North Platte Public Library
Foundation
Promoting and enhancing the library as a public resource
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Cemetery Tour: "Civil War Treasures"
- Please check back for details, we have some exciting things in the planning for this event!
Advance Sale Tickets $10.00
Event Day Tickets $15.00 -
Gruesome? No. Fascinating? You bet!
Spend a leisurely Fall afternoon in the North Platte Cemetery with some new characters and stories we've... dug up... (sorry) for your listening pleasure.
Not up for the walk? Join us for an indoor evening performance or take advantage the ambience in the Cemetery. Our ghosts are real hams.
This event is in conjunction with
- Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament
- January 23, 2010
Download Press Release
Download the 2010 Official Results - January 23, 2010
- Ninety puzzlers in forty-three teams from as far away as California competed in this year's puzzle tournament. Thank you Bethel Evangelical Free Church for our new location!
Click on the link to our Jigsaw Puzzle page -- you'll find links to photos from our 2009 puzzle tournament including winners, and thank you's to our sponsors.
- Mother's Day Heavenly Chocolates
- March 15 - April 17, 2010
Download, Fill-in and Print Order Form (PDF)
Download and Print Blank Order Form (PDF) - March 15 - April 17, 2010
- Chocolate. Oh yes. Luscious and handmade by a local chocolatier.
For your mom, your teacher, your co-workers... and some for you too. It's OK. Really.
We changed our minds! We WILL have our Mother's Day Chocolate event after all! Now you have TWO opportunities to enjoy this great stuff!
#1 -- Book, Bake, and Fudge Sale April 15, 16, and 17th
Several varieties of fudge, chocolate covered cherries and chocolate covered caramels will be part of the Foundation Bake Sale, that takes place during the Friends of the Library Book Sale. Grab some great book bargains, fudge and other goodies, then order more for Mother's Day! It all makes your library sweeter!
#2 -- Mother's Day Chocolates Sale (pre-ordering required)
- - Place your order March 15 through April 17th (last day of book sale)
- - Download the order form, fill out and bring to library.
- - Minimum order is $20. (just get together with a friend or two)
- - Delivery Fee $5.00, or FREE if you pick up your order at the library.
- - Chocolate will be available on Thursday, May 6th, in time for Mothers Day on Sunday May 9th.
See PHOTOS on our Chocolate Pages to plan your selections!!
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Cemetery Tour: "The Dirty Thirties"
- June 21, 2010 7:00 pm
Non-Walking Tour at the Neville Center
June 22, 2010 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Evening Tour at the North Platte City Cemetery
June 26, 2010 1:00 pm : 5:00 pm
Day Tour at the North Platte City Cemetery
Advance Sale Tickets $10.00
Event Day Tickets $15.00 - June 21, 2010 7:00 pm
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Gruesome? No. Fascinating? Always.
Experience the ghosts of North Platte telling their tales of life in the "dirty thirties". This unique event is in conjunction with the 2010 Chautauqua.
Not up for the walk? Join us for an indoor evening performance at the Neville Center. We've added an evening cemetery tour! Experience the tour as the sun goes down.Our ghosts are real hams.
- Next Gardens And Gables Tour
- July 10, 2010
- July 10, 2010
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We're already working on next year's tour. Bookmark our website and check back for 2009 photos, and learn how you can have a part in this event next year.
Do you love your garden? Have you driven past a wonderful garden and wanted to know what was behind the fence? We are looking for gardens to put on the tour. For more information on how to nominate a garden to be spotlighted on the tour, email us at gardensandgables@npplfoundation.org. Please include a brief description of the garden and/or gable (building). Also don't forget to tell us the address!
Click HERE for our Gardens and Gables web site!
