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Natasha Goodwin will be leading the yoga instruction:

Born and raised in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Natasha recently returned home to the Upper Valley after spending some time on the West Coast. While in Portland, Oregon, she found her love for the practice of yoga. As a devoted student and teacher of the practice, Natasha’s classes focus on community and connection. She feels most passionate about making the practice of yoga accessible to all — so you can expect a compassionate, nourishing, and supportive class that connects you deeper to yourself, the land, and those around you. Natasha is incredibly grateful to share the practice on home soil, and looks forward to seeing you on the mat! 

This is a bring-your-own-mat event!

This is a drop-in time for you to come with your tech questions.

Please come with your device(s) and all necessary passwords. We can take this time to make sure you are
set up properly to take advantage of all the library has to offer, or to help you get up and running with your
email program, social media, and the like. If we can’t help you, we’ll find an answer or point you in the direction of finding it yourself. We hope you’ll take advantage of this new service. If the time is not right for you, just let us know and we can set up an appointment.
 

Tech Tuesdays @ PRML - 10:30-11:30 am (drop in help)
Tech Thursday @ ML - 3-4: 30 pm (drop in help)

Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.

All levels welcome.

What is cribbage?

Cribbage, or crib, is a card game, traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points. It can be adapted for three or four players.[1]

Cribbage has several distinctive features: the cribbage board used for score-keeping; the crib, box, or kitty (in parts of Canada and New England) two distinct scoring stages; and a unique scoring system, including points for groups of cards that total 15. It has been characterized as "Britain's national card game" and the only one legally playable in licensed pubs and clubs without requiring local authority permission.[2]

The game has relatively few rules yet many subtleties, which accounts for its ongoing appeal and popularity. Tactical play varies, depending on which cards one's opponent has played, how many cards in the remaining pack will help the hand one holds, and what one's position on the board is. A game may be decided by a single point, and the edge often goes to an experienced player who utilizes strategy, including calculating odds and making decisions based on the relative positions of players on the board.

Both cribbage and its close relative costly colours are descended from the old English card game of noddy. Cribbage added the distinctive feature of a crib and changed the scoring system for points, whereas costly colours added more combinations but retained the original noddy scoring scheme.

Becoming Wolf: The Eastern Coyote in New England

An eastern coyote is defined as much by its western coyote ancestry as by its DNA contribution from the Eastern wolf. “Our” coyotes vary physically and behaviorally from its smaller relative – while still carrying the incredible adaptability and canniness of Wile E. Coyote. This program takes a deep dive into the ecology and behavior of this creature, its indefatigability and how it is the
human who must adapt to live with the ‘One Who Cannot Be Removed’. On the horizon, however, is a native carnivore which fled the northeast during wolf removal and now may be trying to return: The eastern wolf. A look-alike to the coyote, it has been killed mistakenly for its similarity of appearance to the coyote. We’ll talk about how the wolf and coyote might negotiate a truce in the
northeast and how we might do the same.

About 

Christine Schadler (pronounced Shaydler) Chris’ interest in wild canids began in the 1970s as a volunteer at Wolf
Park in Battleground, Indiana. This opportunity and others inspired an eventual Masters in Conservation Biology at Antioch University in Keene. Her thesis focused on the Natural Recovery of the Eastern Timber Wolf in Michigan. Chris lived in Michigan and Minnesota during the early 1980s where her research into the gray wolf continued
and her speaking career began. Beginning in the early 1990s, Chris taught Forestry, Wolf Ecology and Environmental Conservation in the Natural Resources Department at UNH. She also instructed and mentored adult degree candidates in the UNH System at Granite State College. While wolf recovery was the focus of her early work, Chris’ attention shifted to the Eastern Coyote when she and her flock of sheep moved to New England. She is now the NH and VT Representative for Project Coyote, a national organization promoting coexistence with coyotes. Chris (with John Harrigan) co-founded the NH Wildlife Coalition which
aims to defend predators and broaden public input into wildlife decision- making. She currently Chairs the Webster Conservation Commission and is a member of the Northeast Wolf Recovery Alliance.

Chris taught Wolf Ecology, Conservation, and Dendrology at UNH. Since the 1970s, coexisting with the eastern coyote was put into practice on her sheep farms where no lethal measures and no predation occurred, ever. She is the NH & VT Rep for Project Coyote and Co-Founder of the NH Wildlife Coalition, which advocates for better conservation for
predators.

Chris holds a Masters in Conservation Biology and offers 40 years of research and specialization in wild canids, particularly the Eastern Wolf and the Eastern Coyote. Now retired from teaching Conservation, Dendrology and Wolf Ecology at UNH and Conservation at Granite State College, she provides education and presentations throughout New England.

Drop-in board games - 2 pm at the Meriden Library

This is a drop-in time for you to come with your tech questions.

Please come with your device(s) and all necessary passwords. We can take this time to make sure you are
set up properly to take advantage of all the library has to offer, or to help you get up and running with your
email program, social media, and the like. If we can’t help you, we’ll find an answer or point you in the direction of finding it yourself. We hope you’ll take advantage of this new service. If the time is not right for you, just let us know and we can set up an appointment.
 

Tech Tuesdays @ PRML - 10:30-11:30 am (drop in help)
Tech Thursday @ ML - 3-4: 30 pm (drop in help)

Below is a summary of my show, “Mike Familant: Live! Searchin' America Tour'24”   

Join Producer, Lead Investigator, and New Jersey Native Mike Familant as he shares his experiences researching and tracking down the truth behind North America’s most iconic cryptid, Bigfoot.   

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Grassman, Skunk Ape or Big Red Eye, whatever name you choose to call this large, bipedal hominid, Mike has probably tried to track it down.   

Mike has been researching this amazing creature for over 13 years, and has captured some impressive evidence along the way.  From the Florida Swamps to the North Country of Maine and everywhere in between, Mike is the full-time, lead investigator and producer of the show, “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye.”   

He will exhibit some extraordinary evidence backed by facts that he and his team have collected throughout his journey, along with some of the unfortunate experiences that come along with Bigfooting.  A Q&A will be held after the presentation and Mike will be available after for photographs and autographs.   

See all of Mike’s shows, including his docuseries “Squatchables” (how to get into Bigfooting) and his YouTube Channel, “Sussex County Bigfoot,” on his website, shadowofredeye.com.