Make a Valentine's Day card for your sweetheart at the Bluffton Public Library's Handmade Card Workshop. The workshop will take place in the lower level of the library on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and will be presented by Lois Benham of Scrapbooks in Lima.
Participants will learn how to make three handmade cards. The cost of the workshop is $12 per person and participants should bring their own glue stick and scissors.
In celebration of "Appreciate a Dragon Day," the Bluffton Public Library will host a special screening of a popular animated dragon movie on Friday, Jan. 14, at 3:15 p.m.
This program is free and open to all ages, but registration at the front desk or by phone is requested. The movie is rated PG with a running time of one hour and 38 minutes. Free popcorn will be provided. For more information or to register, call 419-358-5016.
Youth ages 12-18 are invited to celebrate the birth of Alice in Wonderland's creator, Lewis Carroll, by checking out a copy of "The Looking Glass Wars" at Bluffton Public Library's front desk. A discussion of the book will be held on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Youth Activity Room at the library.
Free refreshments will be provided for those participating in the discussion. Call Youth Services Coordinator Rikki Steingass at 419-358-5016 for more information.
The seven-week, winter session of youth programs begins the week of Jan. 10, according to Carole Enneking, BFR director.
Class options for elementary age youth include: basketball (Thursday 3:30 PM), Football (Tuesday 3:30PM), Dodgeball (Fridays 3:30 PM), Soccer (Mondays for U10 players and Thursdays for U7 players), and Volleyball Skills (Wednesday 3:30 PM).
Bluffton Public Library's monthly book discussion will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 5. "A Civil Action" by Jonathan Harr is the selected title for January's discussion. The book discussion will be held at Common Grounds Coffeehouse & Caf'e.
Anyone interested in attending is welcome and a month-to-month commitment is not required. Copies of the book are available at the library.
New Year's Eve this year will once again find the residents of Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton enjoying the long-standing tradition of New Year's serenading, beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31.
