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Noteworthy at BPL


Eryk Feala - Troop 10, Eagle Scout Project
​A huge "THANK YOU" to Eryk Feala, BSA Troop 10, for refurbishing the front porchof the Mills Community House as his Eagle Scout project. Eryk did a fantastic job coordinating and implementing much needed repairs and painting. Stop by to check it out. If you see Eryk, be sure to tell him "Thanks" for a job well done!
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​My name is Eryk L. Feala and I started with the Boy Scouts in September 2009 by joining Troop 10 which is chartered in Blaine Christian Church of Arcadia.  I have progressed through all the ranks and am now a Life Scout completing my requirements for Eagle Scout.  I'm graduating from BCHS this year and have also completed a 2 year course of Public Safety at TBA.  I have played football and wrestled for 2 seasons at BCHS. I am currently an officer in the Order of the Arrow, vice chief of Programs; a Boy Scouts Honor Society which helps our BSA camps.  This summer I will be working at Cole Canoe base as a Senior Patrol Leader and taking training as a River Ranger and experienced ATV rider which should be great fun.  In July I will be going on a BSA high adventure to Juneau, Alaska for 2 weeks, hiking a glacier, fishing for salmon, and doing some service work on our National parks.

I chose the Mills Community House Project because I thought it would be a challenging project that had a lot of elements to do for competition.  Painting, sanding, installation of newel posts, installation of bench, restoration of cement work, and lots of opportunity to show leadership and responsibility.  Also, the Mills Community House is a public building and would make a visible impact on the community and let them know what Boy Scouts are all about;  Service to our community.

Eryk L. Feala

Art Exhibit at BPL 2015-2016
PictureRon Gianola, Benzie County Artist
Ron Gianola, Local Artist
Benzonia Public Library is pleased to exhibit local artist, Ron Gianola's, stunning work. Ron is from Honor and is a patron of our library as well as a very talented artist. Ron's beautiful art displayed in the library is for sale, with 50% of any sales being donated directly to the library! If you have not been in, please stop by and admire Ron's work!  We asked Ron what inspired his wonderful art; he replied with:
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“Inspired by the beauty of our natural environment, I balance realism with abstraction. Rather than depict the specific, I work in a more personal technique using a harmony of forms from observed, created, and remembered sources in their own beautiful color universe.  I paint with enough content that the mind and imagination are pleased and with enough literal image that the eye is also satisfied. Nature is the source, but the art is Nature seen through the artist's temperament or psyche. Hopefully, my art conveys a sense of balance and beauty.”
“I am gratified to exhibit my work in the strikingly renovated
Benzonia Public Library, and very happy with the look of the exhibition.”
Ron Gianola  www.rongianola.com 

Photos of some of Ron's art currently on display at the Benzonia Public Library.
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Activities and Events:

​ APRIL 2018
23 Computers with Dustin
24 Money Smart Kids
​24 
Knitting Group
27 eBay Basics 
30 
Computers with Dustin

MAY 2018
  3 Teen Lit Club
  3 Friends of BPL meeting​  
  7
 Early Head Start Play Group
  8
 Knitting Group
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 10 Trustee Meeting
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15 Knitting Group
​16 Guild of Makers
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19 Used Book Sale
22 Knitting Group
28 Closed: Memorial Day
29 
Knitting Group​

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231-882-4111
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Drawing of Mills Community House 
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