2010 Summer Events Schedule

Week 1: Summer Reading KICK-OFF!!

Thursday, June 10^th: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center will be visiting us @6pm with a few animal friends! Come for free snacks and educational program about PA wildlife! All ages welcome!

Week 2

Tuesday, June 15^th: Story Hour, 11am-12pm, Ages 3&4yrs

Wednesday, June 16^th: Dance Workshop with Miss Alice, 11am-12pm Ages 5-7yrs

Wednesday Eve, June 16^th: Concert at the Mifflintown Park@7pm: Coffee House

Thursday, June 17^th: Dance Workshop with Miss Alice, 2pm-3pm, Ages 8-12yrs

Week 3: Water Games!

Tuesday, June 22^nd: Story Hour, 11am-12pm, Ages 3&4yrs

Wednesday, June 23^rd: 11am-12pm, Ages 5-7yrs

Thursday, June 24^th: 1-2pm, Ages 8-12yrs

Thursday Eve, June 24^th 6-7pm, Ages 3-12yrs

Week 4: Paint with your Feet!

Tuesday, June 29^th: Story Hour, Wear your messy clothes!11am-12pm, Ages 3&4yrs

Wednesday, June 30^th: Wear your messy clothes!11am-12pm, Ages 5-12yrs

Week 5: Stories in the Park with Rosie!

Thursday, July 8^th: East Waterford Park, 10-11am, All Ages (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Maybe a Bear Ate It)

Week 6: Stories in the Park with Rosie!...And More!

Tuesday, July 13^th: McAlisterville Park, 10-11am, All Ages (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Maybe a Bear Ate It)

Wednesday, July 14^th: Thompsontown Park, 10-11am, All Ages (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Maybe a Bear Ate It)

Thursday, July 15^th: Mini-fieldtrip to Village Acres Farm in Mifflintown, 1-2pm, All Ages *SIGN-UP REQUIRED!

Thursday Eve, July 15^th: Make Your Own Duct-tape Wallets with Miss Rachel Cermac, 6pm, Ages 7 and up

Friday, July 16th: Mifflintown Park, 10-11am, All Ages (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Maybe a Bear Ate It)

Week 7: Bubbles

Tuesday, July 20^th: Story Hour, 11am-12pm, Ages 3&4yrs

Wednesday, July 21^st: Story Theatre: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash (w/Rosie!), 11am-12pm, All ages!

Wednesday Eve, July 21^st: Concert at the Mifflintown Park@7pm

Thursday Eve, July 22^nd: Pottery Workshop w/Todd and Melissa Tabb, 6pm, Ages 5&up

Week 8: Field Trip!

Wednesday, July 28^th: Free Field Trip to Greenwood Furnace! We will be leaving the library via bus at 9am and return by 4pm. There will be swimming in the lake, a lunch picnic, and a lesson on blacksmithing! You may bring a food item to share for lunch, if you’d like. Sign-up@ the library by July 21^st. All ages welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Week 9: Squish Squash, Freshwater and Wetlands

Tuesday, August 3^rd: Story Hour,11am-12pm, Ages 3&4yrs

Wednesday, August 4^th: Nature Walks w/ Ken Woglemuth, 11am-12pm is 5-7yrs, 1-2pm is 8-12yrs *SIGN-UP REQUIRED, SPACE LIMITED!
Thursday, August 5^th: Come learn about monarch butterflies! 1-2pm, Ages 3-12

Thursday Eve, August 5^th: Explosive Science Experiments w/ Dr. Kirk Gilbert from PSU Extension, 6-7pm, Ages 5&up

Week 10: High Seas Adventures

Tuesday, August 10^th: Story Hour, 11am-12pm, Ages 3&4yrs

Wednesday, August 11^th: 11am-12pm, Ages 5-7yrs

Thursday, August 12^th: 1-2pm, Ages 8-12yrs

Thursday Eve, August 12^th: 6-7pm, Ages 3-12yrs

Week 11: Summer Reading FINAL PROGRAM PARTY!!

