Jeffrey Meyer offers a free introduction to the fun of amateur radio! Discover how you can use ham radio to chat with pleasure cruisers in the Caribbean or play chess with someone across the continent.
Meyer has decades of experience with ham radio and loves to share this multifaceted hobby with all.
Game time! Cailey and Meg share some of their favorite YA books and graphic novels about sports, including:
Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card
The Civil War series that we host with our friends and neighbors from James A. Garfield National Historic Site has returned! This month, Ranger Allison Powell (with help from Ranger Joan Kapsch) uses the biographies of John Washington and Wallace Turnage to discuss common attributes in the stories of the enslaved who escaped to freedom.
Our Civil War series continues next month at noon on Wednesday, June 9. The rangers will discuss the controversial trial of convicted traitor Lambdin P. Milligan, which involved none other than the man who would be president, James A. Garfield. The talk will be hosted via Zoom. Registration is required, and you can sign up on our website.
Finally, if you’re interested in Civil War history, several talks in our series can be viewed online in their entirety, including:
Debbie Weinkamer, the lead volunteer from James A. Garfield National Historic Site, takes you on a virtual tour of what Mentor, Ohio, looked like back when the president’s family lived here.
The family had a profound affect on the community (and our library.) Their names still dot our streets, parks, and schools.
If you’re interested, we have an entire YouTube playlist dedicated to local history.
Additionally, the Garfield National Historic Site also leads the fantastic and fascinating Civil War lecture series. If you’re interested in Civil War history, several of those talks can be viewed online in their entirety, including:
Our resident historian Dr. John Foster discusses the French war in Indochina from 1945 to 1954 when the French government sought to reimpose colonial rule in Vietnam. However, they met fierce resistance from homegrown anticolonial forces calling themselves the Viet Minh. Foster examines the goals and choices of the many nations involved, including the United States.
This talk is the second program in a year-long lecture series on The Vietnam Wars. The first lecture in Foster’s series – which was on the long history of European colonialism in Vietnam – can be watched in its entirety online on our website.
The next talk in his series will be Thursday, July 8. It will discuss America’s involvement in Vietnam from 1956 to 1963.
In addition to being a reference librarian, Foster has a doctorate degree in history. He has taught history at both high school and college levels. Previously, he has led series on the Battles of World War II, the Cold War, the American Revolution and US Presidents of the 20th Century at the library.