Ellwood City Area Public Library activities for week

From Staff Reports
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The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458.

NOTE

The library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library, and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby app to borrow books from the above libraries. Please call the library with any questions.

OPEN

The library is open. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. Masks are required to be worn, covering mouth and nose, while in the building for the entire visit. We will continue doing curbside pick-up. Please call us with the book(s), authors, genre or recommended material you would like to check out and our staff will see that it is in alphabetical order in the lobby for you. We are still doing our returns in specially marked containers in our lobby. Please do not put any donated books in these bins. For requests, call 724-758-6458.

Hours are Tuesday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Please remember no one is available to take your calls unless it is in the hours listed above.

Activities taking place this week include.

TUESDAY

1:30 p.m. – “Afternoon Book Group,” will discuss the book “The Good Neighbors” by Sarah Langman.

SAVE THE DATE

The Summer Reading Program will be in person. Jumpstart to Kindergarten will be Tuesdays July 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Aug. 2 at 10 a.m.

Wild, Wet, Wednesdays will be for children having completed kindergarten and first grade. They will meet at 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays June 15, 22, 29 and July 6 and 13 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Children completing second and third grade will meet Wednesdays June 15, 22, 29 and July 6 and July 13 at 11 a.m.

Family Laptime will be Thursdays June 16, 23, 30 and July 7, 14 and 21 at 6 p.m. The Book Groups are: Book Bunch for kids completing third grade will meet at noon on Wednesdays June 15, July 13, and Aug. 10. Bookworms for kids completing fourth and fifth grade will meet at noon Thursdays June 23, July 14 and Aug. 11. Please call the library to register.

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MEMORIALS

The following are memorial contributions received by the library during the month of April. Memorials are published on a weekly basis in this column and represent a portion of the contributions received.

In memory of Allen E. Abrino from Bill, Heather, Derek, Tyler and Chelsea Baker;

In memory of Eleanor A. “Ellie” Angelucci from Ray and Agnes DeFonde;

In memory of Ronald R. Bubb from Lincoln High School Class of 1982;

In memory of Cathy L. Bucci from Beth Lordi;

In memory of Anthony J. “Tony” Celli from Beth Lordi, Don and Lynda Mancini;

In memory of Donna Evans from Ginny Brest, Beth Lordi;

In memory of Eugene Gaul from Beth Lordi;

In memory of Walter Frederick “Jim” Horton from Beth Lordi;

In memory of Edward P. Kirchel from Ray and Agnes DeFonde;

In memory of James M. “Jim” Norton, Sr. from Ellwood City Saxon Club;

In memory of Henry Taylor from Marcia Glover;

In memory of Terri L. Zikeli from Lincoln High School Class of 1982.

This article originally appeared on Ellwood City Ledger: Ellwood City Area Public Library activities for week of May 16