Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of May 23

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. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. 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. 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, MAY 24

• 1:30 p.m. – “Afternoon Book Group,” will be discussing the book “The Good Neighbor” by Sarah Langman.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

• 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – “Veteran’s Outreach,” Tony Crow will be in the Library to assist Veterans. No appointment necessary.

SAVE THE DATE:

The Summer Reading Program will be in person. Jumpstart to Kindergarten will be Tuesday July 5, 12, 19, and 26 and August 2 at 10:00 a.m. Wild, Wet, Wednesdays will be for children having completed Kindergarten and 1st grade. They will meet at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday June 15, 22, 29 and July 6th and 13th from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Children completing grades 2nd and 3rd will meet Wednesday June 15, 22, 29 and July 6th and July 13th at 11:00 a.m. Family Laptime will be Thursday June 16, 23, 30 and July 7, 14 and 21 at 6:00 p.m. The Book Groups are: Book Bunch for kids completing 3rd grade will meet at noon on Wednesday June 15th, July 13th, and August 10th. Bookworms for kids completing 4th and 5th grade will meet at noon Thursday June 23rd, July 14th and August 11th. Please call the Library to register.

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

MEMORIALS:

• In memory of Coquette from Veronica Pacella
• In memory of Edward P. Kirchel from George and Mary Ellen Boy, Cheryl Thomas
• In honor of Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV’s Early Intervention Program Staff from Jessica Nemeth and Tracy Bordelon