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Liverpool Public Library’s “Puzzlemania” Event Entertains Liverpool Public Library's "Puzzlemania" Event is Underway

By Dylan Trotter

Tables set up with the jigsaw puzzles.
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Anchor: Liverpool Public Library’s “Puzzlemania” event is underway, and N-C-C News’ Dylan Trotter reports it is the perfect pursuit for people who would like to take a break from their screens and sharpen their minds.

Reporter: This is the first year the library is holding its week long jigsaw puzzle building event, and L-P-L Communications Specialist Mark Bialczak says the benefits of puzzles moved them to put this week together.

Mark Bialczak: “Doing jigsaw puzzles increases your thought processes of your mind and actually dexterity with your fingers and putting the pieces together, and cognitive thinking.”

Reporter: Bialczak adds that jigsaw puzzles are a refreshing alternative to the digital stimulation we are exposed to.

Mark Bialczak: “You could concentrate on something that doesn’t have the glare staring back at you, so it’s quite different.”

Reporter: Puzzlemania will continue through Saturday. Children and adults alike are all welcome to participate.
Dylan Trotter, N-C-C News

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (NCC News) – In a comfortable studio inside the Liverpool Public Library, there are several jigsaw puzzles laid out across three tables, with only small portions completed.

It was day three of “Puzzlemania” at the library, and this is the first year of the weeklong event.

Anyone can come in and spend as much time as they can trying to complete the jigsaw puzzles, said Mark Bialczak, the library’s Communications Specialist.

While Bialczak has not yet tried his hand at the puzzles, he acknowledged the cognitive benefits of doing them.

“Doing jigsaw puzzles increases your thought process of your mind and actually dexterity with your fingers and putting the pieces together,” explained Bialczak.

In addition to exercising your mind, the puzzles can also provide a form of entertainment that keeps participants away from their digital screens.

“Jigsaw puzzles have been around way before your iPhone or iPad, so you could concentrate on something that doesn’t have the glare staring back at you, so it’s quite different,” said Bialczak.

Jigsaw puzzles may not have as much appeal as our digital devices, but they make for a good escape from them.

“Puzzlemania” continues through Saturday. People of all ages are welcome to participate.

 

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