The Book Club will meet on Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. to discuss The Guardians, a novel by John Grisham. The Guardians are a small group of people who take on cases of convicts whom they believe have been falsely incarcerated. It is loosely based on a real organization that does the same. Join us if you are interested.
The folks in the Dade County Historical Society have been busy reorganizing the Local History Room recently and some of our volunteers have been working for months--no, years--to organize our collections there so that they are more easily accessed. You will find large binders with articles and pictures about particular communities and subjects. There are boxes of pictures, scrapbooks, family histories and other materials that can be stored in boxes. There is a catalog of what is in each box.
We also have most of the yearbooks from the first Dade High, Davis High, Northwest Georgia, Dade County High School and the elementary schools. There are usually volunteers who can help you with these materials at the library on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons.
The Historical Society will hold a genealogy workshop in the Local History Room at the library on Tuesday, March 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. If you’re just starting on researching your family history, we will have folks there who can help you out. If you have been researching for a while and just need a little help, maybe we can point you in the right direction.
The Kiss the Ground! program that was postponed has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 12, at 6 p.m. The presenter is Keith Bien and he will be talking about how farmers are improving their land and making more profit.
Remember that the annual Read to Lead extravaganza will be Saturday, March 26, at the library and in Veteran’s Park. The hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be all kinds of activities and free gifts for the kids. Dade-First Family Connections organizes this program with support from the library and several other organizations.
Don’t forget the Friday Fish Fries at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in New
England from 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds go to help the Friends of the Library, the Dade County Historical Society and several other local organizations. Plates are $7.
Linda Wilson is everybody's favorite retired English teacher and a faithful library volunteer. You can email her at lanew@tvn.net.
