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Saint Patrick

English club this week started with a presentation on St. Patrick's Day (March 17th).  The presentation included the history of St. Patrick, the holiday and the symbols of the holiday and of Ireland.  Hopefully inspired by the holiday, the participants were to, in groups, come up with ...

The Future of Our Libraries

Women's Day

Grand Canyon

How do you want to tour America's Grand Canyon? Hiking? Mule ride? Airplane? Helicopter? Whitewater river raft? Train? Or motor vehicle, such as your own car or a tour bus, with stops at various lookout points where you can just gaze over this amazing 1.2 million acre natural wonder? These ...

Presidents Day

The United States of America has had 44 presidents – including the current president, Barack Obama - since this powerful position began with George Washington in 1789, which was 223 years ago. On Sunday, Feb. 19, members of the library's Talk Lab English Club learned about some of these ...

Great Victorian Writer

English with Pleasure

2/18/12 – 6 participants We began English club with introductions where we gave our name and something interesting about ourselves.  The first activity was a word guess and formation activity.  Students were given definitions of words and then must assemble a new word using the first ...

Old Victorian Novelist

Charles Dickens is English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens's works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. He had also experienced in his youth oppression, when he was forced to end school in early teens and work in a ...