Computer classes continue at the North Platte Library in February. Classes meet in our downstairs meeting room and are taught on Windows 7 laptop computers.  Each 2-hr class costs $10.00 per person and includes a take-home handout.  Class size is limited to 10 people.  Class schedule is below.  Pre-registration and payment is required.  Please call the library to register.

Word 2010-Beginning Skills 1: Tuesday 2/12 at 6:30 PM or Thursday 2/14 at 9:30 AM

Microsoft Word is a powerful word processing program.  This class will introduce word processing and its terminology. You will learn how to enter text, correct typing errors, change font and line spacing, and other word processing skills.   Most skills learned in this class can be transferred to older versions of Microsoft Word. This class is for the computer user with typing and mouse skills.

Word 2010-Beginning Skills 1: Tuesday 2/19 at 6:30 PM or Thursday 2/21 at 9:30 AM

This class builds on the skills learned in Beginning Microsoft Word, giving you more hands-on practice.   You will learn to use the Office Clipboard, make other editing changes to documents before printing, and to print envelopes and labels. These new skills will be useful for creating professional looking documents.  Prerequisite: Microsoft Word 2010 Beginning Skills 1 and mouse skills

Saving and Organizing Computer Files: Tuesday 2/26 at 6:30 PM or Thursday 2/28 at 9:30 AM

This class will teach you how to save files such as documents you have created on your computer and how to organize files in folders.  You will learn how to rename files, create folders, move files, and use removable media to save copies of your files or folders.

February Free eReader classes at the North Platte Public Library

The North Platte Public Library has partnered with other Nebraska libraries to offer our library card holders an online eBooks library (Nebraska.lib.overdrive.com) where you can borrow Books for your devices.

The library is offering two free classes the first week of February to teach you how to use Nebraska Overdrive Libraries with two popular devices as listed below.  Classes will be in the library meeting room.  Please call to register for these classes.

Using Kindle Fires, Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00 PM

You need to bring your Kindle Fire to class and know your Amazon account e-mail and password to download a book to your Kindle during class.  Downloading eBooks for these works well by using a computer and your device together or by using the Fire alone.

Using iPads, Thursday, February 7 at 9:30 AM

There is a free app for the Overdrive Media Console for your iPad and one additional step for you to be able to borrow books for your device.  You can also borrow audio books for iPads.

1858 – Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” was presented for the first time, as the daughter of Queen Victoria married the Crown Prince of Prussia.

1886 – Composer Wilhelm Furtwängler was born.

1913 – Composer Witold Lutoslavski was born.

1940 – Mary Martin recorded “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.”

1958 – Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” became the first single to ever enter the U.K. pop chart at Number One.

1962 – Sam Cooke’s “Twistin’ the Night Away” was released.

1963 – Cilla Black debuted as a vocalist at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival released the “Proud Mary” LP.

1980 – Paul McCartney was released from a Tokyo jail where he had been imprisoned for nine days after trying to carry a half pound of marijuana through customs at the Tokyo airport.

1984 – Yoko One donated $375,000 to Liverpool’s Strawberry Fields retirement home.

1987 – Neil Diamond sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXI.

1990 – Paul McCartney (Beatles) was profiled on CBS-TV’s “48 Hours”.

1990 – Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) appeared on NBC-TV’s “Cheers.”

2002 – “Les Miserables” played for the 6,138th time to become the second-longest running show in Broadway history. “Cats” closed in 2000 with the record of 7,485 shows.

2010 – KISS rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Actor Dean Jones is 82.
Country singer Claude Gray is 81.
Actress Leigh Taylor-Young is 68.
Actress Jenifer Lewis is 56.
Actress Dinah Manoff is 55.
Country drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 47.
Singer Kina (Brownstone) is 44.
Actress Ana Ortiz is 42.
Guitarist Matt Odmark of Jars of Clay is 39.
Singer Alicia Keys is 32.
Actor Michael Trevino is 28.

