The Coshocton County Beacon January 8, 2020 | Page 12
New programs coming up for teens at library
By Josie Sellers
[email protected]
COSHOCTON – Teens have a lot to be
excited about this year at the Coshocton
Public Library.
A new book club just for teens will meet
for the first time at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
Jan. 14. Participants in the Winter Reads
for Teens program will discuss a pre-se-
lected book, share a snack, and enjoy
themed activities.
“For several years we have had a kid’s
book club and some in it begged for a
teen one to get started,” said Deborah
Crowdy from the library’s youth services
department.
The plan is for the group to meet for
three months and then pick up again in
the summer. The first three books se-
lected to read are: Jan. 14 – “The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” by
Mark Haddon; Feb. 11 – “Counting by 7s”
by Holly Goldberg Sloan; and March 10 –
“Okay for Now” by Gary D Schmidt.
“We are trying to engage the teenage
group and do different things that we
haven’t tried before,” Crowdy said.
This winter teens in grades seven to 12
also are invited to a mystery dinner the-
atre from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Jan. 22. A three-course dinner will be
served while teens try to figure out who
committed the crime.
“Mystery dinners are always fun and
teens like to eat so we decided to try a
dinner theatre,” Crowdy said.
Library staff member Amanda Gress,
who has done plays with the Footlight
Players, will lead participants through
the evening.
“For several years we
have had a kid’s book
club and some in it
begged for a teen one
to get started.”
- Deborah Crowdy
“When the teens arrive they can sit
anywhere they want,” Crowdy said. “At
each place setting will be a plain white
envelope. When they open those they
will find the name of their character and
questions they can ask.”
Gress will play a lawyer who is reading
the will of a person who was murdered.
The teens will have to decide who com-
mitted the crime and is the heir to the
artifacts left behind by the deceased.
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“They will all have a role to play,” Crow-
dy said.
The event will be held in the downstairs
meeting room. Library staff is prepar-
ing the meal which will consist of salad
and bread sticks, lasagna, and chocolate
mousse.
Registration is required for the mystery
dinner theatre and is due by Monday,
Jan. 20. Sign up online at www.coshoc-
tonlibrary.org, or call the library at 740-
622-0956.
The mystery dinner theatre is being
held on a Wednesday to coincide with the
library’s Plugged & Unplugged program
for teens, which takes place from 2:30 to
5 p.m.
“That way if they are already here they
can just stay,” Crowdy said. “We usually
see an average of 25 kids for that pro-
gram.”
Teens also are being encouraged to
start preparing for the poetry and short
story slam scheduled for Wednesday,
April 15.
“Our poetry slam has been very pop-
ular for many years, but I felt like not ev-
eryone can write poetry so we expanded
it to be a short story slam also,” Crowdy
said.
Participants can read an original piece
or recite one of their favorites for the
chance to win cash prizes. Judges from
outside the library will evaluate them on
content and presentation. Contestants do
not have to have their pieces memorized.
Crowdy noted that the youth services
department is a new concept libraries are
moving toward.
“Our poetry slam has
been very popular for
many years, but I felt
like not everyone can
write poetry so we
expanded it to be a
short story slam also.”
- Deborah Crowdy
“I do the children and teens depart-
ment now,” she said. “We want continu-
ation of who the kids see with programs.
That way we can develop relationships
with them and when we see them know
what to recommend to them. Places that
have already made the change really like
it.”
For more on upcoming programs at the
library, visit www.coshoctonlibrary.org.
Interim HealthCare receives
four star rating
COSHOCTON - Interim HealthCare of
Coshocton, a provider of home care
services, announced that it received a 4
Star Rating from Medicare Home Health
Compare. Interim HealthCare contin-
ues to be the top rated local provider of
homecare in the county, and plans to
continue to strive for five stars in 2020.
Home Health Compare was created
through the efforts of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an
agency of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS). The quali-
ty of patient care star rating summarizes
8 of the 23 quality measures reported on
Home Health Compare. These include
the following process measures: Time-
ly initiation of care, drug education on
all medications provided to patient/
caregiver and influenza immunization
received for current flu season. The out-
come measures include improvement in
ambulation, bed transferring, bathing,
pain interfering with activity, shortness
of breath and acute care hospitaliza-
tion. It provides a single indicator of an
agency’s performance compared to other
agencies.
• A 4 - or 5-star rating means that the
agency performed better than other
agencies on the 8 measured care practic-
es and outcomes.
• A 1- or 2-star rating means that the
agency’s average performance on the 8
measured care practices and outcomes
was below the averages of other agencies.
• Across the country, most agencies fall
"in the middle" with 3 or 3½ stars.
“Interim HealthCare is committed to
providing the highest quality of home
care services to patients and families,”
said Cindi Harriman, branch manager.
“Over the past years, we have served
our community by meeting their needs
and helping them maintain control and
independence. Our culture of continuous
improvement has been the driving force
in helping us achieve this distinction as
one of the top home care companies in
Coshocton.”
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