The annual City of Adel Holiday Open House is Friday December 6th and Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the library from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The Friends of the Library are sponsoring their visit and taking care of all the reindeer while Santa visits with kids, Ms. Elf will be doing face-painting, and Mrs. Claus does balloon art for kids of all ages.

December can be a stressful time and the Friends of the Library are here to help. Staff and Friends will be on hand to gift-wrap your Christmas presents for a free will donation while you look for something good to read. Gift wrapping is available during normal library hours from Monday, December 9th through Monday, December 23rd.

Your library is pleased to welcome Adel native James Hufferd to speak about his book “Troublesome Country” on Thursday, December 5th at 6:30 pm. This book “is a forceful statement of what is right about America — as well as a history of where we’ve gone off the track. With an array of fascinating, little-known details and stories from throughout our history, the author shows how each failure comes from betraying our own ideals, and calls for us to finally live up to them.”

Julie Stewart Ziesman from AMOS (A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy, a 28 area church coalition) will be presenting a brief overview of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, December 4th at 2:00 pm. The power-point presentation provides information concerning how the ACA may affect anyone wanting to purchase health insurance on Iowa’s Marketplace on the exchange.  The 30 minute presentation focuses on the part of the Marketplace that services individuals and families and questions are welcomed.