Battle Creek Fun Days brightens our city on June 2-4th.  On Friday, June 2nd, the Carnival sets up on Main Street and runs through Sunday, June 4th. Its hours are: Friday 5-11 pm, Saturday 12-10 pm, & Sunday 12 pm-10 pm. Register for  the Home Run Derby @ 6:30 pm at the park. It is sponsored by the BC Ball Association.

Saturday everyone may enjoy the carnival and these other activities: Market in the BC Park; Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby, Lions Club Kid Games,  Pool Party, Cup Cake Walk, BBQ, Parade 8 pm, & Meat auction after parade (Main Street).

Sunday wraps it all up with the Carnival from 12 pm-10 pm. Many thanks to the BC Betterment Club, Lions Club, BC Ball Association, Boy Scouts, St. John Lutheran and St. Pat’s Education Center, 106 Kix Radio Station, and many other helpful Battle Creek citizens.

What other month delivers so much entertainment as May? Memories and celebrations abound: Cinco de Mayo on the 5th, full moon on the 6th, graduations (Battle Creek on the 13th), Mother’s Day on the 14th, and Memorial Day on the 29th! That is a lot of action for a beautiful start to summer.

With summer comes baseball games, picnics, and summer reading.  Summer reading sign up begins here on Friday, May 26 and continues until the activities start in June. Our theme is all about ‘building’: building communities, building new reading fun, and enjoying a new way to learn. Our speaker, Curtis Mork, will entertain us with his Lego skills in June. Watch for more updates about June and July.

Change is inevitable, and April is proud of it. The weather is moody sometimes, but it delivers trophies in Spring flowers, baby animals, and Easter Egg hunts. Battle Creek is experiencing the showers and windiness of the season, but this is a good time to celebrate the end of winter.

The next week (April 10-13) provides National Library Week for entertainment. Stop in at Lied Battle Creek Public Library for treats, stories, and sur-prizes. Imagination and art will be explored here and, no doubt, lots of books.  Story time will be held on Tuesday, April 11 at 3:40 in the meeting room. Parents are welcome to stay and listen. The Library will be closed on April 14 (Friday) to celebrate Good Friday, but we will be open our regular hours on Saturday, April 15, from 9 am to 3 pm.

Earth Day is April 22 and a good time to plant or rejuvenate our Tree City. City-wide garage sales will be on Saturday, April 29. This is a good time to clean out our attics and basements and find great bargains next door! See you then.

Since 2010 Battle Creek Public Library has been situated on the corner of Highway 121 and Main Street. From our work room window the staff can watch children walking to the Library from the Elementary School or exiting  Tilly’s gas station/convenience store to cross the highway and enter the Library. We also hear the fire sirens and watch the engines turn onto the highway at our corner. This old building, more than 100 years old, has seen it all and weathered the years with grace.  It was, after all, a Methodist Church before we moved in.  And our previous library building? It’s now a police station–and a pretty nice one, at that, complete with its sign and globe-like lamp above the door.

So this is our first notice to the world that our webpage has also moved. Stop in some time, won’t you?