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Summer Library Activities & Contests for Adults - Libraries Rock!
Summer library programs aren't for kids only. Craft classes, Films in the Lobby, and contests with
great prizes! July will feature CREATE! Musical Coloring for Adults Program, Friday, July 20, 2 p.m.
Pick up the July word puzzle game at the circulation desk and return it, completed, to be entered into our drawing for prizes. In addition to the word puzzle contest, the library also has a
Summer Reading Challenge contest. Participate in one are all for chances to win great prizes.
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The Polk County Library Cooperative is 20 years old! They are hosting a Library Scavenger Hunt. Pick up your Scavenger Hunt card at any
PCLC Library, including the PCLC Bookmobile. Return the completed Scavenger Hunt to the same and you are entered in PCLC's 20th Birthday Bash Scavenger Hunt.
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July 2018 Book Discussions
Night Owls Book Discussion
Tuesday, July 24
, 6 p.m.
Lake Wales Public Library
Leaving Time
Thursday Morning Book Discussion
Thursday, July 26, 11 a.m.
Lake Wales Public Library
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Museum Book Club - Non-Fiction Book Discussion
Wednesday, July 25, 12 p.m.
Lake Wales Museum & Cultural Center
In A Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson
Books with Friends
Latt Maxcy Memorial Library - Frostproof
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Thursday, July 5 - 3 pm
LWPL & LW Museum Book Discussion Groups are s
ponsored by the
Lake Wales Library Association - Friends of the Library.
Follow Our Book Discussions and other 'book' news on the
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July Classes & Programs
- Yoga - Mondays & Wednesdays - 5:30 - 7 pm - Class Fee applies, pay at class - Yoga Class Info
- Coloring for Adults - Wednesdays - 11:30 am - 1 pm (No registration & Free)
- Knitting & Crochet - Fridays - 5:30 pm - (No registration & Free.) One on One instruction available in the 5:30 p.m. group. Call Dawn, 678-4005 for information.
- Needlework Group - Fridays - 9 am - All forms of needlework & fiber art welcome. Bring your projects and work along with like-minded people. (No registration & Free)
- Genealogy at the Library - Friday, July 6 - 11:30 a.m. (No registration & free) Please bring your personal laptop or tablet if available
- CREATE! Crafting Circle - Friday, July 20 - 2 p.m. - July Craft - Create! Musical Coloring for Adults. Sign Up in advance by calling 678-4005, Free. Limited to 20 people.
Adult Lifelong Learning Online Class - Anytime, Day or Night -
- Gale Courses - Free, online Adult Continuing Education classes, certificate at completion (requires a PCLC card) Gale Courses and click on the same.
Classes & Online Learning made possible by the generous support of -
Lake Wales Library Association - Friends of the Library ~
Florida's Natural Growers Foundation ~ The Jahna Foundation
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What's Happening At the Library
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Information & Assistance~
- Friday, July 6, 1 to 4 p.m. - Blood Banks of MidFlorida's Bloodmobile, Library's Main Parking Lot (Bloodmobile at City Administration Building, July 6, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
- Monday, July 9, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Central Florida Speech & Hearing Amplified Phone Distribution - Schoenoff Meeting Room
Meetings subject to cancellation or rescheduling.
For a complete Library calendar of events Click Here
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July Local Artist Gallery
During the month of July LW Public Library's Local Artist Gallery will host acrylic artist,
Marilyn Fuller
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Our Local Artist Gallery is open during regular library hours.
Cabinet of Curiosity
The Lake Wales Museum has created the
Cabinet of Curiosity in the Lake Wales Public Library's main lobby. The
Cabinet of Curiosity contains examples of unusual items from the Museum's collection and our local history. New items will rotate into the
Cabinet of Curiosity each month.
Be sure to view this unusual collection from the Lake Wales Museum in the Library's main lobby.
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Touch a Truck - July 19
The Lake Wales Public Library's youth summer programs conclude Thursday, July 19, 10:30 a.m. We're celebrating with our 2nd Touch a Truck event.
Kids of all ages will enjoy getting up close and personal with some of the coolest vehicles and equipment in the City of Lake Wales' fleet. Fire trucks, police cars, tractors, dump trucks, front end loaders, mowers, and much more will be parked in the LWPL's west parking lot. Talk with the city employees who work with this equipment everyday. Sit in the driver's seat, listen to loud horns, engines and sirens.
Don't miss the live DeeJay who will provide tunes during Touch A Truck. He will be located in the new gazebo on the north end of the walking path and park across
from the library.
For info
rmation on Touch a Truck & Dance Party call 678-4004, extension 224.
PBS'
The Great American Read
invites Americans to read from a list of 100 books, Classics and Contemporary works, and vote on your favorite. Sign up to participate at
The Great American Read.
The Lake Wales Public Library & the Lake Wales Museum will close in observance of
Independence Day. Both will reopen on Thursday, July 5, 9:00 a.m.
Enjoy the City's holiday events on the shore of Lake Wailes Lake. The fun begins at 2:00 p.m. and concludes with fireworks scheduled for 9:00 p.m. Music, pony
rides, face paining, food and much more!
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What the Library & Museum Staff are Reading ...
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