APRIL 2025 OAK HARBOR PUBLIC LIBRARY * 147 W. MAIN ST * OAK HARBOR OH 43449 * 419-898-7001 OAKHARBORPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG * ohpl@seolibraries.org (con’t from page 1). This proposal wants to remove the protection of law and make library funding a lumpsum dollar amount in the State’s overall budget, making it much easier for legislators to cut funding for libraries in the future. If this proposal passes, it means $100 million LESS for Ohio public Libraries over the next two years and NO GUARANTEE OF FUNDING after 2027. The unprecedented elimination of the Public Library Fund comes at a time when libraries across the state already saw a $27 million shortfall in state funding in 2024. Ohio’s libraries are currently funded at the same level we were in the year 2000 with no adjustment for inflation. Since then, our community has grown while the cost of library resources and services has increased, and we have evolved to serve our patrons. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT YOU? 51% of our budget comes from the State’s Public Library Fund and the other 49% from the levy to support not just operations, but the programs and services our community relies on. This includes: • Digital Collections • Hotspots • Early Literacy Programs • Local History • Homebound & Outreach Services • and so much more... Eliminating the Public Library Fund and replacing it with the same level of funding libraries received 25 years ago is a threat to all library programs, resources and services. HOW CAN YOU HELP? Contact your state representative and Speaker Matt Huffman TODAY. Tell them to restore the Public Library Fund to the amount designated in the Governor’s proposed budget and share how important the library is to you and your family and how a cut to libraries would impact you. You can reach your representatives at the information below. Speaker Matt Huffman (614) 4666344 or rep78@ohiohouse.gov Representative: D.J. Swearingen (614) 644-6011 or rep89@ohiohouse.gov 6 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Programs with an R, please register online or by calling 419898-7001 1 Tai Chi 10 R Computer Class 10:30 History Museum 1-5 2 Storytime 11:30 Watercolor 12:30 3 History Museum 10-2 & 5-7 4 Pinochle 1 R Bingocize 1:30 R Computer Class 2 5 6 Programs in Green are for children/teens 7 Book Sale R Bingocize 10:30 Coding Critters 3 8 Book Sale Tai Chi 10 R Computer Class 10:30 Coding Critters 3 Wildlife Refuge drop-in 2:30 History Museum 1-5 9 Book Sale 60 Plus Clinic 9:30 Coffee & Book 11 Storytime 11:30 Friends mtg 12 Watercolor 12:30 Coding Critters 3 10 Book Sale Needlecrafts 9:30 Coding Critters 3 History Museum 10-2 & 5-7 11 Book Sale Pinochle 1 R Bingocize 1:30 R Computer Class 2 Coding Critters 3 12 13 Programs in Blue are for adults 14 R Bingocize 10:30 R Pressed Flower Craft 2 Bead Week 3 Easter Egg Hunt 5:30 (in children’s section) 15 Tai Chi 10 R Computer Class 10:30 Bead Week 3 History Museum 1-5 OCOGS 5:30 16 Storytime 11:30 Watercolor 12:30 Bead Week 3 Wicked Wed Book club 5:30 17 Bead Week 3 History Museum 10-2 & 5-7 18 Pinochle 1 R Computer Class 2 Bead Week 3 19 20 For the Bingocize class, register with Melanie at the Ottawa Co Health Dept. 419-734-6000 21 Rapunzel Tower 3 22 Tai Chi 10 R Computer Class 10:30 Rapunzel Tower 3 History Museum 1-5 4th Tuesday Book club 5:30 23 Storytime 11:30 Watercolor 12:30 Rapunzel Tower 3 R Wistinghausen Q & A 5:30 (upstairs) 24 Needlecrafts 9:30 Rapunzel Tower 3 History Museum 10-2 & 5-7 25 Pinochle 1 R Computer Class 2 Rapunzel Tower 3 26 CLOSED for carpet cleaning 27 28 Decorate a bottle 3 29 Tai Chi 10 R Computer Class 10:30 Decorate a bottle 3 History Museum 1-5 30 Storytime 11:30 Watercolor 12:30 Decorate a bottle 3 April 2025
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