Join Mentone papercrafter Katie Ferguson and learn how to make Christmas gift tags. Participants will make two each of four different designs in a woodsy winter theme.
The class will meet on Saturday, November 23, at Moon Lake Community Library from 1 until 3 p.m. All supplies will be provided and no prior experience is required. The cost is $10. Space is limited. To insure that sufficient supplies can be ordered, reservations must be made by Friday, November 8. For more information or to reserve a spot, email Katie Ferguson at [email protected]. You can see Katie’s blog at cottagepaper.com.
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Stubborn Men and Parched Corn (2018) is the story of the 18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. No regiment, North or South, served with more distinction on so many battlefields. Brigadier General Jerry McAbee’s great-grandfather, Private John Brown, served honorably in the regiment. This meticulously researched story covers the gruesome battles, starvation, sickness, and brutality endured by these brave, stubborn men. The story is told through firsthand accounts and personal letters of men fighting against impossible odds, fated to lose the war, but stubborn enough to keep fighting until the end. This is the story of Confederate soldiers. General McAbee was raised in Rainsville, AL, and is a graduate of Plainview High School and Jacksonville State University. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1970 and served more than 35 years on active duty as a field artillery officer, holding a variety of command, staff, and training positions at home and abroad, including combat deployments in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom. After retiring in 2005, he consulted on national security issues in Africa and the Middle East. Stubborn Men and Parched Corn is the result of General McAbee’s lifelong interest in and study of the Civil War. He and his wife of 50 years, Margaret, live in Mentone. Moon Lake Community Library will host author Brigadier General Jerry C. McAbee on Monday, November 18, at 6:30 p.m. Copies of his book will be available for sale ($15), which the author will be glad to autograph. Light refreshments, coffee, and tea will be served. Enjoy playing a variety of games with your neighbors and friends (old and new) at Moon Lake Community Library on Friday, November 8. Bring your favorite game or come learn how to play a new one. Bring a finger food to share in the pot luck. Coffee, tea and water will be provided. All ages are welcome. The games begin at 6 p.m.
This Is How It Always Is, a beautifully written novel by Laurie Frankel, tells the story of a family that is, in some ways, typical—with the high energy of an all-boy household, parents’ work that never seems to be done, and a loving devotion to one another.
Central to the story is the youngest child who, born into a family of four brothers, prefers to identify as a girl. The tale explores how these uncharted waters are handled by his immediate family and by the various communities the family lives in, from Wisconsin to Seattle to Thailand. Interspersed throughout the book is a fairy tale that the father tells his children as a bedtime story—a tale that expands and morphs throughout their childhoods, often paralleling their own real-life challenges. This family’s struggle is real. Their humor is real. Their fears are real. It is reported that more than 40% of transgender children attempt suicide. This story helps us understand their challenges. Everyone is free to join in the dicussion on Saturday, November 16. Interested in playing chess? Whether you're a seasoned player or a novice, you are invited to play with others who meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 3 p.m. at Moon Lake Community Library.
In December of 1982, the peaceful forest on Taylor’s Ridge in Chattooga County, Georgia, was the setting for a grisly double murder. The shooting deaths of former Loyola University pharmacology professor Charles Scudder and his partner Joey Odom would come to be known as the Corpsewood Murders, named for the couple’s castle-like residence that was later destroyed by vandals. The two men had constructed the home themselves out of brick after they gave up city life for rural homesteading. On the property, sheriff’s deputies found expensive antiques and thousands of doses of LSD, as well as evidence that suggested that suggested Scudder and Odom were Satanists. The trail of the killers looked as cold as the chill in the winter air, until investigators got an unexpected break—an eyewitness account of what happened the night the two men died.
In December of 1982, the peaceful forest on Taylor’s Ridge in Chattooga County, Georgia, was the setting for a grisly double murder. The shooting deaths of former Loyola University pharmacology professor Charles Scudder and his partner Joey Odom would come to be known as the Corpsewood Murders, named for the couple’s castle-like residence that was later destroyed by vandals. The two men had constructed the home themselves out of brick after they gave up city life for rural homesteading. On the property, sheriff’s deputies found expensive antiques and thousands of doses of LSD, as well as evidence that suggested that suggested Scudder and Odom were Satanists. The trail of the killers looked as cold as the chill in the winter air, until investigators got an unexpected break—an eyewitness account of what happened the night the two men died. Amy Petulla, the author of The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia, will speak at the Moon Lake Library on Monday, October 21, at 6 p.m. Petulla is a former assistant district attorney with the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, the office that prosecuted the killers. A trial lawyer for 20 years, she is now the owner of Chattanooga Ghost Tours. Copies of the book will be available for sale, and Amy will be glad to autograph them. Join us at the library for an informative discussion about one of the region’s most infamous—and haunting—true crimes. Fun for the whole family at the Moon Lake Community Library! We have a number of games for you to try or you're welcome to bring one of your favorites. We'll enjoy snacks, fellowship, and some friendly competition so please join us at 6 p.m. and bring something to add to our finger food potluck, if you can!
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is the October selection for the Moon Lake Book Club's discussion. This New York Times bestseller is an award-winning graphic novel memoir about the author's childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Through the author's eyes, the reader sees the country's sudden shift toward fundamentalism after the overthrow of the Shah, as well as the violence of her country's war with Iraq. Her parents, longtime Marxists who oppose the repressive regime, raise Marjane to be independent and critical, but as she grows older, they become fearful that her outspokenness will endanger her life. Persepolis, which was made into an animated film in 2007, is a quick read but one that will leave a lasting impression.
The book club will meet on Saturday, October 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Moon Lake Community Library (where the book is available for check-out). Everyone is welcome to join the discussion. Coffee and hot tea will be served. |
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