Ellwood City Library Activities For The Week Of October7

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

Activities taking place this week include

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. – “Family Laptime,” designed for babies as young as 6 months of age, toddlers, and preschoolers. This is an interactive, family event and features stories, songs, games, finger plays and more. Registration is requested.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. It is designed to help reduce stresses of everyday life. All adults are welcome.

3:00 p.m. – “Creative Writing Workshop,” for students in seventh grade and up. This group meets twice each month to share their work and discuss writing tips and techniques.

6:30 p.m. – “Evening Book Group for Adults,” the group will be discussing the book “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

10:00 a.m. – “Preschool Storytime,” for preschoolers 3 to 5 years old. Those participating must be potty-trained. Stories, songs, games and finger plays are featured. Registration is requested.

3:00 p.m. – “Hooked on Books Book Group,” the group will be discussing the book “Rooftoppers” by Katherine Rundell.

6:00 p.m. – “Adult Knitting Group,” which meets weekly to work on individual projects. New members are welcome.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

10:00 a.m. – “Silly Science and Lego Day,” featuring fun and silly science experiments, robotics and Lego building. This monthly program is designed for children in kindergarten through 6^th grade. No registration is required.

Noon- “20 Something Book Group,” the group will be discussing the book “The Wonder of All Things” by Jason Mott.

SAVE THE DATE:

The library will be hosting its annual “Literary Luncheon” on Saturday November 2, at the Connoquenessing Country Club. The event starts at noon with the doors opening at 10:30 a.m. Featured are a full luncheon menu, prizes, games, chances to win gift baskets and more. There are a limited number of tickets, so call the library now for more information.

There will be a “Build-a-Bear” type workshop at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 16. The program is designed for pre-school through early elementary aged children. There is a registration deadline of October 19. Call the library for further details.

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MEMORIALS:

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

• In memory of Ted B. Householder from Vicki Lucarelli, Dom and Tillie Santo
• In memory of Esther Kunkle from Ellwood City Chapter #212, O.E.S.
• In memory of Robert “Robbie” L. Pitrelli from Debbie Wiley
• In memory of Saundra Leann Ringle from Ellwood City Chapter #212, O.E.S., Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of Mary Jane Russo from Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of David L. Shaw from Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of Denise (DeTullio) Thompson from Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of Timothy J. VanKirk from Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.