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Amidst the tragic chaos that consumes our hearts and minds these days, our nation and world are blessed to have the clear, competent, courageous, calm diplomacy of President Joseph Biden and his staff in charge of our international relations.

Mental Illness Awareness Week is an annual national public education campaign led by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) intended to raise awareness about mental health and provide support and treatment options for mental health conditions. On the heels of October’s event, I’d like to invite your readers to learn more about psychosis and early psychosis intervention.

At about 5 a.m. Friday, when I couldn’t get back to sleep, I realized that I remember a whole day from 70 years ago! I remember where I lived, what I wore to school that day, where I had lunch, and so forth for the entire day. Wow, it’s shocking to me that I can remember that far back!

Last week, we left the Milky Way in 1953 when astronomers finally concluded that it has spiral arms.

Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at the Delaware County District Library! I know that many of our patrons include a stop to the library in their holiday and travel plans, so I wanted to be sure to let readers know that all locations of the Delaware County District Library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, and remain closed through the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 23. Branches reopen with their regular operating hours on Friday, Nov. 24.

“You can’t fight for your rights if you don’t know what they are.”

The Symphony’s first concert of the 2023-24 season, performed on Oct. 21, was a fabulous success on multiple fronts. There was the orchestra and the music, of course, but the event also served as the occasion to greet Ohio Wesleyan University’s new president, Matt P. vandenBerg, and his family to the community as well as to celebrate the 45-year-long partnership with the university and highlight the strong town-gown relationship that has existed for over 180 years.

By the 1950s, astronomers had developed several methods in the discipline of astrometry, determining the distances to and motions of the stars in our Milky Way.

If a DIY holiday season is something that you find intriguing, you’ve always done, or you want to begin, now is the time to get crafting – and the Delaware County District Library is here to help!

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan made a proclamation recognizing November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Month. At the time he made this proclamation, it was estimated that 1.5 to 2.5 million citizens were affected in the United States alone. Now 40 years later, we know so much more about Alzheimer’s and the associated related dementias, but despite our advances in medicine and our efforts to raise awareness, millions are still affected, and there is no cure. Alzheimer’s, those who suffer this horrific disease, and those who care for them, are part of the fabric of our community. As many of you know, Alzheimer’s has also been a part of the fabric of my family for my whole life.