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New law requires flashing lights Herrick Memorial Library
Read with Putter - Putter, our friendly therapy dog, visits
on Amish buggies the Herrick Memorial Library from 3:15-4:30 p.m. each Thurs- Summer is here! It’s hard to believe the 2021-22 school year
Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill recently that requires day to listen to your child read. This is a wonderful way for is over. It was great to be back ‘in-person’ this school year and
we are thankful for our wonderful students, staff and families.
children to practice their reading skills as Putter listens to the
Amish buggies and other animal-drawn vehicles to display a stories. Please call the library at (440) 647-2120 to sign up your Congratulations to the Wellington High School Class of
yellow flashing light while driving on public streets at all times. child for a 15-minute time slot to read to Putter. 2022. We wish our graduates the very best for the future. The
House Bill 30 is intended to reduce the crashes between Children’s Summer Reading Club: Oceans of Possibilities world is yours Class of 2022. You will always be Dukes and are
Amish buggies and motorized vehicles. A statewide Amish - June 1 to July 30. All children, birth to 11-years, can join the welcome to come back and visit anytime.
travel study found there were 723 buggy crashes between 2009 library’s reading club by registering in the Children’s Room. We also celebrate our retirees and say ‘thank you’ for your
and 2019. There were 17 fatalities. A large percentage of the service and dedication to our Wellington families and commu-
crashes with buggies happened while passing.There were 120 Once registered, pick up a reading log and track the time you nity. Congratulations Cindy Kodosky (29 years teaching), Amy
crashes with buggies in 2020, largely happening during the day. spend reading books checked out from the Herrick Memorial Bogan (27 years teaching) and Ann Petersen (17 years teach-
The new law requires buggies to have a light mounted on Library. Earn a paperback book of your choice for every five ing).
the top-most portion of the vehicle’s rear. It must be visible days you spend reading. Reminder for students/families: we have a number of sum-
from the sides and lit at all hours. Tweens Summer Reading Club: Oceans of Possibilities - mer offerings for our students to stay engaged. Wellington High
Wellington Class of 1977 Challenge June 1 to July 30. All Tweens, ages 12-17, can join the library’s School Summer School runs July 11-28 and transportation is
reading club by registering at the front desk. Check out the
books and read them. They’ll fill out an entry for each book available. For more information, call (440) 647-3734.
Dan LaMacchia is challenging fellow classmates to donate that you read and enter you into the summer prize drawing. McCormick Middle School is offering a Summer Enrich-
to the Archibald Willard Mural fund to preserve the second of Drawing will take place on August 1. ment Camp from July 11 to August 4. It’s free to attend and
three murals. If the class together can match his $5,000 do- Adult Summer Reading: Oceans of Possibilities - June meals are provided. Transportation is available for families
nation, he will donate an additional $5,000 to the fund. The 1-July 30. All adults, ages 18+, can participate in the adult who live outside the 2-mile radius. For more information, call
challenge match ends on July 4, 2022. You can donate by using summer reading program. They’ll register you at the front desk (440) 647-2342.
the red PayPal button on the website or make your check out and fill out a ticket when you check out books, audio books, Westwood Summer Warriors Program also runs from July
to Spirit of ’76 Museum and mail to: Spirit of ’76 Museum, 11 to August 4. Free lunch is provided to all students who at-
PO Box 76, Wellington, Oh 44090. Please put Class of 1977 magazines or digital reading materials. On August 1, They’ll tend and transportation is available for families who live out-
in the memo. draw one ticket for our prize. side the 2-mile radius. To register, go to https://forms.gle/zPw-
BAqr5J9z88CRr7.
Teen Scavenger Hunt - June 1-25. Register and pick up
Summer Theater Camp your scavenger hunt packet. Can you find where the pictures Boys and Girls Club will be supporting summer care from 8
were taken? Walk around Wellington to find them. Turn in your a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, contact Boys and Girls Club
The Patricia Lindley Center for the Performing Arts, in con- answers by June 25. Prizes will be award to three people with at (440) 227-0110 or go to http://www.bgcloraincounty.org.
junction with the Wellington Exempted Village Schools, is ex- the most correct answers. Reminder for WHS students to downland the Kindland app
cited to announce its first Summer Theater Camp for children Coding Camp - Tuesdays, June 14 to August 5. Tweens, and complete acts of kindness this summer. #BeWELLington
ages 7-11. The two-week camp runs Monday-Friday, July 11- ages 12-16, will learn how to code Ozobots with color codes I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and relaxing summer
22, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and OzoBlockly programming language. Learn about logic, break. Save the Date for our Back to School Bash, Aug.13.
Camp will conclude with a single performance of “The programming elements, structure and robotics. Registration is See you back in class August 29. GO DUKES!
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales” on a must as space is limited to 10 people. Edward Weber, Superintendent, Wellington Exempted Vil-
July 22, at 7 p.m. in the Lindley Center, 627 N Main St., Wel- Shipwrecks & Archaeology - Thursday, June 23, at 6 p.m. lage Schools
lington. Christopher Gillcrist, Executive Director of the National Mu- Office: (440) 647-4286
Participants do not need to be a resident/student of the Wel- Email: eweber@wellingtonvillageschools.org
lington Exempted Village Schools. Tuition is $375 per student seum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, discusses the archae- Web: www.wellingtonvillageschools.org
ology, research, discovery, investigation and finally analysis
(funding is available). Completed applications and tuition are
due no later than June 28. Spots are limited to 30 students. All & publication of shipwrecks of Lake Erie and the other Great Smith Road Closure
applicants will be notified of their status by July 1 via email. Lakes. Slides of Lake Erie shipwrecks will be used to highlight The Lorain County Engineer’s Highway department will be
Completed applications will be accepted on a first-received ba- each step of the process. closing Smith Road (between SR 301 and Foster Road) for a
sis. Herrick Memorial Library is located at 101 Willard Memo- bridge replacement.
For more information, or to register, go to tinyurl.com/2n- rial Square, in Wellington.Phone: (440) 647-2120.
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