http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:45:40 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3131/eisteddfod-competitions-announced-for-2013-north-american-festival-of-wales-nafow-in-toronto http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3131 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:13:10 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3089/important-tax-change-for-2013-for-anyone-over-age-70-1-2-with-an-ira http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3089 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:56:22 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3042/rugby-does-not-compute http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3042 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:51:26 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3031/lucky-lovespoon-winner http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3031 It was not quite the multi-million dollar Powerball, but Jane Buch, of Florida, was nearly as surprised to learn she held the winning ticket for the 2012 West Coast Eisteddfod Lovespoon. Jane bought her winning ticket, one of about 1400 sold, at the North American Festival of Wales, which was held Labor Day Weekend in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Sales of raffle tickets, along with donations, fund the annual Eisteddfod. This year's lovespoon was the result of an artistic collaboration that stretched across state and national boundaries. Although never having met in person, carvers David Western, of Canada, and Laura Gorun, of Ohio, teamed up with artist Jen Delyth to create the one-of-a-kind spoon. Jane said, When I received the call, I was thrilled to hear of my amazingly good fortune in winning this most beautifully and intricately carved Welsh lovespoon! Jane took up lovespoon carving as a challenge four years ago after collecting over 70 of them through the years, so she appreciates the mastery that went into this spoon. Jen Delyth contributed the beautiful tree of life design which forms the focal point for this year's spoon. The tree, with its interlocking branches and leaves is the perfect symbol for this Eisteddfod lovespoon, with artists coming together in a spirit of cooperation to create an artwork of exceptional beauty. Even before making the trip from Portland to Florida, this was a well-traveled spoon. In fact, a glitch at the US-Canadian border as it was mailed back and forth between Laura and David nearly delayed the finished product. The detailing on this year's spoon is exquisite. Many painstaking hours were spent refining the knotwork and perfected the sinuous vine details. A Welsh dragon guards the spoon, his tongue and tail weaving through the four Canadian maple leaves and four American stars which symbolize the international nature of the Eisteddfod. The grain sweeps through the cherry bowl and the four balls in the organic cage represent the four years of the West Coast Eisteddfod. Everything is carved on both sides, so the spoon looks great both from the front and back.
As an additional bonus, Jane also received an exclusive copy of Chris Chandler's poem on celebrating your roots, printed on a background designed by Jen Delyth. The poem was the inspiration for this year's spoon. The 'Celebrate Your Roots' theme is especially meaningful for Jane whose maternal grandparents were of Welsh descent and from Plymouth, PA. Her grandfather, John R. Powell was born in Aberdare in 1875 and had a coal mining background. Her grandmother's family, the Joneses, were from a farm called 'Abercaseg' in Bethesda, Caernarvon, and were Penrhyn quarry workers. Jane adds, Interestingly in the search for my roots, I found it matters not whether it be in North Wales or South Wales; all the death certificates list either mining accidents or lung disease as the cause of death. So typical. ]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:27:38 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3029/help-build-a-welsh-american-archive http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3029 will be built at the Great Plains Welsh Heritage and Culture Centre n Wymore.

A 25 ft. square building, made of steel-reinforced poured concrete, with tornado-proof doors, super-insulation, temperature and humidity control and fire protection, will be added to the Welsh Heritage Centre.

This will become a major research facility for Welsh America n immigrant research, housing the archival records and artifacts of Welsh newspapers, Welsh Societies, Welsh Churches, and Welsh immigrants and their descendants. Many of the artifacts will be rotated through the museum exhibits for visitors to enjoy.

The Board of Directors and friends of the Welsh Heritage Centre have already contributed more than $70,000. We need $33,000 more to complete the project.

Help us preserve our Welsh American history by sending a donation to :

Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project
PO Box 253
Wymore, NE 68466

We are a 501 (c)3 non-profit, so a donation made in 2012 may be a tax deduction for you. Check with your accountant!

Thank you for your support of our Centre! ]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:32:58 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3028/celtic-christmas-on-the-radio-or-web-dec-23 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/3028 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:32:11 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2939/niinau-arrived-read-about-the-2012-nafow http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2939 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:34:14 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2931/please-vote-for-my-friends-cousin-a-disabled-welsh-veteran http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2931 Steve is a member of Walking with the Wounded and was with the group of disabled veterans that walked to the North Pole. If you happen to know Steve, please keep this a secret. Thanks! Heros Wedding | Vote Here www.heroswedding.co.uk ]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:27:11 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2923/the-celtic-show-on-wrfg-893-fm-plays-welsh-music http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2923 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:44:28 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2922/2013-walking-with-the-wounded-cumbria-challenge http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2922 http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/fundraising/cumbrianchallenge/ ]]> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:24:20 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2907/2012-holiday-card-request http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2907 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:29:49 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2806/back-to-school-old-style http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2806 This is also where Welsh lessons are generally held during the Welsh Heritage Weekend, every other October. If you are planning a visit to Wymore any time, ask to see the schoolhouse, too!

Thanks to Elaine for this photo! Visit the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre page on Facebook and "Like" us, please! Lots more info there, too.]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:32:57 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2802/st-davids-society-gathering-of-the-clans-east-poultney-vermont http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2802
St. Davids Society Gathering of the Clans afternoon celebrating our Columbus Day holiday in memory of Poultney native of Welsh heritage, George Jones (Co-founder, the New York Times newspaper). This is a charity event for United Baptist Churchs historic building upkeep.

