SKI SALE
at the Gold Mine Thrift Shop
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Don't miss this year's huge ski sale at the Gold Mine Thrift Shop, where you can outfit the whole family in great ski gear for a fraction of the cost of buying new. All ski clothing and equipment is on sale for this beginning of the season event, so arrive early to get the best deals on the best equipment.

Remember, all proceeds from the Gold Mine support library services, so shop the Gold Mine and support the Library!

Related Link:

• The Gold Mine Thrift Shop Hours, address, and location with map.
• History of the Gold Mine and the Community Library Proceeds from the Gold Mine help fund library services. How did this come about?

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CASHMERE SALE  
at the Gold Mine Thrift Shop
Wednesday, November 16
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Luxurious cashmere garments are highlighted during this special sale at the Gold Mine Thrift Shop. The staff at the Gold Mine has assembled a wonderful collection of cashmere and are offering it at bargain prices. 

Shop early for the best selection, and remember, proceeds from the Gold Mine help support free library services at The Community Library.

Related Links:

• The Gold Mine Thrift Shop Hours, address, and location with map.
• Cashmere Information Links to the Story of Cashmere, the Value of Cashmere, and answers to Questions about cashmere from the Forté Cashmere Co.

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The End of Suburbia
Movie showing at the Community Library
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Resource Center
Thursday, November 17, 6:00 pm

The End of Suburbia takes a look at the suburban culture of America and its reliance on fossil fuel energy sources. Some scientists warn we are facing an inevitable decline in the availability of fossil fuels during the early part of this century. The End of Suburbia explores the American way of life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era when global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply.

• Analyst Fears Global Oil Crisis ... An article regarding the state of the world's oil reserves and recently published in the Manchester (UK) Guardian.
• The Coming Global Oil Crisis  A web site providing information, data, a bibliography, commentary by experts, and more regarding the reduction in the world's oil supply.
• There Is No Energy Crisis In this article from "Forbes Magazine" Dan Ackman reports on new oil reserves and conservation efforts that contradict the view there is a coming energy crisis.
• Environmental Resource Center The ERC's web site containing a mission statement, calendar, projects, resources, and more.

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Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America
Rocky Barker
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Resource Center
Tuesday, November 29, 6:00 pm

In Scorched Earth Idaho Statesman environmental reporter and book author Rocky Barker looks back on the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park. His book examines not only the people and the policies that shaped the park's land use and fire management strategies, but also our society's evolving views of manipulating and managing natural resources.

• Yellowstone National Park The park's web site, including a section on wildfires in the park, presented by the National Park Service.
• Yellowstone Fires and Their Legacy Rocky Barker's web site examining the Yellowstone fires of 1988 and their effects on fire fighting perspectives.
• Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire Modern forest firefighting owes much to the study of the Mann Gulch fire of 1949, which was examined in detail by Norman Maclean in his classic book Young Men and Fire (634.9 MAC in the Community Library's catalog).
• Scientists: 1988 Fires Were Good for Yellowstone Although many people view the 1988 Yellowstone fires as unusual and catastrophic, scientists in this article from Montana State University point out that neither is correct.

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The Great Books Book Club
Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes
Wednesday, November 30, 7:00 pm

René Descartes (1596-1650), a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, is often called the father of modern philosophy. The inventor of analytic geometry, he developed a detailed account of the physical universe in terms of matter and motion. He was a pioneer in the attempt to formulate simple, universal laws of motion that govern all physical change.

Descartes wrote three major works. The first was Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences (1637), commonly known as the Discourse on Method. The others were Meditations on First Philosophy (1641), perhaps his most important work, and Principles of Philosophy (1644). His philosophy became known as Cartesianism.

It was Descartes who coined the now-famous phrase, "cogito ergo sum," I think, therefore I am.

The Great Books Book Club meets monthly, generally on the fourth Wednesday, at the Community Library and is free and open to all.

• Great Philosophers: Descartes Introduction to Descartes and his concepts as part of the eLearning Introduction to Philosophy course offered by Oregon State University.
• An Outline ... An outline of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy presented by St. Anselm College.
• The Birth of Analytic Geometry Descartes is also known for his contributions to geometry and mathematics as briefly described in plain English (with fun links) by Laura Smoller at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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