News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday December 16th 2025
What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library
1314 E. Franklin Avenue
952-847-2925 Ӣ www.hclib.org
 By Erin Thomasson
Hours: Tues & Thurs: 12 ”“ 8 pm
Wed, Fri & Sat: 10 am ”“ 6 pm
Children”'s Programs
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ECFE: Reading Fun
Friday, June 1, 10:30”“11:30Â a.m.
Register Online or call 612-543-6925. Infants-Preschool. Parents, bring your infants and preschoolers! Come and enjoy Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) sessions to learn fun, interactive activities you can do at home with your child to build literacy skills. Â Presented in partnership with Minneapolis Public Schools Early Childhood Education.
Puzzlemania!
Thursdays, June 14, 21 & 28, 2 ”“3Â p.m.
Entering K-grade 6. Enjoy a variety of educational and fun puzzles and games!
Read the Book, See the Movie – for Kids
Friday, June 15, 2”“4Â p.m.
Entering grades 3-6. So many books are being made into movies! Come watch the movie at the library and chat about the differences between the book and movie afterwards. Call to see what we’ll be reading and watching!
The Adventures of Juan Bobo
Wednesday, June 20, 10:30a.m.”“noon
Entering K-grade 6. Enjoy a colorful puppet show inspired by Puerto Rican folk character Juan Bobo, or “Foolish John,” who must set off to make things right again in a world turned upside-down.… Read the rest “What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library”
Roosevelt High School Band Needs Instruments
Roosevelt High School band program is looking for instrument donations. And, 5 members of the high school are running the Twin Cities marathon to raise money to help support the band program. Please contact Thomas Wells, band director, for information on how to help. 612-692-0900
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Just like the “Iraq War”, Obama is now putting a projected “deadline” to end the “Afghan War”, is this even possible?
How can he say that the 2014 deadline will mean that “the Afghan War as we understand it is over” –it appears he doesn”'t understand “war”. If he is in a real “war”, then the “war” decides when it is over. If he can “end” the “war” whenever he wants to, and just walk away””what he is partaking in is equal to a video game.
And if he does have the power to “end the war” whenever he wants, why not just “end it” now and save a lot of lives and money? They give themselves way too much freedom once they have defined their actions as a “war”.
Let”'s say bin Laden attacked New York City and Washington with a military and Bush attacked Baghdad with commercial passenger jets slamming into buildings”¦how would we process it””what it seems to come down to is what we”'re familiar with. If bin Laden attacks America with a military within the “laws of war”, is his violence seen as more legitimate, and if Bush using commercial jets to attack Baghdad, is his violence seen as less legitimate?… Read the rest “The “Laws of War” are the worst idea ever”