Northwest Regional Library System

One Book, One Community

Imagine if folks throughout our community read the same book. Then talked about it. And THEN invited the author here and everyone was able to meet her. Well, this is one daydream that’s coming true! In celebration of the Minnesota sesquicentennial, the book is “/Minnesota// 150: The People, Places, and Thing that Shape Our State”/. The author is Kate Roberts. And it’s happening this summer.

“Minnesota 150” was created by thousands of citizens nominating their favorite topics for inclusion in “Minnesota 150”. The book includes short essays, eye-catching illustrations, and text from the winning nominations. Through surprising, little-known stories, “Minnesota 150” explores how such intangibles as personal judgment, political climate, and popular taste can shape our view of the past. Kate Roberts reveals the many ways in which our past becomes our collective history. This book can be checked out or purchased from the Friends of the Library or the Book Patch.

To make things even more interesting, there will be a $150 cash prize for trivia questions! Two questions will be asked per week for the next four weeks, until author Kate Roberts comes to the library on Thursday July, 22 at 7:00pm. One question will be about Thief River Falls and the other will be about Minnesota history as found in “Minnesota 150/”/. No entry form is necessary. Please hand in your eight answers to the library any time between July 16 - July 22. Thanks to the Thief River Falls Friends of the Library, every person that enters will receive a small prize and will have a chance to win the $150 cash prize given away on July 22! More information can be found at: www.nwrlib.org/1book1community

www.mnhs.org/exhibits/mn150/about.htm

Our first two questions are:

1. SPAM was created in Austin, Minnesota in1926. It became a great staple for troops during WWII. Although there are many jokes about SPAM, how was the name SPAM originally derived?

2. What are the names of all of the establishments where you can buy SPAM in Thief River Falls?