Library News

Virtual Story Times will be held on Facebook Live on Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting June 2nd and running through August 20th.  If you want your child to have the craft packet to go along with the stories, you need to call me and sign up for packets.  I will not be making a bunch of packets ahead of time, I’ll only make packets for those who request them for the 12 weeks of Summer Programming.

2021 Summer Reading Preschool 9:30 AM Tuesdays starting June 15th.  Themes for the summer are:
June 15: Farm Animals
June 22: Do Snails Have Tails?
June 29:  Who’s Tracks
July 6:  Deep Dark Forest
July 13: Jungle Adventure
July 20:  Fish Tails
Join Miss LaVeda for stories, fun, games & crafts each week!

STEM TIME FOR 2ND-5TH GRADERS JUST COMPLETED will be held on  Mondays from 10—10:45 starting June 14th some of the themed activities we will do deal with our “Tales & Tails” theme, we will also do science/technology/engineering/math activities.
June 14—What if I Had an Animal Tail
June 21—Animal Adaptations
June 28—Create a Creature & Animal Tracks
July 12—Wildlife Picture Puzzles
July 19—Bird Beak Game, Bird Silhouettes & Concentration
July 26—Design & Build the Best Bird nest to hold 3 eggs

Toddler Times will be Thursday from 9:30 to 10:00 with play time until 10:30.  We will be featuring animal tales and doing animal sounds & songs.  June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22.  This is for babies to 3 years old and will be in Kid’s Play Room.

Tales & Tails Story Time Fun—1st-5th graders 10:30—11:30
June 1—Mermaids & Seahorses
June 8—Rumble in the Jungle
June 15—The Perfect Tail
June 22—Fox Tails/Tales
June 29—What do you do with a tail like that?
July 6—What is this tail saying?
July 13—The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock
July 20—Tails Chasing Tails

SUMMER LIBRARY CAMP—MUST HAVE FINISHED 3RD GRADE THROUGH 6TH GRADE—JUN 7—11 (1 TO 4 PM) LIMITED TO THE FIRST 24 WHO SIGN UP.  MUST PLAN TO ATTEND ALL 5 DAYS. SNACKS WILL BE MADE AND SERVED. MAD SCIENCE WILL JOIN US EACH DAY from 1:15 to 2:15 with a program.  Other crafts and activities will center around their theme. 
June 7th Theme: All About Animals
June 8th Theme: Fantastic Flyers
June 9th Theme: NASA Rocket Science
June 10th Theme: Live in the Sea
June 11th Theme: Fundamental Forces

SUMMER ART CAMP —MUST HAVE FINISHED 4TH GRADE TO PARTICIPATE—JUNE 14—18—1 TO 4 PM—LIMITED TO 12 CHILDREN
Miss LaVeda has all kinds of fun activities planned for this week.  You will be doing Printing Fun, Weave Your Face, 3D faces, Improv, Water color basics, Whimsical Birds, Single Line drawing, Right/Left Brain drawing, Quicky Stories and more.  Sign ups soon, commit to the 5 days!

SUMMER COOKING CAMP—MUST HAVE FINISHED 3RD GRADE TO PARTICIPATE—JUNE 21—25 —2 TO 4 PM—LIMITED TO 20 CHILDREN.  We will be working with our extension ladies to learn some new recipes and techniques in the kitchen.  Please commit to all 5 days!

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2021 PROGRAMS AT LA CYGNE LIBRARY….

This is what the average week will look like starting June 1st.  Please read carefully as some programs do not start until later in the month.  Special events & dates listed inside!

Mondays will follow this schedule (starting June 7th)
9:15—9:45 Virtual Story Time on Facebook Live with Miss Janet
10:00—10:45 STEM time for grades 2-5 just completed with Miss Janet (starting June 14)
11:00—11:45 GeriFit for seniors in the Great Room
11:50—12:30  Lunch at library for children & mentors (eat, read a book, play some card games, and REMEMBER “Manners Matter” especially on Mondays!

