Beth Akins and Eliza O’Tuel, 2, shape Play-Doh during storytime at the Oglethorpe County Library on April 9. Akins started working as the library’s new children’s program specialist earlier this month. (Photo/Julianna Duennes Russ)
Oglethorpe County Library
Local Roundup: Original Screw Tops kick off Lexington’s concert series
News Staff
The Original Screw Tops will kick off Downtown Lexington’s 2025 concert series in Meson Park at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Original Screw Tops, who are based in Athens, play original blues and versions of the classics. This is the first of three concerts this spring.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Anthony Tambling (left) and his son Graysen Tambling attended the viewing event at the Oglethorpe County Library. The two stood on a nearby boulder to get a clear view of the sun. (Photo/Izzy Wagner)
Library draws crowd to watch the eclipse
Izzy Wagner
The sky was clear and vast outside the Oglethorpe County Library on Monday afternoon, which provided an unimpeded view of the sun — at least for a moment.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
District 3 Commissioner David Clark
BOC voices concern over library book
Avi Young
Members of the Board of Commissioners said they want a specific book removed from the Oglethorpe County Library due to inappropriate content during a heated meeting Monday night.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Katherine Ratcliffe answers questions from David Robinson, an attendee of the online dating event last Friday. Robinson lives in Comer and often visits the Oglethorpe County Library. (Photo/Izzy Wagner)
Love is in the air at the library
Izzy Wagner
Oglethorpe County Library branch manager Katherine Ratcliffe has been in a relationship for five months that started on a dating site — match.com. Although she said it was an arduous process, Ratcliffe said she’s extremely grateful she stuck with it.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
New Oglethorpe County Library Branch Manager Katherine Ratcliffe, who was born and raised in Oglethorpe County, has written six novels, five feature-length screenplays, numerous TV specs and pilots, and a self-improvement book. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
Ratcliffe prioritizes outreach, education and support at library
Avni Trivedi
Katherine Ratcliffe, the new branch manager at the Oglethorpe County Library, said she believes the library isn’t just a place to read and check-out books. It can be a place for endless possibilities to foster education and creativity.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Babs DeArmond said to expect “maybe three times as many baskets” than last year’s Christmas Bazaar and Book Sale. This year’s sale, hosted by the Friends of the Oglethorpe County Library, will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. (Submitted Photo)
Bazaar, book sale builds on its first-year success
Caroline Embleau
Babs DeArmond, treasurer of the Friends of the Oglethorpe County Library, had an idea last year, along with fellow members, to intertwine library fundraising and the holiday season.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Sherry Lipinski (left) puts food on the plates of Alyssa (middle) and Chelsea Durie during the Oglethorpe County Library’s first Friendsgiving on Nov. 15. About a dozen teens participated in the event. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)
No turkey, but plenty of food at Library’s first Friendsgiving
Katie Tucker
Nearly a dozen young people gathered with a dish in hand to celebrate the first Oglethorpe County Library Friendsgiving on Nov. 15.
The event was open to middle and high schoolers and held in the library’s multi-purpose room.
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
News Roundup: Rotary club holds golf tournament, more
Echo Staff
The Oglethorpe Rotary Club is sponsoring a golf tournament at 9 a.m. Nov. 18 at Double Oaks Golf Club in Commerce.
Prizes will be paid for winners through third place. There will also be contests for the longest drive and the closest to the pin.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Austin Jenkins, branch manager at the Oglethorpe County Library, uses the new microfilm reader to view old editions of The Oglethorpe Echo. (Megan Fitzgerald/The Oglethorpe Echo)
Library buys new microfilm reader
Megan Fitzgerald
A new microfilm reader at the Oglethorpe County Library provides users with a clearer image into the county’s history.
The ViewScan 4 microfilm reader was purchased using funds raised from a pledge drive hosted by Friends of the Library, a local nonprofit organization.
Friday, September 30, 2022