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Library opens door to the public again on Jan. 4, 2021

The Superior Public Library will open it’s doors to the public again on January 4th. Everyone will be required to wear masks when entering the building.

We will still close 1/2 hour early, so that we can wipe everything down.

The Innovation Studio is at the Superior Library and ready for public to use.

The studio is here and will be up and running starting Sept. 28th. We have a CNC router, laser cutter, vinyl cutter, embroidery machine, 3D printer, heat press, button maker and laminator, music kit, Lego robot, electronic kits, and a camera and green screen.

The possibilities are endless. Start thinking about Christmas, weddings, birthdays, or any other gift giving occasion. And don’t forget to make something for yourself. The only cost to you is materials that you buy from the studio. You can bring in your own materials if you want.
Once you are certified on a machine you may come and use it at anytime. We will have trainings set up or call and make arrangements.
We are requesting reservations (COVID), so we don’t have too many people waiting for the same machine, At times the room may be closed if we are working by ourselves.

You can call 402 879-4200 to make a reservation or if you have questions.
Watch this site, or our Facebook page for announcements.

The Innovation Studio is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Nebraska Library Commission, The Nebraska State Regional Library Systems, Nebraska Extension, and the Superior Library.

Toddler Bags at the Library

The Superior Library has 12 new toddler bags. Each bag has a different theme with 3-5 books, and one or more of flannel boards, puppets, games or anything else I found to put in them. The bags are checked out for 2 weeks.

FrankenToy Workshop

The Library will hold a FrankenToy Workshop on October 21st from 1:30-3:00 PM. Any child grades 4th through 9th is welcome.

Riders on the Ophan Train

Coming to Superior on August 30th,  3:00 PM. This is being held at the Vestey Center dining room. This is a multimedia presentation on the Orphan Trains and their Young Riders.

Party

New Year’s Noon Party for children 3rd – 6th grade.
December 31, 2016
10:00 AM – Noon

Activities, games, food and noise makers.  Ball drops at Noon.

Library will be closed Saturday morning for party.

Book Sale

BOOK SALEWe will be having  our book sale for only 2 days.  Mark your calendars.

Summer Reading Program Get Ready To Start

SloganSign up for the  Summer Reading program is under way.  Any child ages 4 years through 6th grade are encouraged to sign up.  NEW this year is the adult reading program. No programs you have to come to, just read and record your time.  Challenge your children or grandchildren.  First 30 adults to sign up receives a book bag.

Children’s programs start June 1st from 2 – 3 p.m.
Children grades 3-6 can also sign up for Art Club.
For more information on any of this, call 402 879-4200 or stop in, 449 N. Kansas, Superior.

 

New movies

pc7K5999i[1]The library has been given 2 large collections of movies, so we will be putting new ones in for a while.

We have Star Wars movies.

A Hairy Halloween Story For You

Hairy Toe      hairy toes

excerpted from Spooky Maryland 

retold by S.E. Schlosser

Once there was an old woman who went out in the woods to dig up some roots to cook for dinner. She spotted something funny sticking out of the leaves and dug around until she uncovered a great big hairy toe. There was some good meat on that toe which would make a real tasty dinner, so the old woman put it in her basket and took it home.

When she got back to her cottage, the old woman boiled up a kettle-full of hairy toe soup, which she ate for dinner that night. It was the best meal she’d had in weeks! The old woman went to bed that night with a full stomach and a big smile.

Along about midnight, a cold wind started blowing in the tops of the trees around the old woman’s house. A large black cloud crept over the moon and from the woods a hollow voice rumbled: “Hairy toe! Hairy toe! I want my hairy toe!” Inside the house, the old woman stirred uneasily in her bed and nervously pulled the covers up over her ears.

From the woods there came a stomp-stomp-stomping noise as the wind whistled and jerked at the treetops. In the clearing at the edge of the forest, a hollow voice said: “Hairy toe! Hairy toe! I want my hairy toe!” Inside the house, the old woman shuddered and turned over in her sleep.

A stomp, stomp, stomping sound came from the garden path outside the cottage. The night creatures shivered in their burrows as a hollow voice howled: “Hairy toe! Hairy toe! I want my hairy toe!” Inside the house, the old woman snapped awake. Her whole body shook with fright as she listened to the angry howling in her garden. Jumping out of bed, she ran to the door and barred it. Once the cottage was secure, she lay back down to sleep.

Suddenly, the front door of the cottage burst open with a bang, snapping the bar in two and sending it flying into the corners of the room. There came the stomp, stomp, stomping noise of giant feet walking up the stairs. Peeping out from under the covers, the old woman saw a massive figure filling her doorway. It said: “Hairy toe! Hairy toe! I want my hairy toe!”

The old woman sat bolt upright in terror and shouted: “I ATE your hairy toe!”

“Yes, you did,” the giant figure said very gently as it advanced into the room.

No one living in the region ever saw the old woman again. The only clue to her disappearance was a giant footprint a neighbor found pressed deep into the loose soil of the meadow beside the house. The footprint was missing the left big toe.

 

You can read more Maryland folktales and ghost stories in Spooky Maryland by S.E. Schlosser.

Check out American Folklore page for more stories http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2009/10/the_hairy_toe.html