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H eppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday February 29, 2012 WWII ARTIFACTS Library announces addition of Mango Languages -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE defense artifacts, war bonds store back east that he saw a postcard w ith a picture o f Hitler. When he turned it over, he saw that it wasn’t addressed but that it bore both German and Czecho slovakian stamps, as well as a red swastika and Czecho slovakian postmark dated October 3, 1938, two days after the Germans invaded the country. He bought it and brought it home. The rest is, quite literally, history. Nelson's extensive collection now includes a rm b a n d s w orn by the Jews, German swords and bayonets, dog tags from every country involved in the war, POW letters, let ters from soldiers o f several nations— all translated— newspapers and magazines, as well as full U.S. medic kit and uniform with per sonal rations. His collection contains more from Europe than the Pacific Theater, but he also says he has as much or more from the American home front, such as civil and rationing stamps. Al most everything is original, with few reproductions. One of the unique aspects o f Nelson’s collec tion is that it’s available to travel anywhere any time. He says he designed it that way because he wants to share it with people who might not see the artifacts if they were kept in his house, or even in a museum. “I wanted to take it around and show kids his tory,” says Nelson. “They might not ever get to a mu seum. 1 don’t know if they even have m useum s like that in the northwest.” Especially impor tant to him is the hand- on nature o f his displays. N e w sp a p e rs and m ag a zines are even laminated so people can thumb through them. “Kids really enjoy looking at these things, even looking at the Life magazines and the ads. It’s a completely different type o f magazine than they have Nelson's display includes orig inal newspapers and maga zines like this one, which are laminated so people can thum b through them in a hands-on experience of World War II history, now,” he says. He said most grade- and middle-school ers are too young for his exhibit, but older students and adults love it. “Juniors and seniors have studied enough to appreciate and understand w hat th e y ’re seeing.” N e lso n ’s display will be at the Port o f Mor row in Boardman on Sun day, March 4 at 2:30 p.m. The event hosted by the Morrow County Historical Society and is free to the public. Holly Rebekah card party H o lly R e b e k a h Lodge will host its monthly card party on Saturday, - THREE March 3 at the lodge hall in to play is $5 per person. Lexington. Play will com- Snacks will be provided mence at 7 p.m. The cost throughout the evening. O regon Trail L i brary District Director Mar sha Richmond announced last week that the library d is tr ic t now o ffe rs the Mango Languages online language-learning system to its patrons. Mango is free for all library patrons. With an O regon Trail library card, patrons can access the system from any computer connected to the Internet. Apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch are also available. M ango is also available on library com puters. “The courses are presented with an appre ciation for cultural nuance and real-world application that integrates components o f vocabulary, pronuncia tion, grammar and culture,” according to a statem ent from the library. “ U sers learn actual conversation, breaking dow n com plex conversational elem ents w ith in an a u d io -v isu a l framework that allows the u ser to draw im p o rtan t connections between pieces o f information they have already learned.” M ango offers 38 different basic and com plete language program s for English speakers and 15 E nglish as a Second Language courses for non- English speaking residents. Mango Basic teaches ev eryday g reetin g s, g ra ti tudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period o f time and is designed to appeal to a beginner in a new language. Each basic course requires only two to five hours o f time to com plete. The Mango Complete program s are 100-lesson courses designed to provide a deep understanding of a language and its culture. The availability of M ango languages in the Oregon Trail Library Dis trict is made possible by the financial support from local businesses and orga nizations including Board- m an C h am b er o f C o m m erce, Boardman Foods, Inc.. Cascade Specialties. Inc., Courtesy Staffing, Inc. and Heppner Friends of the Library. “We are thrilled to add our district's libraries to the growing list o f librar ies across the country who have added Mango to their resources,” said Richmond. “Some people need to learn a second language for busi ness. travel or educational reasons. Others just w ant to because they think it would be interesting. No m atter the reason, learning the lan guage should be fun. 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