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| Neponset Public Library Director Carissa Faber (left) and Treasurer/Library Trustee Annette Williams attended Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community conference in Decatur Oct. 21-22. (Photo contributed) |
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PRINCETON — We the People will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Princeton Public Library.
A preschool story hour will be held Tuesday with the theme “Sea Creatures.” The program will be held in the Youth Services Department, and preschool children and their parents or guardians are welcome to attend.
The library is remembering the Cherry Mine Disaster now through Nov. 14. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, author Steve Stout will present a program about the disaster. Also, the Princeton Area Home Educators will meet at 7 p.m.
On Wednesday, the library will present the movie “How Green was my Valley” at 7 p.m.
On Nov. 12, the Book Club will meet at 4 p.m. to discuss the book “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett. The Princeton Fire Department will visit the library with a fire truck for students and families to learn more about from 4 to 5 p.m. The department will present a program on fire safety at 7 p.m.
SPRING VALLEY — Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with the Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library, will offer a “Rules of the Road Review” course Nov. 13. The course is free and is designed to help participants pass the Illinois driver’s license renewal examination. The course prepares applicants for the general written and road examinations, and provides information on the vision screening. To register or if you have any questions, please call (815) 663-4741.
WYANET — The Raymond A. Sapp Library’s 2nd Thursday@the Library presents Jane Ann Moore celebrating the lives of Owen and Elijah Lovejoy and their work to establish equality for all people of the United States at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The long-time student and scholar of the Civil War, African-American History and the Antebellum era will regale the collective audience in Wyanet with the story of “Elijah and Owen Lovejoy: Heroes of Anti-slavery in Illinois.” The general public is welcome to attend. As always, delectable refreshments will be served. This program is funded through the Illinois Humanities Council and made possible through the IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau.
Attention all promising novelists, budding poets, cookbook enthusiasts, and genealogists. In November, our Computer Users Group will learn the ins and outs of publishing a book. Be it long or short, Dorene Stalter will take the group from the written word to the published word. She will have all the info and show the group the different steps. With Christmas in mind, these can make great presents. Any questions, call the library at (815) 699-2342.
The Wyanet Library’s Book Group observed its 10th anniversary on Oct. 22. The group talked about the book “Gentlemen and Players” by Joanne Harris. The next meeting will be on Nov. 19 following the library’s Family Reading Night. For this next meeting the group is reading “The Great Stink” by Clare Clark. Stop by and enjoy the inevitable debate on the merits of the book of the month.
MINERAL — The Book Discussion at the Mineral Gold Library will meet on Tuesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. Contact the library for more information.
LADD — The Ladd Public Library is the recipient of a Books for Children Grant from the Libri Foundation. To take full advantage of this opportunity, the library needs to raise $350. In return, the Libri Foundation will match these funds by a ratio of 2:1 to go to the purchase of children’s books.
Also, the library was chosen to also receive $350 in math and science titles for the children’s collection. The library's fundraising efforts include the sale of Ladd Library Angels to be placed in the library window, and a cookie sale and book sale on Dec. 5 during the Ladd Christmas in the Village.
The library is also having preschool story hours at 10:30 a.m. the first and third Monday of each month. These sessions include stories, activities and a craft. They are designed for ages 3 to 5 with a parent or guardian.
NEPONSET — The Neponset Public Library is honored to be one of 128 Illinois public libraries to be awarded funds from the Opportunity Online Grant Program sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This grant will be given out over a two-year period. The Neponset library was chosen after meeting specific criteria for financial assistance to update its aging computers.
Neponset Public Library Director Carissa Faber and Treasurer/Library Trustee Annette Williams attended Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community conference in Decatur on Oct. 21-22. The conference was in support of the Opportunity Online hardware program. They heard from inspirational speaker Kevin Carroll, (author of “Rules of the Red Rubber Ball”), networked with peers, and worked within interactive sessions that covered important topics such as local fundraising ideas and development of an advocacy work plan for the library.
The Opportunity Online Grant Program will help Illinois libraries build the support and momentum to sustain high-quality technology services for communities for many years to come. State Librarian Jesse White sent a letter stating that public libraries remain the best, most reliable, and often only source our Illinois citizens have for access. This access is especially important during these difficult and uncertain economic times.
White said the program is designed to build the sustainability of free computer and Internet access at public libraries. More information on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is available online at www.gatesfoundation.org/.
LASALLE — The LaSalle Public Library will host folk musician and balladeer Lee Murdock in a holiday concert at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17. The centerpiece of the concert, Murdock’s song “The Christmas Ship” commemorates the turn of the century tradition of carrying Christmas trees to Great Lakes port cities during the great days of sail. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the library at (815) 223-2341.
