UPDATE: the 3:00 class has been canceled.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County will present a two-hour Money Management class at the Pember  Library.

Topics to be discussed:

• ways to establish good credit
• how to make credit work for you
• understanding your credit report
• common pitfalls to avoid
• strategies for paying down debt

The class will be presented twice on November 5.

Please register by calling 746-2560. Individuals with special needs requiring accommodations who wish to attend this program should let us know at  the time of registration.

Billion Dollar Lessons by Paul B. Carroll & Chunka Mui, Business
The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs, Fiction
If Tomorrow Never Comes by Marlo Schalesky, Good News
The Big Steal by Emily Jenkins, Mystery
If you Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? by Bill Heavey, NonFiction
The Sword and the Pen by Elysa Hendricks, Romance
Peeled by Joan Bauer, Teen

Sign up for Dear Reader by clicking the book club icon to the left. Each weekday, we’ll send you a quick read from a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read two or three chapters and know whether or not the book is for you. This service is provided by the Friends of the Pember Library.

December 5 – Kids Crafts (easy things that kids can make) Prices to be determined.

December 9 – Memory Board $? [this class has been rescheduled for Saturday, December 12]

December 10 – Holiday Centerpieces ($3.00 for supplies, you bring fresh cut greens)

December 16 – Beaded Bracelet $3.00

December 17 – Beaded Star Ornament $2.50

I will post photos of sample items as they become available.

Class sizes are limited. Please call the library to reserve your spot: 642-2525.

November 12 – Holiday Card Making ($1.00 per card)

November 14 – Holiday Card Making ($1.00 per card)

November 18 – Folded Fabric Ornament ($2.50)

November 19 – Quilled Holiday Card ($1.00 per card)

November 21 – Woven Paper Bird ornament

I will post photos of sample items as they become available.

Class sizes are limited. Please call the library to reserve your spot: 642-2525.

1812: New York’s War, New York’s Impetus

A lecture by Robert W. Arnold III

While the Battles of Sackets Harbor or Plattsburg do not carry the cachet of a Gettysburg or Saratoga, the War of 1812, now approaching its bicentennial, was very much New York’s War. Much of the war was fought on our soil or on our waters. New Yorkers responded to the conflict militarily and otherwise and the war exposed serious inadequacies in the state’s infrastructure and the nation’s military capacity. This presentation with slides and period quotes examines the impact of the war and its aftermath on the people of New York and the public improvements roads and canals made partly in response to the war.

Robert W. Arnold III is a career public historian at the New York State Archives. He was Albany County Historian, a historical archaeologist and is a Commissioner of Historic Resources for the City of Albany. Arnold teaches American, New York State and regional history at the College of Saint Rose and other colleges.