Not woes, really. Actually, I'm pretty proud. I just listed my first item for sale on eBay for The Tilden Library Foundation. I have spent about a week getting signed up with MissionFish so that the foundation can direct sell as a nonprofit. I'm almost there. Didn't read the directions closely and neglected to fax in one of the necessary documents. If all goes well it should be a done deal by tomorrow. The upshot of all this is that the Foundation will be able to sell the library's excess property items at an online auction sometime soon. Soon, being whenever we can get the items all listed. Have to check into Turbo List, etc. Quite a learning curve for an old lady.
People please check out Jed Marum's website. He is going to be here at the library on May 20. I'll have posters up soon. He is from Fort Worth, TX and the Hall family is so very generous to provide this entertainment free to the public. Don't miss this chance. You'll be glad you came, I assure you.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Triple T Cow Chip Throw
My goodness, it has been awhile since I added to this. Well, I've been busy. I am either promoting quilts or cow chips. The Tilden Library Foundation sponsors the annual "Triple T' Cow Chip Throw during Tilden Prairie Days. This weekend our Women's Champion is traveling to Beaver, Oklahoma to compete in the World's Championship. I'm including the article that appeared in our local papers.
Tilden Winner to Compete in Beaver, Oklahoma below:
Jill (Hansen) Kaps, of Norfolk, NE will travel to Beaver Oklahoma to compete in the World Cow Chip Throw Championship on Saturday, April 21. Kaps became eligible to compete after winning the women’s division of the sanctioned “Triple T” Cowchip Throw held in Tilden, NE during the 2006 Tilden Prairie Days festival. She defeated the seven other contestants with her 75’ throw. According to Kaps, without the encouragement of event coordinator, Dixie Kucera, she probably never would have entered the contest. “I was working for a local radio station at the time and we had a team competing. Dixie told me if I competed individually and won, I would have the chance to go to Oklahoma. I figured I’d give it a shot and somehow I won.” Although Kaps doesn’t think she will walk away the champion, she is ready for the entire experience. “It’s exciting, something that I know I will never forget. I just want to make the city of Tilden and Northeast Nebraska proud.” Kaps also stated that she planned to do some practicing in a local pasture before she makes the trip. Tilden’s local contest is proudly sponsored by The Tilden Library Foundation.
Historically, cow chip throwing developed when Oklahoma settlers discovered that dried buffalo dung burned extremely efficiently. Unfortunately, the buffaloes were nearly extinct so they turned their wagons to the cow pastures. Not quite as efficient and a tad smellier, "cow chips" still saw them through the harsh winters on the prairie. Collecting the chips turned into a sport as the settlers hurled the chips toward the wagon
The basic principles of the competition are similar to the more conventional javelin throw, but any style of throw is allowed. Chips must be at least six inches in diameter and are selected from the official dung truck. They must not be tampered with in any way, as the dung must be flung in its natural state. If the chip breaks apart in mid air, the farthest piece is counted.
Tilden Winner to Compete in Beaver, Oklahoma below:
Jill (Hansen) Kaps, of Norfolk, NE will travel to Beaver Oklahoma to compete in the World Cow Chip Throw Championship on Saturday, April 21. Kaps became eligible to compete after winning the women’s division of the sanctioned “Triple T” Cowchip Throw held in Tilden, NE during the 2006 Tilden Prairie Days festival. She defeated the seven other contestants with her 75’ throw. According to Kaps, without the encouragement of event coordinator, Dixie Kucera, she probably never would have entered the contest. “I was working for a local radio station at the time and we had a team competing. Dixie told me if I competed individually and won, I would have the chance to go to Oklahoma. I figured I’d give it a shot and somehow I won.” Although Kaps doesn’t think she will walk away the champion, she is ready for the entire experience. “It’s exciting, something that I know I will never forget. I just want to make the city of Tilden and Northeast Nebraska proud.” Kaps also stated that she planned to do some practicing in a local pasture before she makes the trip. Tilden’s local contest is proudly sponsored by The Tilden Library Foundation.
