Teen Read Week Prizes

.... are located by the small printer in the back room --- where prizes are usually located! Thanks for your help!

Bookmobile Halloween Raffle Prize

Happy Halloween everyone!

Eileen won the Halloween raffle we ran at the Township Halloween Party at Schilling on Sat. Oct. 27th.

The prize is on a shelf above JodyO's desk and consists of a "bat" bag, pumpkin flashlight and a halloween book.



There is still another prize on the same shelf for "Mysterious Happenings". Both prizes are labeled with the winner's names.

OH! Please take a photo of the winner! Thank you!

Stats

We're keeping stats again! These apply to all questions, make sure to check off the appropriate box.

Questions? Ask a manager!

Thanks!

Mysterious Happenings on the Bookmobile Contest

Prizes for the winners of the "Mysterious Happenings" contest are on a shelf above JodyO's desk.

Winners names appear on the congratulations card which is attached. If you would kindly take a photo of the winner, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you and if you have any questions, please ask.

CIRCULATION MEETING

All of Circ should have gotten an email about this meeting.
Check your email for particulars or contact me !

Large Print Books

The Large print books have been rearranged. The LP Biographies are now on top of the short LP shelf.
Sue attempted to shift books but not everything fit.
So, some A-C LP Fiction are on top of the shelf by the other A-C LP Fiction.

ITEMS DUE OCT. 20 & 21 ?

On Monday, Oct. 22nd use the "Discharge Bookdrop" icon (under "Special") to checkin everything all day.

Set the date to Friday October 19, 2007 and the time to 16:59 (that is one minute before 5 p.m.

ADDITION: Give extra time for hold pickups too...

COMING IN NOVEMBER !

FOOD FOR FINES November 2007

One food item = $1.00 in fines
Up to $20.00 in overdue fines will be waived for each donation from the following list of acceptable items:

8 oz. or more can of fruits or vegetables
6 oz or more can of meat, fish, or poultry
10.5 oz. or more can of soup (no packaged soup)
1 box pasta, rice or dried beans
12 oz. or more box of cereal
8 oz. or more jar of peanut butter

Only non-perishable, undamaged, unexpired, and labeled items will be accepted.

Food will be accepted for fines on returned items only, not for replacement fees of lost items.

All the food donated during the drive will be given to Local food banks for distribution.

Additional donations are welcome.

Marian Village Maltese Flacon movie

The time for the Maltese Flacon movie showing at Marian Village on October 24 is listed incorrectly in the red Big Read pamphlet. The time is listed as 1:00 p.m., but the actual time is 2:00 p.m. The correct time is on the library calendars/handouts that Patti made. (per heather)

Watercolor Bookmark Date Change

The watercolor bookmark drop-in craft has been rescheduled from Thursday, Oct 18 to Tuesday, Oct 23 from 6 - 8 pm. Cyn O'Brien will be set up in the new book area. She gets more kids and adults when she sits close to the door.

Questions? Ask!

Photo Art Contest

In celebration of Illinois Arts Week, Uznanski Creations is holding a Hand Coloring Photo Art Contest.
Voting will go through November 7th. The winner will be notified November 10th.
Contestant entries are on display across from the Circulation desk with a ballot box and voting forms above it.

Senior Tax Returns

We are again partnering with the Senior Services Center of Will County to provide tax preperation assistance to the seniors. The 2008 tax counselors will be here the first and third Wednesday of the month from 9 until 12 noon. The dates are as follows:

Feb. 6 & 20;
March 5 & 19; and
April 2.

The counselors and clients will be in the meeting room, since they need privacy. This is a walk-in basis only - no appointments. We will be posting flyers soon. These people are tax specialist and the service is FREE!

Any questions, please ask me.

Friday and Saturday Parking Lot

Dear Staff:

The roadway improvements on 151st Street are complete. We are keeping the adjacent shared entry to Woodbine closed at the present time. More on that at a later time.

The library parking lot is due for striping, repair and sealcoating. We have scheduled this to begin Friday afternoon and complete on Saturday, October 20th (subject to weather). The library needs to be closed on both Saturday and Sunday, with no traffic, as per the sealcoating company. This is subject to weather, so if it is raining heavy on Thursday or Friday this plan may be cancelled. Signs are posted to alert patrons.

FYI,
Sheree

RAFFLES

In celebration of National Book Month and the our 25 year anniversary, we have a patron raffle for the month of October starting today! The basket will be on the top of the newspaper racks and the raffle can will sit at Circ.

The raffle will run through October. There is a limit of 1 ticket per person per visit.

