What
should I say about March? That it's still winter. At this point most
of the ice is gone from the streets so hopefully spring is on the
way. However, winter, spring, summer, fall – things continue to
happen at the Fosston Community Library Arts Center. On Wednesday,
March 2, there will be a birthday party for Dr. Seuss at 3:30 p.m.
Held in conjunction with Read Across America Day, the party will
celebrate reading with cake and games. If you don't get your paper
until later on Wednesday, it might be too late, but otherwise this is
a fun activity for kids.
There
will be a fun activity for adults when the library book club meets on
Tuesday, March 8, at 7 p.m. with a Downton Abbey tea party to
celebrate the final episode of the popular series. The book for the
month is Barbara Taylor Brandford's Cavendon Hall,
set in Edwardian Era England with a cast of characters who include
the aristocratic Ingham family and the Swann family, who serve them.
It may not quite be Downton Abbey, but it is close.
Another activity this month iis
writers' group, which will meet Thursday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. New
members are always welcome.
Also, the third-grade musical
will be performed in the theater on March 10 and 11. Alas, attendance
is by invitation only, so unless you have a third-grader in your
life, you are probably out of luck.
Last month I introduced you to
Jeff Olson, one of the new FCLAA board members elected in January.
The other new member is Fosston native Barb Johnson. The daughter of
Sheldon and Judy Mattson, Barb grew up in the area, but did live away
for awhile, in Grand Forks and then in the Twin Cities. However, she
and her husband Ryanell, who have three children, one still in high
school, moved back here 17 years ago or so. For a while she operated
a picture framing business, but for the past 6 years she has worked
in Mentor for the Northwest Minnesota Multi County Housing and
Redevelopment Authority, a nonprofit which helps folks obtain rental
assistance and provides housing, as well as working in community
development. Barb, whose hobbies are traveling and eating, says she
excited to be on the FCLAA board and looks forward to serving.
Just a reminder – the
Hot-Reads-for-Cold-Nights adult reading program continues through the
month so stay warm, read a book, and remember – next month is
April.
