Story Time Clowns were parad­ing through the children’s room at the Clyde Pub­lic Library. Preschool­ers glued a paper clown together and glued the shape to a paper towel tube. The books shared were: Curi­ous George Goes to the Cir­cus by Mar­gret Rey. Curi­ous George becomes the star of the cir­cus after he inad­ver­tently gets in the […]

Fiery Wednesday, leaves big mess...

The Amish Cook By Lov­ina Eicher I almost don’t know where to begin with this col­umn. It seems so long ago since last Mon­day. Wednes­day morn­ing was nice and sunny, so we had no hint the day would take a bad turn. Daugh­ter Susan decided to mow the grass while I had took some beef bones […]

Sci Fi Summer at library

Prizes on Dis­play Sum­mer Read­ing is almost here! Prizes for ele­men­tary stu­dents and teens are on dis­play in the lobby show­case. Require­ments for each pro­gram dif­fer, as do the prizes. Teens have oppor­tu­ni­ties to win $20 B-A-M tick­ets three times this sum­mer, plus other prizes. Teens can sign up now for the Read­ing Rewards pro­gram that […]

Social Security Questions and Answers

GENERAL Ques­tion: I’m get­ting mar­ried later this month and plan to change my name. What doc­u­ments do I need to apply for a new Social Secu­rity card with my new name? Answer: To change your name for any rea­son in Social Security’s records, and on your Social Secu­rity card, you’ll need to pro­vide proof of your […]

Rain helps planted garden.

The Amish Cook By Lov­ina Eicher Another rainy Mon­day which will put laun­dry off until tomor­row. The rain will do a lot of good for the gar­den, though. We planted radishes, let­tuce, peas, onions, and corn last week. Our pota­toes are up that Joe planted awhile back. I hope we can get the rest of the […]

Last Call for the Herb Pro­gram Please get your reser­va­tions for Linda Lambert’s Herbs — Grow­ing, Har­vest­ing, Using pro­gram, to be held Thurs­day, May 10, at 6 p.m., by Sat­ur­day, May 5. A light din­ner of soup and bread that uses herbs as ingre­di­ents will be served. Cost for this pro­gram is $8 per per­son; pay­ment is […]

Children do well on state tests.

The Amish Cook By Lov­ina Eicher Today is the last day of April. It is dif­fi­cult to believe that 2012 is now one– third over with. It is a rainy Mon­day here so laun­dry will be put off until tomor­row. We will be tak­ing care of my friend Amy’s chil­dren, Matthew, 1 1 /2, and Emily […]

"Ticket to work" inspires dancer to dance on.

By Erin Thomp­son Social Secu­rity Pub­lic Affairs Spe­cial­ist in Toledo Megan Riggs was just like many other peo­ple in their late twen­ties: bright, ambi­tious, and full of life. She earned Bach­e­lor degrees in Foren­sic Sci­ence and Biol­ogy, with a minor in Chem­istry. Riggs started work­ing and build­ing her career. In her spare time, she pursued […]