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The Chilmark library is hosting a beginner s chess class this spring. Steve Buissinne
The Chilmark library hosts a beginner’s chess class for all ages online Tuesday, May 11, at 6 pm.
Chess instructor Glenn Davison, a member of the Massachusetts Chess Association and the U.S. Chess Federation, will lead this session. The class includes learning how to set up chess boards, using pawns, chess pieces and how they move to win, 10 tips for playing a better game, and how to win a game of chess in four moves. Davison presents the class with the “enthusiasm of a lifelong chess player who plays often,” according to a press release from the library.
The Becket Athenaeum is registering participants for free virtual workshops. Tarot: Using Your Intuition, Imagination, & Sense of Play will be offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, May 15 and 22, via Zoom.
Participants will need a 78-card tarot deck (not an oracle deck) and journal, sketchbook or notebook. Seasoned tarot practitioners and tarot newcomers are welcome. Preregistration is required at bit.ly/BA-tarot.
The Otis Library and Becket Athenaeum are co-sponsoring Spring Cleaning: Organizing Your Home with Glenn Davison at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, via Zoom.
This class includes a list of resources to help participants continue organizing after the class is done. Preregistration is required at bit.ly/BA-spring-cleaning.
For the past twenty years, chess instructor Glenn Davison has found great enjoyment in sharing his knowledge of chess with others. Although he does not live in Falmouth, he recently shared his passion for the game with Upper Cape residents via his online chess courses at the Falmouth Public and West Falmouth libraries.
When asked where his passion for chess began, Mr. Davison recalled fond memories of time spent with his father.
âMy father, who was also a chess teacher, taught me how to play at the age of sixâ, he said.
While a career with large corporations doing remote and in-person training kept him busy for many years, he wanted to dedicate some of his retirement doing the thing heâs loved for most of his life. To Mr. Davison, chess is not a profession but a lifeâs passion, brought on by his father. Continuing in his footsteps, Mr. Davison now shares his love of chess with the world.
Our immune system is the first line of defence against illness (Photo: Shutterstock)
Our immune system is the first line of defence against illness - everything from colds to Covid.
The coronavirus outbreak has pushed our immune system centre-stage and made us realise the importance of having healthy defences.
The core of the immune system is a vast army of white blood cells, otherwise known as immune cells, which fend off against viruses, fungi and parasites that make us ill.
There are two types of immune cells, the front line defenders that are all about speed and aggression and the specialists that come in to produce custom made attacks over a longer period.