Join master storyteller and historian Alan Bohme for a presentation that deals with women in the movies in the 1920s and early 1930s. The class will be from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Pequot Lakes High School.

The characters portrayed could be real women with their own feelings, thoughts, emotions, methods of expression, behaviors, styles of dress and the like. By 1934, this type of on-screen behavior was considered “dangerous” because it undermined the traditional roles of women and set bad moral examples for American youth.

Career success often depends on how well you express yourself. If you want to improve your performance in business meetings, presentations, job interviews, conversations, sales and problem-solving situations, attend a Toastmasters International Speechcraft workshop.

Workshops will be offered from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays April 16, 18, 23, 25, 30 and May 2 at the Pequot Lakes Library.

The importance of high quality learning activities for children during their early years, from birth through age 5, has been identified as leading to lifelong successes as an adult. How can that be?

Art Rolnick, former director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, found that high quality preschool education for disadvantaged children leads to lower special education costs, lower crime rates and higher education completion levels.

Alcohol Awareness Month was founded and sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) for the past 27 years. The theme this year is: “Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.”

Working Together Coalition is helping to support and promote this worthwhile event.

No substance of abuse is more widely used and abused by America’s youth than alcohol, making alcoholism and alcohol-related problems the No. 1 public health problem in the United States.