Brown Bag Lunch Speakers Series
Anthropologist Gail Benjamin to Speak at St. Michaels Library
On Monday, March 1st, at noon, in the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library, Gail Benjamin, an anthropologist who has done research in Japan on sociolinguistics and education will speak about “Lessons at Lunch”, a study of the cultural messages conveyed by the lunchtime rituals in Japanese kindergartens and elementary schools. She has taught in Japan, Israel and the United States. Her book, Japanese Lessons (NYU Press, 1997) is based in part on her observations as a mother of elementary school students in Japan as well as her own children’s experiences in a Japanese school. Patrons are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy coffee and sweets provided by the library. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program. For more information, call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org
Talbot Humane Launches “Bedtime With Benji” Foster Program
Talbot Humane is launching a new program to maximize the quality of life for the adoption center’s pets. The “Bedtime With Benji” program will allow the center’s animals to spend time in foster homes, while still being available to meet potential adoptive families.
Shelter Coordinator Patty Quimby created the program. Dogs will spend nights and Sundays with foster families. Monday through Saturday, while the family is at school, work or running errands, the dog will stay at Talbot Humane.
Quimby explained that the program provides opportunities to work on the dogs’ “home living skills.”
“All too often,” she said, “dogs entering Talbot Humane have received less than adequate care and attention. By residing in a family setting, our ‘Benji Fosters’ will be working on house training, crate training, leash walking and basic obedience.” Quimby noted that a housetrained dog that has been taught to stay off furniture and not bolt out the door is much more likely to remain with its new family when adopted.
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