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The community of Unalaska is a busy place to live. Our community calendar is full of events and activities. About Town is your source for coverage of community events and sports. KUCB staff writes many of the stories, but we also accept contributions from community members for this section of our website. If you'd like to submit a story to About Town, send it to info@kucb.org.

Library Mini-Golf Event Was One For the Books

Last Saturday at 7pm, the Unalaska Public Library invited the community to come out and play the one-night-only, custom designed 9-hole mini-golf course.

Staff from the library and the PCR gathered an hour earlier to build obstacles for each of the unique nine holes. Throughout the course, balls were impeded with intricate patterns of drinking straws, a half dozen lego sculptures, upturned books and a dismantled Jenga game. The Alaskana room of the library was transformed into a particularly tricky hole using crumpled beige paper as the sand trap and mandating penalty strokes for those who found their balls landing in blue, construction paper water.

Library Assistant Robi Harris came up with the idea for a mini-golf event and did extensive Internet research to add special touches to the game. Stacks of old books lined each specific area to add to the theme and golfers carefully aimed their balls repurposed bookends, or the "holes."

There were over 25 individuals who participated in the event and winners from each group went home with a watch. Check out a highlight reel as seen on Flash! Unalaska. 

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Chrissy worked as the Arts & Culture Director from 2015 until she moved away from the community in 2019. She now works with us as a consultant, producer, and video editor on special projects.