What's New in 2025

January 2025 | Issue 64

Wagnalls Rummage Sale

Time for our annual rummage sale for the Library! As you clean up from the holidays and make room for your new things, we're sure something has got to go! We would love to have it!

We are accepting items in good, clean condition. No clothes please. Collection times are Thursday, Jan. 16, 3-7 pm and Friday, Jan. 17, 9 am to 2 pm. Receipts are available. There are no spaces for rent or consignment since this is a library fundraiser.

Come shop and support the library on Saturday, Jan. 18 from 9 am to 2 pm.

Meet Our New Tech Tutor

Jill Schwendenmann joined our staff in December and is now ready to help you with your tech!

Jill can assist you with smartphones, tablets, and laptops or any applications on those devices. Appointments are preferred. Please email Jill at Jill, Tech Tutor, or call 614-837-4765 X112.

Our Tech Tutor position is made possible in part through the Guiding Ohio Online program through the State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

New Library Hours in the New Year

For 2025, the library is expecting a decrease in our state funding causing us to reduce our open hours. Beginning January 2, the library hours will be:

Monday-Wednesday

10 am to 5 pm

Thursday

10 am to 8 pm

Saturday

10 am to 2 pm

closed Friday and Sunday

To operate the library, The Wagnalls Memorial relies on state funding, grants and donations. Currently, no property taxes collected in Fairfield County support the Wagnalls Memorial Library. For more information, please contact Deb Silvia, Executive Director at 614-837-4765 X132.

Interested in donating to the Wagnalls Memorial Library and invest in our community gem? Donations can be made by cash, check, or credit in person in the library, by mail to:

150 E. Columbus St.

PO Box 217

Lithopolis, OH 43136

or online at our website.

Thank you for your support in 2024!

December Donations to the Library

We are extremely grateful to those of you who supported our year-end fundraisers. These fundraisers are essential to providing our patrons with the programs and services they desire.

The 35-hour Give through the Fairfield County Foundation raised $4,034.53 and received $544.25 in matching funds for a total of $4,578.78.

The basket raffle and silent auction during our Christmas Open House had items donated by patrons, staff, board members, and local businesses. This fundraiser raised $2,387.

Thank you!

Adult and Teen Programs

If your favorite genres are mystery, suspense, and/or thriller, this is the book club for you!

We will be discussing The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn on Thursday, January 9 at 7pm

For questions or to RSVP, email Brenda

Join the Rapacious Readers on Thursday, January 23 at 7 pm to discuss All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.

For questions or to RSVP, please email Paula.

The Afternoon Book Club meets on Wednesday, January 15 at 2:00pm.

We will be discussing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

For questions or to RSVP, email Carol

What's the Stitch? crafting club meets Thursday, January 9th from 6 to 8 pm.

Meet with other knitters, crocheters, quilters, embroiderers, scrapbookers, and more! Inspire and advise each other as you grow in your craft.

Teen Book Club meets on Saturday, January 18 at 12:30 pm on the main level by the computer lab. This month we'll discuss Everything Sad Is Untrue (a True Story) by Daniel Nayeri.

For questions or to RSVP, email Mary.

Dungeons and Dragons has moved to the third Thursday each month. We'll see you on January 16th from 6 to 8 pm!

No registration required. Have questions? Email Emily.

Ink & Stone, Centennial Edition

Art and writing submissions by Central Ohio Teens are due by February 1 for the Wagnalls Memorial Teen Literary Journal! Teens may submit flash fiction (up to 500 words), short stories, non-fiction essays, and poems. Each teen may enter two pieces of writing. Entries are encouraged to be family friendly.

To submit your entries or ask questions, please email!

Children's Programming

We will follow the Bloom-Carroll School District’s decisions on inclement weather closings.

If BC is closed, we will NOT have Storytime or Homeschool classes.

If BC is on a 2-hour delay, we will have Storytime and Homeschool classes.

To earn a FREE ticket Disney On Ice for January 30-February 2, pick up a reading reward card in the Children's Library. For ages 2-12.

January Family Book Club is Snowflake Bentley by Jaqueline Briggs Martin. Grab a book and discussion guide in the Children's Library and enjoy at home as a family!

Annual Stickerpalooza is Monday, January 20th, 10 am to 5 pm. Bring your stickers!

Pick up your book for the Middle Grade Book Club! This book club is ideal for 4-th-6th graders. On January 18th at 10:30 am, we will be discussing Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk.

Mabel's Makery Special for January,

a felt pocket kitty! Please see a Children's Librarian for supplies to create when you come to the library.

Thursday morning Walk-in Story Time will be moving to the Children's Library on January 16th! We'll see you in the small program room by the corral at 10:30 am.

Read-Along experiences like never before! Every Wonderbook is a print book with a ready-to-play audiobook inside. Kids will press play to read along with their favorite books.

Arts and Entertainment

Auditions for The Hobbit are

January 14 and 15, 2025. Call backs on January 16, 2025. See below for theater combat workshop to prepare!

For actors ages 13 and older.

For questions, please email WCT.

Performances will be April 4-6 and

April 11-13, 2025. Adult tickets are $17, student and seniors (60+) tickets are $15.

To purchase tickets online, click here!

Join us for a family-friendly show on Saturday, January 25th! The Wagnalls Memorial Performing Arts Series presents Toadstool Shadow, a blue grass trio from Chillicothe. Show is at 6 pm and doors open at 5:30 pm.

A $20 family ticket admits one adult and up to three children, additional adult tickets are $10. Buy tickets online here!

Scouts will offer a Hotdog Supper at 5 pm by donation in the Social Hall below the auditorium.

The Wagnalls Performing Arts Series is presented by RedOne Realty-Gilmore Group.

To prepare for auditions, WCT will hold a Theater Combat Workshop taught by Shelly Riggs on January 7 form 6-8 pm. The cost is $25 per student and space is limited!

For questions, please email WCT

To register for class, click here!

With changes to our open hours, the free monthly Mabel Tours will be moving to the first Thursday of the month at 7 pm beginning April 3. There is no evening tour available January through March.

To schedule a tour with our Historian, Carol Gaal, please

Third Annual Gala on March 8!

Join us for our third annual gala celebrating our 100th anniversary and Mabel Wagnall's friendship with Harry Houdini, presented by Options Medical Weight Loss.

The evening will honor longtime board member and officer, Dwayne Spence and his wife, Patty. The evening will include a performance by Michael Griffin, greatest living escape artist, music by Reelin' in the Years, themed bars, heavy appetizers, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds will benefit the ongoing operations of Wagnalls, restoration projects and the library.

Earlybird tickets can be purchased in the library or online at here.

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