Five Ways to Stay Cool Today in Mentor

First it's . Then it's . Now it's too hot.

When will Mother Nature stop picking on us?

Well, the city's pools are closed until June 11 and  doesn't have any free skating until the week of June 13, but we have still come up with five ways for you to keep cool in Mentor.

1. Cool out at a movie. In fact, WELW has a coupon on its website that will give you a buy-one-get-one-free meal and then a buy-one-get-one-free movie ticket from  in Mentor.

2. Retail therapy. Not that you needed one more reason to visit Great Lakes Mall, but it has air conditioning.

3. We still scream for ice cream. Whether you're preference be East Coast Custard,  or , Mentor has plenty of parlors that dish out the good stuff.

4. Maybe you crave something cool to drink. You could get iced coffee from   in . Mentor Patch likes to buy local so our favorites are  and .

5. Read a book at . In addition to being air conditioned, the library has cool events for all ages every week. It's a whole lot better than staying home and melting.