February 2020 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Introduction to Computers 10:00 am

Craft: Upcycled CD Ladybugs 2:00 pm

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Family Storytime 10:30 am

Creative Lab: Build A Love Bug 3:45 pm

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Conversational Spanish 10:30 am

Your Heart, Your Life 2:00 pm

Children’s Craft: Cactus Heart 3:45 pm

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String Art 10:30 am

Conversational English 12:00 pm

Citizenship Practice 1:00 pm

Dr. Eureka 3:45 pm

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Book Club 10:00 am

AARP Tax Preparation 10:30 am

Intermediate Drawing 12:30 pm

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Using the Internet 10:00 am

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Family Storytime 10:30 am

Creative Lab: Valentine Circuit Card 3:45 pm

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Conversational Spanish 10:30 am

Your Heart, Your Life 2:00 pm

Children’s Craft: Valentine Mailboxes 3:45 pm

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The Korean War 10:30 am

Conversational English 12:00 pm

Citizenship Practice 1:00 pm

Heart-a-Stack 3:45 pm

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AARP Tax Preparation 10:30 am

Intermediate Drawing 12:30 pm

Wellton 2020 Hobby Painting 2:00pm

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Science & Slices 11:00 am

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Family Storytime 10:30 am

Creative Lab: Coffee Filter Heart 3:45 pm

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Conversational Spanish 10:30 am

Your Heart, Your Life 2:00 pm

Children’s Craft: Love Bug Candy 3:45 pm

20 Gardening With Native Plants 10:30 am

Conversational English 12:00 pm / Citizenship Practice 1:00 pm

Dancing Gumdrops 3:45 pm

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Book Club 10:00 am

AARP Tax Preparation 10:30 am

Intermediate Drawing 12:30 pm

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Family Storytime 10:30 am

Creative Lab: Floating Heart Ink 3:45 pm

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Conversational Spanish 10:30 am

Your Heart, Your Life 2:00 pm

Children’s Craft: Use Your Imagination 3:45 pm

27 Paint Wellton 10:30 am Conversational English 12:00 pm Citizenship Practice 1:00 pm Straw Airplane 3:45 pm

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Non-Fiction Book Club 10:00 am

AARP Tax Preparation 10:30 am

Intermediate Drawing 12:30 pm

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Beginning Email 10:00 am

Wellton Library PO Box 577

28790 San Jose Ave. Wellton AZ 85356

928-785-9575

Library Hours Tuesday—Thursday

10 am - 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday

10 am - 5 p.m.

On the web yumalibrary.org

Friends of the Wellton Library Bookstore

Books, t-shirts, snacks & more

“Wellton 2020” … A community art project. Create art reflective of how Wellton looks in 2020

and enter it in a March exhibit at the library. Visit Wellton Library for details.

For Kids under 12 & families

For Teens

For Children & Teens

For Adults

Eventos bilingües o en español

For All Ages

All library programs are free and open to the

public. ***

Seating and supplies are on a first-come first-served basis

Programs for Adults The Korean War — Bill Heidner, Museum Curator of the Yuma Proving Ground Heritage Center, will present “The Korean War – from Task Force Smith to the Frozen Chosin – results and ramifications.” Learn more about the most harrowing battle of the Korean War. 10:30 am Thursday, Feb. 13 Your Heart, Your Life — Sunset Health hosts a four-week series to teach you how to take good care of yourself. Programs are at 2 pm Wednesdays.

