Berne Library Notes for Friday, August 19, 2016

Geocaching is a treasure-hunting game where you use a GPS to find containers that others have hidden. Once you find it, you sign and date the logbook, re-hide the geocache exactly how you found it, and share your experience online at www.geocaching.com.

Saturday, Aug. 20, is International Geocaching Day.  If you long for the days of hide and seek but enjoy today's technology, this is the perfect activity for you.

Do you know how to download the geocaching app on your smartphone? Do you know what an app is? Call the library at 872-1246 to make a one-on-one appointment to learn some computer basics. It is one of the many educational pieces provided by the library.

Orienteering

If you would rather use a compass and a map to find treasure, orienteering is your sport. Adults and young adults are meeting at the Switzkill Farm lodge on Game Farm Road. Join us at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 to learn orienteering. Sue Hawkes-Teeter will teach you how to race using this technique. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the outdoors, including bug spray for mosquitoes. In case of inclement weather, we will be indoors. For more information, call 859-4063.

Coloring session

Time to relax is a rare commodity.Therapists are touting the calming benefits of coloring and adults are embracing this new rage. Come relax at the library during an adult coloring session at 7 p.m. on Thursday Aug. 25. The library will supply the needed materials or bring your own. Various types of herbal teas will be served during the program to enhance that meditative feeling.

Friends activities

Our volunteers in the Friends of the Berne Library organization are priceless. Thank you for your recent work providing refreshments at the Music in the Park concert series. If you would like to help this group, the Friends will be serving food at the town of Berne Summerfest on Saturday, Aug. 27. Baked goods are needed. Also, save the date for the lasagna dinner and cake walk on Saturday, Oct. 1.  Proceeds from all these events are used to support the library.

Reading program

Although the summer reading program for ages 1 to 18 has finished, adults still have three more weeks to complete their challenges. Find a new author to cherish and share your thoughts at the finale on Sept. 11.  

Alzheimer presentation

A sharp mind is prized.The destruction of the brain by Alzheimer's disease or dementia makes it difficult to cope with a loved one. Help is available from the Alzheimer’s Association. There will be a presentation on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in the community room of the library.

Walt Disney said, "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island."  That makes your library a very valuable place. Stop in this week and enjoy the offerings.