  • Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times

    A young boy holds a bunny at the petting zoo Wednesday at East Morgan County Library.

  • Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times

    Pounding letters and pictures into leather was one of the activities available at East Morgan County Library's Summer Reading Program Rotation Station event Wednesday in Brush.

  • Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times

    Children had a chance to pet donkeys, alpacas, goats, a horse, chickens and rabbits at the petting zoo Wednesday at East Morgan County Library as part of the annual Summer Reading Program Rotation Station event.

  • Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times

    A girl uses a loom to weave a bracelet at the High Plains Spinners and Weavers station Wednesday at East Morgan County Library's Summer Reading Program event.

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Around 150 children had a chance Wednesday to visit a petting zoo, pound designs into leather strips, check out Brush city streets heavy equipment, weave bracelets and see some robotics demonstrations.

All of these things were offered at the Summer Reading Program Rotation Station event at East Morgan County Library (EMCL).

“It’s always fast and furious for us, but it’s really laid back for the kids,” EMCL Teen Librarian Tammy Bass said.

The children and their parents moved from station to station, checking out the activities and sights.

“It’s a really neat way for families to engage together,” EMCL Children’s Librarian Christy Bellis said. “It’s not just for one age.”

The petting zoo was a popular station, with a variety of animals for the children to pet – or even to hold in the case of the chickens and rabbits.

Toby Bellis brought his horse to the library for the petting zoo, Melody Charlton had her donkeys there and Margo Kissler provided the goats, alpacas, rabbits and chickens.

“They’re just local residents who love kids and who love to do this for us,” EMCL Children’s Librarian Christy Bellis said. “The kids love seeing the animal.”

The petting zoo is always a part of the annual Summer Reading Program Rotation Station, she said.

“It always amazes me,” Bellis said. “To me, they’re everyday animals, but not for the kids. After visiting the other stations, they always go back to the animals.”

The city of Brush provided several city vehicles used for streets maintenance, including a road grader, a street sweeper and a skidsteer for the children to see. The city workers even let the kids climb on and try out the horns on these vehicles.

Jerry Bellis watched over the leathercraft station. The children were provided a strip of leather and then got to use tools from the library plus ones Jerry Bellis had brought along.

“They just get to tool their names or different designs, whatever they want to do with it,” he said.

There were two more stations inside the library. At one by the children’s library area, the Brush Robotics Team offered some demonstrations of basic robotics and their projects.

“It was neat to have the robotics,” Christy Bellis said. “This was the first year we’ve had them with us.

The High Plains Spinners and Weavers had several looms and other weaving equipment set up in the activity room and helped children weave their own bracelets.

“They’re just our local group,” Christy Bellis said. “They meet once a month here, and one of our staff members suggested we ask them to join us. They seemed to really enjoy working with the kids.”

Overall, she was pleased with how this year’s Rotation Station went.

“I think they had a good time,” Christy Bellis said. “They really liked the bunny and chickens and honking the horns.”

Jenni Grubbs: jgrubbs@fmtimes.com or Twitter @JenniGrubbs

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