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Veterans Day in WOA

America honors all its past and current military men and women with Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11, but on Sunday, Nov. 6, members of the library’s Talk Lab English Club got a glimpse of how the holiday came about and into some of its traditions. Veterans Day began as Armistice Day to mark ...

Halloween

Ghosts, skeletons and scary monsters stoked the imagination of the library’s Talk Lab English Club on Sunday, Oct. 30, as members learned about Halloween traditions in America. Halloween is celebrated on Oct. 31, and is mostly a secular holiday, especially for children who dress in costumes ...

Good, better, best

American students once learned proper grammar for using comparative and superlative adjectives by memorizing the following poem: Good, better, best Never let it rest ‘Til your good is better And your better, best. On Sunday, Oct. 23, participants of the library’s weekly ...

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"Out to lunch"

Members of the library’s Talk Lab English Club proved they were not “clueless” or “out to lunch” when it came to figuring out the meanings of new vocabulary words and American idioms at a fun with words session on Sunday, Oct. 16. The members also were impressive ...

Columbus Day

Monday, Oct. 10, is Columbus Day across the United States, but the holiday was featured a day early – on Sunday – here in Kherson, as members of the library Talk Lab English Club learned about explorer Christopher Columbus and how his legacy is commemorated in North and South America. Talk ...

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Toastmasters! It is interesting

What makes you like a particular person? What famous person would you invite to your party? What is Kherson’s best-kept secret? These and other thought-provoking questions provided the gist of several spirited discussions at the library’s Talk Lab English Club meeting on Sunday, Oct. ...

Spanish in America

Hola, amigos! That’s Spanish for “Hello, friends!” And that was just part of the presentation at the Sept. 25 session of the library’s Talk Lab English Club. The topic was National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated in the United States from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.The ...

Happy birthday, Kherson!

Members of the library’s weekly Talk Lab English Club contributed to the celebration of Kherson’s 233rd anniversary by making several interesting presentations about the city’s extraordinary history at the Sept. 18 meeting. Highlights included a review of how Gregori Potemkin founded ...