Registration is required for all programs. Programs are free unless stated otherwise. Please call 653-1510 or drop in.  

Mind Your Money: “Understanding Your Social Security Benefits”.

Tuesday, May 13 at 6:00 p.m.

Retired or not, join Sherra Zavitsanos, with the Social Security Administration, and Joshua Wencil of Mind Your Money for this free discussion.

Container Gardening

Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30 pm

Sue Burrell, the garden center manager at Hostetters, will host this informative program featuring tips and tricks to creating great containers

Dealing with the Difficult Customer

Wednesday, May 21 at 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Presented by Gary Holtzman. Successful organizations recognize the importance of customer relations and customer service.  This program is designed to assist customer contact individuals handle inquiries, objections, and complaints cheerfully and skillfully.

The Long Hard Road – American POW’s During World War II

Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Author and historian Thomas Saylor will speak about the research involved with his most recent book, ‘The Long Hard Road – American POW’s During World War II’. In the book, Saylor pieces together the stories of nearly one hundred World War II POWs to explore what it was like to be the “guest” of the Axis Powers and to reveal how these men managed to survive.

It began with The POW Oral History Project, based at Concordia University, St Paul where Saylor is an associate professor of history and the director of the Faculty Scholarship Center. The purpose of the Oral History Project was to collect, transcribe, and permanently preserve individual prisoner of war experiences from the period of US involvement in the Second World War (1941-45).  The experiences of service personnel who were held as prisoners in Europe (by the Germans or their allies) or the Pacific (by the Japanese) were documented. Between 1941 and 1945 more than 110,000 American marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors were taken prisoner.    

 The POW Oral History Project has developed out of the successful Oral History Project of the World War Two Years.  Also based at Concordia University, St Paul, this project collected the oral testimonies of Minnesota civilians and veterans discussing their experiences during the Second World War era.  More than 130 Minnesota men and women, from all service branches and civilian walks of life, were interviewed from March 2001 - October 2003.  The book based on these interviews, ‘Remembering the Good War’, was published in May 2005 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Friends Meeting

Monday, May 12 at 6:30 pm

Closely Knit

Monday, May 12 at 1:00 p.m.

Barbara Wildasin, of Mount Joy will “teach” Closely Knit, but all skill levels are welcome to come. The class will run the second and fourth Monday of each month with an opportunity to learn, share ideas and develop new techniques.

Book Discussion Group 

May 27 at 6:30 p.m.

‘What is the What’ by Dave Eggers

Chess Club: Do you like to play chess? Do you need someone to play against? Or do you want to learn more about chess? Then come to our chess club. The Chess Club now meets every Monday evening from 6 - 8 p.m. The Chess Club is open to all ages and skill levels! Bring your own board, or use one that is provided by the library. Free. No registration is required. Hope to see you there!