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DAYTON/WAiTSBURG - It is summer, and there are plenty of events at the Dayton and Waitsburg libraries to entertain all ages.

At the Dayton Library

Repeating events include Terrific Tuesdays!, the library's game night at 5:30 p.m. On July 7 and 21, enjoy the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The second Tuesday, July 14, is an evening of board and card games, and the last, on July 28, is Pokémon night.

Toddler Storytime is on every Wednesday at 10 a.m. A story or two is read aloud, followed by fun activities.

The Fiber Crafting Group meets on Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. Join in to knit, crochet, and do other fiber crafts. The library has knitting and crocheting supplies. The staff and participants are happy to help. All ages and levels are welcome.

Yoga comes to the library on the last Friday of the month at 10 a.m.

July events have a prehistoric theme, starting with Dino Bath Bombs on Thursday, July 9, at 5:30 p.m. Even dinosaurs needed rest and relaxation, but they didn't have bath bombs. Take this opportunity to make bath bombs a T. rex would envy. The library has tiny dinos to add that Jurassic twist.

On Wednesday, July 15, explore geologic layers with Lego Duplo blocks at 11 a.m., after Toddler Story time.

A Jurassic Escape Room on Thursday, July 23, from 2 to 8 p.m., will challenge teams to solve puzzles in 30 minutes. Sign-ups are available at the library's circulation desk.

On Friday, July 24, the library will host "Detective Diggs - Interactive Theatre Show." The show will start at 1:30 p.m., and the audience can help Detective Diggs solve a mystery.

Wrap up July with the Dinolympics on Friday, the 31st, from 1 to 4 p.m.

The library also connects patrons to online conversations and presentations by bestselling and award-winning authors. Register for a talk with Karin Slaughter, the bestselling author of "Pretty Girls" and the "Will Trent" series.

The discussion will focus on her North Falls series, which includes "We Are All Guilty Here," in which two teenage girls vanish in rural Georgia, and her upcoming sequel, "The Secrets We Hide."

Offered by the library in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, the online conversations are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Go to https://libraryc.org/ccrld/upcoming for more information and the speaker schedule.

At the Weller Public Library

This summer, through August, the library will be digging into all things dinosaurs and fossils with hands-on activities, crafts, games, sensory stations and family-friendly events. Wednesdays are workshop days, and in July, there are new take-and-make bags.

Alternating Thursdays are table-top-role-playing-game days. July 16 is Jurassic Junction, and July 30 is Cretaceous Crown: Hunt for the Bone Relic.

On Fridays at 1 p.m., the library hosts story time and time to color at the library.

Saturday, July 25, is the Tar Pit Sensory Lab. Time to make and embrace the slime.