Leesburg Library thanks summer patrons

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By Sharon Aukeman
Leesburg Branch Library

Many thanks to all our patrons who participated in our summer reading program, Dream Big! Read,! this year.

We had over 275 participants and hope that all who joined us for the various programs and great books had as much fun as we did!

We want to say a big “thank you” to the following businesses for their support and donations. They truly were instrumental in making this year’s program so successful: Candle-Lite, Chakeres Theaters, Cincinnati Reds, Fetters Remodeling, Fifth Third Bank, Frisch’s Restaurant, Hardy Memorials, Heritage Club, Hickory & Plaid, Highland Lanes & Alley 21, Katie’s Confections, Kay Simmons Insurance, Kings Island, Leesburg Hardware, Leesburg Meat and Market, New Sabina Industries, Ohio Renaissance Festival, Sisters Tanning, Southern Hills Bank, Square One, Star Cinema, and Weller’s Plumbing & Heating.

We also want to thank the following program presenters for their time and talents: Ronald McDonald, Pam Bushelman, illusionist John Louis, Vince Howard and Eric Davenport, Keith Aukeman and The Reading Rocks Band, No Strings Attached Puppet Troupe, and our Candyland characters (Sarah Duncan, Drew Hamilton, Matthew Leach, Nicole Gergely, Jennifer West).

We had a fantastic time at all of our programs this year!

There will be no story times for Wee Ones and Tater Tots during the month of August. Our story times will resume on Thursday, Sept. 13. We hope to see new faces as well as old friends on that date. Please call us for more information regarding our story time program.

Our Knit Together group continues to meet on Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. Please join them regardless of your knitting expertise.

Our adult book discussion group, RRR meets on Thursday, Aug. 16 at 1:30 p.m.

We want to remind all students heading back to school this month that we are here to assist them with all their research and reference needs. Please stop in or call us, or you can visit us online at www.highlandco.org.

We hope you will enjoy the remainder of your summer days with great books from the Leesburg Library! We look forward to seeing you during the month of August.