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Library to be open longer hours

Hey library-goers: this is the last week that the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library will be open on its current reduced schedule.

Effective Jan. 3, the library will be returning to its former, longer hours.

New hours in downtown Findlay will be Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. At the Arlington Branch Library new hours will be Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The library reduced its hours in 2009 because of funding. Last May, voters approved an operating levy to allow for restoring the hours.

The English Patient - and book club meeting tomorrow

The Page by Page Book Club will meet tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at George House to discuss The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. 

I purchased a copy of this book at a library sale months and months ago but hadn't yet read it.  I'm glad to have chosen it for the final book club book for 2010.  I'd seen the movie and was intrigued.

The book differs a lot from the movie, especially in terms of how much attention is given to the different characters. I learned a lot about the World War II era and I found the characters fascinating -- as in all great fiction, they seem like real, three-dimensional humans.  The story shifts from one character's perspective to another.

So, please do come discuss it with us!  At tomorrow's book club meeting we'll also be discussing what books we want to read in 2011, so if you have an idea for something you'd like to discuss, please come and let us know!

Hoping to see you there!