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Library News January ’24
By CARZ NELSONAll information listed here is accurate as of December 15, 2023. For the most recent information, check out the library website at www.hclib.org. FRANKLIN LIBRARY HOURSMonday 9 AM to 5 PM Tuesday 12 PM to 8 PM Wednesday 12 PM to 8 PM Thursday 12 PM to 8 PM Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM Sunday 12 PM to 5 PM LEGAL INFO: GARNISHMENT OF FUNDSLearn about your rights and protections during garnishment in an attorney-led session. Register at hclib.org by January 9 at 5 PM.Wednesday, January 10 at 12 - 1 PMOnline COMPUTER BASICSDiscover how to use a computer, send emails and surf the web. Registration required. Contact grayson@lyndale.org or 507-339-4717.Hosmer LibraryFridays, January 19 and 26 at 1 to 3:30 PM. SCI-FI/FANTASY BOOK CLUBJoin a discussion of new and interesting sci-fi and fantasy titles. Register at hclib.org by January 20 at 11:30 AM.OnlineSaturday, January 20 at 12:30 - 1:30 PM GROW IN THE SNOW!Winter planting uses recycled items to [...]
Conflict: The Doorway to Greatness
Peace House Community - A Place to Belong By MARTI MALTEBY Marti Maltby Dave and Ray Davies, the brothers who have led the British band The Kinks since the 1960s, have a famously volatile relationship. Even though they managed to stay in a band together for over 40 years, they often despised each other and had explosive arguments. They addressed their relationship in the song Hatred (A Duet), which featured the lines:You wanna be my friend, well it’s too lateMy love for you has turned to hateAnd I think that it’s a permanent conditionYou say you wanna make the peaceSmile and turn the other cheekI can’t put myself in such a weak positionNow I’m willing to accept this fateYou and me just can’t cohabitateWe agree to hate and that’s our last decision That’s just the first verse. The rest of the song features many creative ways of expressing the same feelings. But the Davies brothers don’t continually make war. When they performed the song on The Tonight Show in [...]
Orchids to Cathy Strobel-Ayres, Outgoing Alley Board Chair for 20+ years!
A beautiful award-winning Orchid would be the most fitting of all gifts as Alley Communications bids farewell to Cathy Strobel-Ayres’ service as an Alley Communications Board member for more than two decades! Orchids represent the anniversary of 49 years - the number of years the alley newspaper will have been in publication as of 2024. Cathy’s leadership and everyday participation (steady advice, taking notes, pulling together meeting agendas, supporting paid staff, schlepping stuff to community info fairs, et al) has buoyed the organization as it begins its 49th year of publishing the alley. She is a sterling example of a farm-girl who did well in the big city as she brought her awareness of the need to keep connected - learned growing up in a rural area at a time without cell phones and only a “party-line” hard wired phone. Before retiring a few years ago, Cathy spent time working at the Minnesota State Legislature, the Minnesota AIDS Project, and the University of [...]
