“This is our second time for the mini-golf course, we also did this last summer,” said librarian Laura Goldsborough.
Her son Nate Goldsborough volunteered to help set up and run things the day of the event.
“It’s fun to be in the library when it’s closed and I wanted to help the kids who come to golf,” he said.
The event was smaller the last time they created it, Laura Goldsborough said.
“We received a donation to create the event on a bigger scale this year,” she said. “We bought some things from Goodwill and also received donations of things like Duplo Lego blocks, wrapping paper tubes and even some old books.”
Teen librarian Heather Booth, who ran the event with Goldsborough, said 52 people registered to play, and the tweens enjoyed setting up the event.
“They got to visit the library when it was closed and set up in every room, even the quiet fireplace room,” Booth said.
Volunteer Sophie Hynes, 12, was on hand to guide children to the different holes and to fix any breakdowns. Hynes said the holes were created out of cardboard and duct tape, and each one was given a theme such as Pokemon, pirates and sunken treasure, tunnels, neon and under the sea.
She said the fourth hole, called ramps, was the hardest to create and she had to “do it five times before I got it right.” Hynes 5-year-old sister Bridget was the first to complete the course.
The Nowak family brought daughters Evie, 5, Elise, 4, and Millie, 1, to try out the course. Annie Nowak, who saw the event in the library newsletter, said she and her husband, Tony, brought the girls “to try mini-golf for the first time. It looked like something fun to do.”
Parker Stanley, 10, of Western Springs, attended with his sister Avery, 8.
“I helped set up the course so I wanted to come and play,” Parker said. “The fourth hole is the hardest one to do.”
The Lantz family of Western Springs brought their son Beckett, 5, and daughter Hadley, 3.
“I like golf a lot but my favorite sport is basketball,” Beckett said.
His parents, Joelle and Rawley Lantz, were proud he got a hole in one on the Pokemon themed hole.
Alison Kellam brought daughters Kate, 5, and Emily,2 1/2.
“I was looking for something to do today with the girls and decided to come to the library,” Kellam said. “The mini-course looks like a lot of fun.”
Diane Dachota is a freelancer reporter for Pioneer Press.
