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Pay fines and fees with your debit or credit card at EPLD! Look for the information and link below!

To search the library catalog or to access your library account information, click HERE

"Lovin' Your Library!"

February Adult and Young Adult Reading Program

Young adult and adult library patrons, are you needing motivation to read this month? Join the February reading program for fun, entertainment and the chance to win a gift basket! It is quick and easy to be part of the program. All you need to do:

1.Stop by Eureka Public Library and pick up the sheet of instructions with your February “stamp card” on the bottom of the sheet.

2. Read for at least 2 hours each of the four weeks in February. Reading time can include books, magazines and newspapers.

3. Return to the Library each week to have the card stamped.

4. When your card has four stamps, drop it in the drawing container. Contest ends March 8^th and one card will be chosen to receive a gift basket. If you happen to miss a week, attending a library program can be substituted for a weeks reading. To pick up a card and get started, stop by the library or print a card from the link in the left-hand column!

Pro-Quest Databases...Journals and eBooks! Available with your EPLD Library Card!

for easy access!

Downloadable Audiobooks & eBooks!

Through the cooperative effort of libraries within the Alliance Library System, downloadable service is once again available!

Digital media in the form of audiobooks and eBooks is available with your EPLD library card number, pin number, and the Internet! This service offers all card holders the opportunity to check out two titles which can be loaded to a computer, then onto a MP3 player or variety of other digital devices. Some titles can also be burned to CD. (Check-out time is two weeks.) Complete instructions are available on the website!

Follow these steps to begin today!

Step 1: Browse the website and see what is available!

 alliance.lib.overdrive.com

Step 2: Check out! Add your selections to your cart. At this point you will be asked for your library card number and pin. (The pin is the same as the pin you use on our website to put books on hold, renew items, etc. If you have not used you library card on line and do not know your pin, you will need to call EPLD at 467-2922 and ask for your pin).

If a title is not available, you may a place a hold and you will be receive an email when the title is available for checkout

January /February 2010 Events Calendar

Monday February 1, 6:30 pm "Basic Knitting"- We have had requests for a beginning-to-knit workshop, and are thrilled to offer one! This workshop will be a series of three classes, taught by Mary McSweeney here at EPLD. The series costs $15, please pay and register in advance so Mary knows how many to expect. We will take any age willing to concentrate on learning to knit in this workshop...please plan to attend all 3 classes. You will need to bring a set of size 8 needles and a ball of Vanna’s Choice yarn, both available at Wal-Mart. (The other two dates Monday, Feb 8 and Tuesday, Feb. 16th).

 Tuesday February 2, 6:30 pm Sit and Stitch at the Library. The projects and the group members vary from time to time, but we have a fun group that meets here at the Library on the first and third Tuesdays of every month to enjoy an evening of stitching and visiting. Bring a project and join in!

Saturday February 6, 9 am—noon. Watercolor Painting Series with Dawn Maloney continues at the Library.

Monday February 8, 6:30 pm Learn to Knit second class

 Thursday February 11, 6:30 pm “Wonderful World of Seeds”. Master Gardeners Gretchen Strauch and Pam Terry return with all kinds of information about seeds. Topics covered include selecting seeds, interpreting the seed package, when to plant and how to harvest. Presentation includes hands-on starting seeds early. Free, please pre-register.

 Monday February 14, 7 pm EPLD Library Board meeting at the Library.

Tuesday February 15, 6:30 pm Sit and Stitch and the final Learning to Knit class will be combined for a fun evening!

Thursday February 18, 6:30 pm “Nutrition: Your Symptoms and What They Mean” with Dr. Carrie Musselman at the Library. This is the third in a series of workshops brought to the Library by Preferred Care of Eureka. It will be a great evening of information for anyone interested in understanding the role of nutrition in one’s health.

Saturday February 20, 9 am—noon. Watercolor Painting Series with Dawn Maloney continues at the Library.

Monday, February 22, 6:30 pm (RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY DUE TO POWER OUTAGE) "Getting Your Financial Affairs in Order" with Mary Lee Faupel, at the Library. A great evening with an Eureka attorney to help you recognize what needs to be done to have your financial papers in order. Mary Lee will cover what needs to be saved, what documents need to be prepared and signed, and what you should have available for others to make your wishes known in case of an emergency. Great information to know and to share!

Tuesday February 23, 6:30 pm "Clowning Around in Russia" A unique travelogue presented by Jenny Otte from her travels in Russia while training professional clowns! This travelogue will be held at the Eureka AC Home. It is free and open to the public.

Wednesday February 24, 10 am—2 pm. Advocates for Access A representative will be at Eureka Library to help anyone needing information on the services available through their agency. For more information, please call the Advocate office in Peoria at 309-682-3989. 

Thursday February 25, 7 pm “Ferns in the Landscape”. The Woodford County Extension Office will be hosting this telecon at the Library. There is a $5 fee, payable to the Extension Office. Additional information is available through the Extension Office by calling 467-3789.

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Many of you requesting to pay fines and fees or make donations using a credit or debit card. We are thrilled to be able to announce that we now participate in epay, an Illinois program allowing you to use your MasterCard, Discover or American Express card here at EPLD or from home through this website to make payments of many types. This service means you will be able to sign up for workshops and pay any registration fees online, as well as use your credit card to pay for non-resident cards, library fines or to make a donation!

Click on epay @ EPLD below to find out more or use your credit card!

epay @EPLD!

Book Review: Well Read and Dead

   by Catherine O’Connell

    If you omitted all of the fashion names in this book, it would be 20 pages shorter. That said, it’s a pretty good romp.

   Pauline is “filthy rich” and makes no apologies for it. When the Enron bubble burst, she lost 80% of her portfolio, which gave her only $2 million and that was just pocket change. So she had to do some serious maneuvering to get back to what it would take to maintain her lifestyle.

   She agrees to try to find her friend, Whitney Armstrong, who she and few others know is a he/she. Whitney disappeared, and her husband has offered a reward of $10,000,000. That’s enough to whet Pauline’s appetite, and she sets off in search of Whitney. She ends up in Bangkok and Cambodia, and some of the best and funniest parts of the book are descriptions of her travels between the two.

    Pauline tries to fall for a very rich man, but it turns out he has wet, slobbery kisses and his sexual requests are downright kinky, so she scoots out from under that one. She falls for the contractor who is reconstructing her condo and… but I don’t want to ruin this part for you. Suffice it to say that Pauline survives unscathed (physically) and has her coffers replenished.

(By the way, I was on chapter 26 (they’re short chapters) before I realized the chapter titles were titles of famous books.)

Book Review by Karen Fyke

• Resources - Work and research from the office or from home, anytime:

• Selected Sites: what's good on the Web
• Community Organizations: local, nonprofit groups and services
• Good Reads: book reviews, top sellers, author interviews, and news headlines
  
• Digital Exhibits: historic photos and more

- Check out the calendar anytime