9.16 PCDL Digital Newsletter - September 16 - September 30
Our Fall Quarterly Newsletter is now live!
Enjoy the start of September with the launch of our Fall Newsletter!🍂 Our Quarterly Newsletter (featured here) can be found on our website homepage. It includes all of our upcoming Fall Events, PCDL news and updates, new book releases and much more.

Download (or print) the newsletter and find out all of the awesome events, resources and fun that the PCDL has to offer: www.portagelibrary.org/news
Upcoming Events at PCDL
Heart Healthy Bingo and Storytime
Randolph Library
Monday, September 16
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Come and read a story with Miss Gabbi from Portage County Health District! For ages 3-6.
Beekeeping
Brimfield Library
Thursday, September 19
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
John Woodard, the owner of Woodweyr Apiaries LLC, will discuss honeybees and beekeeping. For adults.
College Prep Course
Streetsboro Library
Thursday, September 19
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
A Class 101 representative will be providing a FREE college prep course. Limited to 40 participants.
 Mindful Balance with Pure Bliss Studios
Aurora Library
Friday, September 20
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Celebrate the first day of fall with a class that focuses on your balance! Limited to 20 participants. For adults.
Garrettsville Garden Club - DIY Seed Saving
Garrettsville Library
Saturday, September 21
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Talk about harvesting this seasons and prepare for the next. Bring a plant or two for the seeds you want to harvest. Limited to 15 participants.
The Plot Thickens Gardening Group
Aurora Library
Thursday, September 26
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
What's better than books and gardening? Meet one Thursday a month, with speakers from many NE Ohio organizations covering a variety of topics. Limited to 25 participants.
Teen Surprise Book Box
Aurora Library
Monday, September 23
All Day
Love blind book boxes? Come in and pick up your surprise book box for the month! 
Horse Tails: Read to a Therapy Horse
Aurora Library
Saturday, September 28
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Join us to read to therapy mini-horses! Limited to 20 participants. For children.
For the Love of Cheese!
Garrettsville Library
Saturday, September 28
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Join us for a cheese celebration! We will make our own mozzarella, and enjoy all things cheese. Limited to 30 participants. For all ages.
What's New at PCDL?
Join Our Library Board of Trustees
Have you been looking for a way to become more involved with the library? PCDL is looking for a community-minded individual to serve on our board of trustees and help shape the future of library services in Portage County. Our seven-member Board of Trustees puts emphasis on a variety of interests, age and socio-economic backgrounds, experience in various fields, and geographic representation from across our service district. Residents of the Streetsboro, Waterloo, and Southeast School Districts are especially encouraged to apply. Board appointments are for seven years, with this open term expiring in June of 2031. Please reach out to Library Director Jonathan Harris with any questions at jharris@portagelibrary.org.
Applications and more information on board appointments can be found here: https://www.portagecounty-oh.gov/.../board-application...
The Big Books of Fall
The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig

When Grace Winters is left a house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, she arrives in Ibiza with no guidebook and no plan, in a novel by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Midnight Library.
Daydream
by Hannah Grace

Academic superstar and fellow junior, Halle Jacobs, befriends Henry Turner when he accidentally crashes her book club and the pair work together to overcome their collegiate challenges in the third novel of the series following Wildfire.
Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors

After the unexpected death of their sister Nicky sends them reeling, the remaining three Blue sisters return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in, where they must reckon with disappointments, loss and secrets.

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Garrettsville, Ohio 44231
330-527-5082

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