Appalseeds Heirloom
Seed-Starting Program

Sat., Mar. 13 at 10 a.m.

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Appalseeds Heirloom Seed-Starting Workshops

With spring just around the bend,  it’s time to start gardening, and there’s no better way to begin than attending one of Julie Maruskin’s Appalseeds Workshops.

We started getting calls about Julie’s Appalseeds workshops the day we got back after being closed for New Year’s  Day.  So, for all you folks who have been patiently waiting, call in today and reserve your place.

At this year’s AppalSeeds Heirloom Seed-Starting Workshops you’ll receive:

FREE Heirloom SEEDS:

Choose 5 packets of seeds from 50 heirloom varieties of tomatoes, eggplant and pepper, including 14 old-timey hard-to-find Kentucky tomatoes from Hardin County’s Blue Ribbon Tomatoes.

You will also learn how to:

    * Start plants from seed

    * Save your own seed for next year’s garden

    * Transplant your own live tomato seedling

The Appalseeds Heirloom Seed-Starting Workshop at our own Clark County Public

Library will be held Saturday, March 13, from 10am-12 pm, in the Community Room. You must register to attend.   If you can’t make that workshop, here is the complete list of workshop sites, dates, and times.  Call the library where the program will be held to make a reservation.

BLUE IS THE COLOR OF LOVE:

A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE LIFE AND ART

OF SHIRLEY MASON aka SYBIL

Thursday, March 25, at 7 pm, the Reference and Local History Department of the Clark County Public Library will present a program by Mark Boltinghouse . Mark Boultinghouse, expert in Kentucky silver, and partner in the respected firm of Boultinghouse and Hall Antiques, will speak on Shirley Mason’s life and art. Ms. Mason, who achieved fame and to some degree unwanted notoriety was the subject of the best-selling book Sybil, by Flora Rheta Schreiber.    Ms. Mason lived her last years in Lexington, Kentucky, dying there in 1998. The TV miniseries based on the book starred JoAnne Woodward and Sally Field, and the 2007 docudrama, starred Jessica Lange.   

Mr. Boultinghouse will display a number of Mason’s paintings and other artwork which will illustrate the various mediums, periods and styles of her multi-personality art before therapy, during the course of therapy, and after therapy, when her personalities were considered to be integrated into one.          This program is free and open to the public. However, seating is limited, so call the library for a reservation at: 859-744-5661. 

A Special Meeting of the

Friends of the Clark County Public Library Set for Thursday, March 4

February’s Friends meeting was such a success that the membership attending wanted to have another meeting in March to discuss plans and goals, to continue organizational work,  and just to get to know each other better.    So, the next meeting of the Friends will be Thursday, March 4, at 7 pm in the Library Community Room.  To make the atmosphere more congenial, and because snacking naturally leads to more optimistic planning, we’ll be serving refreshments at the March meeting.  We hope to see lots of old members and we are excited about gaining new members to our Friends group, too. 
 

In that respect, we want to welcome three new Friends members who came to February’s meeting:  Jeanna and Andy Bender, and Angie Townsend.  Their comments and suggestions were extremely helpful and insightful and we look forward to working with them throughout the year. 

If you want to learn how you help support the Library and especially the important Children’s Summer Reading Program, please attend the March meeting.  Bring a friend, too. 

If you have any questions about the meeting or the Friends, please call the Library and ask for Adult Services Librarian, John Maruskin.

 

Sunny Reading for March

Book Lunch

Book Lunch for March will feature Mary Jo Bonds talking about a lovely collection of essays and stories by A.A. Milne called The Sunny Side.  Originally published in 1921, this book collects some of the work Milne did when he was assistant editor for Punch  before WWI.     In them Milne lampoons the styles and affectations of his friends and acquaintances.  In a way, these essays read a lot like the satires of David Sedaris.   Today, Milne’s work like The Sunny Side is almost forgotten in light of his Winnie the Pooh stories.  If you enjoy light-hearted humor, you’ll love this book. Thursday, March 18,  12-1:30 pm.  A light lunch is served before the talk.  You must register to attend.

Clark County Community Education

Will be Offering Three Classes At the Library in March

Clark County Community Education will offer classes on tax-free investing, retirement planning, and knitting at the Library in March. 

A Beginning Knitting class will be held in the Library Board room every Thursday night, March 4, 11, 18, & 25, from 6:30-8:30 pm.

On Thursday, March 11, there will be a Tax-Free Investing class in the Library Board Room, from 12-1 pm.

On Thursday, March 25, there will be a Retirement Planning class in the Board room from 12-1 pm. 

For more information and to sign up for these classes, please call Clark County Community Education at 859-745-3946.

Taoism Drunkard Redux

Because the weather was so nasty , we’re rescheduling the movie we planned to show in February.  So, Thursday, March 11, 6:30 pm  we’ll screen the inimitable Crash Master Kung-Fu classic, Taoism Drunkard.  If you’re a martial arts film, comedy film, or cartoon buff, you’ll love this movie.  Suppose the master cartoonist at Warner Brothers had decided to make a live action cartoon starring Bruce Li.  They would have come up with something like Taoism Drunkard. 

Free popcorn and sodas too. 

Blackberry’s are Pretty Cool, but

How about Using the Moon as Planner

Before calendar apps, even before calendars, people were using the moon to plan their work and leisure activities.    Saturday, March 13, from 2-3 pm, you can learn how to use moon phases and signs to plan your summer garden.  Moon gardening is as down to Earth as hoeing, and it gives you a great excuse to turn off the tube and get some fresh air.    You’ll be amazed by how a little moon power will enhance you garden.  Please register to attend.