Friday February 28th, will be our next after school movie! It involves Italy and mysterious sea creatures! Stop by the library or White Star for more details!
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Interested in VR?
Haven’t tried our new Meta Quest 3? Stop by the library to learn more!
Movie Binge Bundles Available!
Don’t know what to check out but want to enjoy some movies! Follow this link to reserve a themed movie Binge Bundle! Binge Bundles are checked out for two weeks and do not count towards the three dvd limit. Check one out today!
Hopping time to be in Battle Creek!
April is here and there is so much going on this month at the library and in the community! We have an exciting living history program presented by Darrel Draper where he will perform in character as President Theodore Roosevelt. This educational and entertaining program is for people of all ages and will be held at the Community Pride Care Center at 2:00 Sunday, April 7th. The next Saturday the library will be stuffed with children and families as they get to make their own stuffed animal at our Make a Pal Stuffing Party. Ms. Cherie Werner will read a heart-warming story about the wonderful role our stuffed friends make in our lives then the stuffing will begin! If you missed the pre-order date there are extra “pals” available for the cost of $12 each. Inquire at the library for more information.
Do you love pancakes? If you do April in Battle Creek is going to be a lip-smacking month for you! On April 7th the youth group at St. Johns will be having a pancake feed from 10:30 to 12:30 with Grubbs providing their delicious pancakes. Then on Saturday, April 13th the Battle Creek Lions Club will take to the griddle to flip up some mouth-watering pancakes at the community clubhouse in the city park. They will begin serving at 10:00 and continue till 1:00.
While are mouths are watering over pancakes, don’t forget there’s also a few more Friday night Knights of Columbus Fish Fries at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall. They serve from 5:30-8:00pm and carryouts are available!
Our schools have book fairs, plays, and sporting events as well this month. One event to note is the Battle Creek Scholarship Banquet on Friday, April 5th. The speaker will be alum, Angie Klein. Make sure you call the high school for your reservations!
Is that music you hear? Well, not yet, but there will soon be music and dancing at the Fire Hall for the Annual Fireman’s Ball on April 13th from 8:00pm to 1:00am. Ask your favorite fireman for tickets!
That’s not the end to the Battle Creek events! Easter is coming! That means worship services at St. Patricks and St. Johns but also a special visit from the Easter Bunny. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 0-8 at the city park on April 13th at 11am. So on April 13th, you and your child can come to the library at 9 make a stuffed pal, head to the park for some pancakes from the Lions Club, have the children find eggs at 11 and then go home take a nap and find a babysitter and come back into town for a night of music and dancing. Sounds like a hopping fun day and a wonderful month to be in Battle Creek!
PS… If we’ve missed any community events, we apologize!
Be Cool, Back to School
July will soon slide into August and many wonderful opportunities are looking for you, kids. You still have a few short weeks of summer fun, of course, and that is a real opportunity.
One thing you could do is take a vacation to somewhere close that is not expensive and yet full of fun; like: the County Fair in your area–or a rodeo if it’s close enough. Explore area lakes and rivers (with your family and friends) and find out how great it is to be a Nebraskan. Some Nebraskans enjoy inviting their neighbors for an outdoor dinner, especially if they live in the country. Someone who might be visiting from out of state would most likely love an invitation to a country barbecue (or even a small town barbecue): does anyone have Gov.Pete Ricketts’ email?
Other ideas might include visiting grandparents wherever they live or inviting them to your outdoor barbecue.
You might even try writing a card or note to the teacher you will be working with next school year: tell he or she what your best qualities are or an activity that you’ve never tried in school–like being pen-pals with the principal.
Summers are short but there is still some time to look around and describe to your mom or dad what is best about Nebraska summers. Better yet write a pen pal and invite them to see how much fun we have.
Remember always that if you and your friends were born in Nebraska, there are many children who weren’t. You could start a Pen Pal Club with your classmates and write to those children asking them what is the best feature of their state. How do you find them? Start with cousins or friends who live elsewhere. Or when you go back to school ask the new kids who just arrived. It’s a great way to find a new friend.
And don’t forget to tell everyone how great the weather is here in good old Nebraska!