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Save Energy, Save Dollars

This special workshop presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County will enable you to learn about Reducing energy bills Low-cost, no cost energy conservation methods Each participating household will receive an Energy-Saving Kit FREE and open to the public. Advance registration is required The class will be presented twice on September 30. Call to register 746-2560. Individuals with special needs requiring accommodations should specify this when registering.

Pember Book Club

The next book club meeting will be in November. We will be reading Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber. According to http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk the book is “the basis for the classic film starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Saratoga Trunk unfolds the story of Clio Dulaine, an ambitious Creole beauty who more than meets her match in Clint Maroon, a handsome Texan with a head for business — and an eye for beautiful young women. Together they do battle with Southern gentry …

Pember Board Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

Book Club

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Publisher’s summary: One man’s campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan’s Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day …

HeritageQuest webinar

Do you love HeritageQuest but wish you could get a little more out of it? ProQuest is offering training webinars to help you. There is one September 17 at 2:30 PM and another October 14 at 12:00 PM. http://www.proquest.com/en-US/support/training/webinars.shtml From the above link, choose “genealogy.” You can access these from home but you do need to register in advance.The webinar should take approximately two hours. To register for a webinar, click the Event name in the Upcoming Events section or …

Pember Presents: Common Threads

The Pember Library will present a lecture by Hallie Bond titled Common Threads: Adirondack Quilts Tell Their Stories. Free and open to the general public, the event begins at 6:00 PM on September 9 at the Pember Library. This event is made possible through Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities. Speakers in the Humanities lectures are made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York State …

Fireside Stories

September 4: Picnics – Join Phyllis for stories, crafts, games and more! September 11: Grandparents – Johanna will help you prepare for Grandparents’ Day September 18: Lance Armstrong’s Birthday – Johanna will read to you about Lance Armstrong and the history of bicycles September 25: Apples – stories, crafts and apple snacks!

Friends of the Library Meeting

Fireside Stories

Beth Elam has been quilting for over ten years and has her own quilt company, Star Quilts. She became interested in quilting from reading the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Join us on Saturday as Beth shows kids some of the fundamentals of quilting while Pat Oathout reads some stories that follow the theme.

Pember Board Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

Closed

The Pember Library and Museum will be closed today. We apologize for any inconvenience. Fines will be waived. Regular hours will resume for Friday (12-5) and Saturday (10-3).