ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY
Tuesday, November 19, 2 p.m. An opportunity for young readers to enjoy a special reading and activity time for preschool children.
Registration is not required, but it is helpful to know how many crafts need to be available. If you have questions, please call the Library, 712-382-1395.
This month, due to programming conflicts, the children will meet UPSTAIRS in the library.
Tuesday, November 19, at 2 p.m. in the Library meeting room Jeff Subko of Shenandoah will present Attack on Pearl Harbor, a fresh look at the Japanese attack which launched the United States into World War II.
Jeff Subko earned his Bachelor's Degree In International Affairs from the University of Southern California in 1978. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, and served four years on active duty with the Atlantic fleet, followed by 21 years in the Navy Reserve. He retired with the rank of Captain.
Upon leaving active service, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he served on the staff of the Armed Services Committee, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a Legislative Liaison, and as the Chief for Legislative, Public, and Governmental Affairs for a Defense Department Agency. In 1986 he received a Masters Degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University.
He and his wife, Margot Gee. retired to Shenandoah, IA, in 2013.
Tuesday, November 19, 11 a.m. Hamburg Book Club is meeting to discuss:
Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not only the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. And then imagine that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive....
Tuesday, December 3, Adult Coloring and Jigsaw Puzzle-ing at the Hamburg Public Library 2-4 p.m. Get in the holiday spirit by coloring a bookmark or puzzling the next puzzle.
Tuesday, December 10, Free Blood Pressure Checks, 2-4 p.m. upstairs at the Hamburg Public Library, 1301 Main Street.
Thursday, December 19, noon to 1 p.m., in the Library meeting room. In honor of Statehood Day on December 28, the Iowa Historical Society will broadcast State Curator Leo Landis with An Overview of Iowa's Counties.
Landis will explore the history of some of Iowa’s counties. He will provide an overview of shifting boundaries and names, and answer why we have 99 counties but might have had 100.
The Iowa History 101 webinars share Iowa stories and the history of the state through a cultural history lens on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Registration is required for each event and to receive a link to the recorded program.
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