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West Allis, WI
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🔆 We're officially in the "dog days of summer," the time between July 3 and August 11 when the sun occupies the same region of the sky as Sirius, aka the "dog star." 🌟
Make the most of the season by exploring our collection of summer poems: bit.ly/3tDKQTT
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The house was quiet and the world was calm.
The reader became the book; and summer night
Was like the conscious being of the book.
—Wallace Stevens
poets.org/poem/house-was-qui…
West Allis Public Library retweeted
A Day Is Vast
A day is vast.
Until noon.
Then it’s over.
Yesterday’s pondwater
braided still wet in my hair.
I don’t know what time is.
You can’t ever find it.
But you can lose it.
Jane Hirshfield
West Allis Public Library retweeted
Today marks the summer solstice, which occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the sun.
Celebrate with a poem! #SummerSolstice
bit.ly/3oI8HnW
ALT Text from the poem The Days Towards Summer Solstice" by Samuel French Morse
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Strike every chord and let music be ringing!
Celebrate freely this day of all days.
—Paul Laurence Dunbar
poets.org/poem/emancipation-…
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Today is the birthday of Anne Frank (1929), and it is also the anniversary of the day (1942) that she was given her famous diary. Kept while she and her family were being hidden from the Nazis, the diary was published in 1947. Have you read it? librarything.com/author/fran…
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NOW HIRING: Housing Navigator - Pay range of $23.98-$27.41/hr + great benefits. West Allis residents receive an additional 5%. This person will help create lasting housing solutions for at-risk individuals, children, and families in the community. Apply: governmentjobs.com/careers/w…
ALT An illustration of a home. Copy reads "Now Hiring - Housing Navigator. WestAllisWI.gov/careers"
West Allis Public Library retweeted
Here is a guide to the books that received a Pulitzer Prize or were named as a finalist. nyti.ms/3M6WIt6
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Join us at the Open House on April 26 from 4-6pm at @WAllisLibrary to learn about our Comprehensive Plan, share your ideas, and chat with City staff about the best features of the City and what could use improvement. Can't make it? Fill out the form here: surveymonkey.com/r/WestAllis…
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Happy Earth Day! Help keep our City clean by volunteering at the WAPD Spring Community Clean Up coming up on May 20! Join us from 9-11:30am at the West Allis Police Satellite Station (69th & National Ave). Light breakfast will be provided.
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This year, we will be engaging with residents and businesses in West Allis to update our Comprehensive Plan, our collective vision for the future created by and for our community. Share your ideas and make your voice heard! Take the survey:
English: surveymonkey.com/r/WestAllis…
ALT A graphic that shows a collage of photos of West Allis things like bikes, the Bread Pedalers mural, shoppers at the farmers market, a park and attendees at the Summer Concert Series. Copy on the collage reads: We Want To Hear From You
West Allis Public Library retweeted
The dandelion stares
In the yellow sunlight.
How very still it is!
When it is old and grey,
I blow its white hair away,
And leave it with a bald head.
—Lula Lowe Weeden
poets.org/poem/little-dandel…
#NationalPoetryMonth
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Don't forget! Tomorrow is Election Day!
✅ Polls open til 8pm
✅ Register to vote at your polling place
✅ Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/
✅ Bring photo ID
✅ Absentee ballots must be received by 8pm on 4/4 at City Hall in order to be counted.
ALT An illustration of the Clerk's door with a ballot in the slot. Copy reads "Drop off your absentee ballot"
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Happy #NationalPoetryMonth from the Academy of American Poets and Poets.org ! Since National Poetry Month was initiated in 1996, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world.
Join us in celebrating: poets.org/national-poetry-mo…
West Allis Public Library retweeted
It's that time again - time to spring the clocks ahead on Sunday, March 12 at 2 a.m., but don't just change your clocks! It's a great time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon dioxide detectors and checking your fire extinguishers too.
West Allis Public Library retweeted
Daylight Saving Time begins tonight at 2:00 AM! Tune your clocks to “spring forward” by one hour before going to bed. 🕑➡️🕒
This is also a good time to:
🔋 Check batteries in smoke/carbon monoxide detectors & weather radios
👪 Review severe weather safety plans with your family
ALT Headline: Spring Forward Tonight! Sub-Headline: Daylight Saving Time Begins at 2:00 AM, March 12th (Tonight). Remember to set clocks forward one hour. Check batteries in: Smoke detectors. Carbon monoxide detectors. NOAA weather radios. Take a moment to review your severe weather safety plans with your family. Graphic Created: Saturday, March 11, 2023 8:58 AM CST
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Several Black-owned newspapers are represented in the Library's huge collection, from The North Star, founded by Frederick Douglass in 1847, to the @afronews, which celebrated @BarackObama's inauguration in 2009 with a commemorative magazine & trading cards! #BlackHistoryMonth
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Read your way into the best essay collections: bookriot.com/best-essay-coll…
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Voting in Tuesday's Spring Primary? We've written up a few reminders to make sure you're prepared to head to the polls. elections.wi.gov/news/electi…
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Voters with disabilities have options.
If you need help returning an absentee ballot, you can select a person to mail or deliver the ballot to the clerk’s office, other designated site, polling place, or central count location. You just can't select your employer or union.