Olympic Spirit At The Gilmanton Corner Library
Get into the Olympic Spirit in February at the Gilmanton Corner Public
Library. Test your knowledge of winter sports, equipment and events with our
variety of puzzles and word searches. Color the three Olympic Mascots - Miga,
Sumi and Quatchi. Pick up your FREE Olympic Book and Bookmark. Learn about
the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where the Olympic Games are
to take place on February 12-28, 2010.
Anyone can enter the drawing for the beautiful Official Olympic Games
Pin.
The library is open Wednesdays, 3-5 and Saturdays, 10-12.
Questions? Call Librarian, Linda Hudziec at 267-6200.
Letter To The Editor
GPS From Your Library
We all know that libraries have expanded from books, to audio books,
magazines, journals, CDs, movies, some even loan art work.
I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when a GPS was added to the list
at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library, thanks to a generous patron. I think
maps are great but I have always had a hard time with them and they’re not
much help in city neighborhoods. Anyone trying to read their Map Quest
directions while driving knows it’s not a safe way to go.
So a device that provides assistance in getting me where I need to go
safely and with confidence gets my vote. I have now used the Library’s GPS
twice, once to get from Gilmanton to Washington, DC, and a second time to
Baltimore: the city, then the airport and then to where my daughter lives in
northwest Maryland. The GPS words ‘you have reached your destination’ are
met with pleasure and relief.
I will continue to take out the GPS with my library card, I hope other
considering using it to.
Betty Mitchell,
Gilmanton
Alec Medine Wins Gilmanton School Geographic Bee Moves One Step
closer to $25,000 College Scholarship
Submitted By Carol N. Locke, Principal
Alec Medine, an 8th Grade student at Gilmanton School won the
school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on January 13, 2010
and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school-level Bee, at
which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in
the 20th annual National Geographic Bee. The Bee is sponsored by the
National Geographic Society.
The kickoff for this year’s Bee was the week of November 9, with
thousands of schools around the United States and in the five U.S.
territories participating. The school winners, including Alec Medine will
now take a written test; up to 100 of the top scorers in each state will be
eligible to compete in their state Bee April 9, 2010.
The National Geographic Society will provide an all-expenses-paid trip
to Washington, D.C., for state champions and teacher-escorts to participate
in the National Geographic Bee national championship on May 25 and 26, 2010.
The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship
and a lifetime membership in the Society.
“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek will moderate the national finals on May
26. The program will air on television. Check local listings for dates and
times.
Anyone can brush up on geography with GeoBee Challenge, an online
geography quiz at
www.nationalgeographic,com/geobee, which poses five
new questions a day from previous National Geographic Bees. The GeoBee
Challenge board game also provides geography fun for the whole family. The
board game won the prestigious Parents’ Choice Award.
The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit
scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to “increase and
diffuse geographic knowledge,” the Society works to inspire people to care
about the planet. It reaches more than 300 million people worldwide
each month through its official journal, National Geographic, and other
magazines; National Geographic channel; television documentaries; music;
radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; school publishing programs; interactive
media; and merchandise. National Geographic has funded more than 8,000
scientific research projects and supports an education program combating
geographic illiteracy. For more information visit
nationalgeograhic.com.