Catawba County News

This Week at Your Library [Aug3-Aug10]

Published: July 30, 2019

MAIN IN NEWTON
828.465.8665

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Ready to Learn Storytime: Preschool
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10 am
Songs, sensory play, crafts, and stories designed to prepare your preschooler to learn. Ideal for children 3-5, but all are welcome. 

Homemade Manicure with Gel Polish
Monday, August 5 at 5:30 pm
Program presented in Spanish
We'll teach adults and kids older than 12 how to achieve a perfect manicure using gel polish. Reservations required.

PAWS to Read
Monday, August 5 at 6 pm
Children are invited to read to one of our trained therapy dogs. Call for an appointment. 

Summer Learning Wrap-Up Party
Thursday, August 8 at 3 pm
Join us as we celebrate summer learning accomplishments with ice cream and games.

ADULTS / CAREER / TECH
Zumba 
Mondays at 6 pm
Kick off your week with this dance/movement activity that’s too much fun to call exercise. Appropriate for every skill and ability level, open to ages 14+ (parental signature required for those under 18).

Tai Chi
Thursdays at 6 pm
Reduce stress and anxiety while increasing flexibility and balance. Suitable for all fitness levels, open to ages 14 and up (parental signature required for teens under 18).

Excel Basics
Tuesday, August 6 at 11 am
Learn the basics of Excel, a spreadsheet program that lets you store, organize, and manipulate data. This class will teach basic functions like AutoSum and AutoFill.

Excel: Formulas and Functions
Wednesday, August 7 at 11 am
Learn to create basic formulas or use already created functions to add numbers, calculate a mortgage payment, or search for variables.  Basic Excel skills required.

Southern Pens Book Club
Saturday, August 10 at 10 am
This month's read is Every Note Played by Lisa Genova. September's selection will be The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. All are welcome.

CLAREMONT
828.466.6817

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Summer Learning Wrap-up Party: STEAM into Space
Thursday, August 8 at 4pm
Celebrate the end of Summer Learning with a bang! Join us for STEAM-tastic crafts, ice cream, and lots more!

CONOVER
828.466.5108

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Ready to Learn Storytime: Tiny to Two
Wednesdays at 10 am
A sweet, 20-minute storytime featuring rhymes, bounces, sensory play, and singing. Playtime follows. Ideal for newborns to age 2, but all are welcome.

Ready to Learn Storytime: Preschool
Fridays at 10 am
Songs, sensory play, crafts, and stories. Ideal for children 3-5, but all are welcome.

Summer Learning Wrap-up Party: STEAM into Space
Tuesday, August 6 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Celebrate the end of Summer Learning with a bang! Shoot off Alka-Seltzer rockets, create STEAM-tastic crafts, enjoy ice cream, and lots more!

ADULTS / CAREER / TECH
AED and Hands-Only CPR Class   
Friday, August 9 at 4 pm
Using simple audio and visual commands, an automated external defibrillator (AED) offers guided directions for bystanders to help people suffering from sudden cardiac distress. The machine automatically diagnoses and treats with electricity, but only if needed. Learn how to use an AED (often available at public places like churches, malls, and county buildings) and how to save a life using hands-only CPR. This class will be taught by Catawba County Emergency Medical Services staff. 

MAIDEN
828.428.2712

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Ready to Learn Storytime: Preschool
Thursdays at 10 am
Songs, sensory play, crafts, and stories designed to prepare your preschooler to learn. Ideal for children 3-5, but all are welcome.

Summer Learning Wrap-up Party
Saturday, August 3 from 12 noon-1:30 pm
Bring your completed reading log as your ticket in! We'll celebrate with ice cream and fun activities as a reward for meeting your reading goals. Turn in your reading log during the drop-in event to be registered for system-wide grand prize drawings.

Preteen Council Meeting
Thursday, August 8 at 4 pm
Rising 5th and 6th graders are invited to discuss and plan library events designed specifically for them. Snacks provided. Ages 10-13 welcome. 

SHERRILLS FORD-TERRELL
828.466.6827

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Ready to Learn Storytime: Preschool
Wednesdays & Thursdays at 10 am
Songs, sensory play, crafts, and stories designed to prepare your preschooler to learn. Ideal for children 3-5, but all are welcome.

