Linda

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Pumpkin Carving Lecture & Demonstration

Saturday, October 26th, 10AM

Marc Solomon, Pumpkin Carver, will be here to demonstrate step by step how to carve unique designs, from selecting and preparing the perfect pumpkin, transferring the pattern, and finally carving the pattern on the pumpkin. This hour long program will have you inspired to transform your run of the mill jack-o-lantern this Halloween season! Check out pumpkincarver.net to see more of Marc’s creations.

October Book of the Month

In The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James, Viv Delaney takes a job at the Sun Down Motel to help pay her way to move to New York City. However, she feels there is something sinister at the motel. 35 years later, her niece Carly Kirk, visits the motel. She wants to discover what happened to her aunt and is drawn into the same mysteries as her aunt. Stop by the circulation desk and pick up a copy today.

September Book of the Month

William Kent Krueger’s book This Tender Land takes place in Minnesota 1932, at the beginning of the Depression. Odie and Albert O’Banion are orphans who live at the Lincoln Indian Training School which is for Native American children who were taken away from their families to be taught the ways of the white men.  Odie and Albert have to flee the school after a crime is committed.  They take their mute friend Mose and a little girl named Emmy with them.  The four take a canoe and head down the Mississippi looking for a home and meet colorful characters of all kinds.  Stop by the circulation desk and pick up a copy today.