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 :)

2009 State College Arts Fest

Thank you Juniata Cultural Arts Committee for making our bus trip to the State College Arts Festival for Children and Youth Day possible! They were kind enough to pay for our transportation to State College.

We left the library and arrived at Beaver Stadium where we took a shuttle downtown. I can't believe how many fun activities they had for kids! The place was jam packed with children of all ages. There were muiscal and theatre performances, big sand castles, sidewalk art for sale, arts and crafts activities, gallery exhibits, and yummy carnival food (and alot more that I probably didn't have time to see). Parents and their children were free to wander about and pick and choose which activities they wanted to participate in.

It was a bit chilly for July but other than that, I had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did! Maybe we can go again next year?? Cross your fingers! And yes, that is a picture of a storm trooper.

Playing Footsie (paint included)

I needed an excuse to do this program...luckily our theme this summer is "Be Creative". I'm glad it stopped raining because today we read the story "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds and "Draw Me a Star" by Eric Carle out on the grass since it's so beautiful. After our storytime, we ventured down to the back porch to embark upon our messy foot adventure. On the porch, we had a big long sheet of paper, different colored paints, and a kiddie pool of water for rinsing. I'll let the pictures say the rest....