We’re thrilled to bring back our annual Gingerbread House Contest. Build a gingerbread structure that represents your love of reading or your favorite book using all edible ingredients.

Please bring your completed structure to the library by 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 7th. Library patrons will vote on their favorite structures throughout the week, and we will award prizes at our Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 9th.

Prizes in 3 categories:
-kids under 18 working solo
-families (adults/kids working together)
-adults 18+ working solo

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The Parish Library is collecting mittens, hats and scarves to give to children who need them. They should be new, bought or homemade. They can be dropped off at the library during open hours.

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Join us for some holiday cheer! The annual Parish Library Holiday Open House will be held at the library from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 9th. Some cookies and friends and holiday cheer.

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Trick or treaters are invited to come to the Parish Public Library on October 31 from 4:30 to 6:45 pm for goodies, craft and fun!

There will be no yoga class on October 16 or October 23. Class will resume on October 30 at 4:45. Everyone is welcome.

Join us for our 3rd Annual Book It! 5K and Chicken BBQ on Sunday, October 15th.

Register to run or walk the 5K route. Advance registration is $25 per person before October 5 and $30 per person after that. Register by October 5 to guarantee yourself a race shirt.

Then stick around after the race for a delicious chicken barbecue. A half chicken with two sides is just $13 in advance or $15 at the door. We will have tasty bake sale treats, as well.

All proceeds benefit Parish Public Library. Thank you for your support!

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Local author Jim Farfaglia will return to the Parish Public Library to speak about one of this latest books Historic Storms of Central New York. Every community in the region has found themselves buried from brutal snowstorms! The program is free and all are invited to attend. The event will take place at the library at the Library on October 18 at 2:00 pm.

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Parish Public Library will be closed on Monday, October 9 in honor of Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day.

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Make the most out of all the pictures you take! Try Scrapbooking!

Join us at the Parish Public Library on Thursday, September 14 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Bring 10 to 15 pictures to make an 8″x8″ mini photo book.

The event will be led by scrapbooker, Linda Clark. It is open to adults and children age 13 and older. The class is free and limited to 10 people. Pre-registration is required. You can sign up by calling the library at 315 625-7130 or by email, parlib@ncls.org. If you need help printing the pictures on your phone, email them to the library in a separate email. Please mark this email as PHOTOS for SCRAPBOOKING. In the body of the email please give your name. There are examples of the mini photo books available to view at the library. Hope to see you there for a fun evening!

Vanishing Point author to tell story of Getaway Gertie

On September 26, The Parish Public Library will welcome journalist and author Tom Wilber to tell the story of Getaway Gertie, a B-24 Liberator bomber that disappeared over Oswego County on a winter’s night at the height of World War II. The bomber and crew of eight American airmen remain missing to this day. Getaway Gertie, an enduring part of the region’s history and lore, represents a much broader and largely forgotten casualty rate sustained on the World War II American home front.

The talk will begin at 6 p.m.

Wilber’s career spans more than 25 years as a reporter with Gannett’s USA Today newspaper network in upstate New York, and includes multiple teaching assignments at Binghamton University. He is author of two books, including Vanishing Point, published earlier this year by Three Hills, a branch of Cornell University Press. The narrative takes readers back to the Oswego County home front in 1944 while recounting the loss of Getaway Gertie, and examines efforts by various parties to find it in the years since.

Wilber first heard the story of Getaway Gertie at his family’s cottage on the shore of Lake Ontario. His late parents, Jim Wilber and Florence Leonard Wilber, were natives of Oswego County.