Library Week Treasure State Treasure Hunt contest winners announced!

Back during National Library Week, April 10-16, Missoula Public Library staff encouraged our patrons to participate in the week with a unique celebration – a statewide online scavenger hunt, called "A Treasure Hunt for the Treasure State." Montanans from Alazada to Zortman played the game to try and win a prize at the end of the contest. We are pleased to announce that a Frenchtown Elementary School class won one of the prizes!


The "Treasure Hunt" questions were located on local library web sites and on http://mymontanalibrary.org. Participants had to use library electronic resources to find the answers. All answers had to be submitted electronically and were verified for correctness. There were four separate contest categories with questions of varying difficulty available for students K-5, middle school, high school, and adult age groups.
Winners were selected randomly and included:

• Patti O’Sullivan’s class at Frenchtown Elementary School in Frenchtown
• Celeste Jolley’s first grade class at Smith Elementary School in Helena
• Brad Holland, middle school category, whose library is the Drummond School Community Library in Drummond
• Julia Balcom, middle school category, whose library is the Parmly Billings Library in Billings
• Haley Walter, high school category, whose library is the Lewis & Clark Library in Helena
• Ryan Bowers, high school category, whose library is the Superior High School Library in Superior
• Patt Leikam, adult category, whose library is the Parmly Billings Library in Billings
• Diana Rogers, adult category, whose library is the Parmly Billings Library in Billings

Statewide prizes included six Apple iPods™, which were presented to two winners each in the middle school, high school, and adult categories by their local libraries. Two pizza parties were provided for the winning elementary school classrooms.

"We wanted to encourage all Montanans to try some of the many library resources we offer online that are available day and night – whether you’re in your local Montana library or at home," said Darlene Staffeldt, Montana State Librarian. "We felt that if we offered a scavenger hunt with fun prizes that some folks who have never tried using their online library might be more inclined to give it a shot." Thanks for participating Missoula Public Library patrons!