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COMMUNITY NEWS Library Upgrade Gives Access to Millions of Items Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center will join NC Cardinal, a state wide partnership of 19 libraries that share catalogs and lending of materials. NC Cardinal will provide Cumberland County residents with access to more than three million items within the system. As part of the upgrade, the library's catalog will not be updated from Dec. 9 – 11 and there will be a disruption in access to the catalog and customer accounts. Customers may browse the catalog, but they will not be able to reserve or renew materials on their account. To verify if items are available for checkout, please contact library staff. Once the transition is complete on Dec. 12, customers will gain the ability to reserve materials online either through Cumberland County or from any of the libraries using NC Cardinal. "NC Cardinal will greatly expand our customers' ability to find materials outside of our collection, with the State Library picking up the initial cost for this project," said Library Director Jody Risacher. Access to popular items such as best sellers will be limited to Cumberland County residents. To search materials in the NC Cardinal system, customers will select participating libraries from a drop down menu. Requested items will be delivered to the designated local branch. Items may also be returned at any participating NC Cardinal library. Items checked out through Cumberland County are subject to the library's lending policies, including fines and fees. Interlibrary loan will continue to provide access to materials in libraries that are not a part of NC Cardinal. This project is made possible by funding from the State Library of North Carolina. Low Income Energy Assistance Available The Cumberland County Department of Social Services wants citizens interested in receiving help with their heating costs during the cold winter months to be aware of the application process and eligibility requirements for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP), a federally-funded program that provides for a one-time vendor payment to help eligible households pay their heating bills. Priority will be given to households with an elderly member age 60 and above, or a disabled person receiving services through the Division of Aging and Adult Services. Applications for these priority households will be accepted Dec. 2 through Jan. 31 or until funds are exhausted. Applications for all other households will be accepted Feb. 3- March 31 or until funds are exhausted. All households must apply for LIEAP; there are no automatic approvals. Household income must not exceed 130 percent of the poverty level. The Salvation Army manages this program for DSS and all applications must go to the Salvation Army office at 1047 Southern Ave. Hours are MondayFriday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information, contact the DSS LIEAP message line at (910) 6772821 or the Salvation Army at (910) 307-0359. Registration opens for All American Marathon, Mike to Mike Half Marathon Registration for the inaugural All American Marathon and Mike to Mike Half Marathon is underway! Both races will take place May 4, 2014, starting in Fayetteville and ending on Fort Bragg, home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces. Race planners are hoping for 5,000 runners, for both the full and half marathons, and a marathon-distance relay event for five-person teams. Potential registrants can sign up at the event website: http://www. fortbraggmwr.com/allamericanmarathon/ The All-American Marathon and Mike-to-Mike Half Marathon will start in downtown Fayetteville, N.C. at Festival Park, a four acre concert and entertainment complex located in the heart of Fayetteville. Racers will run up Ray Avenue to Hay Street where they will run through the heart of historic downtown Fayetteville past the market house. The route will then take runners up past Veteran's Park and the Airborne and Special Operations Museum which is the home to the historic Iron Mike Statue. Runners will continue running up Morganton through the Historic Haymount District of Fayetteville, traveling rolling hills until reaching the All-American Freeway. For Half-Marathoners the race course will run approximately two miles on Fort Bragg via the All-American. Half-Marathoners will exit the All-American onto Normandy and run to finish the race at the Main Post Parade Field with scenic views of Fort Bragg's replica Iron Mike Statue. After running on the All-American Freeway for about four miles, full marathon racers will enter the installation on Gruber Road. The race course will then lead runners past the home of the 82nd Airborne Division and past Pope Field. Marathoners will finish their course with scenic views of U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters and past Fort Bragg's Iron Mike statue finishing at the Main Post Parade Field. 484-0261 Book Your Banquet & Holiday Parties Early! Family & Business Groups Welcome! Banquet rooms available up to 100 guests Us y g Weekly'p & Coming W eekly's Up & Comin P e e Gu Pocket Guidockmunt Directo ide Com ity ry ectory Community Dir 2013 2013 om mingweekly.c www.upandco www.upandc 2013 omingweek 2013 ly.com On-Line All Year! 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