The Chickasaw Regional Library System invites children to an Ice Cream Party from noon to 3 p.m. June 1 to help kick off the Summer Reading Program.
All programs are free and open to the public.
Approximately 64,000 Oklahoma children participated last year in this annual statewide program sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries to encourage year-round reading. Local funding for the Chickasaw Regional Library's summer programming in Ardmore is courtesy of the Ardmore Kiwanis Club, BancFirst, Chickasaw Holding Company, Dollar General, First Bank and Trust Company, Hampton Inn, Keeton Plumbing, Landmark Bank, Mercy Memorial Health Center, Oklahoma Natural Gas, Samedan and Wint's Catering. John Hinkle's Puppet Alley Theater is sponsored in part through state appropriations and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Oklahoma Arts Council, which funds more than 1,200 events annually with an estimated total attendance of more than 3.5 million. The library is located at 601 Railway Express in Ardmore.