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Friends of the Library Used Book Sale

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Pick up some books you don’t have to return at the Friends of the Library Book Sale. On the library’s lower level, the Friends organization will hold a sale of a variety of books and other items to benefit library services, materials, and programs. Your purchase at this sale goes to enriching Bluffton and the surrounding community. The sale begins on Thursday, June 2 and ends on Saturday, June 4th. 

Times are scheduled as follows:

Friends of the Library Used Book Sale

White background, dark green frame, and multicolored stack of books, with black text description of programs.

Pick up some books you don’t have to return at the Friends of the Library Book Sale. On the library’s lower level, the Friends organization will hold a sale of a variety of books and other items to benefit library services, materials, and programs. Your purchase at this sale goes to enriching Bluffton and the surrounding community. The sale begins on Thursday, June 2 and ends on Saturday, June 4th. 

Times are scheduled as follows:

Fear No Art Class with Janette Reineke - Clay Pinch Pot (Register by June 14)

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Fear No Art Class (R) ($) On the 4th Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m., Janette Reineke will be teaching a lesson from her book, Fear No Art: You Can Do It! and participants will create their own art. 

The June 28 lesson is: Clay Pinch Pot. There is a $10 supply fee at the door, cash only.

An optional follow-up class to Paint Your Pinch Pot will be held on June 29. $3 supply fee at the door, cash only.

Mobile Health Clinic - ONU Healthwise at the library

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Mobile Health Clinic: Fri., June 24 from 9:00-11:00 a.m - All services are provided by individuals with the Ohio Northern University Healthwise program. This clinic includes free screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol (please fast for 12 hours to participate in cholesterol or blood sugar screening) and osteoporosis/ Participants may speak with ONU Healthwise students and staff about their results or concerns, and even receive referrals to area doctors.

Underwater Life in our Watershed, presented by The Quarry Farm (Register by July 8!)

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The Underwater Life in Our Watershed (R) - On Tuesday, July 12 @ 6:00 p.m.

Did you know that the insects, mollusks and crustaceans—aquatic macroinvertebrates—that live in our streams and rivers are like the canaries that miners used to keep down in the coal mines? Their presence (or absence) can help us determine the health of our waterways.

Meet some of these 'water canaries' when you join representatives from The Quarry Farm at the Bluffton Public Library.

The Roots of our Watershed, presented by The Quarry Farm (Register by June 10!)

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The Roots of our Watershed (R) - On Tuesday, June 14 @ 6:00 p.m., join representatives from The Quarry Farm at the Bluffton Public Library as we focus on the native plants that hold soil in place to protect one of Earth’s greatest freshwater ocean systems, the Great Lakes, from sedimentation and harmful algal bloom.

*Bring a small pot along as there will be plant samples to take home and plant in your own precious soil.

This program is for Adults and Teens as well as children with a parent or guardian present.

Children's Storytime (Register now!)

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Children's Storytimes (R) - Come and join Storytime! Register for Monday evenings @ 6:30 a.m. OR Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m.   Storytime is for infants to Pre-Kindergarten who will get to talk, sing, read, write, and play with fellow Storytime Friends. This is a great way to engage your little one in social cues and how to make friends while listening to stories.  

Children's Storytime (Register now!)

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Children's Storytimes (R) - Come and join Storytime! Register for Monday evenings @ 6:30 a.m. OR Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m.   Storytime is for infants to Pre-Kindergarten who will get to talk, sing, read, write, and play with fellow Storytime Friends. This is a great way to engage your little one in social cues and how to make friends while listening to stories.  

Children's Storytime SPECIAL: Max the Therapy Dog from Pet Partners! (Register now!)

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SPECIAL Children's Storytimes (R) - In July, Max the Therapy Dog from Pet Partners will be visiting on Monday, July 11 at 6:30 pm and on Weds, July 13 at 10:00 am.

Registration required.

Ways to register for regular Storytime and/or for SPECIAL Storytime: Scan the QR code on the flyer with your phone camera, visit our website at www.tinyurl.com/BPLSummerST, or call or stop by the library front desk.

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