At 6:30 p.m. Monday, Kentucky author Steve Flairty will present a program entitled “Kentucky’s Everyday Heroes: The Clark County Connection.”

Over the past decade, Flairty published five volumes of stories about Kentucky’s everyday heroes, people who have made significant contributions at home or abroad.

Monday, Flairty will talk about eight Clark County residents he profiled in his books, including Dale Hatton and Don Rose.

The latest volume was released last summer. He is a senior correspondent for Kentucky Monthly, a weekly KyForward and NKyTribune columnist, and formerly a member of the Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau. He resides with his wife Suzanne in Versailles.

His program is free and open to the public. Please register to attend by calling the Clark County Public Library at 859-744-5661 or use the Evanced online registration system at www.clarkbooks.org.

The library’s annual Holiday Season Food for Fines Drive started Friday. This year, the library is collecting canned meats for the Homeless Coalition.

They are looking for any of the regularly sold canned meats:  Vienna sausage, tuna, chicken, pork, salmon, Spam and Beenie Weenies. The cans cannot be expired, must be in good condition and labeled.

The library can’t accept cans of meat that are sold as jokes, like rattlesnake, possum, alligator, kangaroo, etc.

One can of meat deducts $2 from a fine. The program will continue until Dec. 30.

You can also donate canned meats if you don’t have a fine. Thank you for supporting the Homeless Coalition.

On Tuesday, Meeting of Minds will talk about recent community discussions concerning race and gender equality.

These discussion include Better Together’s Community Forum, Reverend Palmer’s Diversity Training sessions, and Marjorie Guyon’s “Of Thee I Sing” exhibit unveiled at the First Baptist Church on Highland Avenue in October.

Meeting of Minds will focus on how those and similar events have strengthened race relations and increased awareness of gender diversity in Winchester and Clark County. The discussion will also focus on ways to move forward.

Everyone is invited to attend. If you have questions about the meeting, call me 744-5661 extension 110 or email me at john.clarkbooks@gmail.com.

November’s Reference Department exhibit features pictures of Clark County Public Library pets.

CCPL’s librarians love their cats and dogs, so this month our furry pals have the spotlight. Come in and see some great pictures of truly wonderful beings. CCPL’s everyday heroes say woof and meow.

Other programs next week?

—At 2 p.m. Monday, Chair Yoga. Taught by Kathy Howard, a certified Yoga Alliance instructor. Each class is $5.

— At 2 p.m. Wednesday, Kentucky Picture Show presents a 1960 Elvis movie. When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the “flaming star of death” pulls him into deadly violence. Rated PG.

—At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Trivia at the Engine House Pizza Pub. Reference librarian Jeff Gurnee baffles your brain.

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

—At noon Thursday, Book Lunch. Book Lunchers discuss Jane Austen’s first novel, “Northhanger Abbey,” a delightful story about a young woman who has read too many gothic novels. Books available at the circulation desk.

—At 10 a.m. Friday, Write Local. Where fiction and poetry are reality.

Make a good week splendid by visiting the library.

John Maruskin is director of adult services at the Clark County Public Library. He can be reached at john.clarkbooks@gmail.com.