<div dir="ltr">Oops! Forgot to add, you asked how many people have participated. We started with 4 teams the first time we offered it. We grew to 7 or 8 teams, I think, this winter when we did Puzzle Palooza IV. There's usually 3 or 4 to a team. Usually, when I have enough leftover prizes from Adult Summer Reading, I'd give out second place winner prizes if we have more that 5 teams participating.<div><br></div><div>Like I said though, the cool part is that after the first and second teams win, everyone just goes around the room and starts helping all the other teams finish up.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope<br>PCPL<br><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">----<div>Pinckney Community Public Library<br>125 Putnam St.<br>Pinckney, MI 48169<br>Tel: 734-878-2952<br>Fax: 734-878-2907<br>Email: <a href="mailto:hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org" target="_blank">hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Hope Siasoco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org" target="_blank">hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Jean,<div>We've always done 1000-piece puzzle and the fastest was during the first contest in 2014. We had a 4-person group finish in an hour & a half. Subsequent contests have had teams finish in 2 hours or a little more than 2 hours. (We usually have a team finish by lunch, then it just becomes a free-for-all when everyone hops to other teams to help them finish up their puzzles. It's been really fun the past four times we've done the program.)</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you have other questions. We don't mind sharing our "lessons learned". :)</div><div><br></div><div>Hope S.<br>Pinckney Library</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">----<div>Pinckney Community Public Library<br>125 Putnam St.<br>Pinckney, MI 48169<br>Tel: <a href="tel:734-878-2952" value="+17348782952" target="_blank">734-878-2952</a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:734-878-2907" value="+17348782907" target="_blank">734-878-2907</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org" target="_blank">hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hope Siasoco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 27, 2016 4:22 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Invitation to Pinckney Library's Puzzle Palooza V<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">The Pinckney Library would like to invite you, your family, friends & community to our fifth Puzzle Palooza (Jigsaw) Puzzle Contest. The program will be held at the Pinckney Library on Saturday, October 8th,
from 10am-2pm. Refreshments/lunch will be served throughout the whole contest period. We encourage you to sign up with a team (up to 4 people in a team, please) or as an individual. (We will add you to a team if you don't have one already.) Members of the
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125 Putnam St.<br>
Pinckney, MI 48169<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:734-878-2952" value="+17348782952" target="_blank">734-878-2952</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:734-878-2907" value="+17348782907" target="_blank">734-878-2907</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org" target="_blank">hsiasoco@pinckneylibrary.org</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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