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- Subject: Re: LM_NET Digest - 31 Oct 1995 - Special issue
- From: Lithonia HS <gdd017@SOL1.SOLINET.NET>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 14:36:35 -0500
Linda,
The Arthurian Encyclopedia edited by Norris J. Lacy ISBN 0-87226-164-6
16.95 in paper.
King Arthur by Paul C. Doherty, ISBN0-87754-506-5, 17.95 hard cover.
Jean Bailey
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D. Jean Bailey and Julie Davidson email:lithonia_hs@solinet.net
Library Media Specialists phone:1-404-4828324
Lithonia High
2451 Randall Ave.
Lithonia GA 30058
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On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> There are 15 messages totalling 310 lines in this issue.
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> Topics in this special issue:
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> 1. LM_NET Digest - 30 Oct 1995 - Special issue
> 2. Spanish List Serve
> 3. REF: Ask Mr. Science
> 4. Baker & Taylor
> 5. SEC: King Arthur information
> 6. GEN: dust jacket - World Aircraft-Fighters
> 7. ELEM: Series for boys ; grades 2-4
> 8. Cleaning computers
> 9. GEN: Reading and the school librarian
> 10. BATS
> 11. Australia study
> 12. totem poles
> 13. Internet and pornography
> 14. SEC:REF:Margaret Craven
> 15. Gene Autry's wife??
>
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>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:26:37 -0500
> From: ShellyBell@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: LM_NET Digest - 30 Oct 1995 - Special issue
>
> Gene Autry's horse was named "Champion."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:22:42 -0600
> From: Beverly Crudup <bcrudup@COMP.UARK.EDU>
> Subject: Spanish List Serve
>
> I have a Spanish teacher who would like to join a Spanish list serve (if
> there is one).
>
> Any info would be appreciated.TIA
>
> Beverly Crudup
> Lincoln Elementary School
> Lincoln, AR 72744
>
> bcrudup@comp.uark.edu
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 10:37:30 -0500
> From: Carole Perla <perla@MEOL.MASS.EDU>
> Subject: REF: Ask Mr. Science
>
> Does anyone know if the service call Ask Mr. Science is still available
> and if so where. I email to the addres that I have and the message was
> bounced back to me. Thanks in advance.
>
> Carole Perla
> Dr. An Wang Middle School
> 365 West Meadow Rd.
> Lowell, MA 01854
> 508-937-7683
> perla@meol.mass.edu
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:30:22 -0500
> From: Joan Rosen <jrosen@MCIUNIX.MCIU.K12.PA.US>
> Subject: Baker & Taylor
>
> We are having problems for the first time in many years of good service.
> We simply are not getting the floppy discs with the cataloguing info as
> we used to. I know they are having problems in house, but this is
> ridiculous. We are stuck with books on a back room shelf; they
> cannot circulate because they are not in the computer. We have no time
> to do original cataloguing, which of course was the point of all this
> terrific technology.
>
> Anyone else feeling as frustated as we?
>
> B&T: GET WITH IT!
>
> <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
> Joan Rosen | 500 Rices Mill Road
> Librarian | Wyncote, PA 19095, USA
> Cheltenham High School | (215) 881-6380
> jrosen@mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us | Fax: (215) 881-6406
> <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 08:51:25 -0800
> From: Linda Elliott <lelliott@WOMBAT.CUSD.CHICO.K12.CA.US>
> Subject: SEC: King Arthur information
>
> Help! I'm looking for information on King Arthur Legends. A teacher
> assigned students topics such as Mordred, Camelot, Holy Grail, Guinevere,
> etc. to research and find information on prior to reading the legends. Does
> anyone know of any good resources that examine the legend?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Linda
>
> Linda Elliott
> Library Media Teacher
> Pleasant Valley High School
> Chico, CA 95926
>
> lelliott@cusd.chico.k12.ca.us
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:51:03 -0500
> From: "Mary H. Kraft" <mkraft.nosc@ASH.PALNI.EDU>
> Subject: Re: GEN: dust jacket - World Aircraft-Fighters
>
> On Sat, 28 Oct 1995, Pat Bartoshesky wrote:
> > I wonder if someone is able and would be so kind as to mail me a
> > photocopy of the dust jacket for: Fighters : Attack and Training Aircrft,
> > by Kenneth Munson. It should fit easily on 11x14 paper. I retrieved several
> ------SNIP------
> Just a thought for those of you with plain buckram covers on your rebound
> books: whenever I had a problem with a plain vanilla (or chocolate) book not
> circulating, I just had a student design a book jacket. Worked like magic!
> This would work at any level, natch. If you have multiple copies, just
> photocopy & have some other kids color in letters, or graphics, for
> added allure.
>
> Mary Kraft
> mkraft.nosc@ash.palni.edu
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 10:55:16 -0600
> From: Kim Vawter <kvawter@ESU3.ESU3.K12.NE.US>
> Subject: Re: ELEM: Series for boys ; grades 2-4
>
> Great Brain series by Fitzgerald(?)
>
> On Mon, 30 Oct 1995 SUEWHO321@DELPHI.COM wrote:
>
> > Looking for some good series books for boys on a 2nd to 4th grade laevel.
> > It seems my library has many series for girls (American Girls, BSC,
> > BSC little sister, ) or "girl -oriented". The only thing we have for
> > a "male audience" seems to be <gasp> "Goosebumps". We also have a few of
> > "Angel Park All Stars". Any suggestions? What do you think about:
> > Kids at Polk Street School
> > Graveyard School
> > Pee Wee Scouts
> >
> > TIA. Please reply directly to me. Suewho321@delphi.com
> >
> > Suzanne Weinheimer, LMS, South Mountain School, South Orange NJ
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 12:01:34 -0500
> From: Audrey Irene Daigneault <adaignea@GROTON.K12.CT.US>
> Subject: Cleaning computers
>
> To clean monitor face use a fabric softner cloth after you have used it in
> the dryer, the spongy kind. The antistatic repeals dust. Also work on
> your students to use the finger nail side of there hands toward the computer
> screen. Leaves less dirt if they touch the screen with the nail.
