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Button kits available at library

WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Library will provide Design A Button kits for children ages 8 to 18. Pick up a kit and do the project at home. Supplies are limited and registration is required.

Those registering will be called to pick up their kit at the library’s front desk in Wellsburg.

To register, visit brookecountylibs.org/events or call (304) 737-1551.

Library to celebrate Dolly Day

WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Public Library will celebrate Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Day — Dolly Day — from 11 a.m. to noon Aug. 6 in the Wellsburg Library’s River Room.

The event is part of a read-aloud being done throughout the state, organizers said.

Dolly Day events will feature a read-aloud of the book “Corduroy,” at 11 a.m. Following the read-aloud, there will be crafts, games a snack.

The Imagination Library mails more than 2 million high-quality, age-appropriate books every month to enrolled children ages birth to 5.

Parton envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading for children, inspiring them to “dream more, learn more, care more and be more.”

Registration is required.

Register at brookecountylibs.org/events or call (304) 737-1551.

Library to show movie

WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Library will show the movie “The Woman in the Yard,” rated PG-13, at noon Aug. 8. What is the movie about?

A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black, appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them, “Today’s the day.”

Bring a lunch and enjoy the movie, free of charge. Popcorn and water will be provided to guests.

To reserve a seat, call (304) 737-1551 or visit brookecountylibs.org/events.

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