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FRIENDS OF THE Editor
Reporter
Editor: Gloria Pilotti Irey
LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY Photographer
Photographer: Linda Morley
October 2020 Newsletter
"Grab and Go" at the Library Virtual Trivia Night Is Back!
Coming October 12 October 29
Join library staff for a fun
"pop culture" trivia
challenge held on Zoom.
Each question will be
placed on the screen and
team captains will have one
Beginning October 12th, the Lincoln Public minute to enter an answer
Library building will be open for “Grab and Go” in the chat box.
services on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays from noon to 4:30 PM. “Grab and Library staff will tally up each team's correct answers
Go” is designed to let you make short, safe visits for each. Teams can be made up of one or more
to the library to access library materials and use players. One of the trivia rounds will focus on
library computers. You can browse the Halloween-themed questions.
collection, pick up your holds, and make Join the Zoom session on Thursday, October 29 at
computer reservations. 6:30 PM from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
Face coverings will be required at all times Zoom link and passcode is available on the library's
within the library and the number of patrons website- www.libraryatlincoln.org.
allowed in at a time will be limited. The library
will continue to offer curbside service for patrons
who feel safer not entering the building. 2020 Voices of Lincoln
Before your visit, read about "Grab and Go" on Poetry Contest
the library's website - www.libraryatlincoln.org.
Opening on
Library Advisory Board
The Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest was quite
The City of Lincoln is soliciting interested
successful - attracting poets from 66 cities in
citizens to fill vacancies on various committees,
14 states and 5 countries. The contest's five exciting
including a vacancy on the Library Advisory
contest categories challenged the imagination and
Board. The Board, in conjunction with the
creativity of the poets who entered. A total of
Library Advisory Committee, makes
255 poems were submitted by 104 poets, including
recommendations to the Lincoln City Council
21 youth poets (under 18 years of age). The judges
concerning library policies and priorities for the
selected 32 winning poems submitted by 27 poets
operation and administration of the Lincoln
(includes 11 youth poets).
Public Library.
Due to the pandemic, the Voices of Lincoln Poetry
If you are interested in serving, advisory
Contest special event will not be held this year. For
committee applications are available at City
their poetic efforts, poets will receive a
Hall, 600 Sixth Street or on the City's website.
commemorative chapbook of the winning poems.
No required qualifications, but experience with
library policy and operations is desirable. Please The Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest is presented by
return your application to the City Clerk of the the Poets Club of Lincoln and is sponsored by the
City of Lincoln no later than October 30, 2020 at Lincoln Public Library and Friends of the Lincoln
5:00 PM. Public Library.
Virtual Science Talk - October 5
NASA’s mantra for the last 40 years has been
“Follow the water" throughout our Solar
System. We now know of seven moons with
liquid water under their icy shells orbiting
Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Who could have
imagined liquid water over one billion miles
from the Solar System's heat source, our star,
the Sun?
NASA’s mantra for the last 40 years has been “Follow the water" throughout our Solar System. We now
know of seven moons with liquid water under their icy shells orbiting Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Who
could have imagined liquid water over one billion miles from the Solar System's heat source, our star, the
Sun? Saturn’s Titan is the only moon with its own atmosphere, plus has liquid lakes of methane on its
surface, plus a subsurface ocean 30 miles below its ice shell as salty as Earth's Dead Sea. Attend and be
amazed with the scientific thoughts that these moons might harbor the right conditions for microbial life.
Join the Zoom session on Monday, October 5 from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Visit the
library's website for the Zoom link and passcode.
3:30 PM - for younger science lovers
6:30 PM - for adults and all science lovers
Next virtual science talk is November 9th - Neptune and Uranus.
Happy Birthday, Noah Webster!
Article submitted by Jeri Chase Ferris
October 16 is a very special day indeed! Noah Webster was
born 262 years ago today, on a farm in Hartford, Connecticut.
We all know Noah Webster wrote the dictionary – Webster’s
Dictionary, that is. But what else did Noah do?
He wrote the first American spelling book (the “blue-backed
speller”), books on American history, geography, health, and
reading books for children. “Every child in America should be
acquainted with his own country,” he wrote. He worked for
public health and school reform, opposed slavery, started New
York’s first daily newspaper, was a teacher, a lawyer, a county
court judge, a member of the General Assembly of Connecticut
and the General Court of Massachusetts, and a founder of
Amherst College.
But perhaps most important, he kept our new fledgling United States united when we were in danger of
falling into 13 pieces. He forged unified American nationalism. How did he do this? He talked with
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and others about the need for one strong central government.