>
> To clean the plastic outside, dry ease marker spray for white boards sprayed
> onto a cloth removes most stains.
>
> If you are working with preschoolers you can cover the keyboard lightly with
> saran wrap.
>
> I keep a spray bottle of a half and half mixture of water and fabric
> softner to spray carpet areas around the computers to reduce static electricity.
>
> Mice: Alcohol on a cloth for the underside of the mouse. The remove the
> ball and use alcohol on a cotton swab to clean the inside rollers. Tweezers
> or a needle are good for carefully removing the dust caught at the sides of
> the rollers.
>
> Washing mouse pads and computers tables weekly help keep mice clean, but
> when they become difficult to use they usually need a good cleaning.
> Eventually they will break if you don't clean them.
>
>
>
>
> Audrey Irene Daigneault email: adaignea@groton.k12.ct.us
> Pleasant Valley Elementary School Library
> 380 Pleasant Valley Road
> Groton, CT 06340
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:01:59 -0800
> From: Joyce Conklin <jconkli@SMCOE-NS.ED.CO.SANMATEO.CA.US>
> Subject: Re: GEN: Reading and the school librarian
>
> Betty -
>
> I applaud your stand on teaching the students how to find information
> rather than finding it for them. But I've felt for the past few years
> that I'm fighting a losing battle! Aides seem not to have the same
> attitude -- their mode of operation is service rather than teaching. And
> of course almost any student will take information on a platter rather
> than do the intellectual work of searching for it.
>
> Even when I get information for the student (you are very lucky to have
> teachers consult with you _before_ making an assignment!) because it's an
> extremely obscure question, I try to show him/her how I arrived at the
> end result.
>
> Keep up the good fight!
>
> Joyce Conklin jconkli@ed.co.sanmateo.ca.us
> Hillsdale High School
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:04:48 -0600
> From: Linda Jean McVey <vey@TENET.EDU>
> Subject: BATS
>
> LM_NET
>
> I have a third grade teacher who is doing a unit on bats. She
> would like information about their habits and characteristics. Is there
> a list we could access? Any information will be greatly appreciated. TIA
>
> Linda McVey <vey@tenet.edu>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:57:22 -0330
> From: JoAnn Skinner <jaskinne@CALVIN.STEMNET.NF.CA>
> Subject: Australia study
>
> We are soon beginning a study of Australia with our Grade 4 class and
> would like to exchange messages with a class there if anyone is interested.
>
>
>
>
> Jo-Ann Skinner
> e-mail:jaskinne@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca
> LRT:Bishop Abraham & Gr.5 L.A.
> St.John's, Nf. Canada
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:40:07 -0600
> From: Jane Dodson <jdodson@GILLIGAN.ESU7.K12.NE.US>
> Subject: totem poles
>
> Happy Halloween!
> Today I had a 2nd grade class come in to learn more about totem poles. I
> had one magazine article (Cobblestone) I read to them and we read out of
> the World Book Ency. too. We discovered totem poles can be seen in
> Alaska, Vancouver, Seattle, and in museums in Chicago and New York.
>
> Does anyone know of someone my students could e-mail questions to about
> totem poles, carvers, symbols of totems... or is there a place on the web
> we could explore?
>
> TIA!!!
>
> Jane Dodson **********************
> Elementary Media Specialist Life is a journey,
> Columbus, Nebraska not a destination.
> jdodson@gilligan.esu7.k12.ne.us **********************
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:50:56 -0800
> From: Julie Anderson <janderso@KENT.WEDNET.EDU>
> Subject: Internet and pornography
>
> I sent this as a private reply to one of our members, but after reading
> other messages, I'd like to share my two bits with the list...so here it
> is:
>
> While I'm not sure Surfwatch is the answer, I do need something or I'll be
> standing over students on the Internet all the time. Our teenage males are
> finding alt.sex.stories, etc., the supermodel site (scantilly clad models),
> and the Playboy site. I've spoken with the teachers who sent them to do
> legimate research and they are now not allowed to use the Internet for a
> period of time. However, there's a new crop of them everyday - at lunch
> and before/after school. We are also having a few students MUDing. I'm
> currently allowing that before or after school, but not during the school
> day. Same rule goes for chatting online. We do not yet have an AUP for
> the district. I guess we'll be working on a building one while the
> district dawdles..... :/
>
>
> Julie Anderson, Librarian (206) 813-7301
> Kentwood High School janderso@kent.wednet.edu
> 25800 164th Ave SE
> Kent, WA 98042 Life, liberty, and
> the pursuit of happiness are not "Special Rights."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 00:04:53 CST
> From: LINDA GANT <LGANT@VBHS.WSC.K12.AR.US>
> Subject: SEC:REF:Margaret Craven
>
> I am trying to assist a student in finding the nationality of
> Margaret Craven, author of I Heard the Owl Call My Name. Any help?
>
> Linda Gant, Librarian
> Van Buren High School
> Van Buren, AR
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:07:17 -0400
> From: HOL_ACA_CW@NWOCA.OHIO.GOV
> Subject: Gene Autry's wife??
>
> Dear Members,
>
> I just came across the posting of Gene Autry's horse's name on the serve.
> A question came to me about a month ago regarding the name of Gene Autry's
> wife's name. Can anyone answer this for me? I have exhausted all of my
> resources and cannot come up with the answer...Was he even married?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Cheryl Westrick
> HOL_ACA_CW@nwoca.ohio.gov
>
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>
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