Jun 23, 2010 By Herald Standard Staff 3 min read

Summer Reading Program draws 146 If you were in the neighborhood of the library June 14, it looked like half the city was here. It was the first day of registration for Summer Reading Club, and in one day, we registered 146 children. It’s going to be a grand summer for readers.

Our thanks to the Herald-Standard for the write up in the June 13 paper listing all the events we have scheduled for the Summer Reading Program. Also, our thanks to all the folks who made these programs possible.

On Thursday, Steve Haberman will present his extraordinary magic show at 1 p.m. here in the library. Come prepared to witness things never before imagined.

Then, at 1 p.m. July 1, we will meet the children and parents at Mt. St. Macrina on Route 40 for “stone soup day.” The afternoon will include a story, a tour of the vegetable garden, then a lunch of stone (vegetable) soup. Our thanks to Denny’s for providing the soup.

A new program has been added to our Summer Reading schedule. On July 15, we will be awed and delighted by the Nemacolin Wild World of Animals – and strange and unusual animals at that. Come at 1 p.m. that day for all kinds of creatures in the library.

We have two new faces in the Children’s Room this summer. First, Miss Laurita is our new Tuesday girl and also helps on busy Summer Reading Days. Then, Chikita is a volunteer who decided she wanted to help with the children’s programs, so you’ll be seeing a lot of her, too.

I would like to thank our anonymous plant donor for another gift – or maybe we have more than one donor. In the spring, we found some hyacinth and tulip plants as well as a fern. Two weeks ago, there were Lily-of-the-Valley plants at our door. This past week, two brilliant Gerber daisies were waiting for us Saturday morning. They are all planted around our grounds now, and doing well.

The Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame must be close to naming its next class of inductees, as a new display case has been installed in the second floor hallway. Stop in and view the memorabilia from years of sports in this area.

If you are an art enthusiast, have you been in recently to admire the art pieces hung throughout the library? Many pieces that belong to the Art Club are hung here as well as paintings that have been donated to the library.

Many very fine objects are on display.

Come see us in the library, learn about stone soup, and admire our art collection.

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Lynne E. Tharan is director of the Uniontown Public Library, 24 Jefferson St., Uniontown, telephone 724-437-1165.