By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
This summer, the Jamaica Library (316 Main St.) is offering a variety of learning and fun for all ages. The summer reading program is ongoing all summer long. See library staff for details, including fun prizes.
The Guthrie County ISU Extension office is sponsoring the following Thursday activities:
- Thursday, June 26 at 4 p.m., kids can participate in “Tricky Towers.”
- Thursday, July 10 at 4 p.m., “Kids’ pinball machine.”
- Thursday, July 24 at 4 p.m., “Kids’ Robotics/Coding” will be held.
At 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, Friends of the Jamaica Library is hosting “Fonziba Drums!” All ages are welcome to play one of Fonziba’s 30 hand-carved West African drums. An 18-minute video will show Fonziba apprenticing as a drummer in Africa. Examples of common African household items will be on display.
The Jamaica Library is open Mondays 10 a.m. to noon and 2-5 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2-5 p.m., Thursdays 1:30-7 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon.