Thanksgiving is behind us and thus a new season is upon us — Michigan season. After all, Thanksgiving was yesterday and Advent doesn’t begin until Sunday, so something has to fill the gap. In Ohio, that something is clearly focused on the football game to be played tomorrow in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
This past Saturday night found me in one of my favorite places — Gray Chapel — on the evening of a Central Ohio Symphony concert. On the long list of things I love about my adopted hometown of Delaware, the symphony is right up at the top. In particular, I was looking forward to the performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, which would close the performance, and is one of my favorite pieces of music.
This is certainly a busy weekend for the Delaware County District Library! The momentous opening of the Library’s Orange Branch, 7171 Gooding Blvd., is tomorrow at noon, and staff will be there, ready and waiting to check out books, DVDs, audio books, and magazines to you and your family.
With the number of items checked out in 2010 topping 1,062,000, the Delaware County District Library is a very busy place. About 7000 people walk through the doors of the Delaware Branch every week, to check out items, use the computers, read, study, relax, and otherwise take advantage of the services offered. As happy as we are to be such a vital asset to the Delaware community, being so busy comes with its own set of problems, specifically parking challenges.