By Karen Kelly | Special to the Times Vedette
The Summer Reading Program (SRP), Level Up at the Library, is buzzing with excitement. Forty-six enthusiastic children have signed up, joined by many other youth participating in our thrilling activities.
Registered participants are reminded to continue tracking their reading minutes and completing their progress sheets. When the sheet is full, return it to the library to be included in the final prize drawings. Also, youth who are registered get an extra chance in the drawing for each library activity they attend during SRP month.
This coming week, the always popular DNR Conservationist Anne Riordan will be here to present a program entitled Animal Olympics. The program will be on Thursday, June 19, at 2 p.m. in the youth area of the library.
On Friday, June 20, the weekly preschool story hour will take place at 10 a.m. Stories and the craft will have the theme “messes.”
This month’s creation corner will be SRP Creation Stations on Monday, June 23, at 4 p.m. We have some exciting crafts planned for participants including Perler Bead Crafts, Make your Own Puzzle, and Jellyfish Salt Painting. Be sure to register online.
Even with all the youth programs, adult programs are going on as usual. Card-making class will be on Thursday, June 19, from 9-11 a.m. A $5 fee for each participant covers the cost of all materials and supplies needed to create lovely, hand-made greeting cards.
The Cookbook Club also meets on Thursday, July 19, at 6:30 p.m. Participants are reminded to stop by the MJB Library to choose a recipe from this month’s featured cookbook, “Magnolia Bakery Handbook: Volume 2, Icebox Desserts.” Bring the dessert of your choice to share when you come to the meeting.
Cribbage is each Monday morning from 9-11 a.m. in the Taylor Meeting Room. Bridge Club is each Wednesday morning from 9-11 a.m. Both groups welcome card players of all skill levels.
The evening book club will meet on Tuesday, June 24, at 5 p.m. The group will be discussing “What Alice Forgot” by Liane Moriarty. The afternoon group will meet on July 8 at 3 p.m. to discuss “Long Island” by Colm Toibin. We have extra copies of both of these books available to check out.
Guthrie County / ISU Extension held a STEM workshop last week. One activity required participants to keep a balloon aloft without the use of their hands. Chase and Cami stopped by to enjoy the Iowa PBS STEAM trailer activities last week. How do you eat a cookie with no hands? This STEM workshop participant is figuring that out. Hadley competes in the Extension STEM workshop dance-off. Rolling a potato with your nose might seem like a punishment, but it was an activity for the Extension Office workshop. Story hour craft of creating flowers with dot markers was fun for all ages. Story hour crafts are always popular.