Wednesday, August 18^th:11am-2pm, all ages are invited to bring their families and a covered dish or snack. We’ll be having games, pizza, a puppet show with Adam Swartz, and drawing our raffle winners!

Wednesday Eve, August 18^th: Concert at the Mifflintown Park@7pm

All of the programs will be held at the library (unless indicated otherwise) and are free of charge. Occasionally we have a special event or workshop where a special sign-up is necessary to know how many supplies are needed.

A special thanks go to the Mifflin/Juniata United Way, Juniata Cultural Arts Committee, Evenstart Family Literacy, Mifflintown Borough, Kiwanis Club, Friends of the Library, The Central Juniata Park Pool, and many more local businesses and volunteers for supporting the summer activities of the Juniata County Library.

If you would like to help the library, we are always in need of food, art supplies, and volunteers. Ask for details about how you could help. Don’t forget to check out our Infant/Toddler Read-to-Me Summer Program (ages birth-3) and our Young Adult Reading Program (ages 12-19). If you have any questions about our summer events and programs, please contact us at (717) 436-6378, tessagross@juniatalibrary.org, orwww.juniatalibrary.org

The Three Little Javelinas!

We had our first Spanish Story Hour this past Saturday! I loved every second of it, mostly because I wasn't really sure what everyone was saying to each other. I had fun though trying to figure it out, and I think I added some new Spanish words to my vocabulary. A big thanks goes out to Maria Lopez who read the story "The Three Little Javelinas" in Spanish and to Maggie Hipple who came to help translate. We also had pizza and snacks, and made javelina noses and ears. We're going to try to keep having Spanish Story Hour every month, taking turns on who reads the story. Our next Spanish Story Hour is scheduled for May 29th at 2pm. Tell your friends!

Holiday Party!

It's Christmas time at the library! We will be having a Holiday Party for kids of all ages on Thursday, December 17th @6pm. There will be snacks/refreshments, arts and crafts, and a special Christmas story! Please come and bring your friends. Also, come and check out our tree donated by McClure's Evergreens in Port Royal. Thanks!

Library Benefit Auction!!!

The Friends of the Juniata County Library will be having a Chinese Auction October 3rd.

Mifflintown Fire Hall from 6 to 9 pm

The Chinese auction will include many baskets that have been prepared and

donated by local businesses and individuals.

Examples of some baskets are:

Penn State items including tickets and a parking pass for the homecoming game,

handmade papers, teas and coffees, baby supplies, woodcrafts, foods, and hand-painted crafts.

In a Chinese auction, bidders buy tickets 7 tickets for $5 and bid on a basket by placing tickets

in a tub beside a basket they would like to win.

At 8:45 pm a winning ticket will be pulled from each tub.

The odds of winning increase with the number of tickets that a bidder places in a particular tub.

When not examining the baskets and bidding, there will be other things to do.

Displays of goods and services set up by businesses and agencies can be visited.

Two notable agencies are the American Red Cross and the Lewistown Hospital.

Used books as well as Wayne Taylor’s new book will be available for purchase.

Tootles the Clown will be entertaining the children

and music will be provided by Calvin Brackbill of Extreme Sound Entertainment.

Hot dogs, cold drinks, and baked goods will be sold.

The Friends are holding this event to raise money to help defray an expected reduction in their state funding.

To inquire about reserving a space or about donating a basket,

contact auction chairs

Janice Darrow (436-2398) and Nancy Olson (527 2228),

or Friends of the Library president Richard Burkholder (436-6555).

Featured Parenting Books

We now have a display of parenting books in the children's room on display for your library convenience! We will be adding new books to the collection in the near future for mothers and fathers with children of all ages. Please feel free to check them out...they could be a life-saver!

bad blaugger

Oh how I have been a bad blaugger! So much happened over the summer time that I found it hard to keep up! No excuses...summer is over now. Autumn is here!

Footpainting video :)