On your mark, get set, go! The turtle races begin

By Joan Janzen

KINDERSLEY - The phrase ‘slow as a turtle’ didn’t apply to the races held at the Kindersley Library on Wednesday afternoon. A couple of dozen children aged seven and older joined the Kindersley Library’s Create Club for an afternoon of crafts on August 6th.

Librarian Molly had the youngsters colour and cut out cardboard turtles. When they were done, the racing turtles were attached to strings to test their speed in some fun races.

Thanks to the staff at the library, children in the community enjoy regular crafting and story times. Molly said this particular craft was one she had enjoyed as a child, and the kids at the library seemed to love turtle racing as much as she did.

Molly, Kindersley’s Librarian, demonstrated how the kids at the library could race the cardboard turtles they had artistically decorated on Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN