Friday, November 02, 2007

Date Description Nov 1 11:00 am Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 1 5:30 - 7:30 pm N.O.W. Torrent House. Nov 3 9:00 - 11:30 am Hands-On Genealogy Workshop Hackley Public Library, Local History Department. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 3 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Women Entrepreneurs of America Torrent House. Nov 3 1:00 - 3:00 pm Muskegon County Genealogical Society History Book Hackley Public Library, Local History Department. Nov 5 11:00 am Toddler Times Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together. The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 5 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm MCC Admissions Torrent House Nov 5 7:00 pm Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 6 6:30 - 7:30 pm Mysteries and Histories beneath the Inland Sea with Valerie van Heest Julia Hackley Room, Hackley Public Library. Thousands of ships rest on the bottom of the cold clear waters of Michigan's Great Lakes, which unlike any other body of water holds them in a nearly timeless state. The harrowing and often fateful tales of many lost vessels will be told as well as the daunting work that goes into discovering and documenting a lost ship, and preserving it for future generations. The program will focus on vessels lost off the shores of Western Michigan and will include stunning slides and video images of newly discovered Michigan shipwrecks. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 6 6:45 pm Toddler Times Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 18-36 months. Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together. The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 7 Noon - 2:00 pm West Michigan Herb Society Torrent House Nov 7 7:00 pm Ghost Mountain Boys Hackley Public Library. James Campbell will be talking about his new book, "Ghost Mountain Boys". The book is about the 32nd Division’s Ghost Mountain Boys, who "were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: march 130 miles over the rugged Owen Stanley Mountains and protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna on New Guinea’s north coast." Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 8 11:00 am Preschool Storytime Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. For ages 3-5 years old. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. To register phone 231-722-7276, ext 230 Nov 10 1:00 - 3:00 pm Muskegon County Genealogical Society History Book Hackley Public Library, Local History Department. Nov 10 2:00 pm Amazing Magic by Ran Baker Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. Astounding illusions with a fresh, comic twist. Plenty of laughs and audience participation. Free. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. Nov 12 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm MCC Admissions Torrent House Nov 13 10:00 - 11:30 am Ulysses Book Group Hackley Public Library. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 13 6:00 - 7:30 pm Hands-On Genealogy Workshop Hackley Public Library, Local History Department. For more information call 231-722-7276. Nov 13 5:30 - 7:30 pm MS Support Group Torrent House Nov 14 7:00 pm Write for Fright!: Scary Story Contest Author's Night Award Program Youth Services Department, Hackley Public Library. The event honors winners in the Write for Fright Scary Story Contest. Enjoy spooky readings by winning authors. Yummy cookie treats will be baked on site, courtesy of Papa Murphy’s Pizza. For more information call 231-722-7276, x 230. Nov 15 5:00 - 6:00 pm SEIU Meeting Torrent House. 4:40:18 PM

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