Bluffton Public Library will be hosting a special storytime series for babies and toddlers on Thursdays in August. All four sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and focus on rhymes, stories and songs for children ages 0-3.
Parents must attend each 25 minute session with their children. Older siblings are also welcome to participate. Parents or caregivers should register their child at the library's front desk to reserve their place in the program.
There's still time to register for various classes through the Bluffton Public Library while the Mobile Computer Lab is on Main Street.
The Mobile Technology Training Center (bus) is a 35-foot bus equipped with 10 networked PC's, digital display, printer, air conditioning and is handicapped accessible.
According to Cindi Chasse, library administrator, the following free classes are offered:
Thursday - Just for parents and caregivers
Thursday - Beginning computers Q & A
Thursday - Explore Office 2010
The deadline for Bluffton Public Library's second annual amateur photo contest is drawing near, but there's still time to enter. Sponsored by Greg's Pharmacy, the contest will award more than $600 in prizes.
This year's special feature is a $50 cash prize awarded for the best night scene in addition to two new youth categories, courtesy of the Friends of the Library. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded for all age categories (adult, high school and youth).
On July 18, Bluffton Public Library will open as the 81st member of the SEO (Serving Every Ohioan) library consortium. The SEO (Serving Every Ohioan) Library Center, located in Caldwell, Ohio, supports a consortium of 80 library systems at 176 physical locations throughout 42 counties across Ohio, including the Ada, Findlay-Hancock County Public Library and Forest libraries.
Heard any good Bluffton ghost stories lately? The Bluffton Public Library will host a Bluffton Ghost Walk, Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m. at the library.
The event is for persons 12 and up (under 18 need a signed permission form).
Participants must pre-register at the library's front desk or the children's desk and arrive in the lbirary basement before the library closes at 8 p.m. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Free computer classes will be offered July 24 through July 28 in a mobile computer lab parked on Main Street in front of the Bluffton Public Library.
Sessions include: Explore the Treasures of SEO, Explore Your Family History (getting started and digging deeper), Explore Office 2010, Mango Foreign Language Database, Explore the New Digital Collection for E-readers and Beginning Computer Q & A.
A special session will be offered to introduce parents to the "buried treasures" of SEO as well.
