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Library News March ’23
By CARZ NELSON
All information listed here is accurate as of February 15, 2023. For the most recent information, check out the library website at www.hclib.org.
FRANKLIN LIBRARY HOURS
Monday 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
CHEMISTS IN THE LIBRARY
For grades 1-12. Drop in and do an easy hands-on chemistry activity. Minnesota American Chemical Society volunteers will lead the experiments. Materials will be provided.
Hosmer Library
Saturday, March 4 at 1:30 to 3:30 PM
KUMIHIMO BRAIDED BRACELETS FOR TEENS
For grades 6-12. Learn kumihimo, a Japanese eight-stranded braiding technique with intricate patterns that look complicated, but are easy to master. Finish your piece off with a clasp for a fashionable bracelet. Materials will be provided. Registration required. You can register online at hclib.com. Space is limited, so register now!
Franklin Library
Wednesday, March 29 at 5 to 6:30 PM
URBAN 4-H
A youth leadership club that’s driven by curiosity. For adolescents.
Franklin Library
Tuesdays at 4-5:30 PM
COFFEE & CONVERSATION
Join us for Coffee & Conversations.… Read the rest “Library News March ’23”
Metro Transit: Not Bad, But Not Good Either
by JOHN CHARLES WILSON
Metro Transit announced its quarterly service changes just in time for this month’s alley. Unfortunately, the promise of better service after a hiring blitz isn’t ready for prime time yet. The changes this time around are very minor. For routes that affect the Phillips community, these are the only changes happening on March 18th:
The D Line will have minor schedule and trip adjustments for all days of the week.
Route 5 will have time and trip adjustments from 5 to 10 minutes, all days of the week. The first Sunday southbound trip will be 9 minutes later, the last northbound trip will be 4-5 minutes later every day, and the last southbound trip will be 1-3 minutes later every day.
Route 22 will have two weekday afternoon southbound trips from Brooklyn Center switched. The 3:36 PM trip will leave Brooklyn Center 2 minutes later and go via Penn instead of Dupont Avenue, and the 3:56 PM trip will go via Dupont instead of Penn, with no time change. This primarily affects Patrick Henry High School students on the North Side, but it also means that the southbound 22 that passes Franklin Avenue at 4:30 PM will be 2 minutes later.… Read the rest “Metro Transit: Not Bad, But Not Good Either”
South Side Destructor—Part II City Leaders (Finally) Arrive at a Solution
By SUE HUNTER WEIR
208th in a Series
In the summer of 1938, no one denied that Minneapolis needed a new incinerator to deal with its overabundance of garbage. The problem was not new: the debate about where to locate the incinerator had already dragged on for ten years and there was no solution in sight. Untreated garbage was piling up, creating a health hazard.
From the beginning, the City of Minneapolis Engineer’s Office had favored what was referred to as “the so-called Layman’s site” (by that time, the cemetery was officially Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery). But there was significant opposition from people who lived near the proposed site and they had the support of a handful of city council members, members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation, Mayor George Leach, and the South Side Protective Committee, a coalition of neighbors, patriotic and civic organizations, including the Minneapolis Cemetery Protective Association.… Read the rest “South Side Destructor—Part II City Leaders (Finally) Arrive at a Solution”
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