NEWPORT CULTURAL CENTER
The first Games Club for Seniors at the Newport Cultural Center will be on Wednesday, January 25th from 2 to 4 PM. This will be a chance for senior citizens to come together to play games like cribbage and euchre. If you have a special game in mind, please bring it along.
The NCC Ukulele Society will be meeting Wednesday, January 25th upstairs. Beginners start at 6 PM, and others tend to drop by later. They have an open practice from 7 until 8 or 8:30 PM. They have many new ukulele books to sign out to patrons and three ukuleles for patrons to borrow.
The NCC now has audio and e-books available for their patrons to download from Maine Info-Net. Patrons need their library card number to use this service. Call them at 368-5074 if you need to find out your patron number.
Pre-school story hour is at 10 AM on Fridays. Children can enjoy a story downstairs followed by a craft upstairs. They are considering having a play group afterward, but need a volunteer to help supervise. Please call if you are interested in helping out.
The informal knitting circle is meeting again on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, downstairs in the reading area. This is a chance for knitters and crocheters to visit while working on projects, and to share patterns and ideas. The NCC is also looking for crafters interested in helping out with programs for children and adults. Please call 368-2193 if you would be interested in sharing your craft with others. The Cultural Center is locate on Main Street in Newport.

NCC patron Conner, a founding member of the new Lego Club, plays with the growing collection of Legos. More Lego donations for the collection are still being sought.
STEWART FREE LIBRARY
The Blue Sock II Book Club for children continues to meet every fourth Thursday of the month at 3:15 PM at the Stewart Free Library in Corinna. The members in this club are in fifth through eighth grades. The next meeting will be Thursday, January 26th, and the book the children will have read is Freak the Mighty, written by Rodman Philbrick. Members will lead discussion, as well as eat food and participate in activities that relate to this book. New members are welcome. For more information about this or any of the other book clubs, please call 278-2454, e-mail sfl@stewart.lib.me.us, or visit their website link at corinna.govoffice.com.
PITTSFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Pittsfield Public Library will host a demonstration by HealthReach RSVP on Tuesday, January 31st. Join them from 10:30 to 11:30 AM and learn about “Bone Builders,” an osteoporosis prevention exercise program. Bones Builders is an exercise program offered by MaineGeneral HealthReach Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Bone Builders is based on research by Miriam Nelson, Ph.D. Tufts University, which showed that moderate free-weight training performed as seldom as twice a week for at least six months improves strength, balance, energy levels and bone density.
Bone Builders consists of three parts in the one-hour long session. The first part is weight bearing exercises with free weights to increases muscle strength and bone density. The second is balance training and the third is an education component that discuss nutrition and other relevant healthy life style topics.
A free four-week course will be offered from Tuesday, February 7th through Thursday, March 1st at the library. A doctor’s release form is required to participate. To learn more about Bone Builders, please contact Linda Rood, Field Coordinator at 800-427-1127, 778-0427 or 861-3534.
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