Book of Ruth

Number 8 Is Retired Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra, the baseball Hall of Fame catcher, died Tuesday of natural causes at the age of 90. He was known by many people because of his memorable sayings. One being “90 percent of the game is half-mental.” He also has another one referring to a once popular restaurant, he says, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” But, some of the “Yogi-isms” continue to ring true like, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” What should be remembered is that Yogi…

Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903. He played for the New York Yankees from 1923-1939 until a big moment changed his entire life. Baseball changed his life Lou Gehrig was born in the Bronx in New York. His full name was Henry Louis “Lou” or “Buster” Gehrig. When he was young, his two sisters died of whooping cough and his brother died at infancy. He was an only child so he helped his mother with choices. In 1923, Lou Gehrig signed a contract with the New York Yankees on April 30…

Did you know that math is in baseball? Math is everywhere! The pitching speed, how far the ball goes, and so much more is math. Most people don’t realize it until they keep stats or write about it. Baseball is one of the top sports with the most math. I know a lot about baseball. The equipment you need to play is a bat, ball, and a helmet for yourself. You still need bases, foul lines, and other players to play with. There is 9 players on the field, plus the one batter. Every player has a…

In the 1920’s, George Herman Ruth Jr., also known as the greatest baseball player of all time, “Babe Ruth” is one of the many cultural icons of the 1920’s. A cultural icon, in this case, is a person who represents a great cultural significance to a wide majority of people. The 1920’s was a time where people felt at ease. Instead of living on farms with a set way of life, people started living more in cities where life was more outgoing and energetic. A person of the 1920’s got to experience a…

Hiram “Hank” Williams was born on September 17th, 1923, and by the year 1937 Hank had begun his career as one of the early pioneers of blues and country music. Hank was born in a small town in Alabama called, Mt. Olive. Hank was the third child of his family. His dad, Elonzo “Lon” Williams, worked on railroads for a lumber company during the first seven years of Hanks life until his father started having health issues. Elonzo fought for two years in World War 1 and years later he started…

advice, and have morals, which teach you lessons. Even if you read a book for the hundredth time, when you finish it, it might teach you something new, or a new way to look at it. It gives different point of views. So then you might ask why read books? Well, reading books improves your imagination, it helps expand yourself as a person, and of course simply to have fun, after all reading is just another…

act like he knows a lot about books even though he really doesn’t. This makes him look even less smart. The second Conflict is man versus man which is a struggle that occurs between two characters. This conflict occurs between the man and Mr. Clark. The man’s admiration for Mr. Clark turned into jealousy toward him, which caused a struggle between the two. Although Mr. Clark did not do anything, the man starts to dislike Mr. Clark and because of that he buys the book Mr. Clark was saving up…

fiction author, expresses the importance of libraries in the above quotation, stating that access to the public library essentially “cures” us of our nescience, pessimism, and prejudice. Bray describes books—to which the library card is a passport—as windows into new mindsets, ideas and perspectives; books are described as conduits by which the library broadens…

course the picture books were the best. I mean, at that age, I didn’t really have the visualization skills to see the book on my own just from words, versus how I am today. So, I loved having the pictures in books as a visual aid. I was reading things like “Beauty & the Beast, The Jungle Book, Tarzan, Cinderella, and The Lion King.” I can’t say how many times I read those books over and over. I went on to read more and more of those books, but this time they had some chapters. Books such as…

shelved according to Dewey. First, arranging fiction books by genre will help students, especially younger students, find what they want to read for pleasure more easily than shelving them by author’s last name. Students need to experience success, not frustration when browsing. This crucial first step to finding a “just right book” is aided by the bookstore model library organization. This method also gives users easy access to other books or “read-alikes” they may be interested in reading.…