Tired of waiting at the doctor’s office for your flu shot? Come to the Dearborn Branch on October 10th from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. for flu shots provided by the American Red Cross. While you’re here, pick up a book, movie, or magazine, and visit with neighbors! You’ll have fun and stay healthy!
Put on your pjs, and grab your blanky and teddy to join us at the Dearborn Branch on October 6th at 6 p.m., as we have a special bedtime storytime. We'll read stories, make crafts, and have lots of fun!
I have a giant walnut tree in my backyard, and for weeks every autumn, I can hear the click, clack, roll of nuts as they drop off the tree and travel across my roof. Fat squirrels perch themselves around the yard and gather the nuts, leaving a trail of shells in their wake. What are they doing? Are they just making a mess (yes!), or do they know something is coming?
Have you ever wanted to learn a different language? In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th, take a look at these websites to channel your inner Captain Jack Sparrow.
Pie makes everything better. We would have world peace if everyone sat down together and shared a slice. In Dearborn, the place to eat a bit of heaven can be found at Cook's Corner Cafe on Main Street.
Calling all families to join us for a storytime filled with crafts, songs, and stories with Miss Cheryl at the Dearborn Branch. Storytime is every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. beginning September 6th.
The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is being remembered in many parts of the Country. Conflicts leading up to the Civil War began to occur in Platte County almost ten years before the firing on Fort Sumter. The argument over the statehood of Kansas and slavery gave this area violence long before the Nation explodeed.
The Kansas City Star had an article on Monday, August 1st that caught my eye. An internet pioneer and MIT graduate is dedicating efforts to preserve a physical copy of every book ever printed. According to the article, Google engineers estimate that it would be gathering roughly 130 million titles.
The Civil War 150th Anniversary Commemoration reminds us that Platte County was right in the heart of the war. The war was not just from 1860 to 1865, the debate over slavery started much earlier here.
Much of this area was settled originally by citizens from Kentucky and Tennessee. They brought with them their traditions of farming tobacco and hemp, as well as other farm products. With the labor intensive tobacco and hemp crops, the farmers brought their slaves to work the farms.
