Delphi Public

The Adult Summer Reading Dinner will be held Aug. 12 for those who completed a Summer's Feast of delectable reads. A sixcourse dinner, door prizes and a book discussion of "The Ezekiel Option" are part of the evening. Dinner starts promptly at 7 p.m. Participants will need to bring their completed "meal ticket."

Carroll County Retrospective, an exhibition of works by the late artist Lynn Thomsen, will hang in the library program room from Aug. 15 through Sept. 11. An opening reception will be Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Carroll County native Thomsen was a professional artist as well as the Visual Arts Department Chair and Visual Arts Teacher at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis. She spent her summers in Carroll County where she found inspiration for her works in the surrounding rural landscape.

Morning Book Club will meet at 9 a.m. Aug. 22 to discuss "Water Elephants" by Sara Gruen. The book is the story of recently orphaned Jacob Jankowski who jumps onto a passing train and enters a world of freaks, misfits, and drifters who are all members of a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression. Multiple copies of the book are available at the library.

Hot Club of Colfax will be the featured entertainment at the Aug. 23 Coffee Beat. The free music and coffee start at 7 p.m., guests need to bring spare change for dessert.

Summer book sale

The annual Summer Book Sale hosted by the Friends of the Delphi Public Library will be Friday and Saturday at the library on Main and Indiana streets. The sale on Friday will be for members only from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday's sale is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone who would like to become a member and shop Aug. 8 can join at the door.

Flora-Monroe Twp.

It's harvest time in backyard family gardens all over Carroll County. Now is the time to preserve the rest of the year. Whether a pro, or beginner, Joanne Lytton's "Summer in a Jar" program will provide a variety of tips in this update of home canning and food preservation.

Lytton's presentation is a Carroll County on the Same Page event and will be Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Richter Program Room.

Parents and guardians of Carroll Consolidated School Corporation students who live in unserved library townships can help their kids succeed by purchasing a student library card. Proof of enrollment in the school district will be required (textbook rental receipt for elementary school, proof of identification for Jr.-Sr. High School.) Parents will need to sign for the student's card. For more information ask at the circulation desk or call the library at 967-3912.

The next book discussion will be on the book, "My Sister, My Love: the intimate story of Skyler Rampike," by Joyce Carol Oates. The group meets the third Wednesday of the month at the Flora Senior Center.

Big kids are starting school; the little ones can come to the library to start the storytime season with the theme, "School Days." Going to school (or preschool!) can be a little scary, but it is also fun to see old friends and meet new friends. Come to the library for fun stories, finger plays and more! Storytime is Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m.