Beacon of Light…Anchor of the Community”

Spring is a busy time at the POC Library, as Librarian, Michelle Marlin, continues with “Business as Usual” with all the Library’s routine services and schedules, but also readying everything for the influx of Spring Breakers, summer visitors, and school children looking for entertainment when school ends. She is also busy preparing for the Library’s Summer Reading Program, which is the highlight of summer for many of POC’s children. Ms. Marlin is proud to announce a new reading initiative for children offered at the Library by POC resident, Mrs. Sam Burnett!!! “Story Telling With Sam” will be offered on Tuesdays from 11:00-11:30 a.m. beginning on March 15, 2022!! In addition, the Calhoun County Library System is conducting a survey to find out how they can improve Library Services. They ask that all POC residents and visitors please come by the Library to complete one of the survey forms at your convenience!!

The Library’s support group, the Friends of the POC Library, is busy making plans for their annual Membership Drive, which begins on June 1, 2022. The Friends welcome all who would like to join this hard-working group in supporting the POC Library. The Friends will have their Annual Meeting at 4:30 PM on June 21, 2022 in the Multipurpose Room of the Library. The group is also staying busy with their Spring Adult and Children’s Programs. Please mark your calendars for the Friends’ upcoming Programs in April and May, all listed and detailed below. The Friends appreciate the continued support of the POC Community, and continue to work hard doing wonderful things for our beautiful POC Library and its constituents!!

POC Library Hours:
Sunday and Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The POC Library is hosting the following Programs and Meetings in the Library’s Multipurpose Room, and invites one and all to attend!!

Every Tuesday: 11:00-11:30 a.m. -“Story Time with Sam”
Story telling by POC’s own, Ms. Sam Burnett!
Every Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m. –
Friends of the POC Library’s “Coffee and Conversation”
Every Thursday: 1:00 p.m. – “POC Bridge Club”
Every Friday: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – “Mahjong”
Every Friday: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. – “S.M.A.R.T. Recovery”
Meetings led by Robert Smith, 401-575-9778

April 9 – 10:00-11:30 a,m, Friends of the POC Library Children’s Program: “Create and Perform A Puppet Show”

April 11 – 6:00 p,m, – Chamber of Commerce Meeting

April 18, 6:00-7:30 p.m. – Friends of the POC Library “Book Signing and Program by award winning author, Myra McIlvain” Ms. McIlvain is a teller of Texas Tales through her historical fiction novels, one of which is set in the 19th Century town of Indianola, that blew away in the 1886 Hurricane, and her other novels depicting various historical stories throughout Texas and other Gulf Coast towns. Refreshments will be served starting at 6:00 p.m.; program begins at 6:15 p.m.

May 9 – 6:00 p.m. – Chamber of Commerce Meeting

May 10 6:00-7:30 p.m. – Friends of the POC Library “Book Signing and Program by Alison Moore and Phil Lancaster” for her novel, Riders On The Orphan Train. This is a fantastic multimedia program that combines live music and video montage with photographs and interviews of survivors of the largest child migration in history!! You do not want to miss it!!! Refreshments will be served starting at 6:00 PM; program begins at 6:15 p.m.

May 14 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. – Friends of the Port O’Connor Library Children’s Program: “Arts and Crafts”

-Submitted by Alane Haradt