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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM DECEMBER 14 - 20, 2022 UCW 17 From Dec. 15 until Jan. 15, the Cumberland County Public Library system is inviting readers of all ages to keep up the excellent work of read- ing books over the holiday break during its Winter Reading Program, known as WRAP. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library, Inc., WRAP allows readers of all ages to win prizes for tracking their reading progress and participating in library-related activi- ties, according to the Cumberland County Public Library. e Winter Reading Program is split into children, teens, adults, staff and family, and each category has different objectives. "[e Winter Reading Program] is meant to be a program that encourages" people to continue reading during winter break, said Carla Brooks, Cumberland County Library Division Manager of Programs. "We call it our Winter Reading and Activities Program." e 2022-2023 Children's Winter Reading Pro- gram "encourages lifelong reading habits for chil- dren 11 and under," according to the Cumberland County Public Library's website. e next category is for teens aged 12 to 18. "[Kids] read for five hours, and they get a little record," Brooks said. "ey bring it back in and they can get a free book." ese two categories offer virtually the same prizes: Read for five hours (or 300 minutes), earn a free book, and enter into drawings for the prize of "book bundles" at the Cumberland County library of your choice. "It helps kids to start their own little home librar- ies if they don't have any," Brooks said. "Or, if they've got one, it helps them to continue to expand it." Remember that there are two distinct $25 gift cer- tificates to be raffled away: Children earn the chance to win one to Barnes & Noble, while teenagers can win one to 2nd & Charles. "For every five hours after [the 300 minutes], it's just more chances in to the drawings," she said. e remaining categories are adults, library staff, and family, with a gift bundle and a potential $100 gift card grand prize. In addition, library staff and families can enter to win a gift bundle for employees. Brooks said that adults get a bingo card to fill out with different things they might need, like read- ing under a blanket or reading an old childhood favorite. "Once they get bingo one way, they bring the card back in, and this year the prize for adults is a mini flashlight," she added. e Winter Reading Program is happening at all eight libraries in the Cumberland County Library network. Be aware all library locations are open Mon- day, Tuesday and ursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. In addition, the Headquarters Library (downtown Fayetteville), Hope Mills Branch, North Regional Library and Cliffdale Regional Library are open Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. ere are seven libraries besides the Headquar- ters Library in downtown, so visitors can choose the closest facility, Brooks said. For information about exact library locations, please visit https://www.cumberlandcountync.gov/ departments/library-group/library/locations. R. ELGIN ZEIBER, Intern. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910-484-6200 Come See the Trains exhibit is for kids of all ages by CHAYENNE BURNS All ages are invited to come out to experience the magic of trains at Fascinate-U Children's Museum on Dec. 17. e Cape Fear Railroaders will showcase their model trains on the museum's 3rd floor to delight children of all ages. e exhibit is scheduled to run from noon until 4 p.m. e exhibit will also be open on Saturdays in January. Visitors can also enjoy the regular exhibits. Fascinate-U Children's Museum has hands-on, child-friendly exhibits that keep kids' active minds busy and let young imaginations run wild during these cool winter days. "We are open every day except Monday and all of our exhibits are hands-on, so when you come to visit, the children get to play and pretend to be a grown-up," said Susan Daniels, executive director of Fascinate-U. "We have a grocery store, costume stage, a news desk, a doctor's office, school room, army fort, post office, farm, voting booth and restaurant exhibit." Daniels added that the children get to pretend to be employees through role-playing, manipulation, and interacting with each other. e Cape Fear Railroaders are incorporated as a non-profit Historical and Educational organization, dedicated to keeping the history of railroads alive. e organization's objectives are to expand inter- est in the history of rail transportation, to preserve the historical materials concerning railway trans- portation of all kinds, to collect data on the history of transportation and issue publications relating to the subject. Along with current rail transportation topics, the organization aims to inform and educate the public of the value of railroads and rail trans- portation. ey also seek to promote, sponsor and/or con- duct restoration of railroad equipment and histori- cal museum exhibits. While promoting fellowship between those in- terested in rail history, current rail issues, they also wish to promote railroad history though the practice of model railroading, and to instruct, aid and assist model railroaders in the fulfillment of model rail- roading as a hobby. Admission to Come See the Trains is free unless you want to stay to play in the museum. For adults, it's $3 and for children, it's $4. Fascinate-U Childrens Museum is located at 116 Green Street. Museum hours on Tuesday, urs- day and Friday are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday hours are noon until 5 p.m. For more info, visit www.fascinate-u.com or https://www.facebook.com/fascinate.u.museum or call 910-829-9171. EVENTS CHAYENNE BURNS, Staff Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910-484-6200. Come See e Trains is a free exhibit Dec. 17. e exhibit will also be available on Saturdays in January. (Photos courtesy Cape Fear Railroaders and Fascinate-U Children's Museum) Cumberland County library system to ramp up winter reading by R. ELGIN ZEIBER