{"id":29385,"date":"2012-06-14T20:48:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=29385"},"modified":"2012-06-14T20:48:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:48:07","slug":"briggs-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/briggs-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Briggs Library News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attention stargazers<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Star Lab Planetarium<\/strong><br \/>\nStargazers! We are bringing the night sky inside the library with a portable mylar planetarium dome. Join us on a journey through the sky in a fun and memorable manner. Register for one of the half-hour programs on Tuesday, July 24th between 6 and 8 pm. Registration begins on Tuesday June 26th and is required for this free program.<br \/>\n<strong>Chapter Chatter: &#8220;By the Light of the Moon&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nChildren ages 6 through 8 are invited to join us on Monday evenings at 7-7:45, August 6th to August 27th for Chapter Chatter Storytime. They can listen to stories read by staff, play a game, make a craft and of course enjoy a snack. Stories staff will be sharing with the kids are: &#8220;Crimson Comet&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Ship of Dreams&#8221; by Dean Morrissey and &#8220;The Man in the Moon&#8221; by William Joyce. Registration is required and begins: Monday, July 9th.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nJr. Readers Book Club<\/strong><br \/>\nYouth ages 7-9 are invited to join the summer reading fun on Monday June 25th from 7:00-8:00pm. Register for the program and pick up a copy of the discussion book Alien Ice Cream by David Anthony and Charles David at the circulation desk. The program will include a game, a craft and ice cream treats. Child or their responsible adult must have a valid Library card to sign up for the program.<br \/>\n<strong>Bookaholics Book Club<\/strong><br \/>\nAttention Bookaholics! Your copy of &#8220;Life of Pi&#8221; by Yann Martel is now available at the Briggs Library circulation desk. Read the book before Thursday, June 21st, and then join us for a relaxed discussion at 7pm at Bruno&#8217;s Bar in downtown St. Johns. Stop by the library for more information about this title, or the others we will read this summer. The Bookaholics Book Club is open to all adult patrons over the age of 21 who have a valid library card.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nGuessing Contest Winners<\/strong><br \/>\nOur first guessing contest winners of the summer season were Abigail Coscarelli and Ty Wardin who made the closest guesses of 115 and 127. The correct number of &#8220;moon rocks&#8221; was 121! There will a new guessing contest every week for the children who have signed up for the summer reading program so come in and sign up soon.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nLibrary Closure<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Library will be closed Wednesday July 4th in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. The drop box on the Library porch will be available for returns throughout this closure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nLibrary Director: Sara Morrison<br \/>\nPhone: 989-224-4702 * Fax: 989-224-1205<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:smorrison@briggspubliclibrary.org\">smorrison@briggspubliclibrary.org<\/a><br \/>\nStreet address: 108 E Railroad * Saint Johns, MI 48879 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention stargazers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briggs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}