Paul Szmal: FLX Morning continues, it is 840 and we're up to 68. And it's time to visit with our friends from the Geneva Public Library, so joining us this morning is Brandy Rizal. Brandy, good morning, how are you this morning?
Brandy Rozelle: Good morning, I'm doing good.
Paul Szmal: And we want to talk about the summer reading program that has been ongoing for the variety of youth groups, whether it be preschool right up through elementary and middle school.
Brandy Rozelle: Yes. Yeah, so we've had a very fun and exciting summer and we're glad to see so many people joining us this year. We've done so many fun things already, with a foam party, our Mestival, painting classes, butterfly walk-throughs, firefighter tales, self-defense, we've had so many good things this year. And we still have so many to go.
Paul Szmal: Yeah, I was taking a look on the Geneva Public Library website, which by the way is gplny.org. And looking at a couple of the things that are coming up, there is going to be later today as a matter of fact, a teen ghost hunt.
Brandy Rozelle: Yes, so this is something that we do yearly that the teens really look forward to. And this year we're combining it with a teen horror author book signing. So we have a local author from Livonia coming down, his name is David Smith, and he writes horror stories for teens. So he's going to tell us about some of his books, and then afterwards he's going to share in with our ghost hunt with Ghost SOS. And the teens will be put into groups to do a ghost hunt throughout the library.
Paul Szmal: And there's also an art farm party that is coming up. This will be on Wednesday, August the 13th. What is the art farm?
Brandy Rozelle: So the art farm is based out of Victor, and they do painting classes for kids and teens. And they'll do them for adults as well, but we're just doing kids and teens this time. So they will be actually painting different ice cream scenes. So the kids will be painting like popsicles, and then the teens will be painting ice cream. So they will get a canvas and our instructor will show them how to create a piece of art on that canvas. So it will look nice.
Paul Szmal: Yeah, man, that sounds like it'll be a good time. And there's activities for the preschoolers too, a couple of activities coming up on Thursday that look like fun. One of them called Rumpelstiltskin Unspun.
Brandy Rozelle: Yes, this one I really love. This is the Rev Theater out of Auburn. And every year they do a new play based on a book, and they get the kids really involved in it. So they bring their whole theater set in and they set it up. And they put on this awesome play, and it's very interactive because they bring the kids into it and they bring the audience into it. So everybody gets to feel like they're a part of the play.
Paul Szmal: Oh, that's awesome. And then later on Thursday is the summer family movie night at the library.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah, so this year we're doing it a little different for summer. We're going to kind of go back to showing some 80s and 90s cartoons for the kids and the families. So you can get a little piece of nostalgia and show your kids some cartoons that you used to watch. And with that, we have some cereal and milk. So you can enjoy your Saturday morning cartoons on a Thursday with cereal and milk.
Paul Szmal: Okay, I could go for that. Yeah, there's some good ones that they'll be showing. So yeah, I'm excited about it.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah, I'd be excited about that too, because that's something that for a lot of that current young generation in like the five to 15 age bracket, they don't know because it doesn't exist anymore. And it's something that our generation grew up with.
Paul Szmal: Yes, we loved our Saturday cartoons. And so we're going to try to bring that back. We did this last month and it was a big hit and the parents really enjoyed it. And they were excited, I think, more for the cartoons that came up than the kids. But their kids actually enjoyed the cartoons that their parents used to watch.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah, and I know we're getting close to the wrap up of the summer reading program. And there's a big finale that is planned for this.
Paul Szmal: Yes. So we do one great big finale at the end. We have seven community partners coming in to do some tabling events and crafts with the kids. So we're very lucky for that. And then we have Percussion Power is going to be here. She brings a whole bunch of different instruments and drums and the kids just get to explore every instrument that she has and get to play a little bit on all of it. So it's a nice way to introduce kids to some different musical instruments as well. And we'll have face painting too. So kids love face painting.
Brandy Rozelle: And then our Pizza Taste-Off goes along with our summer reading finale that's for the teens. And the teens get to judge the different pizza places in Geneva and they will pick the winner for this year.
Paul Szmal: Ah. I get it. Yeah. Pity I'm out of the age group. I could definitely get into something like that. Yeah. Yeah. They really love doing the Pizza Taste-Off and we're lucky to have so many pizza places that join in with us.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah. And I understand there's going to be some prize giveaways as well, Brandi?
Paul Szmal: Yes. We'll be doing our last prize draws for kids to win their prizes for reading. And then we have our raffle baskets that we will be drawing from. So this year the kids got to win prizes, books, and get raffle tickets for doing reading throughout the summer. So on our summer reading finale, we will be drawing the winners from our raffle.
Brandy Rozelle: Well, we've been talking with Brandi Rizzo here from the Geneva Public Library a lot about the youth programs and the summer reading program and how that's all kind of wrapped up at the end of the year here before the kids go back to school. I want to spend a minute, though, talking about the adult programs that are available too because there are plenty of adult programs that cover a wide variety of things. One of them that we may have touched on previously is the one-on-one career counseling that is offered monthly.
Paul Szmal: Yes. Yes. So this is presented by Ontario County Workforce Development. So they will come in. You can register in advance or you can just drop in. And they will help you with your career needs.
Brandy Rozelle: And also there's, I love the title of this, and I know there are people that could definitely use a course like this. A low-paced technology class is called Computers for the Technologically Illiterate.
Paul Szmal: Yes. Sometimes I feel like that too.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah. So they can teach you how to do different computer things. And I mean, computers are always changing, so we always need to kind of keep up our skills. There's always new technology, new apps. Windows is always changing, or it is, and Google. So yeah, they can come in, they can learn about, you know, every little thing about computers, whether it's your cursor or what a URL is, let's see, mouse skills that you like sometimes don't realize that your mouse can do different things. Like if you right-click or if you scroll, lots and lots of different things.
Paul Szmal: Yeah. Yeah, it does. Especially email. Email is a big one that people tend to have trouble with. So that's a good skill to learn as well, since a lot of things take email more often.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah, those of us that use computers every day, we just kind of, I think, take those basic skills like using a mouse for granted as if they're a given. And that's not always the case. And it's great that you offer a course that can get people up to speed at a slow enough pace that they can get it and grasp it, because I think there's a lot of frustration that people have in trying to deal with computers. And if it's a slow-paced course, it gives them the opportunity to, you know, feel like, oh, okay, I've done that. Now on to the next skill.
Paul Szmal: Yeah. Yeah. So it's very good for them to learn that. And I mean, even just your keyboard has lots of different functions that it can do that a lot of people don't know about. And then the Sci-Fi Book Club is having a special edition. This is coming up on Friday, August the 29th. And it's basically called Let's Keep It Short. And there's a reason for that.
Brandy Rozelle: Yes. So it's more short speculative fiction stories and films. So they're gonna be doing some different ones there, learning about different sci-fi shorts and some films as well.
Paul Szmal: Yeah. And each of these, by the way, each of the films is under 15 minutes. So if you like your sci-fi in bite-sized chunks, this is a good thing to check out.
Brandy Rozelle: Yeah. Absolutely.
Paul Szmal: Well, we've covered a lot of ground here. And again, all of this information is available on the website. It is gplny.org, gplny.org. I encourage you to go check the website out. Check out the different programs that are offered for both the youth and adults. There's all sorts of stuff happening at the Geneva Public Library. Brandi, thanks for the update. We appreciate it.
Brandy Rozelle: Yes. Thank you. It is 8.50 on FLX Morning.
