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Last Updated on Saturday, 30 January 2016 21:33

The Monongahela Area Library announces events for February.

Story Time will be offered at two times - on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Story time is designed for children ages 30 months to 5 years old. Ms. Becky reads to the children and then completes a craft with them.

On Tuesdays at 6 p.m., Monongahela Area Library will host a weekly Color Me Happy Hour. Designed for teens through adults, Color Me Happy Hour is a relaxing hour of creative coloring. We provide free coloring pages of varying complexity as well as crayons, colored pencils, and markers. Come relax and create with us! You may bring refreshments if you desire.

Family Block Party! Bring your children to an entertaining night with wooden building blocks. You and your child can work together to build something amazing. Building with blocks helps children develop intellectually and physically. Current research shows that block play is essential for cognitive success for learning math and numbers. The block party will be held Wednesday, February 17th from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Miss Becky!

Book Bites will meet on Thursday, February 18 at 1 p.m. The book for February is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. All are welcome. If you plan to join in on the discussion and would like the library to get a copy of the book for you, please call us so we can reserve a copy for you.

The Writers Club will meet on the first and third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. All are welcome. If you are new to the club, please call to make sure they are meeting that day.

Monongahela Area Library is collecting items on behalf of Washington County Farm Bureau to help the Washington County Food Bank beginning February 1. We are collecting flour, sugar, sweetener, canned and dried soups, hot and cold cereals, oatmeal, cake mixes, instant pudding, condiments, canned fruits and veggies, pastas, sauces, canned/dried meats and seafood, dried fruits and vegetables, non-fat dried milk, cleaning supplies, detergent, paper products, and personal hygiene items. The collection drive will continue through the end of March.

Monongahela Area Library is looking for a few good men and women to serve as library trustees. Library trustees are powerful advocates for libraries. The Library board of trustees has a role in determining the mission of the library, setting the policy that governs the library, hiring and evaluating a library director, but most of all, raising funds to ensure the library remains a viable asset in the community. Potential trustees should be civic-minded individuals with an interest in preserving the future of the library, they should be a library user, be prepared to attend monthly board meetings regularly, be involved in other community activities, be willing to learn about the library’s governing system, and be willing and able to volunteer some extra time to help with raising funds and conducting community outreach. If you have someone in mind that you would like to serve as a trustee, please contact the library at the above phone number or email address.

A reminder to our patrons: when Ringgold School District closes due to inclement weather, the library also closes and all activities are cancelled. Early closures for inclement weather are posted on Facebook as soon as the determination to close has been made.