By John Maruskin

It’s an interesting week coming up at the Clark County Public Library.

At 5:30 p.m. Monday, celebrate the autumnal equinox learning to plant bulbs to blossom for 2020’s Vernal Equinox.

Extension Agent David Davis presents a fall bulbs workshop. Learn how to establish beautiful beds of tulip and daffodils and create lovely flowered lawns that will proliferate for years.

For more information or to register, call the Clark County Extension Office at 744-4682.

At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, the library’s discussion group Meeting of Minds talks about enacting a fairness ordinance like the one proposed by group member, Pete Koutoulas, in one of his recent Winchester Sun columns.

There are 13 Kentucky municipalities, including Lexington and Midway, that have adopted fairness ordinances protecting LGBTQ people from housing, public accommodation and workplace discrimination. Georgetown became the latest Kentucky town to adopt a fairness ordinance earlier this month.

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Winchester and the Fiscal Court of Clark County enacted an ordinance creating the Winchester-Clark County Commission on Human Rights in May 1980 to “promote equal opportunity for all persons” and to “encourage fair treatment for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or age.”

Tuesday’s Meeting of Minds discussion will center around, but not be limited to, the content of Pete’s article and the Winchester-Clark County fairness ordinance. If you would like copies of either of those documents, please email me at john.clarkbooks@gmail.com, or call 744-5661, ext. 110, and I will be glad to provide copies.

Meeting of Minds has no partisan agenda. It is a safe, open forum at which neighbors talk to each other about important events and topics. Everyone interested in the issue of fairness ordinances is invited to join the discussion.

At 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Jennifer Cramer, UK associate professor of linguistics, presents the Local History Potluck Dinner Program: “Speaking Our Piece: Language Variation in Kentucky.”

Kentucky is located at a particularly interesting crossroads of the U.S. linguistic landscape. Jennifer’s presentation introduces Kentucky’s specific situation by examining several linguistic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of language in diverse Commonwealth regions. She will explore regional differences and how linguistic impressions of Kentuckians change from place to place.

If you want to attend the potluck dinner, bring a dish and arrive at 6:15 p.m. If you prefer to hear only the program, arrive a few minutes before 7 p.m. Either way, please register to attend in person, by phone at 744-5661, or use the library’s Evanced online registration system at www.clarkbooks.org.

Other programs this week?

— At 11 a.m. Monday, All Over the Page Reading Group: “Tony’s Wife,” by Adriana Trigiani. During a mid-20th-Century Jersey Shore summer, two aspiring singers find their marriage tested when they must decide who will pursue career opportunities while the other stays at home to raise a family. Books are available at the circulation desk.

— At 2 p.m. Monday, chair yoga taught by Kathy Howard, a certified Yoga Alliance instructor. Cost is $5 per class.

— A 2 p.m. Wednesday, Kentucky Picture Show. A 2019 film about a dog who finds the meaning of his existence through the lives of humans he meets.

— At 7 p.m. Wednesday, find the meaning of your existence remembering answers to Jeff Gurnee’s trivia challenges at the Engine House.

— At 9:15 a.m. Thursday, gentle yoga taught by Kathy Howard, a certified Yoga Alliance instructor. Cost is $5 per class.

— At 10 a.m. Friday, Optimistic Wordsmiths at Write Local embrace double-negatives.

Have a beautiful, and cool, autumn.