Owosso library's 'Gnom-vember!' is the county's only weekend event
A Saturday morning craft session at the Children's Library and a Friday afternoon tailgate party at the SCOA Owosso Center are the only community events on the county's verified calendar for Nov. 5-8.
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If you are looking for something to do in the county this weekend, the verified community calendar for Nov. 1-8 lists exactly one Saturday item: "Gnom-vember!", a 10 a.m. session at the Children's Library at Owosso Public Library.
The day before, the SCOA Owosso Center holds a Tailgate Party at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The calendar does not say whether people who are not members of the senior center can come.
The rest of the back half of the week belongs to the Children's Library. The 3-D Pumpkin Garland craft has run at 9 a.m. every weekday this week, including Thursday morning, and Friday's 9 a.m. session is the last one listed. Storytime with Miss Natalie follows at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Neither listing says whether a parent needs to sign a child up in advance — the same gap The Current flagged in late October for both the Owosso and Durand library programs. The libraries still owe readers an answer.
What is not on the calendar
Nothing is listed for Sunday, Nov. 8. The dossier shows no fundraisers, no church or club dates and no business openings for Nov. 5-8, and no school games on any of those four nights — a sharp drop from the 25-game weeks the calendar carried in September. The week's only posted public meeting was Monday's Owosso City Council, which The Current covered separately.
This is the second quiet week in a row. The Current reported on Oct. 25 that the Oct. 26-Nov. 1 calendar was nearly empty of public business, with Halloween parties, a week of pumpkin crafts and three volleyball matches filling the days instead.
What happens next
Friday brings the 9 a.m. pumpkin garland craft and 10:30 a.m. storytime at the Children's Library in Owosso, then the 3:30 p.m. Tailgate Party at the SCOA Owosso Center. Saturday brings Gnom-vember! at 10 a.m. at the Children's Library. If your church, club or business has something on and it is not here, send it to [email protected] and we will carry it in the next week-ahead. Scores from county games appear at /scoreboard/.
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