The Alexandria Public Library is sponsoring a photo contest as part of our summer reading program. Photos have been printed on 4X6″ photo paper and displayed throughout the library as well as on our Facebook page. Winners will be decided by popular vote! Patrons can easily vote for best in each category and for overall winners online (SEE LINKS BELOW) or by visiting the library.
Submissions have been received from the following categories. CLICK ON THE CORRESPONDING LINK TO VOTE ONLINE. ONE VOTE = ONE FB LIKE.
Thursday, July 13 from 10AM-7:30PM
If you’re looking for an old favorite to treasure, or just something new to you, come visit us [...]
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Thursday, July 13 from 10AM-7:30PM
If you’re looking for an old favorite to treasure, or just something new to you, come visit us at our Semi-Annual Book Sale. We have lots of materials including videos, audio books, CDs and print materials for all ages. Individual items are available for a donation of your choice, or minimum of $5 per grocery bag or $20 per box.
Time
(Thursday) 10:00 am - 7:30 pm
Location
Alexandria Public Library
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
13jul7:00 pm- 8:00 pmCANCELLED: Maple Grove Cemetery Historical Walk
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CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Thursday, July 13 starting at 7PM
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CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Thursday, July 13 starting at 7PM
As part of our summer reading program, the library and the Alexandria Museum will host an historical walk through Maple Grove Cemetery on Thursday, July 13. This year Isiah Beaumont, Ira P. French, Alexander DeVillbiss, Rosemary Forsyth and a group of WWII gals living in this area will be featured and re-enacted by local individuals.
Guides will escort 5 groups throughout the evening in 10-minute increments beginning at 7:00PM. A golf cart will be available for those that have difficulty walking the grounds. Please email Barb Beck at bbeck@alexandria.lib.oh.us or call the Alexandria Public Library to make your reservations at 740-924-3561.
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm
Location
Alexandria Public Library
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
15jul9:00 am- 3:30 pmSemi-Annual Book Sale
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Saturday, July 15 from 9AM-3:30PM
If you’re looking for an old favorite to treasure, or just something new to you, come visit us [...]
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Saturday, July 15 from 9AM-3:30PM
If you’re looking for an old favorite to treasure, or just something new to you, come visit us at our Semi-Annual Book Sale. We have lots of materials including videos, audio books, CDs and print materials for all ages. Individual items are available for a donation of your choice, or minimum of $5 per grocery bag or $20 per box.
Time
(Saturday) 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location
Alexandria Public Library
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
19jul2:30 pm- 3:30 pmTeen Book Club: Out of My Mind
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Teens entering 6th grade and older are invited to participate in the perfect summer read of Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. We’ll be meeting on Wednesday, July 19 from 2:30-3:30 to discuss the book.
Synopsis:
From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes Out of My Mind, the story of a brilliant girl who cannot speak or write.
Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom—the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow.
In this breakthrough story—reminiscent of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly—from multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Sharon Draper, readers will come to know a brilliant mind and a brave spirit who will change forever how they look at anyone with a disability.
Please call the library at 740.924.3561 or email cstrong@alexandria.lib.oh.us to reserve a print, audio or eBook copy of this title.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location
Alexandria Public Library
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
20jul3:00 pm- 4:30 pmTeen STEM: Ohio Concrete
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Teens entering 6th grade and older are invited to learn about #BuildingABetterWorld with Ohio Concrete on Thursday, July 20 from 3-4:30PM.
25jul3:00 pm- 5:15 pmTeen Movie: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
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Join us for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on Tuesday, July 25 at 3PM.
Holding a mysterious leather suitcase in his hand, Newt Scamander, a young activist wizard from England, visits New York while he is on his way to Arizona. Inside his expanding suitcase hides a wide array of diverse, magical creatures that exist among us, ranging from tiny, twig-like ones, to majestic and humongous ones. It is the middle of the 20s and times are troubled since the already fragile equilibrium of secrecy between the unseen world of wizards and the ordinary or “No-Maj” people that the MACUSA Congress struggles to maintain, is at risk of being unsettled. In the meantime, the voices against wizardry keep growing with daily protests led by Mary Lou Barebone and fuelled by the increasing disasters ascribed to a dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald. At the same time, by a twist of fate, Newt’s precious suitcase will be switched with the identical one of an aspiring No-Maj baker, Jacob Kowalski, while demoted Auror, Tina Goldstein, arrests Newt for being an unregistered wizard. To… Written by Nick Riganas at IMDB.com
Please call the library at 740.924.3561 or
email cstrong@alexandria.lib.oh.us to let us know you’re coming. There will be POPCORN!
Time
(Tuesday) 3:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Location
Alexandria Public Library
10 Maple Dr., Alexandria, OH 43001
Teen Summer Reading Program
How to Participate:
Keep track of how much time you read (or listen to) a book between 5/30– 7/25. Color in a small square for every 15 minutes read or each activity. One hour of reading or one activity equals one treat.
Bring your log to the library to earn tickets toward weekly prize drawings and treats. Need a reading log? Stop in and pick one up or click on our Reading Log to print your own at home.
Complete 20 hours of reading, 20 activities OR any combination of 20 and receive a final prize for completion.
Schedule of Events for Teens
Photography Contest: Submit digital photos May 22–June 19. See official rules below.
LED Eyeballs & More: Wednesday, July 5 (2:30-4:00PM)
Book Club: Out of My Mindon Wednesday, July 19 (2:30-3:30PM)
Ohio Concrete STEM: Thursday, July 20 (3-4:30PM)
Movie Night: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on Tuesday, July 25 (3-5:15PM)
Weekly Take & Make: Stop by, grab one to do at your leisure.
Teen & Adult Photo Contest
“Build a Better World” Through the Eye of a Lens!
The Alexandria Public Library is sponsoring a photo contest as part of our summer reading program. Photos have been printed on 4X6″ photo paper and displayed throughout the library as well as on our Facebook page. Winners will be decided by popular vote! Patrons can easily vote for best in each category and for overall winners online (SEE LINKS BELOW) or by visiting the library.
Submissions have been received from the following categories. CLICK ON THE CORRESPONDING LINK TO VOTE ONLINE. ONE VOTE = ONE FB LIKE.
Photo submissions will be accepted from May 22 – June 19, 2017.
Display and voting will take place from July 3 – 15, 2017.
Winners will be announced on MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017.
Good luck and may the best photos win!
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The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has developed a comprehensive online Student Loan Center to help prospective, current, and former college students understand and manage student loans. The Attorney General’s Student Loan Center, http://www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/StudentLoans, contains information and resources to explore careers, choose a school, apply for student loans, and repay loans.
Library staffs may want to refer customers to the site’s resources and tools to help consumers make smart borrowing decisions. It provides tips on how to reduce the cost of attending college, and offers two calculators to help students budget their expenses and plan their loan repayment.
Free Online Career Training and High School/College Test Prep
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The Library will be closed for Independence Day on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Teens entering 6th grade and older are invited to make LED Eyeballs and other quick STEM projects on Wednesday, July 5 from 2:30-4PM.
Teens entering 6th grade and older are invited to participate in the perfect summer read of Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. We’ll be meeting on Wednesday, July 19 from 2:30-3:30 to discuss the book.
The Alexandria Public Library is sponsoring a photo contest as part of our summer reading program. Photos have been printed on 4X6″ photo paper and displayed throughout the library as well as on our Facebook page. Winners will be decided by popular vote! Patrons can easily vote for best in each category and for overall winners online (SEE LINKS BELOW) or by visiting the library.
