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.