“7th Heaven” actress Beverley Mitchell (1981)
American singer Willa Ford (1981)
Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody (1980)
“Malcolm in the Middle” actor Christopher Masterson (1980)
character actor Balthazar Getty (1975)
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent” actress Olivia d’Abo (1967)
“Unfaithful” star Diane Lane (1965)
Will Smith partner DJ Jazzy Jeff (1965)
late INXS singer Michael Hutchence (1960; d. 1997)
“Exorcist” star Linda Blair (1959)
“Dawson’s Creek” actor John Wesley Shipp (1956)
Journey singer Steve Perry (1949)
British actor John Hurt (1940)
“Incredible Hulk” actor Bill Bixby (1934; d. 1993)
“Carrie” actress Piper Laurie (1932)
Motown singer Sam Cooke (1931; d. 1964)
jazz trombonist J.J. Johnson (1924; d. 2001)
prolific film actress Ann Sothern (1909; d. 2001).

1901 – Composer Hans Erich Apostel was born.

1916 – Composer Henri Dutilleux was born.

1959 – Buddy Holly made his last recordings alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder. The songs were released posthumously.

1960 – Sam Cooke signed a deal with RCA Records.

1962 – Gene Chandler made his TV debut on “American Bandstand.”

1963 – The Drifters recorded “On Broadway.”

1963 – Gerry & the Pacemakers held their first recording session. They produced “Away from You” and “Pretend.”

1966 – The Beach Boys recorded “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”.

1971 – The Joe Cocker film “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” debuted in London.

1981 – A picture of John Lennon naked appeared in his obituary issue of Rolling Stone.

1984 – Barry Manilow sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XVIII.

1989 – Gene Simmons (KISS) and former “Playboy” model Shannon Tweed had a son.

1990 – Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist Slash used profanity numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award.

1991 – L.L. Cool J’s album “Mama Said Knock You Out” was certified platinum by the RIAA.

1993 – Metallica began their “Nowhere Else To Roam” tour in Kalamazoo, MI.

1998 – Toni Braxton filed for Chapter 7 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles, listing liabilities of more than $1 million.

1998 – Snoop Doggy Dogg filed a $10 million suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, its parent Coopers & Lybrand and former Gelfand accountant Steven Cantrock. The suit charged that they had mismanaged Snoop Doggy Dogg’s money.

[Via: twentytwowords.com ]

Lindsay Lohan is confident that she’ll beat her lying-to-cops car crash case — so confident that she’s refusing to accept a plea deal that would keep her out of jail.

According to TMZ, the prosecutors were willing to let Lindsay plead no contest and agree to six months of lock-down rehab, but the star isn’t interested because she says she’s innocent. The cops don’t feel the same way. Law enforcement sources believe the prosecutors have her dead to rights, because she told officer she was a passenger in the Porsche when there’s overwhelming evidence she was the driver.

If the case goes to trial and Lindsay is found guilty, she could face 19 months in jail.

A series of experts will offer three-minute speeches about conservation on the Great Plains and what people can do to help at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln event.

The “conservation jam” will be held on Feb. 1 in the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln.

Each speaker at the event will get three minutes to speak. Afterward there will be a reception where attendees can chat with the presenters.

The event will be held in the middle of an exhibit of Michael Forsberg’s photographs of the Great Plains.

You know that money is no object when…

When you’re King and Queen of Hip-Hop, all the luxuries in the world are on tap for any whim.

So its no surprise that Beyonce, 31, and her hubby Jay-Z, 43, went to town to mark their little Princess’ first year in the world.

America’s golden couple are reported to have spent $80,000 on a diamond encrusted Barbie doll for their baby daughter, Blue Ivy’s first birthday.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials are looking for the person who called 911 and falsely reported an emergency at the Malibu home of the Kardashians.

Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says it’s too soon to tell whether the reality TV stars are the latest victims of so-called “swatting,” a hoax intended to get officers, including specialized SWAT teams, sent to a home.

Deputies who responded to the call Friday found no crime had been committed.

Kim Kardashian decried the hoax on Twitter, calling it “dangerous” and “not a joke.”

Police last week responded to a false report of an armed robbery at Tom Cruise’s Beverly Hills home. In December, a boy was arrested after police said he made calls that reported violence at the homes of Justin Bieber and Ashton Kutcher.