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FREE MOVIE SHOWINGS

AT YOUR LIBRARY!

In July, we will be showing another popular new release!

Unfortunately, due to licensure requirements, we cannot advertise the names of the specific movies outside the library. The details will be posted in the library, or call 792-0548 to find out what is showing.

But here are some very helpful HINTS:

-- Friday July 17 at 7 p.m. & Saturday July 18 at 3 p.m.:

From the writers of Sex and the City, a comedy about the complications of dating life. Includes many big stars: Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johannsen, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, and others.

** We are looking for YOUR input on future movies! **

Watch for news on future films at your library!

The Summer Reading Program is still rolling along! In July, we have a magician, the Niabi Zoo, ceramics, and ice cream! It's not too late to join in the fun!

Check out our Activities Calendar!

NEW MATERIALS AT THE LIBRARY

New Fiction: Matters of the Heart by Danielle Steel, My Father's Tears and Other Stories by John Updike, Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver, Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman, The Bourne Deception by Eric Van Lustbader, Mrs. Somebody Somebody: Stories by Tracy Winn, Finger Lickin Fifteen by Janet Evanovich, and many more!

New Non-Fiction: Resilience: Reflections on the burdens & gifts of facing life's adversities by Elizabeth Edwards, Home Game: An accidental guide to fatherhood by Michael Lewis, Unhealthy Truth: How our food is making us sick by Robyn O'Brien, G Free Diet: A gluten free diet guide by Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and many more!

New DVDs: Crossing Over, Gran Torino, The Day the Earth Stood Still, He's Just Not That Into You, My Bloody Valentine, Taken, Defiance, and many more.

New Audiobooks: Medusa by Clive Cussler, Black Hills by Nora Roberts, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and more!

New Playaways: Dark Summer by Iris Johansen, Matters of the Heart by Danielle Steel, Deep Black Conspiracy by Stephen Coonts, By Order of the President by W.E.B. Griffin, Kentucky Heat by Fern Michaels, Glory in Death by J.D. Robb, , Relentless by Dean Koontz, Killer Summer by Riddley Pearson, and many more!

Juvenile Fiction: Max�s Dragon and Max�s Words by Kate Banks, Martha Doesn�t Say Sorry by Samantha Berger, Best Friends and Drama Queens by Meg Cabot, Fade and Wake by Lisa McMann, Cha Cha Chimps and Angels Watching over Me by Julia Durango. Also, check out our new We Both Read books to read aloud with your child.

Donations

Thanks to the following patrons for their donations to the library:

Robert Merrill, Aran Redding, Chuck Taylor, Betty Fisher, Rita Anderson, Ramona Ray, Kevin Fiers, Jackie Shattuck, Erin & Alex Hicks, Rebecca Neustel, Elizabeth Hemphill, Laurie Leon, Marcalee Turner, Howard & Joan Kepner, Jackie Stickle, and Roy Williams. Thank you!

Thanks also to the Colona Junior Woman's Club for planting wave petunias under the flagpole and near the back door!

"Check out" what your Library has to offer!

Did you know??? We have free internet usage on library computers and wi-fi access. You can borrow movies on VHS and DVD - we have most new releases, in addition to holiday shows and old favorites! We have books for any age for Summer, beach or baseball fun and the 4th of July. We can show you how to get books from any other library in our system to be delivered here for your convenience. You can request books or re-new them on-line.

We have a new copier which has great features to print pictures or other items in color. We have numerous special programs offered throughout the year and a Summer Reading Program for children. There is a Book Club Group, Memoir Group and Friends of the Library group, in addition to Art Classes for kids on Saturday mornings.

LIBRARY CARDS:

If you are living in the area and don't yet have a library card, please stop in to apply.

We Need Your Historic Photos!

The Colona Public Library is planning a project to put your old photographs of Colona and the surrounding area on our website. If you have other documents, such as old newspaper clippings, area maps, cemetery plat books, etc., those may be appropriate, too.
    What we will do is scan or photograph the items and create a digital image which can then be put online. Along with the photos, we would like as much information about the subject as possible: what is pictured, approximately when was it photographed, etc.
    The types of things we are most interested in are pictures or documentation relating to the Colona area as it used to be. Pictures of early buildings or of important events in the history of the area would be examples. Photos of people are of somewhat less interest, unless they are significant in some way to the area, there is something unique about their attire, etc.
    If you have items you are willing to share, give us a call, and we will arrange a time for you to bring them in, have them scanned, and tell us what you know about them. Help us to capture our history for future generations before it is lost forever!

RECYCLE! The Colona Public Library is collecting aluminum cans (empty please!) The aluminum is sold by the pound and the profits go towards library programs.

The Colona Recycling Center on Poppy Garden Road has convenient bins to drop off your other recyclables. They accept paper, cardboard, clear glass, and #1 and #2 plastic.

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Contact Information

Telephone: 309-792-0548
FAX: 309-792-2143
Postal address: 911 1st St Colona, IL 61241
Email: contact _at_ colonalibrary.com

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