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NOW look for COLONA DISTRICT PUBLIC Library instead of Twin Rivers District Public Library!
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Welcome to Colona Public Library! Feel free to look around. Library Awarded $14,000 Grant!! The Colona District Public Library was recently notified that we have been awarded a Library Services and Technology Grant in the amount of $14,200. Our proposed project is entitled “Community Copy and Digitization Center,” and it will bring much needed technological services, such as color copying, to the Colona area. You’ll be hearing more about the program as work gets underway. LSTA Grants are made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Illinois State Library. We would like to thank the IMLS, the Illinois State Library, and the many individuals and organizations who wrote letters of support on behalf of our application.
!!!BOOK SALE-BOOK SALE-BOOK SALE-BOOK SALE-BOOK SALE!!! Colona Public Library will be having a BOOK SALE on Friday, September 5th from 10: a.m. until 8 p.m. and on Saturday, September 6th from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. This will be held in conjunction with the Colona Community Yard Sale. Come browse through a great selection of books, audiobooks, movies, and more!
2008-2009 DINING TOUR BOOKS ARE HERE!! We are selling Dining Tour Books again this year. There are over 300 "Buy One - Get One Free" coupons for 100 area restaurants. These make great gifts for birthdays or the upcoming holidays! You can purchase books at the Library's circulation desk any hours that we are open. The Cost is $35.00 and the coupons are good through November 1, 2009! PARENTS: Please note: If you are a parent who has given your child permission for internet access at the library, the term expired on August 1st. You will need to come in to fill out the paperwork and sign in order for the access to be granted for another two year time frame. ALSO: If you recently signed up for a new library card during the school registration, all cards are completed and ready to be picked up. Please stop in any time during operating hours to receive your library card. If you are living in the area and don't yet have a library card, please stop in to apply. NEW MATERIALS AT THE LIBRARY Fiction: Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva, Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, Now and Always by Lori Copeland, Killer View by Ridley Pearson, Tribute by Nora Roberts, Foreign Body by Robin Cook, Fractured by Karin Slaughter, Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown, The Last Theorem by Arthur Clark, People of the Whale by Linda Hogan, The Good Badman by Max Brand, The Assassin by Stephen Coonts, plus many more! New Non-Fiction: It Happened inside the Bush White House by Scott McClellan, Quantum Wellness, A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness by Kathy Freston , Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of my Hypochondria by Jennifer Traig, Post American World by Fareed Zakaria, and many more!! New Juvenile Books: Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer, Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton, Clone Wars, Battle at Teth by Kirsten Mayer, Star Wars, the Force Unleashed by Sean Williams, and many more! New DVDs: Definitely, Maybe; Persepolis; Spiderwick Chronicles; Caillou's Family Favorites; National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets; Vantage Point; The Bank Job; Charlie Bartlett; In Bruges; Rambo; Lars and the Real Girl; Fool’s Gold; and more! New Audiobooks: Tribute by Nora Roberts; Married Lovers by Jackie Collins; Plague Ship by Clive Cussler; Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich; Rogue by Danielle Steel; Whole Truth by David Baldacci, and more.
Donations We would like to thank the following patrons for their donations to the library: Sandra Brane, Shirley Engholm, Robert and Elizabeth Brenstrom, Dominick Fuller, Steve Miller, Pat Nicklaou, Beth Bealer, Betty Fisher, Keith Ward, Ramona Ray, Elaine Stegall, and Mary Collis. Thank You!
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.
Next Board Meeting is Tuesday, September 9th at 6:30 p.m.
Groups at the Library
Wednesday, Sept 24 at 1:00 p.m.
Please ask at the desk
Every Saturday, 10-noon
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