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The Minerva Public Library presents the second in a series of documentaries about farm to table agriculture.  Small Farms, Big Success presents three ecologically responsible farms in the USA and Canada. Their unique business plans eliminate the middle man, use sustainable methods and few fossil fuels and show a decent living can be made! These new farming practices avoid the destructive trap of industrial food production and its financial burden.

Stay cool and healthy this summer with tasty and nutritious snacks and smoothies.  Join us this Monday in the Community Meeting Room as Chris Kendle from the OSU Extension Office demonstrates easy recipes.   And of course there are free samples.  

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So you’ve been to the library to see the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the Seven Wonders of the Natural World.   Now it’s time for dramatic feats of engineering.    Monday, June 27, at 7:00 pm, Lynette Reiner presents Man Made Marvels in the library’s Community Meeting Room.   Lynette, from the McKinley Museum, has presented several popular programs at the library.  This time, visit the Eifel Tower, Hoover Dam, Golden Gate Bridge, and more in this illustrated, informative look at triumphs of human ingenuity.   This program is free and of interest to all ages.

Spying is often called the "second oldest profession" and historically speaking it well may be. Join us this coming Monday at 7:00 in the Community Meeting Room as Civil War re-enactor Paul Goebbel presents an informative talk that will explore the use of new technology and the old methods used by both sides in America’s bloodiest war.  This program is free and of interest to all ages.

The days are getting longer and the first big cookout holiday approaches. This year why not try grilling pizza. Worried that you’ll set everything on fire? Fear not.  Join us on Monday, April 16, at 7:00 pm as Chris Kendle from the OSU Extension Service will demonstrate how to prepare and cook pizzas on the grill without fuss or flare-ups. Since this program involves open flames, it will be held outdoors outside of the library, and of course recipes and samples will be provided.  This program is free and no registration is required.

Do you believe in ghosts? Come join television ghost hunters ORBS (Ohio Researchers of Banded Spirits) one of Ohio's premier paranormal teamsy on Saturday, May 7, at 1:00 pm in the Community Meeting Room.  ORBS has been featured on Animal Planets "THE HAUNTED", Biography Channels "MY GHOST STORY", History Channels "HAUNTED HISTORY" and this year's new Destination America Channel series "PARANORMAL SURVIVOR". Having worked on well over 350 cases to date the team will discuss everything from types of ghosts; ghost hunting equipment they use and how it works, how to investigate;  and places they  have investigated.   And they will share some audio and video of some of the most compelling evidence collected during their investigations.  The ghost hunters of ORBS are always interested in your stories.  So come prepared to be amazed, astounded, and surprised.  This two-hour program is for all ages and is free to the public.

Are your family treasures crumbling before  your eyes?   Photos in shoe boxes, or even worse, magnetic photo albums.   Books in the crawlspace.  Documents in a drawer.   Learn how to preserve your past on Monday, May 2, at 7:00 pm in the library's Community Meeting Room.   Mandy Altimus Pond, Archivist at the Massillon Museum will share simple and inexpensive methods for properly caring for your personal memorabilia.  Start today to save those memories for your descendants.  This program is free and of interest to all ages.

April is the month where we often commemorate the Civil War, but let’s not forget the 18^th of April in ’75, Paul Revere, Lexington and Concord and the shots heard round the world.   This Monday, April 25 at 7:00 pm, take your seat in the library’s Community Meeting Room for an overview of the American Revolution presented by Christopher Craft.   During this turbulent political time in our nation's history, a time of talk of a new "revolution in America", it seems very appropriate to take some time to learn more about the original American Revolution.  Christopher Craft, former American History teacher at Fairless Schools, amateur historian of America's Civil War, and present employee of the Massillon Museum, will discuss aspects of the first revolution and how it relates to both the second revolution, the Civil War, and the new revolutionary movement.  This is of interest to all ages; it’s free and no registration is required.