Roseau County Historical Society's 99th Annual Meeting

The Roseau County Historical Society’s Annual Meeting on April 27 from 5 to 8:00 p.m. at the Roseau City Center. The evening will include a presentation by storyteller and historian Bill Vossler, titled "Why Stories Matter," that will pry open the world of stories to reveal the wonders within. In the program, Vossler explores why storytelling has always been important to people, beginning with the earliest stories found on ancient cave walls and moving through the different forms stories can take.

The evening will open with a meal, followed by a brief business meeting and presentation. $20 suggested donation for an adult meal at the door. Everyone welcome.

Bill has written full-time for 43 years, publishing at least 4,000 stories — mostly non-fiction. Many are his own, but also include features he wrote, telling other people’s stories for magazine articles in Saturday Evening Post, Farm Collector, Toy Farmer, Woman’s World, Hemispheres, and 231 other magazines. He has written 19 books, including his memoirs about growing up, Days of Wonder, and his latest one, A Different Drummer, and Nature’s Way, true nature stories.

The presenter is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.