HURON COUNTY COMMUNITY LIBRARY
6 West Emerald Street
Willard, OH 44890
419-933-8564 fax 419-933-4783 email: willard@oplin.org
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Contact Person: Laura Lee Wilson or Barb Templeman
WILLARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the Huron County Community Library. Join us at our Willard location to create tissue paper fiesta flowers and enjoy a dish of Tamales. This fun event will be held on Thursday, October 12 at 6 p.m. in our Willard Annex.
What could be more special, kids, than a visit with a friend from the “Beauty and the Beast”. Come for a “Tale as Old as Time” on October 14 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Bring a camera for “Pictures with Beauty”, have fun making crafts, and hear a song. Sign-up is required.
October 10-14 is Teen Read Week. The theme for 2017 is “Unleash Your Story @ the Library”. All locations for the Huron County Community Library will be holding a writing contest beginning on October 10. Teens may choose to write either a short story or a poem for their entry. The deadline for the contest will be Oct.13 at 5 p.m. Our Willard youth grades 6 thru 12 may drop their entries off at the Teen Room or email it to emarino@huroncolib.org.
Other activities for teens during Teen Read Week include “bookend art” Oct.11 at 4:30 p.m. and book cover Bingo Oct.12 at 4:30 P.M.
A big event happening for teens on October 30 at 4:30 p.m. “THE ANNEX ROOM IS HAUNTED!!!! Teens you have 1 hr. to solve the riddles and clues OR ELSE…!!!!!”
Teens make “mummy Mason jars on Oct.16 and join us for a Halloween Party with games and snacks on Oct. 23. Both events will be held at 4:30 p.m.
Don’t forget teens that Manga Club is held on Oct.18 at 2:45 p.m. at the Willard City School.
On Oct.19 at 6 p.m. in the Community Room, Cleveland artist, Gene Epstein, will be here at our Willard location to demonstrate her skills and craft. Gene is a book artist, bookbinder, muralist, and more. She will be showing us some of her work, give us a brief look into the world of “Folded Book Art”, and then we will be making our own to take home. Sign-up is not required but would be appreciated.
Join the downtown business on Oct.21 from 10 a.m. -1 p.m. for a free, early trick or treat. Take part in “Trick or Treat” from 10-11 a.m., then at 11:15 a.m. the library will hold its costume contest at the new pavilion (categories: best book character, scariest, silliest, best superhero, cutest, most creative). Enjoy free lunch courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce at 11:30-1 p.m. The afternoon will end with a free performance by a magician using Halloween balloons.
More activities for the month of October at the Library include: Oct.11, all day a Vote for your favorite bear event, Oct.28 at 11 a.m. a free movie screening on Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, who sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. Family History Scrapbooking with Fran, and Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. create a black sock cat for Pinterest Monday in the Community Room.
Don’t forget the Little Ones!! Read to Me Storytime is held Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Oct 11 & 12 the theme is “Soup’s On…Come & Get It” and Oct. 25 & 26 “Bootastic Halloween”. Costumes are welcome!