Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of August 16th

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

PLEASE 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.

WE’RE OPEN

The Library is open. Anything printed or copied must be paid for with exact change or check. 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. 724-758-6458 is the number to call with requests.

Hours are Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 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, AUGUST 17

1:30 p.m. – “Afternoon Book Group for Adults,” will be discussing the book “The Women of Copper Country” by Mary Doria Russell on Zoom.

6:00 p.m. – “Just You and Me Book Group,” will be discussing the book “Inkling” by Kenneth Oppel on Zoom.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19

6:00 p.m. – “Family Laptime,” will be done on Facebook.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20

7:00 p.m. – “Family Fun Activity,” this month is a family cake bake off. You will need to come to the library to pick up this kit and leave your phone number and/or email address. This is the last of the family fun activities, so be sure and submit proof of June’s and July’s along with this month’s so you can be entered into a special drawing. This activity will take place on Facebook.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES

If you participate in all three activities you will be entered into a special drawing. You must have proof of participation by showing us the project at the Library or taking a picture of the completed project to show us. You can send proof by emailing childrenslib@Zoominternet.net. Call the Library for more details.

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

MEMORIALS

• In memory of Ronald Norgrave Aiken from Wampum Road Neighbors
• In memory of Robert Barensfeld from Veronica Pacella
• In memory of David and Janice Buano from Lorraine and Anthony Buzzelli and Frank and Mary Aloi
• In memory of Carol A. “Flicka” Colaberardino from Ray and Agnes DeFonde
• In memory of John Robert “Bob” Luca from Hungarian Home
• In memory of Maurice from Carole Kinney
• In memory of Edith Pacella from Marsha and Marisa Fusetti
• In memory Paul Henery Siovaila from Ray and Agnes DeFonde
• In memory of Mildred Sullivan from Sharon and Dan McQuiston
• In memory of Joseph T. Taranto, Jr. from Ray and Agnes DeFonde