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May Programs at the Franklin Library
By Erin Thomasson
Children”'s Programs
Celebrate Children”'s Book Week. Fri. May 6, 4”“5Â pm Grades 2-5. Join us for special children”'s stories. We will read some of our very favorite children”'s picture books.
Waxbarasho iyo Ciyaar Caruureed Af-Soomaali ah/Somali Play and Learn
Fri. May 6 & 20, 10:30 a.m. ”“ 12:30Â pm. Preschool-grade 2. Dhammaan caruurta ka yar da”' dugsi. Ka soo qaybgal sheekooyin caruur, heeso iyo hawlo waxbarasho. Join us for stories, songs and activities. *
Family Storytime
Wed. through May 25, 10:30”“11 am. 2 and up. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with your children.
Sheeko Caruur Af-Soomaali ah/World Language Storytime: Somali . Tue. through May 31, 6”“7 pm. La wadaag bugagga, sheekoyinka, jaan-gooyada maansada iyo muusikada Soomaalida. Age 2 and up. Experience the world in other languages. **
Kids Book Club
Fri. May 27, 4”“5Â pm
Grades 4-6. Join other kids to talk about a great book! No pre-reading required. We will read a book and discuss.
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Taking Root
By Margaret Shields
Taking Root is a beginning gardener class series for new gardeners interested in growing their own food. This 6-class series takes place in a community garden in East Phillips, and brings you through an entire growing season in Minnesota, with a class held approximately once a month between May and October. Cost: $30 for the whole series! Pre-registration required.
Class Topics: Garden Planning and Gardening Basics Early May Transplanting, Mulching and General Garden Maintenance Early June Planting for Fall, Crop Rotation and Harvesting Techniques Mid July Height-of-Summer Trouble-Shooting Mid August Late Summer Harvesting, Fall Planting and Cover Crops Mid September Garlic Planting, Preparing for Winter, Vermiculture Composting Mid October
About the Instructor: Nick Schneider is a gardener and professional chef. Nick has been a community gardener for 11 years, a gardening instructor for six, and a market gardener for 3 years. His passion for bio-intensive, high-yield sustainable food production has yielded a world of ticks and tips great for beginning gardeners.
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Asa Clark Brown to be Honored by Daughters of the War of 1812 May 30th 2011 at 9 AM
By Sue Hunter Weir
The Daughters of the War of 1812 will place a new marker for Asa Clark Brown, one of three confirmed War of 1812 veterans buried in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. The other two veterans, James N. Glover was honored in 2010 and Walter P. Carpenter, will be honored in 2012. John Carpenter, Walter”'s brother, may well turn out to be a War of 1812 veteran as well. If that turns out to be the case, four of the approximately 200 War of 1812 veterans known to have died in Minnesota will have been buried in Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.
Asa Clark Brown, one of the Cemetery”'s War of 1812 veterans, has a new military marker. His old marker was placed on his grave by members of the Minneapolis Cemetery Protective Association in 1932. After almost 80 years of wind and weather, the carving has all but disappeared, and it was time. In the next few weeks, his new marker will be installed, and his old marker will be removed and placed flat on his grave.
On Monday, May 30, 2011, at 9 a.m., the Minnesota chapter of the Daughters of 1812 will dedicate Mr. Brown”'s new marker.… Read the rest “Asa Clark Brown to be Honored by Daughters of the War of 1812 May 30th 2011 at 9 AM”
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