[Libs-Or] FW: Lake County Library Teens Are Guinness World Record Holders!

Thu Feb 19 16:01:57 PST 2015

Amazing project. What fun to watch!

Dotty

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:08 PM, MaryKay Dahlgreen <
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us> wrote:

>  I would like to send my congratulations to the teens and library staff
> of Lakeview, OR for becoming Guinness World Record holders. I took a look
> at the videos and what an phenomenal undertaking and pretty darn fun to
> watch. It is such a pleasure to work in a state filled with libraries that
> are engaging youth and delivering extraordinary library service.  Amy,
> Elizabeth, Board members and staff, keep up the good work. Teens who
> participated, congratulations!
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> MaryKay
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> MaryKay Dahlgreen
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> Oregon State Librarian
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> 503-378-4367
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> marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
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> http://oregon.gov/osl
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> *From:* OYAN [mailto:oyan-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf
> Of *Katie Anderson
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2015 11:46 AM
> *To:* 'oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'; kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> *Subject:* [OYAN] Lake County Library Teens Are Guinness World Record
> Holders!
>
>
>
> Congratulations to Lake County Library’s 2014 Teen Summer Reading Program
> for becoming the Largest Stick Bomb Guinness World Record
> holders—especially to teen librarian Elizabeth Christley for helping the
> teens make it happen!
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> Below is the press release. If you would like to see what Lake County
> Library teens did to become world record holders, look at the attached
> photos and watch these videos:
>
> ·         Building the stick bomb:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFiYi-fdBIU
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> ·         Detonating the stick bomb:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykHH3XohGuQ
>
> ·         Cleaning-up the sticks:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8k_PMGDu2E
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> Great work!
>
> Katie
>
> Katie Anderson, Library Support and Development Services
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> * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
>
> Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
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> katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528
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> 2/12/2014
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT: Elizabeth Christley, 541-947-6019
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> LAKE COUNTY LIBRARY TEENS ARE OFFICIALLY AMAZING!
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> LAKEVIEW, OR— After months of agony, the wait has ended!  Wednesday
> morning the Records Management Team at Guinness World Records sent an email
> to Lake County Libraries informing them that their application for the
> Largest Stick Bomb record was successful.  Participants in the 2014 Teen
> Summer Reading Program are now Guinness World Record Title Holders!
>
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>
> “It was an exciting moment to read the email,” said Elizabeth Christley,
> the Youth Library Assistant and coordinator of the event, “and even more
> exciting to tell the teens.  They said I ‘totally went fangirl.’ It’s true,
> I was very excited!  We all are.” Upon hearing the news, some participants
> gathered around Christley’s desk for an impromptu viewing of the video that
> was made to verify the attempt. They then went to guinnessworldrecords.com
> to see their names listed for the Largest Stick Bomb.
>
>
> “It was fun to reflect on the achievement.  Everyone worked together to do
> something that required focus and attention to detail.  Local businesses
> and organizations supported us and made it possible for The Kinetic King
> (the inventor of the modern stick bomb) to join our attempt.  This was a
> group effort, a community win,” said Library Director Amy Hutchinson.
>
>
>
> A stick bomb is a kinetic experiment built by weaving craft sticks in a
> very precise manner so the energy is stored until “detonation” (pulling the
> end stick).  Detonation sets off an “explosion” of sticks.  It’s a
> difficult device to build, fraught with opportunities for error.  Humidity
> and carpet fuzz can freeze the whole thing.  The attempt was the
> culmination of a summer full of science fun with the Lake County Libraries
> 2014 Teen Summer Reading Program, “Spark a Reaction.”
>
>
>
> Participants in this World Record Largest Stick Bomb were Rebecca Banks,
> Eduardo Botello, Sarah Bowersox, Elizabeth Christley, Tim Fort AKA the
> Kinetic King, Amy Hutchinson, Alora Isham, Stacie Jones, Forest Pearson,
> Kamaryn Schneider, Danielle Thames, Jose Villalobos, and Addie Wampler.
> The stick bomb was activated on August 29, 2014 and 17,822 sticks snapped
> into the air beating the record of 13,274 held by Pallacanestro Vigodarzere
> - De Nicolao Stefano (*Italy*).  Video of the detonation can be viewed at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6B5648Gb_o along with videos of the
> build and clean up.
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>
>
> Now the group is waiting for their official certificates to arrive in the
> mail.  They also wonder if they will be one of the lucky record holders
> chosen to be featured in the Guinness World Records 2016 Diamond Edition to
> be released on September 1 of this year.
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Dotty Ormes
Government Information & Instruction
Hannon Library
Southern Oregon University
ormesd at sou.edu
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