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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Social
Children from Candy Castle Daycare show off their turtle puppets at the
Nicholson library.
Nicholson library plans science program
Children enjoy a special program of kids yoga at the Commerce Public Li
brary.
Summer reading in full
swing at Commerce library
A crowd turned out for the Commerce Public Li
brary’s Block Party at Ridling Field on Thursday,
June 8.
Summer reading is in full
swing at the Commerce
Public Library.
“Prizes are already be
ing given to those who are
finishing five squares, or
more, on their Bingo cards,
“ states Library Assistant
Natalie Thompson. “We’ve
even had several readers
who have completed three
Bingo challenges and have
been entered into the final
Funopolis gift card raffle.”
Teens, adults and babies are
reading towards their own
prizes.
A bevy of activities are
also available at the library
or online through Piedmont
Regional resources such as
Beanstack, ABC Mouse or
World Book online. Family
story times, Baby and Me,
and Smash Brothers contin
ue weekly, while adults can
join in on Yoga, Hooks and
Needles, Writers Club or the
new Beekeepers Club. All
ages are invited to Chess
weekly during the summer
as well, and Family Lego
Club continues on the first
and third Saturdays.
On Thursday, June 22,
at 6:30 p.m. there will be a
Korean Cultural program
which will showcase tra
ditional Samulnori music.
Samulnori means “the play
of four things” and is tradi
tionally performed outside
while combining four differ
ent percussive instruments.
Join others in the Memorial
Garden, weather permitting,
to enjoy this performance of
Korean folk music.
Other library news in
cludes:
•New adult fiction now
on the shelves include: Mar
tha Wells’ The Witch King,
Madeline Martin’s The Li
brarian Spy, Howard Frank
Mosher’s Points North,
Mary Kay Andrews’ Sunset
Beach, and Luis Alberto Ur-
rea’s Good Night Irene.
•New nonfiction titles
range from Rodale’s Garden
Insect, Disease and Weed
Guide, to Star Wars Time
lines or to After the Miracle:
the Political Crusades of
Helen Keller and Walking
with God in the Season of
Motherhood.
• Commerce has added
new copies to the always
popular Dog Man and Cat
Kid graphic novels.
•Upcoming events in
clude: Saturday, June 17,
Family Lego 12-2 p.m.;
Mondays, yoga at
10:30 a.m.; Wednesdays,
Hooks and Needles 10 a.m.,
Family Storytime with Brit
tney at 10:30 a.m.; Thurs
day, Smash Brothers from
4-5:30 p.m., Yoga at 6 p.m.,
Chess at 6 p.m. and Korean
Cultural program 6:30 p.m.;
Fridays, Baby and Me at
10:30 a.m.
Program on Peruvian culture
held at CWL Museum
Kim Kyst recently hosted a “Picturesque Peru” lecture and sampling at the
Crawford W. Long Museum in Jefferson.
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Kim Kyst makes samples of popular Peruvian
beverages, Pisco Sours, Maracuya Sours, Peru’s Kim Kyst discusses the
Chilcanos and Chicha Chicha Moradas. culture of Peru.
Collins, Burch and Boone Wilson show off their
friendship projects at the Nicholson library.
The Harold S. Swindle
Public Library in Nichol
son will host a Save the
Earth science program
on Thursday, June 15,
at 11 a.m. Talewise will
present the program.
Talewise is nationally
acclaimed for their abil
ity to tell a story using
science. Children of all
ages are invited to at
tend. Audience partic
ipation is a part of this
program. The program is
free and open to all ages.
All children must be ac
companied by a caregiv
er.
Drop by for Slime Bar
Story Time on Tuesday,
June 20, at 2 p.m. Each
child can mix up their
own slime and carry it
home in a lidded contain
er (while supplies last).
The program is free and
open to ages 2 and older
with a caregiver.
Magic, juggling arts
and comedy will be roll
ing into the Nicholson li
brary when The Crescent
Circus arrives on Thurs
day, June 22, at 11 a.m.
Duo Nathan Kepner and
Morgan Tsu-Raun will
present the program. The
program is free and open
to all ages accompanied
with a caregiver.
Unless noted otherwise,
all summer programs will
be held in the Library An
nex Room located at Ben
ton Hall.
•Adult Summer Read
ing is under way. Each
week, the library will draw
a winner for our weekly
prize bag. To enter, check
out and read books from
the library. You can choose
adult/young adult (YA) au
diobooks, adult/YA fiction
or non-fiction books. Upon
return, fill out a ticket for
the drawing.
•The Nicholson library
is raffling off a handmade
Georgia Bulldog Quilt.
Tickets are $1 each and
can be purchased at the li
brary. The drawing will be
on July 1 at the Nicholson
Independence Day Festi
val. The quilt was made
by the “Quilting Friends
of the Harold S. Swindle
Public Library.” All mon
ies raised support the chil
dren’s Summer Reading
Program.
The Harold S. Swindle Public Library in Nicholson recently hosted Mer
maid Story Time with Mermaid Kasey. There were over 100 people in atten
dance, including those from daycare and the Boys & Girls Club of Jackson
County. Mermaid Kasey is pictured with Valerie and Genesis Robles.
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