Altamont Library Notes for Friday, August 12, 2016

On your mark, get set, craft. Every Olympian needs a flag and you can make one of your very own with the Tang Teaching Museum on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 4 p.m. All ages are welcome.

Find Marathon Monkey!

We’ still need everybody’s help to find Ms. Marathon Monkey, who’s gotten lost in Altamont on her way to the Olympics. She’s been spotted at the Home Front Café, Bella Fleur, and Hungerford Market, but we hear that she’s changing her location every week, so please be on the lookout.

You can find a clue as to her whereabouts in the library or on our Facebook page. If you do find her, let us know and you’ll be entered to win a special prize at the end of the summer reading program.

Summer reading celebration

The annual summer reading program is winding down, I’m sorry to say. There’s still plenty of time to bring in your Bingo sheets to get tickets for awesome prizes before we wrap up the SRP on Friday, Aug. 19.

Please join us at 4 p.m. on Aug. 19 in Orsini Park for our drawing, prize pickup, and to celebrate all of the reading, building, crafting, and learning you’ve done all summer with a Stewart’s ice cream sundae. To qualify for the prize drawing, all Bingo sheets must be in by 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, so get reading.

Harvest party

Earlier this year, Cornell Cooperative Extension helped us plant a vegetable garden here at the library with carrots, tomatoes, garlic, and more. On Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 4 p.m. we’ll harvest our crops and make a tasty and healthy snack using them. All ages are welcome.

Frontier food potluck

Please join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29 for another in our series of fantastic Eat Around the World Potluck suppers. This month we’re going old school with frontier food. Anything your ancestors might have cooked around a campfire or in a hand-me-down cast iron skillet or on the trails heading west will do.

Bring a dish to share, and if you don’t already have a favorite pioneer recipe, you can always pick up a cookbook here.