The 16th Annual Touch-A-Truck program sponsored by the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon in the parking lot in front of the shopping area that includes Planet Fitness, 437 East Chestnut Street. Here families can get an up-close look at a host of working and recreational vehicles and indulge their fascination with “things that go.”
The vehicles featured in Touch-A-Truck Day will range from small recreational vehicles to large industrial equipment. They will be furnished by multiple sponsors including: the Junction City Police and Fire Departments, Junction City Public Works, Jim Clark Chevrolet, Geary County Rural Fire Department, Acorns Resort, Geary Grain, Adams Farms, Carlyon and Sons, ATC & Upper Deck, Rolling Hills Golf Course, and more.
The vehicles featured in the exhibit along with many others are also the topics of a number of books shelved in the juvenile nonfiction collection in the Young People’s Section of the library. This includes titles on ambulances, police cars, big rigs, airplanes, helicopters, tow trucks, buses, muscle cars, and more. These titles are important to young readers who may not enjoy fiction but can still develop their love of reading through nonfiction titles about topics that match their interests.