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Welcome
to National FFA Week! Today is
Student Volunteer Day, which honors students who give of themselves to improve
the lives of others and their communities.
Today is also Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day.
At high noon local time, residents are asked to go outdoors and yell
“Hoodie-Hoo” to chase away winter and make ready for spring, one month away.
Thursday
is the anniversary of the day in 1879 when the first chain store, Woolworths,
opened in Utica, NY. In 1997, the
closing of the chain was announced. Monday
is For Pete’s Sake Day, a day for the world to wonder:
who is Pete and why do we do or not do things for his sake?
WHAT'S
HAPPENING?
At
Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 story times, participants will learn about teeth
in stories and crafts. Saturday
morning’s 10:00 story time features an octopus story and craft time.
At
this month’s Free Fourth Friday Fun for Adults, participants
will begin working with beads and learn to make a contemporary (not Native
American) beaded craft. Everything
is provided, but space is limited, so advanced registration is required.
Call 622-7101 for more information or to register.
The program will be held in the Children’s Branch, 316 N. Richardson at
2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24. Child
care will not be available.
BOOK
TALK
The
library’s Barbara Harris provides this week's book information. For
some baby boomers, being home for the holidays meant confronting the reality of
their parents' aging. For them and
for others planning for or facing their elders' growing lack of independence,
the Library has books that can help with many difficult decisions.
"As Parents
Age" by Joseph A. Ilardo and "How to Care for Aging Parents" by
Virginia Morris are useful guides to a variety of topics. Ilardo's book is
notable for checklists and questionnaires that help organize your thoughts and
evaluate options. Morris is
especially helpful in regard to the details of physical care.
"The Complete Eldercare Planner" by Joy Loverde has a documents
locator and other tools for getting information in order.
Sometimes the death of
one of the parents or increasing disability makes a change in living
arrangements necessary. "When
Aging Parents Can't Live Alone" by Ellen F. Rubenson and "Moving Mom
and Dad" by Sarah Morse and Donna Quinn Robbins describe the options
available for older people of various circumstances and conditions.
"Family Realities" by Lucy F. Wold and Ann F. Andersen leads
you through the process of clearing out a family home and settling an estate.
Dealing with aging parents can be very difficult
emotionally. In "Children of a
Certain Age," Vivian E. Greenberg examines how relationships between
parents and their adult children change over time and encourages families to use
this change to resolve both old and new problems.
Mary Pipher explains how to communicate with a generation that grew up in
a different world with different values in "Another Country."
"Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents" by
Claire Berman includes chapters on dealing with siblings, coping when you're an
only child, and caring for a parent who lives across the country.
DID
YOU KNOW?
According
to dog trainer and animal behaviorist Dennis Fetko,you can cure dogs of pulling
without jerking or tugging them by simply stopping in your tracks whenever you
feel tension on the lead from the dog pulling.
Do not move until the dog turns around or backs up to get slack in the
leash. Then praise the dog and
continue walking. Most dogs will
quickly learn that they get to keep moving forward only when the leash is slack,
not when they pull on it.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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