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Rec Center Fitness Center and two racquetball courts are open! All other portions of the building remain closed until sometime in Sept.. Limited hours are Monday through Thursday 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to noon and Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Additional hours will be added when the rest of the building can open. 24/7 access will be available eventually as well. Everyone must check in at the Welcome desk. Bring your own water bottle. Civic Center is open for skating and open hockey. Check the website for dates/times. Community Concert series – German ...

Family Living Focus: Exercise Tips for Older Adults

Whether you are a casual exerciser or a competitive athlete, here are some eating and exercising strategies to help you. Is fiber important in an exerciser’s diet? Because fiber gives you a feeling of fullness but doesn’t contain a lot of calories, fiber-rich foods are a good choice for exercisers who want to lose weight. Eating enough fiber-rich foods to have regular bowel movements both enhances sports comfort and promotes good health. The foods richest in fiber include bran cereals and breads and other whole-grain foods. Fruits and veggies are second best. Should older ...

Antiques & Collecting: Bohemian tobacco jars

Many figural tobacco jars were made in the late 1800s and early 1900s, marked with just the letters “JM” or the letters and the printed word “Bohemia” or “Czechoslovakia.” The jars held loose pipe tobacco, but they were not humidors made to control humidity. The figural jars are about 18 to 20 inches high with small statues of children seated in chairs, a dog in a barrel, a man drinking beer, even Buster Brown or gnomes. Some of the jars are also marked with a city, the location of one of the many factories like Aussig, Bohemia. Most of the jars were made of terra cotta or ...

Off the Shelf: Found: Your next great book

Are you sometimes at a loss when looking for your next book to read? We can help! New Ulm Public Library has resources to keep you on top of the latest releases and also not so recent releases. A new addition to the library is BookPage. Bookpage is a great way to keep up with new book releases. They publish a wonderful guide filled to the brim every month. It contains book previews and reviews, author interviews, and feature articles about, you guessed it…books! We are very fortunate that the Friends of the New Ulm Public Library have donated the funds for a print subscription to ...

Antiques & Collecting: Fancy signs showed shops’ business

Large signs with flashing lights, clever electric signs with moving graphics and ads that identify a store by brand or content are important. But there were no electric signs before Edison invented the light bulb, so what did they use? The cigar store sign — a life-size, carved wooden Indian often holding tobacco leaves — is recognized even today. An oculist often hung a giant eyeglass frame near the front door. But what could serve as a trademark for a drug store or medical shop? Some 19th-century stores used a large glass jar in a special shape known as an apothecary jar. The jar ...

Off the Shelf: Ways to say farewell to a reading hiatus

In the ideal world, reading slumps don’t exist. You’ll have the perfect book, feel like relaxing with a new title, and don’t get bored with the books that are on your Libby app or the tables and bookshelves throughout your house. If you’re in the middle of a reading hiatus, here are several ways to get out of it: • Give yourself a break — Once in awhile you’ll go through a season where you might have to ride out your reading hiatus by watching a show or trying a new activity. That’s totally fine. • Reread a favorite — Reach into your book arsenal for a favorite ...