He wanted to “effect a uniformity of language and education throughout the continent.” He wrote, “We
ought not think of ourselves as people of one state, but as Americans.” Noah loved his country
passionately, and his words united America. Remember - U.S. spells US!
Read Noah Webster & His Words (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children) written
by our own FOLL Board member -- Jeri Chase Ferris. Jeri's book received the
Golden Kite Award for Best Nonfiction of 2012 from the Society of Children's
Book Writers and Illustrators! The book for ages 6 to 96 is available in the
library's catalog and for purchase on Amazon.
Virtual Author Visit - Rhys Bowen
October 22
Rhys Bowen is the New York Times bestselling author of two historical
mystery series as well as the #1 Kindle bestseller In Farleigh Field and
the international bestsellers Above the Bay of Angels and The Tuscan
Child. In Farleigh Field was nominated for the Edgar Award, and won the
Agatha Award for best historical mystery as well as the Macavity and
Bruce Alexander Memorial Awards. The Tuscan Child has sold over half
a million copies to date.
The characters in Rhy's two mystery series are Molly Murphy and Lady
Georgie. The Molly Murphy mysteries feature an Irish immigrant woman
in turn-of-the-century New York City. There are 17 books so far in this
series, plus three Kindle stories.
Then there is Lady Georgie, Rhys’s latest, and very popular, heroine.
She’s 35th in line to the throne of England, but she’s flat broke and
struggling to survive in the Great Depression. These books are lighter and
funnier than Molly’s adventures. They poke gentle fun at the British class
system—about which Rhys knows a lot, having married into an upper-
class family rather like Georgie’s, with cousins with silly nicknames, family
ghosts and stately homes. The fourteenth book in the series, The Last Mrs.
Summers, was published August 2020.Rhys was born in Bath, England,
and educated at London University, but now divides her time between
California and Arizona.
You can register for this event on the library's website -libraryatlincoln.org.
Mark your calendars for upcoming virtual author visits: Tess Stimson on November 12 and
Mary Kubica on December 3.
More Reading Challenges to Come
The Library's Summer Reading Program has come to an end. But a new reading challenge will
be coming soon.
Almost 500 readers enrolled in the online Summer Reading Program delivered with Beanstack -
- 76 pre-readers, 219 kids, 54 teens, and 113 adults. Participants read 2,650 books, completed
3,053 activities, earned 3,730 badges and collected 427 book rewards. All teens who completed
the reading challenge were entered in a random drawing for a $50 gift certificate for Old Town
Pizza.
Congratulations to the Library staff who successfully created this program which encouraged
many in our community to read over the summer. And, thank you to Sierra Pacific Foundation,
who with FOLL, provided the needed funding for the Beanstack platform and other summer
reading program costs.
Library staff are beginning to plan the next reading challenge. Look for information in future
issues of this newsletter.
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) was well-known as a Supreme Court
Justice. However, did you know about her earlier work that led to the end
of gender discrimination in many areas of the law?
One of only nine women in the Harvard law school class of about 500,
Ginsburg had to fight for respect and status as a young woman lawyer.
When law firms would not hire a woman, she became a law professor and
volunteered at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she became
director of the Women’s Rights Project.
Prior to her appointment as a federal judge, Ginsburg won five landmark cases on gender equality in
the US Supreme Court, based on the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th
Amendment.
Employers cannot discriminate against employees based on gender or reproductive choices.
State-funded schools must admit women.
Women have the right to financial independence and equal benefits.
Men are entitled to the same caregiving and Social Security rights as women.
Juries must include women.
Today, it is had to believe that in the 1950s, 1960s, and even the 1970s that women were not
allowed to apply for bank accounts, credit cards, and mortgages without a male co-signer. Women
were exempt from serving on juries due to family and household obligations. Women could not run
in marathons or become an astronaut. The list is endless.
The Lincoln Public Library offers many sources to learn more about Ginsburg's life and legal career.
The library's collection includes several books, including children's books, and the DVDs - RBG and
On the Basis of Sex. The film, RBG, is also available on Kanopy. Several articles are available on
Explora - the library's online research service.
Continuing Virtual Library
Programs
Check out the Library's website for information on these programs - libraryatlincoln.org.
Is there a topic that you would like to see covered in the FOLL e-newsletter? Please email
your suggestions to friends@friendsofthelincolnlibrary.org.
September 2020
Total Current FOLL Members - 311
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