
{"id":3353,"date":"2012-02-09T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T17:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2012-02-17T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T19:40:28","slug":"two-reasons-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2012\/02\/09\/two-reasons-to-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Reasons to Celebrate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2012\/02\/09\/two-reasons-to-celebrate\/olympus-digital-camera-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan2.jpg?fit=448%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"448,279\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;C3100Z,C3020Z&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;-62169984000&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lorraine Duncan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan2.jpg?fit=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan2.jpg?fit=448%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3355 alignnone\" title=\"Lorraine Duncan\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan2.jpg?resize=448%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan2.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan2.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Lorraine Duncan, Library Director Lawanda Roudebush, and Pat Duncan<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lorraine-Duncan.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was Lorraine Duncan&#8217;s ninety-first birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Duncan is a long-time member of the Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society and volunteered in our Special Collections Center for many years.\u00a0\u00a0 Her special interest has always been the preservation of important local records.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter Pat Duncan, in order to honor her mother&#8217;s birthday and in recognition of her mother&#8217;s efforts on behalf of the Special Collections Center, has established <em>The Lorraine Duncan Special Collections Endowment for the Davenport Public Library<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, distributions from this Endowment will be used to enhance the services and materials of the Special Collections Center.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re very excited about this and thank these ladies for their generosity!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(posted by Sarah)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorraine Duncan, Library Director Lawanda Roudebush, and Pat Duncan Yesterday was Lorraine Duncan&#8217;s ninety-first birthday. 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