2016 August Newsletter Newsletter - Starke County Public Library

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Tuesday, August 2nd
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Join in for the hottest trend– Pokemon Go!
Meet at the library, bring your phones,
download your app, and join some library
staffers as you walk around the
neighborhood trying to find those valuable
Pokemon critters. Kids 12 years old and
younger must have an adult with them to
wander with us.
Danny Russel
Presents:
Abraham
Lincoln
Monday,
August 15th
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
All ages
welcome
Hilarity and heartbreak abound as Abraham Lincoln traces his
amazing journey from a log cabin to the White House. Learn
about his Indiana youth (age 7-21) where frontier life was precarious, disease a constant companion, and death a hovering presence. How did he overcome hardscrabble poverty, numerous
business failures and one undistinguished term in Congress? How
did he win court cases, political arguments, and the hearts and
minds of a nation? For Lincoln, “all men created equal” was a
clarion call – bringing him national recognition in debates with
Stephen Douglas as he decried the “peculiar institution” as a
moral and social evil, leading to his nomination for the presidency, inspiring the Emancipation Proclamation, justifying the
“people’s conflict” known as the Civil War, and resulting in the
13th Amendment which abolished slavery permanently.
Crochet
Monday, August 1st, 8th, 15th,
22nd and 29th
10:00 a.m.— 11:30 a.m.
5:00 p.m.— 6:30 p.m.
Taught by: Andrea Brown
Presented by:
Andrea Brown
Tuesday, August 2nd
Bring a dish fresh from your garden and at least 10
copies of your
favorite recipe to share.
Please sign up at the Circulation Desk
Cupcakes and Canvas
Presented by:
Andrea Brown
Tuesday, August 16th
Tuesday, August 23rd
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
$5 pre-pay
RSVP is required
at sign-up for materials.
All AGES WELCOME
Please remember to add your name
to The Cupcakes and Canvas
alternate list. People do cancel!!!
ALL AGES WELCOME
THE NEXT SCPL BOARD MEETING
IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 9TH @4:30 P.M.
SAN PIERRE BRANCH
AUGUST 2016
ALL PROGRAMS FREE UNLESS
OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
ADULT PROGRAMS
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Monday AM Quilters
Calico Girls
Quilting Club
Monday,
August 8th and 22nd
Monday,
9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Bring your projects, hand or machine
work, and join in the “quilting bee.”
Plenty of tables, plugs, and space.
Open to the public.
August 1st
6:30 p.m.
Come quilt with the Calico Girls.
Digital Devices
/ Overdrive
Amateur Radio Club
Walk-ins welcome
Thursday, August 18th
6:00 p.m.
Sign up at
the Circulation Desk.
Ever Green
Gardening Club
Tuesday, August 16th
12:30 p.m.
Basic Water Color Class
Let’s Walk
Every Tuesday in August!!!
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Meet in front of the Henry F. Schricker Branch
Presented by: Tabitha Dilner
Thursday, August 25th
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
$3 material fee (Pre-Pay)
RSVP @The Circulation Desk
FREE notary service now
available at Koontz Lake
Branch
ALL AGES WELCOME
AUGUST 2016
ADULT PROGRAMS
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AUGUST 2016
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
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Read s’more Books! Summer Reading Program
This year’s summer reading program was a big success! Read S’more Books! led to
camping and forest animals as the theme for the program. Not only did the library
help kids have fun this summer, but we also helped prevent the summer slide-when
kids lose valuable reading skills over the summer break.
The library offered programs at all four locations featuring events like outdoor
movies, storytelling, building solar ovens, story time, crafts, and of course, making
s’mores! Over 685 children, teens and adults attended these events in June and July.
Over 421 children and teens registered for the reading program with 250 completing
their required books or hours. There were 132 adults who registered for the reading
program, too, with 97 completing their required six books.
The library appreciates all the positive comments from library patrons, all the
readers. And all the people, businesses and organizations that helped to make our
program a success. We couldn’t do it with out you!
A Special Thank You to our Summer Reading Presenters
Jane Ellen Felchuk, Jana Hazelton, Mary Ann Turner, Gary Brown (Smokey Bear),
The Evergreen Gardening Club, Coleen Asher, and Purdue Extension.
A Special Thank You to Our Summer Reading Sponsors!
Jeremy & Alissa Somerville, Amanda, Don, Xander and Noah Hill, Teri Metsker, Pizza
Express, Fort Knox Paintball, Mikey’s Pizza Pit, Studio 35 Salon, Jain’s Zingo
Express, McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Cinemark Theatres of Valparaiso,
and Campfire Marshmallows.
Teen Bingo
Animanga Club
Monday, August 15th
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
For teens in middle and high school.
Wednesday, August 24th
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Come talk about anime, manga, and
the Japanese culture.
For teens middle and high school
AUGUST 2016
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
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AUGUST
Homeschool Session Open House
Monday, August 8th
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Stop by to meet other homeschooling families, bring unneeded resources and worksheets to trade, and share
ideas. Kids can make book covers and calendar pages for the school year. Be sure to fill out the home school
survey while at the library or on our website to help determine home school meeting times and programs.
Survey ends August 10th.
For all ages.
Tuesday Afterschool Special
Tuesday, August 23rd and 30th
4:00 p.m.
Wacky Games, cool crafts, fun stories, and other madcap
events will keep you busy in the library.
For children in grades 1-5
Preschool
Wednesdays
Wednesday, August 17th, 24th and 31st
10-11 a.m. and 1-2 p.m.
Join Miss Jenny for stories, songs, activities, and crafts.
For children 3-5 years old with caregiver
Toddler Time Thursdays
Thursday, August 18th and 25th
10-11 a.m. and 1-2 p.m.
Miss Mary T shares stories, finger plays, music, activities,
and crafts.
For children 2 years old and younger.
Card Club
Thursday, August 4th, 11th,
18th and 25th
3:00 p.m.
Relax with friends, practice your skills, or learn
a new game at Card Club, sponsored by the
library. All ages welcome to play Magic the
Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon card
games. If you don’t know how, the group will
teach you.
LEGO LEAGUE
Tuesday, August 30th
5:30 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.
Join our Lego Club and
build something awesome.
We have Legos, Duplos, and Big Blocks.
Be creative with 40 minutes
of free time. Show off your cool creation.
They will be on display in the library
until the next club meeting.
For all ages!!!
AUGUST 2016
San Pierre Branch
103 S. Broadway
San Pierre, IN 46374
(219) 828-4352
Monday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BRANCH PROGRAMS
Koontz Lake Branch
7954 North Hwy. 23
Walkerton, IN 46574
(574) 586-3353
Monday 9:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Hamlet Branch
P.O. Box 8
6 North Starke Street
Hamlet, IN 46532
(574) 867-6033
Monday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. - noon
Community Potluck
Recipe Exchange
“Anything Goes”
Presented By:
Andrea Brown
Friday, August 19th
11:00 a.m. –Noon
All Ages welcome
Crochet Class
San Pierre Branch
Koontz Lake Branch
Family Movie Night
Alvin and the chipmunks
The Road Chip
Monday, August 22nd
2:30p.m. —4:30 p.m.
Drop –In Craft
Saturday, August 13th
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Drop –In Craft
Saturday, August 13th
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Color Me Calm
Available upon request
Hamlet Branch
Presented By:
Andrea Brown
Fridays
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
All Ages Welcome