Free Will offering. All are welcome.

Sunday, October 7th
Yankee Pot Roast Dinner * (12:30 p.m.)
(pre-paid pre-registration is required*)Gymanfa Ganu (2:00 p.m.)
(traditional Welsh hymn sing)
featuring
Martha Davies, Conductor
Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project, Wymore, Nebraska
James P. Cassarino, Organist, Green Mountain College, Music & Welsh Heritage programs
Te Bach (desserts/tea/coffee)
Location: United Baptist Church
On the Green, East Poultney, Vermont
Sponsored by Poultney Area St. Davids Society
Hosted by United Baptist Church
Information: (802) 287-5744 or
pasds88@yahoo.com (Poultney Area St. Davids Society)]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:25:44 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2736/please-like-great-plains-welsh-heritage-centre http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2736 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:43:47 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2518/learn-welsh-possibly-with-a-scholarship http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2518 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:16:32 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2377/scotland-rugby-injury-update http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2377
LEE JONES
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Lee Jones, the 23-year-old Scotland wing, is making good progress in hospital in Dublin today after the head injury he sustained in last nights RBS 6 Nations Championship against Ireland.
Scotland team doctor James Robson said today: Lee took a blow to the head which resulted in a severe concussion. He remained in St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, overnight in the care of consultant John Ryan. He has made good progress overnight and will stay in hospital this morning until the consultant is happy for him to be released. He is scheduled to travel back to Scotland tomorrow.]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:37:58 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2376/attention-indiana-time-sensitive http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2376 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:49:03 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2349/12-great-things-about-wales http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2349 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:55:26 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2232/wonderful-opportunity-for-your-local-society http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2232 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:17:47 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2137/holiday-card-request http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/mona-everett/blog/2137 This is repeat of a post I've made the last 2 years.
Briceville is a very depressed area--it was settled by Welsh coal miners and was a real boom town in its day--now
it is what you think of when you hear "Appalachia". The mine is still
working, but just laid off a bunch more folks.

Anyway, the librarian works very hard to help the children keep reading
and provides school supplies, etc., that they can just come in and take
when they need them. The Coal Creek Watershed Foundation http://www.coalcreekaml.com/ is working with school children to reclaim the creek for fish and also is planting chestnut trees. They have sponsored an Eisteddfod at the school for a couple years, too, and have preserved much of the mining history of the area.

I first heard of Briceville when I was hunting R. D. Thomas' book, Hanes Cymry America (1872)--he had a family connection to that area. There is an old Welsh church there that is being restored--see picture of Knoxville Actors Co-op among the tombstones in the church cemetery.

Anyway, Lynette (the librarian) asks people to send Christmas cards to
the children of Briceville--if you send them to her, she puts them in a
basket and the children can each open one. If there is a little gift
inside, the child keeps it, if there is money inside, it goes in the
summer reading program fund. (You don't need to put anything in the
card, though.) She has all the cards in notebooks that she showed
me--from all over, including Wales. If you have a Welsh or coal mining
connection and can include a short note to the children, that is really
great.

Here's the address:
Briceville Public Library
Children's Christmas Card Lynette Seeber, Library Director
P.O. Box 361
Briceville, TN 37710
USA

Just thought I'd pass this on, as many of you will be doing cards
anyway. Be sure to put 'Children's Christmas Card' so Lynette doesn't open it.

I hope everyone is doing well and has a safe holiday season.

Thanks,
Mona


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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Sioe Tudur Owen Show
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:16:33 -0500



I work on the Tudur Owen Chat show which will be shown on S4C at 9pm on Christmas day. As part of the show we will be showing short video clips (around 10 seconds) of Welsh people who are living abroad sending their Christmas wishes to their family and friends back in Wales. The programme will then be seen on the internet for 35 days from the 25th of December onwards.

Would you be so kind and ask amongst your society members if some of them would be willing to record their videos and send them on to me please. They will have to be through the medium of Welsh please.

Here are some guidance notes to help you as you film your Christmas greetings:

1. Youre welcome to use a mobile phone to film or a normal home video camera.

2. When filming it would be great if you could stand in front of something that relates to Wales f.i. a Welsh flag, memrobilia, picture etc + a few Christmas decorations would be excellent in the background (not essential)

3. Youre welcome to include everyone from the family in the shot.

4. When greeting your family and friends can you make sure that you clearly state where exactly they live in Wales.

5. Please make them as funny and jolly as you can.

We need the videos to be sent to us as soon as possible in order to be shown during the filming on the 2nd of December.

Were also looking for a person who would be interested to fly home to Wales and suprise their family and friends over Christmas. We would considerably contribute towards the cost of flying the person home. The idea would be to see the Christmas greeting video of our person from abroad before suprising everybody in the studio (including their family) by unveiling him/her on stage! Ideally were looking for somebody who hasnt been home to Wales to see their family for a while. The person from abroad would need to fly home no later than the 1st of December 2011 in order to be in the studio to film the show on Friday the 2nd of December. At least 2 family members would also need to be in the audience.

Please send your video clips as soon as possible or if you you would like to propose a person from abroad to fly home. Please send everything on to me please: aled.davies@cwmnida.tv

Thank you very much/ Diolch yn fawr,

Jenny

Ymchwilydd/ Researcher
Cwmni Da,
Cae Llenor,
Caernarfon.
LL55 2HH.
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