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Shark Attack Party
Join us for a jaw-some time and celebrate shark week with shark games, activities, crafts, and snacks!
Finding Nemo Movie
Watch this fintastic Disney movie while you munch on popcorn!
Mermaid Luau Party
Put on your mermaid tails (dress up) to celebrate these creatures of the sea with a fun-filled luau event. Get your own special mermaid name, make a flower lei, and enjoy mermaid-tastic activities!
Jim Merrill’s Ocean Adventures
ALL ages!
This fun-filled family program will introduce you to snorkeling/diving, with hands-on gear, a collection of sea shells, photos of Mr. Jim’s favorite water creatures, and MAGIC of course!
Outstanding Ocean Kick-Off Party
The event will be outdoors (if possible) and will include fun water activities, games, and snacks.
The fire department will have a presentation from 10:30 – 11:30 AM.
Social Security: Your Questions Answered
Preparing for Retirement Series
Presented by Ginger Titus, Financial Advisor at Edward Jones
Social Security: Your Questions Answered
Thursday, September 29 at 7 PM
A discussion on how to maximize Social Security benefit amounts for the individual and spouse based on age, life expectancy, employment, and needs.
Future Programs in this series:
Health Care and Your Retirement * GUEST SPEAKERS
Elizabeth Robinson, Attorney at Law & Miranda Pearson, Medicare State Representative
Thursday, October 27 at 7 PM
An introduction of Medicare coverage, available options for supplemental health care, and long-term care insurance.
Preparing Your Estate Plan * GUEST SPEAKER
Elizabeth Robinson, Attorney at Law
Thursday, November 17 at 7 PM
A basic overview of estate planning – account registration, beneficiary designation, will, trust, tax information, life insurance, and TOD.
Deer Hunting: New and Unusual Buck Tactics
Presented by Fred Abbas with A-Way Hunting
Fred is well known for developing his own unique and innovative deer hunting tactics that he will share in this program. Participants will learn how to:
- Create long lasting bedding areas based on trail camera time frames.
- Profile certain bucks.
- Use oak trees to produce maximum hunter success.
- Condition mature bucks into using certain trails.
- Develop a new tactic using “cluster scrapes” to force nocturnal or pressured bucks into making a mistake.
- Use never before seen techniques of attractant scent.
- Use “Mock Scrapes”, the deadliest tactic of all, as a form of communication between deer throughout the year. See how we can virtually ask a buck a series of questions, and see how the bucks are forced to respond.
Deer hunters, both bow and gun, will not want to miss this highly acclaimed speaker!
Lyrics on the Lawn – Nicholas James Trio
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Lyrics on the Lawn is back! Bring your family and friends to enjoy our highly anticipated FREE summer concert series. Don’t forget to grab your lawn chairs and blankets! FREE popcorn will be served by the Friends of the Library and bottled water will be available for $1.
Nicholas James Trio – Americana Rock
August 25
Singer-songwriter Nicholas James Thomasma is a Grand Rapids native and a Michigander to the core. His albums chronicle the singers travels, usually in his bright orange VW Bus as he collects stories and musical influences along the way. With songs written from experiences as far and different as working on a farm in California to a late night conversation with a bartender in Madrid, Spain, the album spans the musical globe from Folk to Rock to Reggae. With tales about the open road, the temperate midwest weather, love, loss and surviving on the kindness of strangers, this is the music you want at your backyard BBQ or around your campfire on a Saturday Night.
Lyrics on the Lawn – Jesse Ray and the Caolina Catfish
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Lyrics on the Lawn is back! Bring your family and friends to enjoy our highly anticipated FREE summer concert series. Don’t forget to grab your lawn chairs and blankets! FREE popcorn will be served by the Friends of the Library and bottled water will be available for $1.
Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish – Rock N’ Roll, Blues, Swing
August 18
“Jesse Ray and The Carolina Catfish are a brilliant Americana rock duo with sounds that spill energy into your ears!” Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish is a 2015 Jammie award winning Rock-N-Roll band. Founded in the fall of 2013. The band is known for their Elvis-style vocals, fantastic guitar riffs, splitting harmonica, and danceable drumming. Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish are now performing their hypnotic rock music across the United States.
Future Lineup:
August 25 – Nicholas James Trio – Americana Rock