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The Tekamah Carnegie Library is a historic building in Tekamah, Nebraska. It was built as a Carnegie library by L.G. Wood in 1916, and designed in Prairie School style by architect R.W. Grant. [2] It was dedicated on October 25, 1916. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 15, 2005. [1]
A study of parents and libraries found that 76% of lower income parents rank free programs at the library as “very important” compared to 58% of parents (earning $50,000/year or more). This data shows it is relevant to host summer lunch in the library because it is already valued and trusted in the community.
CSLP began in 1987 with ten Minnesota regional library systems that joined together to create a theme, artwork and program ideas for libraries to use for children's programming. [2] It subsequently expanded to libraries throughout all fifty states and Washington D.C. to ensure all libraries can provide a high quality summer reading program.
This summer’s Bookworm Challenges also include fun ways for you to find adventure in the ordinary. Complete activities from our BINGO card as you explore the world around you.
Summer reading programs take place at 95% of public libraries in the United States. [1] Children, teens, and adults participate in activities meant to encourage reading, such as keeping a reading log. Other names for summer reading programs include vacation reading club, summer reading club, vacation reading program, and summer library program. [2]
Its county seat is Tekamah. [2] The county was formed in 1854 and named after Francis Burt, the first governor of Nebraska Territory. [3] In the Nebraska license plate system, Burt County is represented by the prefix 31 (it had the 31st-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
As of 2016, over 1.5 million students had participated in CTY's Talent Search. In 2016, over 28,000 students participated in CTY programs. Summer Programs were over 9,000 and CTY Online had over 13,000 enrollments. In 2016, CTY had summer programs running at 21 different sites, along with two international sites in Hong Kong and Anatolia, Greece.
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...