Uniontown Library buzzing with many activities
School may be back in session, but things haven’t slowed down any here at the library. Just last Wednesday, the patron computers were all in use and for most of the day, there was a waiting list four deep. Our reading area bustled with patrons who were reading newspapers, using their laptop computers, or doing research. Our library isn’t just for children. Before we leave the summer behind, we want to thank the sponsors who made our Summer Reading Program such a huge success. Appreciation is extended to Geshay Pediatric Dentistry, Steve Wright & Associates, Steven & Rita Peters, Retta Semans, Davis & Davis Attorneys-at-Law, Sepic Orthodontics, McMillen Engineering, Abby’s Gold & Gems, Friends of the Library, Private Industry Council of Westmorland/Fayette, Fayette County MH/MR, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Fayette County, W.B. Kania Associates U.C., and anonymous donors.
Their generosity made a lot of children very happy this summer.
With fall on the horizon, we’re making plans for our family craft nights here at the library. Miss Kristi will offer four craft items for parents and their children each time. The first family craft night will be Sept. 15 from 6 to 7:30. You might want to wear not-so-good clothes, as you’ll be using glue, paint, markers and such to make a turtle using scratch art, a sand art surfboard, a fish magnet, or a sun catcher lantern. Miss Kristi promises snacks and a drink as well, so bring the children and come enjoy an evening at the library. Watch this column or check our web page (www.uniontownlib.org) for the times and dates of future family craft nights.
In my last column, I mentioned our desire to add a feature on our Web page listing upcoming class reunions. We have our first one for the Uniontown Area High School Class of 1953. They’ll be enjoying a weekend of reminiscing from Sept. 19-21, so check out the information on our Web page if you’d like to know more.
Are you looking for a book you heard about from a friend or on a TV show? Call us at the library to see if we have it. If we don’t, and if it isn’t a brand new title, we can borrow the book for you from another Pennsylvania library. It’s called Interlibrary Loan, a free service for our patrons. If the title isn’t found in a Pennsylvania library, we can search nationally for the book, again, at no cost to you. In my previous library, we had a book on Wallace Nutting pictures that was especially popular and was constantly requested for loan. It went out more than I did.
Here in the library during the month of August, the staff celebrated three birthdays. Lovely Loretta, Delightful Dolores, and Dynamic Dianne all received a song, card and gift for their birthdays from the rest of the staff.
Come September, we’ll be singing to Vivacious Vicki, Sweet Sherry, and Loquacious Lynne. I’ve found that working with the Uniontown Library staff is like being a part of a family. Come visit us in the library and see what I mean.
“I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the public library. For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it.” – Isaac Asimov
(Lynne E. Tharan is the library director of the Uniontown Public Library, 24 Jefferson St.,Uniontown. Phone 724-437-1165.)