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Thursday, October 16th

Way Public Library
Perrysburg

Liquid Assets: The Story of Water Infrastructure

10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, October 21st

Otterbein Portage Valley Campus Center Auditorium
Pemberville

American Masters: The Warner Bros. Story

12:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 23rd

Birchard Public Library
Fremont

Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America

11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, October 29th

Lima Public Library
Lima

Days Of The One Room Schoolhouse

11:00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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Join us for a lunch discussion of Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure, at the Way Public Library, in Perrysburg on Thursday, October 16th.

This program will be shown at the library on Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 a.m., prior to the discussion at 12:00 p.m.

It is out of sight and out of mind, but America’s aging water system is in dire need of an overhaul. This 90-minute documentary explores major drinking water, sewage, and storm water infrastructure issues facing communities across the nation. These complex and aging systems—some in the ground for more than 150 years—are critical components for basic sanitation, health, public safety, economic development, and a host of other necessities of life.

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Bring a lunch and join us at the Otterbein Portage Valley Campus Center Auditorium, in Pemberville, on Tuesday, October 21st at 1:30pm, for a discussion about American Masters: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

This program airs in a 3-part series, with the conclusion being shown at the auditorium beginning at 12:30pm on Tuesday, October 21st, prior to the discussion at 1:30pm.

The five-hour film is a Lorac production in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment and premieres nationally, September 23, 24 and 25 at 9pm. Award-winning filmmaker and film critic Richard Schickel is the director, writer and producer. Clint Eastwood is the executive producer and narrator.

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Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America
 
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Days Of The One Room Schoolhouse
 
 

Bring a lunch and join us at the Birchard Public Library, in Fremont, on Thursday, October 23rd at 12:00pm, for a discussion about Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America

This program airs Sunday, October 5th at 1:00pm and will be shown at the library beginning at 11:00 am on Thursday, October 23rd, prior to the discussion at 12:00pm.

Filmmaker Jeff Barrie outlines an ambitious plan for shifting America’s energy paradigm towards conservation and renewable power. On an 18-month journey across the southeast United States, Barrie chronicles the underreported side effects resulting from America’s voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity, where more than six tons of coal are burned to generate electricity for the average home annually.

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Bring a lunch and join us at the Lima Public Library, in Lima, on Wednesday, October 29th at 12:00pm, for a discussion about Days Of The One Room Schoolhouse.

This program premieres Wednesday, October 15th at 8:00pm and will be shown at the library beginning at 11:00am on Wednesday, October 9th, prior to the discussion at 12:00pm.

Producer/Director Tom Zapiecki will be in attendance for the discussion of WBGU-PBS’s newest documentary, which outlines the history of the first one-room schoolhouses built in this region, how they developed over the years and what a typical school day was like through interviews with those who remember those by-gone days.

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