Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of May 2

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. 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.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

• 6:30 p.m. – “Evening Book Group,” will be discussing the book “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michalides.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

• 4:00 p.m. – “Hooked on Books Book Group,” will be discussing the book “The Hadley Academy” by Conor Grennan through Zoom.
• 6:00 p.m. – “Mother’s Day Family Laptime,” a special laptime devoted to Mother’s Day on Facebook.

SAVE THE DATE:

Summer programs will be starting in person. JumpStart to Kindergarten for children going into kindergarten. Family Storytime for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Oceans of Possibilities for children that have completed kindergarten through 3rd grade. Monthly book groups for children that have completed 3rd grade through 12th grade. Please call the library for more information. Programs will begin in June: dates to be announced.

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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.

MEMORIALS:

• In memory of Allen E. Abrino from Peggy Householder, Bill, Heather, Derek, Tyler and Chelsea Baker
• In memory of Anthony J. “Tony” Celli from Veronica Pacella
• In memory of Karen A. Johnston from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sanders
• In memory of Edward P. Kirchel from Sandy and Tony Busin
• In memory of Erica D. LaCava from Bonnie McConahy
• In memory of Geraldine Anne Martin from Richard and Jane Santillo
• In memory of Olga M. (Dugan) Nardone from Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of Joanne Ottaviani from Richard and Jane Santillo, Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of Loretta G. Paganie from Samuel Teolis Funeral Home, Inc.
• In memory of Jodi Pensy from Hungarian Home