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Library Book Cart Drill Team October 29, 2004



Catch the Reading Bug Special Events: NO Registration Required:
June 12 through July 29
The following events in the library's big meeting room are free and do not require pre-registration.
         
Thursday, July 17, 1 p.m.: Sandi Sylver Ventriloquist: Music, Puppets and Stories
Sandi adds fun to her stories with guitar and her saucer mouthed puppet with attitude.

Tuesday, July 22, 11 a.m.: Mark Nichols Puppet Place Theater
Mark uses a variety of puppetry styles-hand, rod, string and shadow puppets-and works them into the story. Classical and contemporary music accompanies  the puppet production, providing the audience with a thoroughly theatrical experience.

Tuesday, July 29, 2 p.m.: Storyteller Phyllis Horst and Ice Cream Social
This grand finale program is especially for Catch the Reading Bug summer reading challenge participants. Phyllis sings songs and tells audiences favorites and usually includes a special summer readiing themed story. Following the stories, readers and their families in the audience may line up to be served frozen custard donated by Culvers of Sycamore.
T = Teen Program Point, ask for a receipt


Hospice: end of life and how it affects the family:
Wednesday, July 23 7:00 p.m.
Sheila Lange of Vitas Hospice Care will be speaking on the role of hospice in easing the anxiety, fears and discomfort that can accompany incurable illness.


Britannica Online Library Edition:
Try our new online database, Britannica Online Library Edition.  Besides being able to search the Encyclopaedia Britannica, you can also access Comptons Encyclopedia, and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.  You can search atlases, timelines, quotations, statistics on all the countries of the world and a year in review.  Click on Helpful Links and try it today!


WLBK 1360 AM Radio:
The Last Friday of Every Month at 9:30 a.m.
Listen in to library director Sarah "The Big Kahuna" Tobias and WLBK's T.D. Ryan on 1360 AM radio at 9:30 a.m.