Library and Pancakes

Round Lake Library Director Jennifer Hurd was our speaker on Thursday. She talked about the ongoing renovations of the Clark House in the village, where the library was started in 1897, and the 10-year anniversary of its second branch at the David Meager Malta Community Center. Use of the library has gone up steeply during that decade, and continues to increase, she said -- also expressing appreciation for a Rotary-sponsored early-reading program there.

In other business, we have a pancake breakfast coming up this Sunday, Oct. 20, at the new Round Lake Fire House. Come one, come all, for eggs, sausages, coffee, orange juice and pancakes, from 8 to 11:30 am. It's $7 for adults, $3 for kids aged 6-12, free for those 5 and under. Tours of the fire house will be available.

Backpacks and Food Security

Several Malta Rotarians helped serve on Saturday, and more bought meals, at an event in Brookside Museum put on by the Ballston Spa Rotary Club to raise funds for the Scotties BackPack Program in the Ballston Spa School District. That's the district where most Malta residents attend school.

But the only public school actually located in our town is Chango Elementary in the Shenendehowa district. Shen has a similar Bountiful Backpacks program, and our club (usually Bob Conner) makes a weekly pickup of food from the district's main campus in Clifton Park, delivering it to Chango.