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Munising School Public Library News Aug. 18, 2023

Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. the Munising Library will host an informative talk by the Alzheimer’s Association entitled Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Join us to learn the difference between the two conditions, the various stages and risk factors, and all of the programs that the Alzheimer’s Associations has to offer those afflicted and affected. You can register for this free event by calling Jack Vander Lugt at 906-373-3107 or emailing him at jrvanderlugt@ alz.org.
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Fun times at the County Fair

The annual Alger County Fair ran from August 4-6 at the county fairgrounds in Chatham, with large crowds participating and visiting in various events during the weekend. Over 100 animals were involved in the livestock show, animal costume contest and horse speed events.
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Only who can stop forest fires?

“The climate crisis was always real,” Jeff Goodell exclaimed this month in Rolling Stone Magazine. “Now it’s in your lungs.” As eastern states suffer extended smoke plumes and degraded air quality from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec, wild claims like Goodell’s are filling the air.
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Munising School Public Library notes

Munising Library Card Sign-Up Day has been rescheduled to Aug. 16 at 9:30 in Chatham at the Rock River Township Hall. Any and all residents of Alger County are eligible for a Munising Library card and can use it for checking out books and for all Munising’s digital services. Bring your ID and we will get you signed up and tell you all that is possible as a cardholder. A huge thank you to all of our sponsors and partners for this year’s “All Together Now!” summer reading program. Because of such great support, the program was a huge success again this year. Those supporting libraries and reading this year were Munising Subway, Munising Hardee’s, Falling Rock Café, Miner’s Falls Mini Golf, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and the wonderful Rangers from the National Park Service, Alger Parks and Rec, Superiorland Library Cooperative, the Space Science Institute, and Mrs. Lasak and friends at Munising Public Schools. A special thanks to our fabulous volunteer Jan Malone, to Mr. Miles’ Industrial Arts class for our giant wooden puzzle, and to Ms. Sontag’s High School Art students for our awesome mural. Be sure to come in and claim your prizes and pick up your puzzle piece if you made one. Weds. Aug 16 from 11 to 12 the library will be hosting a decorative rock painting event. Stop in and use your creative senses to paint a rock or two. It’s simple, it’s fun and yes, we are just painting rocks. Thurs. Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. the library will show the documentary The Booksellers. This 1 hour and 38 minute film is a lively, behind-thescenes look at the New York rare book world and the fascinating people who inhabit it. Executive produced by Parker Posey and featuring interviews with some of the most important dealers in the business, as well as prominent collectors, auctioneers, and writers, The Bookseller is both a loving celebration of book culture and a serious exploration of the future of the book. NEW BOOK: Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and Ho
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Horse speed event winners

Speed events greatly increased for the county fair this year at the renovated horse arena. High point award winners were broken into three different divisions. Leah Moisio took the 5-13 division, Tara LeClair took the 14-18 division and Brooke Harris won the 19+ division. High point awards were given to the riders who had the most accumulated points in each age division across both days of running, according to organizers.
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