About LTLS Members

Family Fair on October 9th

The Reading Group is holding a Family Fair on October 9th from 10-12. Families with children of all ages are invited to attend. There will be a variety of reading games and activities, a chance to check out the latest in computer support programs for reading, door prizes, and more. The Reading Group is a nonprofit organization that specializes in one-on-one individualized instruction for both gifted and learning disabled students. We are located at 3011A Village Office Place in Champaign, at the intersection of Duncan and Windsor at The Village at the Crossing. Call our office for further information (217-351-9144) or visit our website www.readinggroup.org

Coles County Council on Aging

The Coles County Council on Aging is setting up a small recreational reading library and is in need of a card catalog.  If your library has one that you are willing to donate, please contact Brenda Grisamore, brendag@colescouncilonaging.org.

Graphic design symposium set Saturday

A graphic design symposium and reception at the Tarble Arts Center will kick off an Eastern Illinois University graphic design alumni exhibition on EIU’s Homecoming.

The symposium and reception will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Tarble’s Atrium. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

The symposium is scheduled between EIU’s homecoming parade and the football game against Tennessee Tech. Parking will be available in the staff lot on Ninth Street immediately north of the Tarble, as well as in the Tarble visitors lot.

The EIU art alumni who will make presentations for the symposium are Brian Priest, Joel Warneke, Brooke Gronewold and Sam Tableriou. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentations. The morning’s activities will conclude with the exhibition’s opening reception.

You, Me and the Fencepost Festival

The Illinois Amish Interpretive Center will be hosting the "You, Me, and the Fencepost Festival" on May 2 in downtown Arcola. Our "fencetival" will  feature fun children's games, educational fence-building seminars, an artifact exhibition and art sale, and much more.

We have activities planned to expose the unexpected within the familiar and to bring to light how our lives are truly shaped by the fences that surround us, but our underlying goal is to have fun while we are doing it.

Three free copies of "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"

Lincoln Trail Libraries System has three copies of the Oprah's Book Club selection, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski.  LTLS members may contact Helen Neal at hneal@lincolntrail.info.

Program help to provide low-cost library cards for rural residents

Each fall during Library Card Sign-up Month, the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.

It is a little known fact that in most parts of Illinois, residents and property owners in incorporated areas don’t pay for a library card up front, but they pay a tax, as part of their local property tax, for library use.

However, taxes paid by people who live outside of a library taxing area (usually rural residents) do not cover library services. Therefore, these “non-residents” are asked to pay a fee that is based on the average tax when they apply for a family library membership.

For some families, this fee (anywhere from $25 to more than $50 in this part of Illinois) may be unaffordable. According to a recent survey, about 250 area non-residents each year decide that they cannot afford the fee to use their local library.

But help is available.

LTLS Member Libraries join PLINKIT

Please take a minute to visit the new Web Sites of the following LTLS Member Libraries!

Newman Regional Library www.newmanregionallibrary.org

Tuscola Public Library www.tuscola.lib.il.us

Sarah Bush Medical Library www.sarahbushlibrary.org

Casey Township Library www.caseytownship.lib.il.us

Blue RIdge Township Public Library www.mansfield.lib.il.us

Oakwood Public Library www.oakwoodpubliclibrary.org

Moyer District Library www.moyer.lib.il.us

Camargo Township District Library www.camargotownship.lib.il.us

What is PLINKIT?

Vermilion County Museum to Receive Grant

The Illinois Association of Museums has announced that it is providing $8,895 to 18 museums across the state. The Vermilion County Museum, Danville, will receive a $500 exhibit development grant to construct a traveling exhibit called, "Celebrating Lincoln: A Year of Remembrance."