26/27 Story Time
September 30, 2026 - First day of Story Time was all about Fall. Kelly Grounds was the teacher today, she read "Little Miss Muffett", "Fall Leaves" and "Animals in the Fall". The craft was a "Hello Fall" picture.
October 7, 2026 - The theme for Story Time today was "Scarecrows". Karen Meier read "Scarecrows" and "People in Fall". The song they sang along with was "Hey, Hey, Diddle". Betty Davis led them in a few exercises. The craft was a "Bear Scarecrow".
October 14, 2026 - Today's Story Time theme was "Fall". Miss Denise started them off singing "Little Miss Muffett", "Hey Diddle, Diddle", "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", "Wheels on the Bus". and Ol' McDonald". They talked about fall leaves and Miss Denise read "Find a Pumpkin", "Leave Jumpers" and "Duck and Goose". The craft was making a tree with leaves out of a paperbag.
October 21, 2026 - Story Time today started off with Kellie Grounds leading them in a few songs, then she read "Mouse's First Fall" and "I'm as Quick as a Cricket". Paola and Yesico from "Western Plains Family Resource Center" passed out stickers to the children and then talked to the parents about the resources available. The craft for the day was creating a "Fall Wreath".
26/27 Adult Exercise Program
September 29, 2026 - We had our first Adult Exercise Class today and had a good turnout. Betty was the instructor, she explained how exercises help seniors avoid falls. The main benefits of chair exercises are: 1. Build and maintain muscle strength: 2. Strengthen bones: 3. Slow down osteoporosis: 4. Keep joints, tendons, and ligaments more flexible: 5. Improve coordination and flexibility: 6. Increase energy: 7. Strengthen heart and lungs: 8. Promote a greater sense of well-being. If you would like to work on any of these please come and join us every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
October 6, 2026 - Today was the second Tuesday of the Adult Exercise Class and there was a nice group of ladies. They worked on chair exercises. There was bottled water and protein balls made with oatmeal, protein powder, peanut butter, honey and dried fruit to end the class. Hope to see more come and check out the class.
October 20, 2026 - The Adult Exercise Class had another great day. I even heard several say that after the new stretches they might have a few new aches tomorrow.
2026 Summer Reading Program
Every Thursday in June
June 4, 2026 - The first day of our Summer Reading Program was a great success! Denise welcomed everyone and talked a little about what we will be doing this month. the A2Z Petting Zoo from Enid entertained the group with several animals.
June 11, 2026 - Another great day for the Summer Reading Program in the park with approximately 65 children. We had Dr. Anthropod with Mad Science give a great presentation all about dinosaurs.
June 18, 2026 - The program had two presentations: First was Danny Hammon presenting a talk on Honeybees life cycles and their hives. Second was Tony McFarland and his daughter Makenzie teaching the children how to draw dinosaurs.
June 25, 2026 - This was the last day of the Summer Reading program. Beginning with a picnic of hot dogs provided by the OSU Extension office and then Bart Taylor gave a great program all about Will Rogers life. Everyone was given a rope to try to do some rope tricks. At the end was the grand drawing for the two bicycles given out to the boy and girl whose reading logs were drawn. Breckan Nichols won the boys and Kory Boaldin won the girls.