CCR News October 2025 | Page 8

Book Nook & News

By Rhonda Wetherington

The library is always a good place to find romance, mysteries, histories, biographies and more. Cool nights and cloudy days are perfect to get into your snug chair to read a good book. This month the library is ordering The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros in the romance department. A heartbreaking letter from a fallen soldier begs his best friend to care for his sister and her twins, revealing a devastating family secret. Reviewed as a haunting, heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational love story, this book is a roller coaster of emotion. We are also ordering None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell in large print. This psychological thriller follows a woman who becomes the subject of her own popular podcast.

Our book club will be meeting on October 14 at 7 pm in the boardroom to discuss The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. A murder mystery set in the 1700’ s is investigated by the midwife, as she seeks to protect her own family and friends. This historical murder mystery is inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. We’ d love to have you come join us!

Thank You!

The Conservation Committee would like to extend a huge thank you to member Steve Ball for the donation of wheat seed!

CCR Ladies Auxiliary

All female members of Canada Creek Ranch are members of the Ladies Auxiliary and encouraged to attend the meetings on the first Wednesday of the month and make new friends. I hope you can attend our next meeting on October 1, 2025, at 10:30 am.

Members of the Ladies Auxiliary run the gift shop and the library. Please check out the gift shop to see our merchandise.

The Harvest Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, at 5:30 pm. This will be an Italian Feast including, meatballs and Italian sausage mostaccoli with marinara, chicken piccata, mushroom ravioli, noodles, veggies, and salad, garlic bread, and breadsticks. The dessert will be tiramisu, zuppa inglese and fruit. Tickets are $ 30 and are available at the Ranch House or from Marilyn Clarke, Janet Edwards, or Carolyn Marshall.

We also have an ongoing food drive to benefit The Caring Place in Atlanta. There is a bin in the vestibule of the Ranch House where the food can be placed. If you are closing your cabin for the season and have a large quantity of food to donate, please contact Julie McEwan at 989- 785-5290 and she will pick it up from your residence.

We are starting our 4 th Annual“ Holiday Help with Hygiene” Campaign. We will be collecting hygiene items for the Just in Case project, Atlanta; The Caring Place, Atlanta; New Beginnings, Hillman; Courtesy Club, Onaway; Department of Health and human Services, Montmorency County. Please place new hygiene items in the bin in the vestibule of the Ranch House. We have heard from the Just in Case project( they donate items to school students in Montmorency County), and they have a desperate need for deodorant, shampoo, and hygiene items for girls.

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