1-3-2025
Happy New Year from the staff of the East Troy Lions Public
Library.
The majority of us are nice and refreshed after several days
off over the holidays. One exception may be Miss Maria whose family joined her
at the library on Christmas Day to set up our life size CandyLand game. The
fifty-nine people who came by to play the game seemed to really appreciate
their efforts. A few adults without the pretense of children even stopped in.
With three different versions of the boardgame, coloring sheets, and additional
toys available, our programming space was the place to be on Friday and
Saturday. Staff and one of our
volunteers spent a good portion of Monday packing it up safely so it will
likely become a holiday tradition.
Next up for programming is Sourdough Made Simple on January
22, 2025. Margaret (Hill) Schultz from Blue Bird Custom Creations will run the
program for her. Margaret is a local find. Her aunt Sue Loth connected us.
She’ll run the same program twice first at 2:00 pm at the East Troy
Intergenerational Community Center (IGET) and again at the ETLPL at 6:00 pm.
The first provides an opportunity for stair free access. IGET is located in the
back of the ETCSD’s business office, formerly Doubek Elementary. While the
official address for the building is Beulah Avenue, access to the parking lot
is actually from the Division Street side of the building. It is set back quite
a way, so there is a sandwich board sign next to the driveway.
Participants will all receive a sourdough starter, so we are
asking for advance registration. To do so simply call the library at
262-642-6262 and let us know which time slots works best. We do not have a
limit, but would like to have numbers for Margaret by January 15th.
Christmas books and movies are being packed up and stored until
November. That will give us room for our Winter Reading Program prize drawing.
We had requested participants wait until January to return their forms/grids.
Now is the time to do so. The deadline of 1:00 pm, Saturday, January 11th
is here. Names will be drawn before the library opens on Monday, January 13th.
Last January we replaced the Christmas book display with a
puzzle swap. Afterward the remaining
puzzles (which seemed to at least double in number), were moved to a side room
in the lower level for a permanent, if out of sight, swap. We now have so many
that a new shelving unit was added to the program space for puzzles of 550
pieces or less. Those with 750 or more are still in the side room. This is a
good time for puzzles. Stop in anytime and staff will be happy to show you
where they are.
Reading Now: Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (My first Patterson book.)
Listening to Now: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
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