Voorheesville Library Notes for Friday, October 7, 2016
Make a Great Pumpkin
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1:30 pm as we showcase our creative skills to decorate pumpkins for Halloween and the fall season. What is your fancy? Spooky, silly, whimsical, humorous, or artistic? Pumpkins and decorating supplies will be provided.
We will end the program by watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and snacking on pumpkin bread and cider. Decorated pumpkins will be displayed in the library Oct. 17 through 23 for the entire community to enjoy. Pumpkins may be picked up beginning Oct. 24. For children in kindergarten through grade five and their families. Please register.
Legos
Create a new land from your imagination and LEGO bricks at the library on Monday, Oct. 10 at 10:30 a.m. Parents and caregivers will join their kids in kindergarten through grade two in this creative journey meant to foster problem-solving skills and encourage storytelling. Please register.
Bricks and blocks
Students in grades three through seven will create something creepy with our LEGO bricks, and try to survive the Creepers during your turn on Minecraft. The program starts at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10. Please register.
Gluten free and Paleo baking
Come to the library at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, for a presentation by cookbook author, Elizabeth Barbone. Despite being born with life-threatening food-allergies, Barbone graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. Now she shares her delicious and creative recipes for the food allergic and gluten-free communities through her site GlutenFreeBaking.com, cooking classes, and regular radio and television appearances. She is the author of three cookbooks: “Easy Gluten-Free Baking”, “How to Cook Gluten-Free”, and the “World’s Easiest Paleo Baking”. Samples will be offered, and registration is required.
Social Security planning
Nicole Iannoti, a registered representative from Foresters Financial Services Inc., will be presenting new Social Security guidelines at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Learn the answers to your questions: Will Social Security be there for me? How much can I expect to receive? Many more questions will be answered throughout the seminar.