Co-facilitator: Donna Sue Blankenship

Participants will read and discuss the memoir, "Rocket Boys" by Homer H. Hickham, Jr. The facilitator will share information about her experience growing up in a southern West Virginia coal camp. She will also bring stories of people who lived in her hometown, as well as relevant artifacts.

Required book: Rocket Boys by Homer Hickham, Jr. ISBN 9780385333214

Herbs are a healthy way to introduce new flavors into your diet, new fragrances into your home and add texture to your garden. This course will discuss growing, collecting and preserving techniques for all kinds of herbs and offer suggestions for using herbs in cooking. This is a University of Illinois class presented by a Kane County Master Gardener.

In the first 2 sessions on Zoom, the participants will be presented with the basics of how nuclear power works. They will be given a basic history of nuclear power plants and the various adaptations of nuclear power plants that have occurred over time. In the 3rd session in person, the participants will debate the advisablity of nuclear energy as a power source.

Note: Session one and two will be on Zoom. Session three will be at the Batavia Library.