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*February 15, 22, 29, March 7, 2012
Cuyahoga Community College Encore Classes Spring 2012: Join us for a new class, "U.S. Historic Trails and Tales" and hear stories about Presidents and their wives, the Appalachian Trail, the Civil War and the songs of the Great White Way. Classes will be held at the Brunswick Campus on Wednesday, 2/15 & 2/22 and at the Westlake Campus on Wednesday, 2/29 & 3/7. For complete information, call the college at 216-987-2274.
This series of classes will feature four new programs!
PLEASE WELCOME MR. & MRS. AMERICA will feature some little known stories about the White House Residents from Washington to Eisenhower. Based on our newest book of the same name, you'll hear why Thomas Jefferson was a really a big cheese, how Andrew and Rachel Jackson weathered their scandal and how Alexander Graham Bell worked to try to save President Grant.
BATTLE SCARS: STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR is our new program commemorating the anniversary of the Civil War. No big battle tales here — the stories of some of the lesser known conflicts are spotlighted during this session. If you can't join us for the class, you can join us for the program at the North Ridgeville Library on February 26 — see listing below.
GRANDMA GATEWOOD: OHIO'S LEGENDARY HIKER will the subject of our next "trail" in this series. Hear this new storytelling program and find out what it's like to hike 10,000 miles!
THE BEST SONGS I NEVER SANG ON BROADWAY is the last Trail in this session. Find out the story and history of Broadway and songs from the Great American Songbook with this unique take on Musical Stories.
*Wednesday, February 22, 2012; 7p.m.: NEXT STOP, FREEDOM! will be presented at the Maple Hts. Library; 5525 Library Lane in Maple Hts. in commemoration of Black History Month. During this Anniversary of the Civil War, the stories leading up to the conflict are particularly meaningful and that includes tales of the Underground Railroad in Ohio and across the Great Lakes. Find out how one Ohio city earned the title "the town that started the Civil War" and meet some of men and women who helped the runaways to freedom. The presentation is FREE and open to the public. For more information, call the library at 216-475-5000.
*Sunday, February 26, 2012; 3p.m.: Hear about the Great Escape of Libby Prison, the failed "escape" at Johnson's Island prison and other stories of the War Between The States when BATTLE SCARS: STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR is presented at the North Ridgeville Library; 35700 Bainbridge Rd in North Ridgeville. This program is part of their Sunday Series and commemorates the Anniversary of the Civil War. It is FREE and open to the public. For more information, call the library at 440-327-8326.
*Saturday, March 3, 2012; 1p.m.: Find out about some GREAT LAKES LADIES at the Maritime Museum of Sandusky; 125 Meigs St; Sandusky, Ohio. So much of the history of the Inland Seas concentrates on the captains and their boats, but women have always been involved! Did you know that a woman operated the first lighthouse on the Great Lakes? Find out who she was and which beacon she tended. Hear about 14 year old Maebelle Mason who saved a man from drowning. Meet Abigail Becker who was called "the Savior Of Long Point" because she saved about as many lives as she had children — warning: hers was NOT a small family! Bette Lou Higgins presents this storytelling program which is included with museum admission ($4/adult; $3/seniors and children; $8/family). For more information call the museum at 419-624-0274.
*Saturday, July 14, 2012: Members of the Cleveland Hiking Club will hear the story of Emma "Grandma" Gatewood.
As this newsletter was going to print we began working on arrangements to bring the Grandma Gatewood story to the Buckeye Trail Fest in April and a series of programs to be presented by Foster Brown & Bette Lou Higgins at the Brecksville Nature Center in May. Check our calendar for complete schedule information.
