: Audra Weaver pets Ace, the Blue-Tongued Skink at our program on July 29 presented by the Fort Wayne Zoo. Everyone got to pet Ace as they left our program. Pictured in back: Elise Wirebaugh.

By MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF

MILFORD — Milford Public Library news and events this week:

Knitting Club

Knitting Club meets from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, in the teen area of the library. Bring a knitting project and get help from experienced knitters. The knitting club meets on the first and third Friday of every month. Come and learn how to knit or continue working on a current project.

Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo at Milford Public Library

On Wednesday, July 29, Janet Haney, an education instructor at Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, presented a program introducing everyone to a few of the animals living at the Zoo. There were a total of 95 people in attendance that day. Haney brought five animals to show, two of them were animals the kids could touch and interact with. We had Tony, the salamander; Ace, the blue-tongued skink; Kacey, a parrot from Africa; an empire scorpion; and shasta, the albino hedgehog. Children were able to pet Ace and Shasta.

Door prizes were given away at the end of the program. Thank you to all who came, Everyone always enjoys the animal programs, and this was no exception.

Friends of the Library

Do you have lots of books sitting around, cluttering your house? Why not donate them to the library for others to buy and read? The friends of the library welcomes all your donations of gently-used books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and sheet music. Feel free to go through our collection and purchase a few things as well. All proceeds go back to the library. The friends are also selling cloth book bags for $12. Come in and purchase a bag at the circulation desk upstairs and support your local library.

Freegal

Have you tried Freegal? Milford Public Library patrons can use their library card number and pin to download free music. You can download up to five free songs every week — that’s 260 free songs a year. There are thousands of songs, ranging from today’s hits, classical music, rock, country, oldies, and so much more.

Try it out today by clicking the link on the Milford Public Library homepage. Or, if you have questions, come in and ask, we’d love to help you get set up with some sweet tunes.

Library Card Signup

Now that school is back in session, don’t forget to come in and sign up for a Library card. If you are a resident of VanBurn or East Jefferson Townships, or a student of the Wawasee Community School Corporation, you are eligible to get a free Library card.

It only takes a couple of minutes to fill out the application form, and the card you receive can be used to check out books, audiobooks, movies, music CD’s, and magazines through any Evergreen Library in Indiana. Stop by the library today, and ask one of our friendly library staff to help you get signed up.