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Superheroes help ring in 2020 at Lockport library

Spider-Man and Wonder Woman each read a storybook about the superheroes triumphing over everyday struggles familiar to kids, like going to school and waking up in the morning, during Countdown to Noon Year at the White Oak Library Lockport Branch on Dec. 31. Photos by Benjamin Conboy/22nd Century Media.
Three-year-old Olivia Buck poses with Spider-Man at the library before the countdown to noon.
(From left)Declan Rosario, a Spider-Man fan, alongside friends and Wonder Woman fans Alessandra and Camila Tran.
Five-year-old Sophia Czerwien takes a photo with the two superheroes during Countdown to Noon Year at the Lockport Branch of the White Oak Library Dec. 31.
Benjamin Conboy, Assistant Editor
11:28 am CST January 6, 2020

The new year was ushered in at noon at the Lockport branch of the White Oak Library — with a little help from Wonder Woman and Spider-Man. 

Ninety-seven people crammed into an event room on the library’s second floor for the celebration at noon on Dec. 31. For a lot of parents with young kids, it’s hard to stay up to see the ball drop at midnight. 

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