Student STEAM: 4-H Bright Ideas Club 
Monday, August 5 at 6 pm
Join us as we explore the forces and concepts of science and engineering by learning about circuits, solving Morse code messages, building catapults, and more! At each meeting, we'll complete hands-on projects based on the 4-H program guides. Designed for ages 7-16. Registration required. 

Coding Club: Video Game Design
Wednesday, August 7 at 12:30 pm
Using Google's CS First and MIT's Scratch programs, we'll learn basic video game coding concepts. For our last week, we'll create an out-of-this-world cave surfing game to share with friends and play at home. Recommended for rising 6th graders and up.

ADULTS / CAREER / TECH
Explore Tai Chi
Monday, August 5 at 6:30 pm
Have you wanted to try tai chi but didn’t know if it was right for you? Taught by a certified instructor through Catawba Valley Medical Center, this 3-week class offers a chance to sample and explore tai chi as a way to reduce stress and anxiety while increasing flexibility and balance. Suitable for all fitness levels. Parental signature required for teens 14-18. 

Mystery Mavens Book Club
Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30 pm
Join us for a lively discussion of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. September’s discussion will focus on Grist Mill Road by Christopher Yates.

Meet the 'Tai Chi for Healthy Living' Instructor
Thursday, August 8 from 1-3 pm
Get a jump on your paperwork, ask questions, and meet Dianna-Lee Osborne, certified tai chi instructor for the Friday classes that begin on August 9 and run through November 22. Bring a friend and learn more about the style of tai chi that Osborne teaches.

Tai Chi for Healthy Living
Fridays at 11 am (beginning August 9)
This series of tai chi classes runs through November 22 and is taught by a certified instructor via live video feed. Combining the Tai Chi for Health and A Matter of Balance principles, the research-based class aims to increase activity levels, enhance fitness, and prevent falls in adults of all ages. Participants will be asked to complete a survey and sign a waiver. Stop by the library Thursday, August 8 to complete the paperwork, or come early to the first class. For more information and to register, call Neighbors Network at 828.464.1111.  

SOUTHWEST
828.466.6818

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Ready to Learn Storytime: Preschool
Wednesdays at 10 am and Thursdays at 11 am
Songs, sensory play, crafts, and stories designed to prepare your preschooler to learn. Ideal for children 3-5, but all are welcome.

Monday Night Movie: Space Buddies
Monday, August 5 at 6 pm
When their masters head off to see the launch of Vision One, an unmanned space shuttle, three dogs decide to follow them and join in the fun. Rated G.

Summer Learning Wrap-up Party
Tuesday, August 6 at 4 pm
Adults and children are invited to celebrate their summer reading accomplishments by joining us for an incredibly top-notch ice cream party! Enjoy lots of cool treats, prizes, and other refreshments! 

ST. STEPHENS
828.466.6821

CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Ready to Learn Storytime: Preschool
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10 am; Tuesday evenings at 6 pm
Songs, sensory play, crafts, and stories designed to prepare your preschooler to learn. Ideal for children 3-5, but all are welcome.

Summer Learning Wrap-up Party 
Friday, August 9 at 3 pm 
After reading all summer long, it’s time for the big ice cream float party! There will be games and prizes, and each person who completed their reading goals will receive a certificate of completion. Remember to turn in your completed reading records by Saturday, August 3 to attend the wrap-up party on August 9!

ADULTS / CAREER / TECH
Learn More on GCFLearnFree.org
Wednesday, August 7 at 10 am 
Looking to further your career? Starting a new one? Use lessons on GCFLearnFree.org to plan your career, apply for jobs, balance your work life, and get training to succeed in today’s marketplace. From Microsoft Office and email to reading and math, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 2000 lessons, 800+ videos, and 55+ interactives and games completely free. Join us for a visual guide to the helpful website. 

Adult Coloring Club: Summer 
Saturday, August 10 at 2 pm
Come relax by coloring your stress away. We'll provide the themed coloring sheets, markers, and crayons to help you get started.