Glad You Asked
August 28, 2010
Have you bought your ticket for the Friends of the Delaware County District Library’s raffle yet? Don’t worry if you haven’t; there is still time for you to enter.
The Friends of the Library are raffling a brand new Copley acoustic guitar autographed by Reba McEntire along with a pair of tickets to the Reba McEntire/George Strait Concert at Nationwide Arena on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Tickets are $1.00 each and are available at all Delaware County District Library locations. The winning ticket will be drawn on September 6, 2010, and the lucky winner will be notified on the same day.
The Friends of the Library are grateful to their community sponsor, 95.5 The Hawk Legendary Country radio station for donating the concert tickets, and to the Library staff for handling the sale of the raffle slips.
If you are a country music fan, you won’t want to miss entering this raffle. The tickets and the guitar would make a great gift to a friend or family member who is a fan, too. And while you’re buying your raffle tickets, why not become a member of the Friends? Their support of the Library is invaluable, and for as little as $10.00 per year, you can add your name to their membership list.
For more information on the raffle or for a membership application, check the Library’s web site at www.delawarelibrary.org and click on “Friends of the Library.”
How long have animal crackers been around?
In the late 1800s, animal-shaped cookies called "Animals" were imported from England to the United States. Stauffer’s Biscuit Company produced their first batch of animal crackers in 1871 in York, Pennsylvania. The National Biscuit Company, today’s “Nabisco” also began selling Barnum’s Animal Crackers in 1903, and to date, there have been 54 different animals featured in Barnum's Animal Crackers. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Barnum's added the koala to the menagerie. I found this information in World Book Encyclopedia .
What city has been known as both "The Flour City" and "The Flower City"?
Rochester, New York, according to 15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia. In 1830, Rochester became known as the “Flour City,” based on the numerous flour mills that were located along waterfalls on the Genesee River. The first ten days the Erie Canal was open east to the Hudson River, 40,000 barrels (3,600 tons) of Rochester flour were shipped to Albany and New York City. By 1850, westward expansion had moved the focus of farming to the Great Plains and Rochester's importance as the center for flour milling had declined. Several seed companies in Rochester had become the largest in the world, with Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Co. the largest. Rochester's nickname was changed from the “Flour City” to “The Flower City.”
What’s a McGuffin?
It is a key plot element of probably every thriller ever made, and a lot of other movies, as well. It is the thing the characters want, and will do almost anything to obtain. The most famous examples of McGuffins are always something ambiguous: the never-shown, glowing contents of the suitcase in “Pulp Fiction;” the purposely vague mineral “Unobtanium” in “Avatar;” the secret plans in” The 39 Steps.” Alfred Hitchcock popularized the use of both the word and the technique. After checking several sources, I finally found this definition in A Dictionary of Literary Terms.
If you have a question that you would like to see answered in this column, mail it to Mary Jane Santos, Delaware County District Library, 84 E. Winter St., Delaware, OH 43015 or call us at 740-362-3861. You can also email your questions by visiting the library?s web site at www.delawarelibrary.org or directly to mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org. No matter how you contact us, we?re always glad you asked!
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