From staff reports
The Clarion Free Library will take over the bar at Clarion River Brewing Company with their own bartenders on Thursday June 8, and will keep the tips during this time to raise funds for the library.
Bartenders including, local business owners, university personal, a medical doctor and even Immaculate Conception Parish priest, Father Monty Sayers will work in teams of two for 30-minute shifts. The community is invited for a fun party at the bar to help support the Clarion Free Library’s plans to update its wireless server capacity and continue repairs on historic old building.
“The building is old and has required additional funding to maintain this year due to flooding and some vandalism. Events like this one help us financially support the building and have the means to continue investing in new updates and technologies” said Dan Parker, executive director of Clarion Free Library and Clarion Mayor.
Clarion River Brewing Company is located at 600 Main Street, Clarion, featuring its own brews as well as wine and liquors.
The guest bartender shift schedule is:
5 p.m. – Michael Patton and Sara Seidle
5:30 p.m. – Drew Welsh and Dawn Miller
6 p.m. – Nancee Miles and Father Monty
6:30 p.m. – John Scott Port and Teresa Lapinto
7 p.m. – Hope Warner and Christopher Moore
7:30 p.m. – Jamie Phillips and Ed Powers
8 p.m. – Conrad Warner and Jessica Carbaugh
8:30 p.m. – Kent Pope and Melanie Wilshire
Because the Clarion Free Library is a nonprofit organization, any tips paid by check are tax-deductible. Guests can write the name of their favorite bartender on the check’s memo line, and the bartender who receives the most tips via check will win a prize.
Supporters who cannot attend but would like to leave a tip anyway may do so at the Clarion Free Library Website via paypal, noting the bartenders name in the special instructions section on the site if the donation is to support a particular bartender.
Also, during the event, guests who enjoy dinning at Clarion River Brewing Company will have a percent of their total donated to the Clarion Free Library by Clarion River Brewing Company.
Professional staff bartenders from Clarion River Brewing Company will be behind the bar to aid guest bartenders in the preparation of drafts and cocktails.
“We’re really grateful to Clarion River Brewing Company for inviting the library to have this event in their pub” Parker continued, “We’re also really grateful to all of our volunteer bartenders for donating their time, and to everyone who comes out to join us.”