 | Thursday, June 19 was a very exciting day for the Health Sciences Libraries (HSL) -- it was Turtle Derby Day! This is a fund-raiser of the University of Minnesota's Children's Hospital and the proceeds go towards providing extras for the kids that make the stay at the Children's Hospital a bit easier. |
The major activity is the turtle races, and turtles are sponsored to run in the race. This year HSL staff managed to raise enough funds to sponsor six turtles ($300.00).They were named: On the Marc (TS sponsored), VetMed Veronica (Vet Med Lib sponsored), Aristurtle (Reference Services sponsored) and Diehl-licious, Diehl With It and QL666.C5 (all sponsored by HSL staff). We are extremely happy to report that Diehl-licious won its initial heat, the semi-final heat and then won
GRANDEST TURTLE OF ALL -- it other words, Diehl-licious was the final victor and blue ribbon winner. We are all still dizzy with excitement. (Photo by Richard Marshall, Pioneer Press)
~ Katherine Chew