Search This Blog

Followers

Friday, July 2, 2021

Greater Niles (MI) Senior Center -- July 2021 announcement

 The Center (1109 Bell Road, Niles, MI 49120) will be closed Monday

July 5, 2021 in observance of Independence Day.  Tai Chi returns on Wed.

July 14 at 2 p.m. (weekly) but No Blood Pressure Check (for all the Tuesdays

during July 2021)  by SMCAS EMT volunteer/s.

Niles Apple Festival Grounds -- n. of R. Lardner Middle School (17th St.) -- Fireworks July 2 at Dusk

Independence Day tradition (this year on Friday before)

July 2, 2021 at Apple Festival grounds at Dark

Niles, Michigan 49120 

Looking at the Economy through a Human-Rights Lens - July 29, 2021

 details at cartercenter.org/ July 2021

Looking at the Economy through a Human Rights Lens

Hosted by the Carter Center's Human Rights Program
July 29, 2021 at 1 p.m. EDT

What is the economy for? What if we use the human rights framework of economic, social, civil, and political rights to assess the economy? This Roundtable will discuss growing economic disparity around the world and suggest a way to assess economic policy in relation to the established and agreed-upon human rights framework with Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership; Professor, Rutgers University; President of the International Association for Feminist Economics. RSVP details to come.

Red Bud MX Track - Buchanan, MI - July 3, 2021

 Nationally reowned Red Bull Track, south of Buchanan, MI will host Lucas Oil

Pro Motocross: Saturday July 3 and Sunday July 4, 2021

It features amateur racing on Friday and Saturday before the opening ceremonies

Saturday 12:30 p.m. Eastern -- TV coverage on "Peacock" and tape delayed on NBC-SN

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Empty Bowls Fundraiser - July 3, 2021

 EMPTY BOWLS Pottery Sale

Help fight hunger

Featuring locally made pottery

All Proceeds benefit Buchanan

Red Bud Ministries Food Pantry

Saturday July 3, 2021

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Buchanan Art Center, 117 W. Front St.,

Buchanan, MI 49107

https://buchananartcenter.com/community/

Writing Contest -- for Kids, Teens, and Adults -- July 1 - 31: NILES, Michigan District Library

more details at NilesLibrary dot-com

2021 NDL Writing Contest

Thursday July 1

The 2021 Writing Contest is here and it’s better than ever! 
Submit your writings any time from July 1st – July 31st  to youthservices@nileslibrary.net or to any Adult or Youth Services Team Member during regular library hours. We have six unique categories, but we have a limit of only one entry per person. Winners will be announced Monday, August 16 on our website. Prizes awarded!

Categories: pick one category,  you are allowed one entry per person. 

  • Youth (Ages 0 – 12, up to 5,000 words)

  • Teen (Ages 13 – 17, up to 5,000 words)

  • Poetry/Songwriting (original works, music not required) 

  • Picture Book (original text and illustrations, up to 20 pages)

  • Adults (Ages 18+, 1,000 – 5,000 words) Includes: Screenplay

  • Mini Literature (All ages, less than 1,000 words. Includes: short stories, and essays)

 

July -- History and Celebrations (nations of Canada, U.S., and France)

 from Old Farmer's Almanac (July 1, 2021)

July Calendar

  • July 1 is Canada Day, a Canadian federal holiday that celebrates the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. 
  • July 4 is Independence Day (U.S.). On the fourth of July, we celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Don’t forget to raise the flag! (See American Flag Rules.) See our full Independence Day page and enjoy trivia—plus, refresh your memory on the real meaning of this day.
  • July 14 is Bastille Day, which commemorates the storming of the Bastille and the start of the French Revolution.