March 4th ’til Completed   Sign-up by March 1st
It’s that time of year when the library will host its own version of March Madness – the 3rd annual Cribbage Tournament. Who will challenge Kevin Richards this year? He has won the past two years. Entry forms are available at the library or download here: Cribbagetournament.
Here is how it will work:

Winter Scene by Toni Clark

This month’s exhibit is comprised of pieces from library volunteers and supporters. Included in the exhibit are:
Toni Clark – Acrylic Painting, Watercolor & Pen & Ink
Cindy Frost – X-Stitch & Crewel Embroidery
Emily Kohl – Photographs
Leigh Norcott – Colored Pencil & Ink
Carolyn Maruhnic – Needlepoint & Counted X-Stitch
Suzanne Pelletier – X-Stitch
Barb Rehmeyer – Needle Felting, Rock Art, Paper Cutting
Joe Rehmeyer – Collage
Meg (Rehmeyer) Brewer – Acrylic Painting
Cindy Schofield – Wool Applique

Emily Kohl is selling her framed photographs for $25 each and donating her proceeds to the library.

The Read to ME Challenge is an opportunity to contribute to a child’s literacy growth by reading aloud to a child for at least 15 minutes a day. The Maine Department of Education has declared February the month to share #ReadtoME or #ReadaloudME and post a photo or video on social media. The steps for taking the challenge can be found at  www.maine.gov/doe/learning/content/ela/literacyforme/readtome Reading aloud to children is one of the most cost effective and highly beneficial methods of building children’s reading abilities. Read aloud 15 minutes. Every child. Every parent. Every day.

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 7:00pm will be last meeting for the Let’s Talk About It book discussion. We will be discussing: W;t by Margaret Edson.

Please remember to return all of your books borrowed from the Maine Humanities Council by this date.

If you requested to join the Tuesday, March 27 book discussion of Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, you can pick up the book at or after the Feb. 27th meeting.

Please note this is not part of the series provided by the Maine Humanities Council. The library is doing this one independently.

Let’s Talk About It is a group for people who want to talk about books. The books and facilitator, John Zavodny, will be provided by the Maine Humanities Council in collaboration with the Maine State Library. We will meet Wednesdays for five sessions. All sessions will begin at 7:00pm at the library for approximately 90 minutes.

Exploring Human Boundaries: Literary Perspectives on Health Care Providers and Their Patients. A disease or a sick person? Health care professionals do not always focus on what is most important to the patient and the patient’s family. These classic 20th-century accounts of illness, death, and dying dramatically illuminate these complex issues.

It is that time of year to get those knitting needles clicking and those crochet hooks looping so we may again provide warm hands and heads around our community.  We are collecting children’s mittens (small sizes are most needed) for the Walker School and small sized mittens and hats for  WaldoCAP Headstart.  Our adult hats and cowls go to the Belfast Soup Kitchen and to the TRIAD program which distributes warm winter clothing to our senior citizens in need. There is free yarn for this project in the library along with a basket for the finished mittens, hats, and cowls.  We thank you so much for your continued support!

Simple 2-needle mittens: 3-4 yrs,  4-6 yrs, & 6-8 yrs.
A simple pattern for hats can be found here. Another Stockinette Watch cap pattern.

We also collect yarn and needles for Jen Gunderman who delivers these to organizations assisting New Mainers transitioning to life in Maine. They in turn make hats and mittens for other refugees who are in camps awaiting permission to be allowed into other countries to begin making new lives for themselves and their families.

Several knitters are getting together informally to knit and chat on Wednesday mornings at 10:00 at the library. Anyone is welcome to join them.