Historically, cow chip throwing developed when Oklahoma settlers discovered that dried buffalo dung burned extremely efficiently. Unfortunately, the buffaloes were nearly extinct so they turned their wagons to the cow pastures. Not quite as efficient and a tad smellier, "cow chips" still saw them through the harsh winters on the prairie. Collecting the chips turned into a sport as the settlers hurled the chips toward the wagon
The basic principles of the competition are similar to the more conventional javelin throw, but any style of throw is allowed. Chips must be at least six inches in diameter and are selected from the official dung truck. They must not be tampered with in any way, as the dung must be flung in its natural state. If the chip breaks apart in mid air, the farthest piece is counted.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Nebraska Memories
In 2006 our library received a digitization grant to make a typewritten local history of Tilden available online. It can be viewed at Nebraska Memories * and is very interesting. I was always delighted to look through this material and realize the huge amount of work that went into its collection and organization. The original project was started by The Tilden Women's Club in the 1950's and went on for a number of years. To our knowledge, no published history was done. Much of the information was used in the development of the 1980 Tilden Centennial book. That's a great volume, also. Unfortunately it is no longer in print. That's enough for today. I'll be back next week.
*This project was supported in part by the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and granted by the Nebraska Library Commission.
*This project was supported in part by the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and granted by the Nebraska Library Commission.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The pressure is on
Now that this blog is prominently featured on our website, I had better continue to add to it. I have been very busy this last month. I've been to meetings every week, it seems. One of the most interesting one was the workshop for our "Between Fences" Smithsonian exhibit that the library will host from May 19 - June 20, 2008. We joined six other local coordinators for a full day of intense information. It has made me even more excited about this exhibit.
To say nothing of the drive down to Lincoln and the many interesting traffic situations, where I was very glad that people recognized an inexperienced Grandma driver and cut her considerable slack. Now I know Lincoln is a small town to most people, but give me a break, Tilden doesn't even have a stoplight, let alone multiple lanes.
That's all well and good, but while I'm typing this, Gloria comes into my office with two boxes of promotional materials for the Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation Exhibit--which we host beginning this year from June 28 -August 10. We became hosts for this exhibit through a grant process. We are one of sixty libraries across the U. S. to host it and the only library in Nebraska to do so. I'm including the credit line here because so many people are responsible for this thing and it gives a good overview of that involvement: “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” has been organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and the Gilder Lehrman Institure of American History, New York City, in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This exhibition was made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, promoting excellence in the humanities, and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress and charged with planning the national celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
See what I mean? I guess I'd better get in gear, because June 28 is not very far away. Along those lines, I was delighted to open the mail this morning and find money from a Northeast Library Systems Grant that will help us pay the Nebraska Humanities Council fees for the three programs that we are planning to go along with the exhibit. I'll tell you more about that, another day.
Right now I have to get busy and research a little more about eBay selling, as the library is going to be selling excess property over eBay, soon. That is, if I can manage to figure out how. But right now I have to go work the desk, as Gloria's shift is over. More tomorrow.
To say nothing of the drive down to Lincoln and the many interesting traffic situations, where I was very glad that people recognized an inexperienced Grandma driver and cut her considerable slack. Now I know Lincoln is a small town to most people, but give me a break, Tilden doesn't even have a stoplight, let alone multiple lanes.
That's all well and good, but while I'm typing this, Gloria comes into my office with two boxes of promotional materials for the Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation Exhibit--which we host beginning this year from June 28 -August 10. We became hosts for this exhibit through a grant process. We are one of sixty libraries across the U. S. to host it and the only library in Nebraska to do so. I'm including the credit line here because so many people are responsible for this thing and it gives a good overview of that involvement: “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” has been organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and the Gilder Lehrman Institure of American History, New York City, in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This exhibition was made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, promoting excellence in the humanities, and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress and charged with planning the national celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
See what I mean? I guess I'd better get in gear, because June 28 is not very far away. Along those lines, I was delighted to open the mail this morning and find money from a Northeast Library Systems Grant that will help us pay the Nebraska Humanities Council fees for the three programs that we are planning to go along with the exhibit. I'll tell you more about that, another day.
Right now I have to get busy and research a little more about eBay selling, as the library is going to be selling excess property over eBay, soon. That is, if I can manage to figure out how. But right now I have to go work the desk, as Gloria's shift is over. More tomorrow.
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