Next Up: Teen Game Night!

We had a great time cooking last night!  Twenty-one kids helped make a yummy blueberry salad and a chocolate dessert called “Dirt Cup” that even had (gummy) worms in it! Then they got to dig in and eat their creations.

 We’ll have lots of fun board games for you to play on Wednesday, July 31st, from 6:30-7:30.  There’ll be Chess, Monopoly, Scattergories, Upwords, Apples to Apples, Yahtzee, and lots more!  The session is full, but you can contact the Youth Services room to get on the waiting list (883-4723 option 3).

Don’t forget to turn in your Teen Reading Logs by Saturday, August 3rd so that you can participate in the Teen Reading Program Final Party on August 7th!!  You’ll get an ice cream, a certificate, and a new book.  AND, if you have completed the “Lucky 13 Challenge” in your reading log, your name will be entered to win movie passes!

Happy reading,
Connie

Cooking for Teens!

       A huge THANK YOU to Detective Ron Nelsen, Evidence Technician for the Scarborough Police Department, who presented a great program on Forensics to a group of very interested middle school kids at the library. He showed them how footprints and fingerprints are collected, and gave them a chance to try dusting their own fingerprints.  Here are some pictures of the event:

Next Wednesday is our Cooking for Teens program.  YUM.  I can't wait!

Do you like to cook? Do you like to eat (silly question!)?  

Michele from Scarborough’s own Measuring Up!- Cooking for Kids will offer a cool cooking program for teens on Wednesday, July 24th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Get some hands-on cooking experience and something yummy to eat. Michele has posted on her website her logo: “Where food and fun mix together.”  Sounds irresistibly scrumptious to me!  

The cooking session is full, but stop by the Youth Services room at the library or call us to get on the waiting list (883-4723 opt.3).

Happy reading...and cooking,
Connie

"Awesome" Eco-bots/ Forensics 101: What's that?

Last night's robotics program with Trent Schriefer from the 4-H program through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was a huge success!  We had such fun.  Here are some pictures of the small eco-bots we made (mostly from toothbrushes, a battery, and a pager motor).  After making the, we had the challenge of using them to clean up a pretend oil spill (think brown rice!). 

  

Next week we'll explore Forensics with Detective Nelsen!  I can't wait.  The session is full, but you can get on a wait list by calling the library or stopping by the Youth Services room.

What is Forensic Science anyway? Detectives and police officers and other criminal investigators use science and technology to figure out people, places, and things that are involved in criminal activity.

 Have you seen the show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”?  On the show, members of the Las Vegas Police Department use physical evidence to solve grisly murders.

On July 17th, from 6:30-7:30, you can join Scarborough’s own Detective Nelsen as he shows examples of how crime scene investigation works.  How cool is that?

 
We are full at the moment , but you can sign up to be on the waiting list by dropping by the Youth Services room or calling us at 883-4723 option3.

Check this blog for more news about summer reading and the very exciting  programs we’re offering for YOU.  See you at the library!

Happy reading,
Connie