Lt. Col. William Smith will teach you how to "Detox Your Mind" through meditation.
Detox Your Mind through Meditation
Many people participate in programs that cleanse the body and eliminate toxins that have accumulated over one’s life. They seek wellness as detoxing has become mainstream. Many of us tend to our physical well being but there is a very important aspect of ourselves that we ignore which is the health of our mind. We need to detoxify our minds. This world we live in is a stressful place and there are many factors that can have a negative impact on our daily lives. By befriending our mind we can wipe the slate clean and detoxify our negative thought patterns and calm the body. Join William Smith, Retired Amy Lt. Colonel and long time meditator and learn how to implement a simple yet very powerful meditation technique that can be life changing. There will be a chance to try this out.
Brief Bio William Smith
William Smith, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel engineer, has a master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems from the University of South Carolina. As an Army officer, he pioneered this new technology within the Department of Defense. William is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and has held many leadership positions during his successful 20-year military career. William has always been passionate about meditation which he has incorporated in his life for over 50 years. Since retiring he has spent a lot of time volunteering as a summer camp director for 22 years; teaching children how to meditate and inspiring them to incorporate ethical living into one’s life. He has taught numerous classes on this important topic to a variety of audiences. William enjoys traveling and giving talks on meditation in the US and internationally.
In 1897, local public servant and storekeeper George Harsh willed $10,000 for “public library purposes.” The funds purchased nearly 10,000 volumes for Massillon’s first public library. Also in 1897, J.W. McClymonds announced his gift of an endowment of $20,000 for a library. The Russell sisters, Flora and Annie, who married the McClymonds brothers, donated the Nahum S. Russell home, located on Prospect Street (now Fourth Street NE), in memory of their parents. The McClymonds Public Library opened on January 1, 1899, and was funded by private subscriptions and an annual disbursement of city funds. In 1922, the McClymonds Public Library became the Massillon City School District Library and was now funded by tax revenue.
In 1930, Annie Steese Baldwin willed her home “as the site for a new public library.” Built around 1835, the brick home overlooking downtown Massillon from Hill Street (now Second Street NE) was first the residence of the city’s founder, James Duncan.
The current Massillon Public Library (Main Location), located at the corner of Lincoln Way East and Second Street NE, opened in 1937. Designed by Albrecht & Wilhelm and funded in part by a Works Progress Administration grant, the Duncan/Baldwin home was connected by a Jeffersonian portico and rotunda to a west wing Reading Room and Children’s Room. The Massillon Museum was also housed at this location until 1996 when it moved to its present location at 121 Lincoln Way East.
