Archive for February, 2019
What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library | February 2019
Harvey WinjeAnyone 18 or under can get a free meal at the Franklin Library on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Snack offered from 4 to 5 p.m. This program is offered through the CACFP Afterschool Meal Program and sponsored by youthprise. By ERIN THOMASSON Family Storytime Fridays, 10:30-11 am For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement. Chinese New Year Sunday, Feb. 24, 3-4 pm Start the Year of the Pig with Hong De Lion Dance Association and Hong De Choy Li Fut by watching a Lion Dance performance, a Traditional Chinese Kungfu demonstration and paper cutting demonstrations. Learn Lion Dance moves, drumming, Kungfu and paper cutting! Feel free to attend in traditional clothing. Teen Programs Crafting for Good: Card-Making Saturday, Feb. 2, 2:30-4:30 pm Brighten a friend”'s day by sending a handmade [...]
Transit: The ghosts of transit past
By JOHN CHARLES WILSON Since The Alley is starting off on a new foot, I thought this was a good time to discuss the past of our transit system. I was a child in the 1970s and a teenager in the early 1980s, when the Metropolitan Transit Commission buses were known as the “Big Red” for their color scheme. MTC ads called it the “OughtaMobile” ”“ as in you “oughta” ride the bus instead of driving. Slogans like “Go to California for 30 cents” abounded. (Of course, they meant California Ave. in Saint Paul ”“ and nowadays that price would be $2!) Before 1982, the adult fare was the same at all times of day, but discount fares for senior citizens, people with limited mobility, and students only applied during non-rush hours from the mid-1970s on. I remember finding it odd that children got a discount during school hours and at night, but not right after school, when it would have been most useful. Until 1979, the senior [...]
Community Briefs
Free health care clinic The free Phillips Neighborhood Clinic is open Mondays and Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. at St. Paul”'s Lutheran Church, 2742 15th Ave. S. Closed on holidays. The free, walk-in clinic is operated by University of Minnesota health professional students. All students are supervised by licensed doctors. No appointments or insurance is necessary. Spanish interpreters are available. For more information, call 612-724-1690 between 6-9 p.m.n on Mondays or Thursdays or visit www.phillipsneighborhoodclinic.com. Upcoming speciality nights: - Feb. 4 and March 11: Audiology students and a licensed audiologist will provide hearing testing, management of hearing loss, and education about hearing protection - March 18: Eye checks and free glasses - April 11: Mammograms, pelvic exams/cervical cancer screening, screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, birth control, and information about women”'s health. ”˜Grace”' at new [...]
