Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon.
Chair Yoga Mondays and Wednesdays @ 10:00 a.m.
Toddler Time Thursdays @ 10:00 a.m.
ISU Extension STEM “Pumpkin Exploration” Monday, October 13th @ 3:00 p.m. *Kids must register ahead of time so we have enough supplies. Stop in or call 515-523-2152.
Poetry Club Wednesday, October 15th @ 1:00 p.m.
Books & Badges Thursday, October 16th @ 10:00 a.m.
Trustee Meeting Monday, October 20th @ 5:30 p.m.
PALS presents Dave Austin: Barn Hunter Saturday, October 25th @ 10:00 a.m.
NEW BOOKS
The Amish of Marigold series by Kathleen Fuller include: The Courtship Plan, The Proposal Plot, and The Marriage Pact. Each of the Inspirational books include discussion questions for book clubs.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. Nine-year-old Oskar Schell embarks on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts of an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey. With humor, tenderness, and awe, Jonathan Safran Foer confronts the traumas of our country’s difficult history.
The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce. Wonderfully atmospheric, at heart this is a novel about the bonds of siblinghood—what happens when they splinter, and what it might take to reconnect them.
The Lost Book of First Loves by RaeAnne Thayne. Under the wide-open spaces of the Wyoming summer sun, Ali and June will untangle the secrets and lies their lives were built on to discover who they really are and what family really means. But even more than that, they’ll build a real relationship with one another and finally become sisters.
Not Who We Expected by Lisa Black. Now forensic experts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies are pulled into solving a deadly mystery unfolding in the shadow of a celebrated rock star.
West of Yesterday by William Colt MacDonald. The Federals were winning the last major conflict of the Civil War, as weakened Confederates, fighting beneath tattered banners, failed to dent the impenetrable blue lines. The men in gray were pressed back and back until, panic overtaking them, they broke and fled. Maneuvers of Confederate cavalry proved futile when the break came.…