Blogs List
At the Library
 Larry Hlavsa |
"ZUBBLES" COMING TO LIBRARY!Tue, November 3, 2009 @ 4:48PM This Saturday, November 7th at 10:00 a.m. meet Tim Kehoe, inventor of the world's first colored bubbles known as "zubbles." Popular Science named zubbles the "Innovation of the Year" for 2005, and Reader's Digest said they were one of the "Best Innovations" of the year in 2006. Tim is also author of the new children's book The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow. Tim will present an interactive children's program and introduce us to "Zubbles." Kids of all ages are welcome! Check out Tim's Web site at www.timkehoe.com, and learn more about Vincent Shadow at www.vincentshadow.com. This event is sponsored by Friends of the New Ulm Public Library and will take place in the basement meeting room of the .
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Rotary Exchange to Ecuador
 Katherine Joyce |
Paseo a ManabiFri, October 23, 2009 @ 6:00PM On October 17th 2009 I departed from my home city of Machala with 12 exchange students and 2 chaperones. It was a painfully joyful experience being squashed together for 6 hours anxious to meet the all the other exchange students here in Ecuador. That night we all introduced ourselves and devoured spaghetti (which was pretty excited because most of us hadn´t eaten pasta since leaving our home countries). The morning of the 18th was spent parading down the streets with everyone in their rotary blazer and waving their countries´ flag. Then we went to a Monti Cristi were the original Panama hats are made. Okay so you are probably wondering why they are called Panama hats when they are made in Ecuador. Well, here´s the story, back in the day or in the 1800s people from Ecuador went to Panama to sell their hats because there was just more people traveling through Panama compared to Ecuador.
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Park and Rec Happenings
 Cheryl Kormann |
South Park Under ConstructionTue, September 22, 2009 @ 5:40PM The Playground at South Park has been removed. The site will be under construction for the next few weeks to prepare for the new playground installation, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, 2009. A link will soon be available on the City's website at www.ci.new-ulm.mn.us or you can request a .pdf copy be emailed to you. Send your request email to cheryl.kormann@ci.new-ulm.mn.us The colors will vary slightly from what is shown on the 3-.
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Tessa's Rotary Exchange Year
 Tessa Makepeace |
Oktoberfest and MarathonsTue, November 3, 2009 @ 9:39PM Time is flying by. Every weekend there has been something going on. Two weekends ago, I went to Munich to visit family. My uncle, aunt, and two cousins live there. I was really glad to see them. While I was there, I got to meet some of my cousin Johannes’s friends. When I got there on Thursday he showed me around the town, Freising, where he lives and we just relaxed. On Friday, he would have usually had school but he had a class trip to a German museum instead and I went with. The museum was all right but afterwards was more fun. We went to Oktoberfest with a few of his friends. There were thousands of people everywhere and it was fun to see. The tents are enormous and there are hundreds of booths to buy souvenirs and typical Bavarian food. I ate Weisswurst, which is a traditional sausage in southern Germany. Overall, it was really good to see my family, especially Johann because he stayed with my family all last year so I know him well.
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Off the Record
 Kevin Sweeney |
Who’s buying your scooter, Grandma?Fri, October 16, 2009 @ 5:44PM Every once in a while there is a TV commercial that just irritates me. Sometimes the commercial is meant to be irritating, like “HEAD-ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! HEAD-ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!” Some are just in bad taste, like the woman who complains she has to re-use her catheters. I’m sure it’s a big problem for some people, but I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR CATHETERS, LADY! Some are aggravating, but you suspect the advertiser doesn’t realize how aggravating they are. Like the commercials for The Scooter Store, where senior citizens with mobility problems can get their power chairs “at no cost to ME!” There’s one commercial where this woman smugly proclaims “I didn’t pay a PENNY out of pocket for my power chair…” She says it with this self-satisfied tone in her voice that makes me want to reach into the TV screen and rip the battery out of her chair.
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