Berne Library Notes for Thursday, March 12, 2020

While investigating this month’s health slices, prepare your plates for a sizable dose of celery. That’s right, March is National Celery Month. Celery generally requires more calories to process than the crunchy bites have in them.

Celery juice, celery soup, celery smoothies, celery a la mode. How many fascinating ways can you prepare celery? Something to think about while awaiting the arrival of spring and visions of hiking float in your head.

Speaking of walking and moving more, Get Cozy@Your Library with Health Stories weighs in for its last session on Friday, March 13, at 4 p.m. Last week, participants designed their health booklets amidst laughter, cookies, drawing, and idea volleying.

After percolating a week, the group is ready to pour their final drafts onto the page. Exploring ways to tell unique medical woes and whoops in words and pictures — the finished booklets will be on display here at the library.

Storytime 

Top of the mornin’ to ya with Leprechauns, rainbows and pots filled with gold. St. Patrick’s storytime is on a rolligin for March 17 at 10:30 a.m. Find your flashiest green and dress for the scene as the 5 and under plus caregivers gather round. After a touch of leprechaun story mischief, go on a wee treasure hunt in search of the pot of gold hiding in the stacks. Then do a hoppity jig over to the craft table before the program is done.

Knit Wits

March 15 at 7 p.m., Knit Wits are joining yarns of many colors and themes. Working through projects and sharing tips, this group welcomes new members at their once monthly meetings. 

Pokemon

Pokemon fans, it’s another Saturday afternoon get together on March 21 at 1 p.m. Collect your cards, call your friends and be ready for Pokemon fun. Refreshments guaranteed.

Pottery Monday continues for 2 more weeks. Sign up at the library for one or both sessions on March 16 and March 23 from 3:40 to 6:30 p.m. in the BKW Elementary Art Room. Instructor Colleen Skiff leads you through the steps of making, carving and glazing a pottery bowl. Finished bowls will be sold at the Friends “Bowls for Books” event on April 25.

Friends’ Sale

In other March events, please note on your library-events calendar, the Friends’ annual Book, Jewelry, Media Sale coming up on Saturday March 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and March 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale is held at the Berne Senior Center at 1360 Helderberg Trail in Berne.

Any donations may be dropped off on Saturday, March 21, between 9 a.m. and noon at the Berne Senior Center. Do you need more books or less? Drop ’em off or pick up a few deals? Either way you’re a winner.