Special guests at library to showcase visual, musical creativity

The Delaware County Dis­trict Library is host­ing two spe­cial pro­grams this com­ing week, and I cor­dially invite you and your fam­ily to both of them.

At 7 p.m. Wednes­day at the Delaware Main Branch, 84 E. Win­ter St., children’s author and illus­tra­tor Denise Flem­ing will present a pro­gram on her books, includ­ing a take-away snow­man craft and auto­graph­ing ses­sion. This pro­gram is pre­sented by the Friends of the Delaware County Dis­trict Library with help from a grant from the Insti­tute of Museum and Library Ser­vices, awarded by the State Library of Ohio, and with sup­port of the God­dard School.

Flem­ing is the author of sev­eral books, includ­ing the 1994 Calde­cott win­ner In the Small, Small Pond. As an illus­tra­tor, Flem­ing cre­ates most of her works of art by pour­ing col­ored paper through hand-cut sten­cils, a process called pulp painting.

At 6 p.m. Fri­day, the Delaware Main Library will close as usual, but one hour later, the doors will reopen for a spe­cial one-of-a-kind event, and the library will present “DCDL After Hours,” a con­cert fea­tur­ing singer/songwriter Angela East­er­ling. Join us at 7 p.m. for casual, acoustic music woven with Angela’s per­sonal sto­ries of song­writ­ing and upbring­ing. If you’re in the Main Library before then and want a sneak peek of what you’ll hear on the Fri­day, we have a lis­ten­ing sta­tion set up near the audiobooks.

I hope you plan on attend­ing both of these pro­grams. We are pleased to be able to offer them at no charge to the Delaware com­mu­nity. Enjoy!

Are lemons known for their car­cino­gen fight­ing abilities?

I did some research to find an answer for this, check­ing the Uni­ver­sity of Florida’s Insti­tute of Food and Agri­cul­tural Sci­ences, The Health Sci­ences Insti­tute, The Ency­clo­pe­dia of Heal­ing Foods and Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal. Lemons are an excel­lent source of vit­a­min C, and the peels con­tain limonene. Some research has indi­cated that limonene could poten­tially har­bor anti-cancer prop­er­ties that may per­haps pre­vent can­cer from form­ing, slow the growth of exist­ing can­cer, or kill can­cer cells; how­ever, there has been no rep­utable sci­en­tific evi­dence that shows that lemons have car­cino­gen fight­ing abilities.

Did James Cagney and Humphrey Bog­art ever appear in a film together?

Accord­ing to The Secret Life of Humphrey Bog­art, he and James Cagney appeared in three films together: “Angels with Dirty Faces” (1938), “The Okla­homa Kid” (1939) and “The Roar­ing Twen­ties” (1939). Cagney was nom­i­nated for an Acad­emy Award for Best Actor for his role as Rocky Sul­li­van in “Angels with Dirty Faces,” but he did not win.

Who was Alexan­der Selkirk?

Alexan­der Selkirk (1676–1721) was a Scot­tish sailor who spent four years as a cast­away after being marooned on an unin­hab­ited island. An unruly youth, Selkirk joined buc­ca­neer­ing expe­di­tions to the South Seas, includ­ing one com­manded by William Dampier, which called in for pro­vi­sions at the Juan Fer­nán­dez Islands off Chile. Selkirk judged cor­rectly that his craft, the Cinque Ports was unsea­wor­thy, and he requested that he be left on the island. He was even­tu­ally res­cued by Dampier some four years later, by which time he had become adept at hunt­ing and mak­ing do with the resources avail­able on the island. Selkirk’s story aroused great inter­est at home, and Daniel Defoe’s fic­tional char­ac­ter Robin­son Cru­soe was almost cer­tainly based partly on him. Check World Book Ency­clo­pe­dia for more information.

If you have a ques­tion that you would like to see answered in this col­umn, mail it to Mary Jane San­tos, Delaware County Dis­trict Library, 84 E. Win­ter St., Delaware, OH 43015, or call 740–362-3861. You can also email your ques­tions by vis­it­ing delawarelibrary.org or directly to Mary Jane at mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org. No mat­ter how you con­tact us, we’re always glad you asked!

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