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Athol Library News May 2023
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We Will be Closed Monday, May 29th in Recognition of Memorial Day Memorial Day is a day that commemorates all men and women who have died while serving in the military for the United States of America. It's a Perfect Day to Thank a veteran.
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Preschool Storytime Storytime – Wednesdays, 11:00 am, May 3rd-17th Books, songs, rhymes, and playtime.
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Imagination Explorers Imagination Explorers for Kids (K-5th), Tuesdays, 3:30 pm, May 2nd – May 16th 1st Tuesday of the month will be LEGO fun.
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Minecraft Party Friday, May 5th 3:30 pm Bring the kids to celebrate all things Minecraft with games, crafts, and snacks.
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Flowerpot Painting & Planting Thursday, May 4, 10:00 – 12:00 Come paint a clay pot with a summer theme! We’ll have pots, paint, soil and seeds. Plant the seeds, water regularly, then watch the magic of the growth of green.
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Teen Craft Time Wednesday, May 10th 3:30 pm Teens (6th-12th) are invited to play with perler beads. Items can be used as Mother’s Day gifts.
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Fun and games for all of you. We’ll have snacks and drinks, too!
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Grab ‘n Go Kits - Homemade Bird Feeders Available to pick up Monday, May 8 – Friday, May 12 Birds are arriving and they’re hungry. These kits will have the materials you need to create a bird feeder that your bird friends will enjoy. Then, you’ll enjoy watching them eat from a peanut butter seed coated pinecone!
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Tissue Paper Art Thursday, May 18th from 1 – 6:00 pm We will have the supplies needed to create unique paper art using pieces of tissue paper, scissors, glue and imagination! Easy, fun and gift worthy. Stop by anytime between 1:00 and 6pm.
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Fit and Fall Proof Class! Fridays, 1:15 - 2:15pm Please join Tiffany as she instructs participants in learning simple exercises to increase strength, balance and endurance. We're never too old, or young, to work on strengthening our bodies!
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ABC Garden Group! Thursday May 4, 3:30pm – 5:30pm. This meeting will be outside, in a garden! Join us and tour Sue Bockelman’s Post Falls Garden. The focus will be on Edible Landscaping and Fruit Growing, but as it goes with all gardeners, we’ll be talking about much more. Call the Library for more details - 208-683-2979.
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Birding in North Idaho Thursday, May 11, 4–5:30pm Come learn about our local birds from someone who knows! Carrie Hugo, wildlife biologist with Idaho Fish & Game, will share her expertise about birds in our area.
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Bayview Book Club Wednesday May 17th, 4-6:00pm Come join the Bayview Book Club as we discuss Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Richards.
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Happy Mother's Day! May 14th Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, whose mother had organized women’s groups to promote friendship and health, originated Mother’s Day. On May 12, 1907, she held a memorial service for her late mother. Within five years virtually every state was observing the day, and in 1914 U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson made it a national holiday.
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Bring Flowers to Someone Day! May 15th Bring Flowers to Someone Day is just another excuse to give someone you love flowers. Bring Flowers to Someone explores the history of giving flowers, what flowers mean, and encourages people to buy a bouquet for any reason.
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Love a Tree Day! May 16th National Love a Tree Day is celebrated every year on May 16th. It's not known how this day go t started, so while the hunt to find the origins of this day is still on, an entire day of appreciation for trees that have given us so much is the least we can do.
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The shade garden : shade-loving plants for year-round interest
by Beth Chatto
Reveals how to transform a woodland site into a lush, innovative garden through the use of more than two hundred species of shade-loving plants--including trees, shrubs, and flowering and foliage plants--that will thrive in dry locales without direct sun, with tips on enhancing the landscape with paths, accessories, water features, and more. Original.
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