication Society

What a treasure!

There's more than one dragon inside our Meyersdale Public Library, and the kids at this morning's Preschool Story Hour will get to make one of their very own to take home with them! See you at 10 a.m.!

THANK YOU to our friends at the G.I. Dayroom and Corner Cup for your sponsorship of this week's edition of "Got News??"! Our Meyersdale Public Library also extends gratitude to the anonymous sponsor of the newsletter's insert. Pick up your copy around town, or visit https://www.meyersdalelibrary.org/got-news to view the full color version on our website!