Linda Gobberdiel is president of the Iowa Food Systems Council Board of Directors; co-convener of the Healthy Urban Food and Farming Work Group; and one of our friends at Tallgrass Grocery Co-op. She offers this simple recipe with several ingredients available at Tallgrass.

Squash and apple saute

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 4 3/4 cup grated butternut squash (1 large squash)
• 1/2 cup apple cider
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 1/2 cups chopped fresh apple
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries

Place olive oil in skill and place over medium heat. Add grated squash and saute about 3 minutes. Add apple cider, lemon juice, and cinnamon.

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Across the country, public libraries have come to the realization that weve been giving an entire segment of our service population short shrift in terms of programming.

Yep, Im talking about those kids who are too old for storytime and and too young for teen programs the tweens!   Definitions differ, but lets say they are between 8 and 11 years old.

Were good at providing books for this group, and that certainly benefits the readers among them, as well as kids doing their homework.

But when it comes to providing enticing year-round programs well, we sometimes neglect this age group.

There are plenty of articles, webinars, conference sessions, and blog posts about tween programming; anyone looking for great ideas will find plenty of them.

But what Im pondering is how to fit tweens into our overall library mission in order to ensure that service to this age group becomes and remains an integral part of what we do.

Here are my questions and musings:

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PULLMAN, Wash. Craig Whiteside is a graduate assistant in the Center for Advising and Career Development who teaches the Veterans Transition Seminar (UCOLL 304) and works to help WSU veterans start their collegiate education on the right foot. After his advice to fellow military veterans on adapting to college life after service appeared in the Daily Evergreen student newspaper, he agreed to write something similar directed toward faculty and staff for WSU News. In addition to his work as an academic and career advisor, Whiteside is a graduate student in political science, a U.S. Army veteran and a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2006-7.
Here are his suggestions to faculty and staff for helping WSU veterans get the most out of their Cougar experience: Engage veterans and seek out their experiences. Read full post…

When she was hired in June 2007 to fix the Washington, D.C. schools, Michelle Rhee said she was “a 37-year-old Korean girl from Toledo, Ohio,” the antithesis of the person everyone imagined would be picked. Rhee, who spoke at the Meyerhoff on Tuesday night to a nearly full house, went on to become a controversial leader who polarized some groups in the city and eventually lost her position when a new mayor was elected. But she did shake up the city schools and her voice of reform has struck a chord in cities like Baltimore. (She started her teaching career as a Teach for America teacher in Harlem Park.)She was entertaining and mostly predictable for those who have followed her career and her philosophy on education.

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