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Editor’s Note: Peninsula Community Library Director Vicki Shurly updates us on library happenings below. -jb
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It’s National Puzzle Day!!! Did you know that puzzles were invented in 1760 by John Spilsbury to teach wealthy children geography? The first puzzles were made from maps glued to wood and then cut into pieces. They were not called puzzles though, but were referred to as dissected maps. They were even used by the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte! Today, puzzles are the number one table game with 1.8 billion sold every year!
Love puzzles? The Friends of Peninsula Community Library will hold their Puzzle Palooza Sale February 9-20. Definitely come buy, but if you have puzzles to donate before then, you can drop them off at the circ desk during open hours! Please, no puzzles with missing pieces or in poor condition!
Valentine Card Making. A pop up craft workshop happens 2/2 between 3 & 5:30. Stop in and make your special someone a unique Valentine card or booklet! All materials and assistance provided. RSVP so we can plan materials! Adults and teens please!
Planning Ahead. Join staff member Claudia 2/7, 11-noon to learn about long-term care, what you need to know but didn’t know to ask. Claudia is a volunteer through the Michigan Long Term Care Ombudsman Program hosted by the Area Agency on Aging.
Watercolor Artist. Create a watercolor card worthy of framing with Becky Dykstra, 2/10 from 1-3. This one is for adults only. RSVP – limited space!
Love You THIS much! Kids can pop in Valentine’s Day during regular hours 10-2 to make an easy heart wreath for a special loved one! I love you Grandma, Grandpa, Dad and Mom!
My iPhone Does WHAT? Corey Buchan from Buchan Tech helps us with tips on all those frustrating things we know our iPhone and iPads do that we don’t quite understand! 2/17 from 1-3 p.m. RSVP.
The Regulars
- Peninsula Insights – speakers of interest @ 7 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Lia Cook joins us 2/18 at 7 p.m. from the Inland Seas Education Association! A special dessert from Chef Brit is always offered too!
- Story Stew for preschoolers – the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays @ 11.
- Reading Dogs Lani & Rosie – Tuesdays from 3:30-5 p.m.
- Threads – Mondays 10-noon – bring a project, work among friends!
- Gentle Yoga with Tina Livingston – Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. for a small fee.
- Pageturners Book Club – 3rd Thursdays @ 6:30 p.m. Books available on a first come basis. The book for Thursday, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m., is The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry.
- For little ones on the 2nd Mondays of the month at 10:30 for a small fee, we offer Fox’s Fiesta, Music & Movement with Stirling Saur, a pediatric speech-language pathologist/certified yoga instructor!
- Kids ages 7-10 meet up to talk about and trade cards at our Pokémon Club on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 12:30-1:30 with Audra Tompkins!
At Your Service. PCL offers a Library of Things, Seed Library, books, movies, puzzles, games, adult LEGO kits, Explorer Bags, STEM kits, large print books, Children’s Garden with a play village & more.
Little Free Libraries have books for the taking. Stay Sharp Kits available for adult patrons in memory care. Printing, faxing, copying & laptops available onsite. Wireless service accessible in the parking lot 24/7. Limited notary service available by appointment. Launchpads and WhaZoodles are self-contained digital units for kids with entertaining educational software.
Please note that when TCAPS is closed due to weather, PCL is also closed. We will extend your due dates and keep your holds!
Funny thing about jigsaw puzzles? Jigsaws were never used in the making of puzzles. In the “old” days, a fretsaw was often the tool utilized to cut the pieces. It turns out that “fretsaw puzzle” just did not have the same ring to it as ‘jigsaw puzzle” to our Victorian forebears!
I have to admit that I am not a puzzle person. However, in the weather winter has offered up this year, I have borrowed one from the library’s collection. Now I just have to open the box! Puzzles are available at the back of the library with no check out required and no due date. Grab one that speaks to you and return it whenever you are done! Happy puzzling!
– Vicki Shurly, Director, Peninsula Community Library
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