Tuesdays will follow this schedule (starting June 1st)
9:30—10:30 Preschool Story time with Miss LaVeda (starting June 15th)
10:30—11:30  Anyone Story time with Miss Janet (starting June 1st)
Noon—Fontana Lunch program at Church of Christ—contact Debbie Burchett
Noon—Tanglewood Lunch program—shelter—contact Stacey Fromdahl
11:50—12:30 Library Lunch for children & mentors
12:30—1:15 Entertainers sponsored by Baehr Foundation Grant (SEE LIST ON ANOTHER POST!)

Wednesdays will follow this schedule (starting June 2nd.)
9:15—9:45 Virtual Story Time on Facebook Live
11:00—11:45 GeriFit for seniors
11:30—noon Linn Valley Lakes Story Time with Miss Janet
Noon—Linn Valley Lakes Lunch to children
11:50—12:30 Library Lunch for children & mentors
12:30—1:15 Wellness Wednesday with Healthy Congregations group

Thursdays will follow this schedule (starting June 3rd)
9:30—10:30 Toddler Time in Playroom with Miss Janet
11:15—11:25 Senior Lunch Pick-up back door must call & preorder
Noon—Fontana Lunch program at Church of Christ—contact Debbie Burchett
Noon—Tanglewood Lunch program—shelter—contact Stacey Fromdahl
11:50—12:30 Library Lunch for children & mentors/Seniors
12:30 —BINGO for children & seniors

Fridays will follow this schedule (starting June 4th)
9:15—9:45 Virtual Story Time on Facebook Live
Noon—Linn Valley Lunch served to children
11:50—12:30 Library Lunch Served to children & mentors
Free book Friday

Earn Your Brag Tags & Chain this Summer!

If you sign up and read books you can earn brag tags.  If you participate in various programs and lunch you can earn brag tags.  More information about this will come in the June newsletter.  The more you read and the more you attend, the more tags you will win.  We hope to see you participating and earning tags. 

ADULTS—WE WILL START YOUR SUMMER PROGRAM IN JUNE ALSO AND YOU CAN EARN TICKETS BY READING OR LISTENING TO AUDIOS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES THE END OF AUGUST.

Tuesday Entertainers sponsored by Baehr Foundation Grant
12:30 in the Great Room (some may move to park)
June 1—Animal Olympics with Happy Faces Entertainment
June 8—Tales of Tales with Mad Science
June 15—Legend of Sleepy Hollow—Elsenpeter Marionettes
June 22—Nitro Joe Science Program
June 29—Toby Kid family comedian
July 6th—Jonathan May—Magic Show
July 13—Swords & Roses will be returning with sword swinging…
July 20—Randy Erwin—Singing, Yodeling & Trick Roping
July 27—Chris Everett as Mother Goose
Aug. 3—Rockin’ Rob
Aug. 10—Laura Ernst—Kinetic Entertainment

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES IN THE LA CYGNE COMMUNITY

(SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY EVENTS)

1. La Cygne Rural Alumni will meet on Saturday, May 29th from 1 to 5 in the Great Room at the library.  Sandwiches and pie will be served.  Program held. (Prairie View is remodeling so the event was moved to the Library 209 N. Broadway)

2. Sunday—La Cygne Historical Society & Museum will hold their Annual Freewill Donation Lunch from 11 to 1, so you can visit the museum displays and  see old friends. 

3. Monday—Oak Lawn Cemetery Program 10 AM.  Flag Retirement Ceremony.  Following the ceremony the Good Samaritan group will serve lunch at Christian Church until 1 PM. This will be for a freewill donation to benefit the Good Samaritan Group who helps local people with their bills.  Following lunch at  1:30 PM at the library Great Room, KC Mystery Players will do a replay of the 150 program “Last Stop La Cygne”  We know many of you didn’t get to see it, so you have another chance to see and participate in this special mystery written just for La Cygne, about La Cygne.

 We have for sale The Story of La Cygne Vol 2—$50 for hardback, $20 for paperback.  We have a few Vol. 1 for $20.  

We also have a few PASSPORTS for Southeast Kansas Museums.