Feb. 5 – Your Heart and High Blood Pressure

Feb. 12 – Cholesterol and what are the healthy levels

Feb. 19 – Diabetes Care and Living Smoke Free

Feb. 26 – Healthy Meals and Physical Activity Gardening with Native Plants — Learn how to create a garden with plants native to the desert Southwest as you become a friend to pollinators. Presented by Nancy Meister and Deirdre MacDonald, Master Gardeners, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Yuma County. 10:30 am Thursday, Feb. 20 Paint Wellton — Put your painting skills to work as we paint scenes from around Wellton. We encourage participants to enter their artwork in the Wellton 2020 exhibit. Supplies provided by a grant from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. 10:30 am Thursday, Feb. 27 Non-Fiction Book Club — The group will discuss “Empire of the Air” by Thomas Lewis at 10 am Friday, Feb. 28. String Art — Join us for this simple but artistic crafting event. 10:30 am Thursday, Feb. 6. Book Club — The Wellton Book Club discusses “Indianapolis” by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic on Friday, Feb. 7 and “The Mules Go In Front” by Shirley Woodhouse Murdock at 10 am Friday, Feb. 21.

Conversational Spanish — Work on your basic conversational Spanish skills 10:30 am Wednesdays. Computer Basics — A three-Saturday series will provide basics of how to use computers and what not to do. Programs are 10 a.m. to noon.

Feb. 1: Introduction to Computers

Feb. 8: Using the Internet

Feb. 29: Beginning Email Intermediate Drawing — Looking to improve your drawing skills? Joyce Seriale will show, tell and guide you. 12:30 pm every Friday.

Eventos Bilingües/Bilingual Events Inglés Conversacional — La Biblioteca de Wellton ofrece clases de Inglés básico gratuitas. Hablantes nativos de Inglés y avanzados son bienvenidos. Se permiten niños en clase. Jueves a las 12 pm Practicas de Ciudadanía — Aprenda sobre America y prepárese para el Examen de Naturalización también conocido como el examen de ciudadanía. Se permiten niños en clase. Jueves a la 1 p.m. Cuentos Bilingües— Niños y padres son bienvenidos a asistir a La Hora del Cuento Bilingüe para escuchar cuentos, música y hacer actividades. El primer martes de cada mes a las 10:30 am

Programs for Children & Teens Upcycle CD Ladybug — Be nice to the planet: Reuse discarded items. In this event, we’ll upcycle old compact discs to make a cute ladybug. — 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. Wellton 2020 Hobbies — Love your hobby? Show it off in a painting. We encourage participants to enter their artwork in the upcoming Wellton 2020 community art exhibit at the library. — 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14.

Programs for Teens Creative Lab — Teens get creative with these weekly events. Programs start at 3:45 on Tuesdays.

Feb. 4: Build A Love Bug — Build and design your own Valentine love bug

Feb. 11: Valentine Circuit Card — Make a cute light-up Valentine card for someone special or to keep for yourself.

Feb. 18: Coffee Filter Heart — Create a masterpiece by using coffee filters and markers

Feb. 25: Floating Heart Ink — Experiment with dry erase markers and water.

Programs for Children Family Storytime — Infants and young children will benefit from stories, games, music, crafts and more! Tuesdays at 10:30 am Children’s Crafts — 3:45 pm Wednesdays.

Feb. 5: Cactus Heart — Just print, cut, and paste and you have an adorable cactus heart.

Feb. 12: Valentine Mailbox — Easy to make and the kids can decorate however they like!

Feb. 19: Love Bug Candy — This Love Bug is a craft that's also a fun treat for kids.

Feb. 26: Use Your Imagination. Library Lab/Builders Club — 3:45 pm Thursdays.

Feb. 6: Dr. Eureka — Mix the molecules, master the formula while developing logic and bilateral coordination skills.

Feb. 13: Heart-A-Stack — Who can stack the most candy hearts, one on top of the other, in a minute?

Feb. 20: Dancing Gumdrops

Feb. 27: Straw Airplane

Science & Slices 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15

The Arizona Science Center brings its Science on Wheels to Wellton.

Young scientists-to-be will use plastic bottles, water and compressed air to learn about

aerodynamics as they design, test, modify and launch rockets.

Participants are invited to stay after the program for pizza.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Arizona State Library and funded by the Library Services and Technology Act