We will have another raffle with a similar basket for the month of November.

Maltese Movie Tickets

The Maltese Falcon Movie Tickets are at the Reference Desk. Only 2 tickets per patron ---- see Sara's original post at http://homersinsidestory.blogspot.com/2007/10/maltese-falcon-movie-marcus-theater_04.html

Teen Read Week

Raffles are for Teens only (6-12th grade)
Tickets and raffle cans are at the Reference desk.

Manga group

Right now, my understanding is that there is no required reading for the Manga club. The club is open to all teens that love graphic novels.

Letters About Literature Writing Contest

Applications for "Letters About Literature" a writing contest sponsored by Target and supported by the State Library are now available on the Youth Service desk as well as the bookmobile.

Additional applications will be passed out to students when the bookmobile visits Ludwig school on Nov. 1 & 2nd.

If any applications are turned into the circulation desk, please put them in the large envelope attached to the cork strip. Do not accept any later than Dec. 14th

Any questions? Just ask!

BASKET & RAFFLE

In celebration of National Book Month and the our 25 year anniversary, we have a patron raffle for the month of October starting today! The basket will be on the top of the newspaper racks and the raffle can will sit at Circ.

The raffle will run through October. There is a limit of 1 ticket per person per visit.

We will have another raffle with a similar basket for the month of November.

Patti

OUTSIDE LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS

The Week of October 15th work will be done on landscaping around the "rocks". Possibly on Tuesday and Wednesday. Supplies will dropped off (dirt and stuff) then equipment will be here too.

At the end of the week we are hoping to get the parking lot sealed and striped. As soon as we know the information will be shared.

LOST or DAMAGED ITEMS

We have a policy (procedure) on patrons replacing our books with the exact same edition by ISBN (International Standard Book Number).

BUT, we can't assume that other libraries have the same policy. Before telling someone they can replace a lost or damaged book, make sure it is our item. If it isn't ours we will need to call the owning library to see what their policy is on this.

Refer questions to me.
Jody

OUT OF SYSTEM ITEMS

If an item is from out of system at renewal one would have to override the renewal request.

DON'T override these! They need to go to Adult Services so the owning library can be asked if a renewal is allowed.

Wiggles CANCELLED Thursday, Oct. 11th

Julie called everyone on her "wiggles" list and let them know that the class will be cancelled this Thursday.

In case anyone asks or calls regarding a message Julie left when she called all the all the people from the classes.

Maltese Falcon Movie @ Marcus Theater + Patrons

Through the Big Read Grant, the Maltese Falcon movie starring Humphrey Bogart will be showing at the Marcus Theater in Orland Park on Sunday, Oct 28 at 2 and 7. Tickets will be available to Homer patrons beginning Monday, Oct 15. We have a limited number of tickets for each showing so each patrons can only get two (2) tickets. We are not taking a waiting list, it's first come, first served. On October 24, we are opening the tickets to anyone, not only patrons of the participating libraries, i.e. Orland, Frankfort, or Tinley.

The movie is free (thanks to the grant) and patrons will have the opportunity to buy popcorn or pop at the theater. Admission is with ticket only. If we give out all our tickets, the patron may go to Orland, Frankfort, or Tinley Park libraries to see if they have any available. All four libraries will bring unclaimed tickets to Marcus that day so patrons can take a chance that they'll get in.

The yellow show tickets will be in an envelope on my desk on Oct 15. Please initial the box next to the ticket number on the sheet in the envelope. If you have any questions, please ask Kitty, Alex or me.

REMEMBER ONLY 2 TICKETS PER PATRON!

Maltese Falcon Movie @ Marcus Theater

The movie, The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, will be shown at Marcus Theater on Sunday, Oct 28 @ 2 and 7. We only have a limited number of tickets available so if you would like to attend, please email me asap with the number of tickets (limit 2) you would like.

Illinois Arts Week

The Lemont Artists Guild will be hosting several drop-in programs at the library.

Photo Art ~ Thursday, Oct 11 from 6 - 7:30
Photography will show patrons how to color black and white photograhs using different mediums. B/W photograph will be supplied. FREE ~ Drop-In

Mother Goose PJ Story Time ~ Sunday, Oct 14 at 6:30
Nancy Uznanski as Mother Goose will tell Mother Goose stories and kids will color nursery rhyme book. FREE ~ Registration Recommended

Watercolor Bookmarks ~ Thursday, Oct 18 from 6 - 8
Cyn O'Brien will show participants how to create watercolor bookmarks. FREE ~ Drop-In