Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 29, 2009
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Gov. Heineman Names Appointments to Nebraska Library Commission
Gov. Dave Heineman recently appointed Stephen Batty, of McCook; and Diane
Boyd, of South Sioux City, to three-year terms on the Nebraska Library
Commission.
Steve Batty is the chair of the McCook Public Library Board of
Trustees and has written several grants for the library. He is a
semi-retired business consultant and adult educator. Steve also served two
terms on the McCook City Council. In addition, he is a long time board
member of the Central Mediation Center in Kearney. Steve also spearheaded
the project to make images from the McCook Historical Society and Museum of
the High Plains Railroad collection available via the Internet through the
Nebraska Library Commission's Nebraska
Memories(www.nebraskamemories.org)
project.
Diane Boyd has served on the South Sioux City Library
Board for twenty-five years. She served as president most of that time. She
is a member of the Foundation Board for the library. She served on the
vision and design committee for the new library and worked on two capital
campaigns for the new library building. She has received the Community
Service Award for her volunteer efforts. She also served on the board of the
Boys and Girls Home, volunteers for the American Red Cross Tour of Homes,
and is a member of Chapter DE, PEO.
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As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is
an advocate for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The
mission of the Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and
coordination of library and information services, "bringing
together people and information."