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AMERY AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY Summer Reading Is Coming! Registration for this summer's reading program, A Universe of Stories, begins Monday, June 10. Read or listen to books this summer and track your time to earn prizes and a free book! Family Performance Series: Get ready for some fun and exciting family shows this summer! The library will be hosting lots of great performers: Wildlife Science Center, Rocket Into Reading (The Magic of Isaiah), The LEGO Guy, ScienceTellers, PowerUp, Launch & Light, and COMPAS Teaching Artist Afoutayi. Check our website or program guide for more information. Some performances require registration. Check our program guide or website for more information, including dates, times, location, and registration info. Pipsqueak Plutos Storytime: Babies & Toddlers (Mondays 10:30). Starting June 10. Stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and songs for babies & toddlers. Weather permitting, storytime will be outside on the grassy area behind the library. In inclement weather, we'll be in the storytime room. Summer Feeding Program: Kids & Teens (Mondays). Enjoy a free picnic lunch at the library! More details coming soon! This program is made possible by the Amery School District. Yoga for Kids: All ages (Wednesdays 9:30). Starting June 19. Stretch your muscles and calm your mind with yoga for ids. Yoga mats provided by the library for use during the program. Mini Martians Storytime: Ages 3-6 (Wednesdays 10:30). Starting June 12. Let your imagination soar with stories, rhymes, songs, and a fun, space-themed craft. Big Dipper Game Day: Board Games: All ages (Thursday, June 13, 10 am). A variety of board games will be available for you to play. We'll have board games for toddlers up through teens. Space Bingo: All ages (Some Fridays 10 am). Try your luck at Space Bingo for your chance to win prizes. Check program guide or website for dates. Teen Movies & Pizza:
Teens Grades 6-12 (Some Fridays 3 pm). Hang out, eat pizza, and watch a movie! Check our program guide or website for dates & movie info. Registration required. Register on our website amerylibrary.org/teens. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten and Baby Book Bees These ongoing early literacy initiatives encourage families to establish a strong foundation of reading in young children. Visit the library to sign up for the program that is right for your child. Dementia Live: Tuesday, May 14th, 3-6 PM at the Amery Area Public Library. Dementia Live offers a unique inside-out understanding of dementia and aging. Participants will gain a heightened awareness of the challenges faced by those who live with dementia. Learn tips and tools to improve communications and care. Please allow 30 minutes for this engaging and remarkable experience. This opportunity is FREE, please call Carrie Myers of the ADRC at 877485-2372 to schedule your 20-minute session. Third Thursday: Kindness Rocks Thursday, May 16th, 5:30 PM-7 PM at the Amery Area Public Library. This month we're paining Kindness Rocks! We'll decorate and paint rocks with uplifting, encouraging, and fun messages, and then place them all over Amery. Spread kindness and joy! Want to learn more? Visit thekindnessrocksproject.com Books & Brews: Thursday, June 6th, 6 PM at Amery Ale Works: Join us for a great book discussion! This month we're reading Visiting Tom by Michael Perry. Copies available at the library. Author Visit: Micheal Tideman: Friday, June 7th, 3-5 PM at the Amery Area Public Library. Join us as author Micheal Tideman discusses his book, Letters From Elk City. The novel is a historical romance based on the Oregon Coast and in the American South. Summer Learning Program for Adults: Registration for the Adult Summer Reading Program opens on June 10th! Sign up at the Circulation Desk or on our website, and enter to win prizes all summer long. All entries are eligible for a Grand Prize.
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The Amery Area Public Library is also hosting three stellar programs related to this year's theme: A Universe of Stories! All are FREE EVENTS with NO REGISTRATION required. Tuesday, June 18th @ 5:30 PM: Chad Lewis: UFO Wisconsin. Each year hundreds of people witness something in the sky they can't explain. This program looks at some of the most amazing UFO encounters WI has to offer. Wednesday, July 31st @ 5:30 PM: The Man Who Painted the Universe. Follow the story of Frank A. Kovac, Jr. from his childhood fascination with stargazing to repeated attempts to build his own planetarium in the North Woods of Wisconsin. Thursday, August 8th @ 5:30 PM, Women Who Stargaze: Be inspired by the women who persisted as astronomers and how they shaped our view of the Cosmos. Book discussion group The Friends of the Library Book Discussion Group meets on the third Monday of the month at 1:30 PM. The title for May is Bear Town by Fredrik Backman. Book sales The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held on Thursday, May 30th from 4:00-7:00 PM. “Friends of the Library” may shop early (from 3-4). The Book Sale will also be held Saturday, June 1st from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Friends The Friends of the Amery Area Public Library Foundation meets on the third Monday of the month at 4:30 PM. Meetings are open to all members and to the public. E-books, e-audiobooks and digital magazines Your MORE library card gives you access to the Overdrive collection of e-books, e-audiobooks, and streaming videos; the Freading collection of e-books; and the Flipster downloadable magazine collection.
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Remember to attend the second annual Amery Middle School Genius Hour Friday, May 17, 2019 9:00 -10:40 a.m. Mom Helen She didn’t change our diapers Or feed us baby food, Or sign on our report cards That said if we were good. She didn’t patch our skinned knees Or send us off to proms. She came to our life later Than you might think of moms. She’d been busy teaching young folks Of the many skills she had. Then she came into our family And made a home for Dad. She was grandma to our babies, A helpmeet on the farm, Working side-by-side with Dad And keeping home fires warm.. Bustling around at Christmas, She set spreads fit for kings, After she’d helped milk and feed And other farm chore things. How our many children Enjoyed her cordial ways, Good-natured, down-to-earth, She rates our well-earned praise.
Hours Library hours are Monday through Thursday 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, and Saturday 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Now, her journey’s changed, With the Father high above. She’s given of her best while here. We say goodbye with love. Copyright December 9, 2010 Carol Morfitt
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