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August 2016
EUREKA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
Elevate Reading!
Exciting New Changes to Happen at Eureka Public Library
On April 9, 1978, the trustees of the Eureka Public Library held an open house to celebrate the addition
of a new two-level building which would more than double the existing library space. When the new
addition was first opened to the public in February 1978, the lower level was not yet complete due to
lack of funds. At that time, Librarian Ruth Roth said she hoped the level could be completed within the
next year and that “youth” materials would be moved into this space, as well as the community having
a space for larger group meetings.
Nearly four decades have passed since that exciting day in the history of Eureka Public Library! During
these years many stories have been read, many summer reading programs held, and many children’s
books, recorded books and VHS tapes have been checked out to children. And many of those who
came as children have since brought their own children into the library!
To provide better service for library users, the EPLD Board of Trustees has made the decision to add an
elevator, making access easier for the children’s collection and programs on the lower level.
Information was gathered from several sources covering different types of elevators and lifts, as well as
the limited options considering structure of the current building. Money has been set aside to help
with this project, and fundraising events are planned
to help with the cost of the elevator. In addition to the
cost of the elevator and construction, changes will
need to be made in the collection and circulation areas
around the elevator entrances on both floors. The
fundraising campaign to help with these changes has
been appropriately named, Elevate Reading.
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Eureka Public Library District
202 S. Main St.
309-467-2922
www.eurekapl.org
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Hours:
M, Tu, Th: 8:30 am—8 pm
W, F: 8:30 am—6 pm
Saturday & Sunday Closed
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Library now offers disc cleaning services
The library is offering a new service. For 50 cents per disc, the library will clean your DVD, CD, BluRay, and game discs. The library’s EcoPro2 cleaner will remove fine and shallow scratches which can
disrupt disc function. The library does not guarantee complete repair as deeper scratches cannot be
eliminated with cleaning. Drop off your discs anytime during the library’s open hours. Depending on
staff availability, discs can be cleaned while you wait.
Friends of the Eureka Public Library Fall Shopping Trip
The annual Friends of the Eureka Public Library District annual bus trip to the Chicago Premium
Outlet Mall will be Tuesday, October 11. The cost is $50 per person, payable in advance. Space is
limited, so call the library to reserve your seat soon!
Congratulations, Melita Williams!
Melita Williams was the winner of the “Read for the Win” adult
summer reading program drawing! She received $75 worth of Eureka
Business Association gift checks. Melita was one of 76 adults that
registered for summer reading. Each person read a minimum of two
hours a week. As an added challenge, readers were encouraged to
read 1K or 3K pages during the six-week program. Eighteen adults met
the challenge—and read 46,238 pages! Check out our challenge board
recognizing each of these outstanding readers! The top adult page
reader was Ashley Welker with 5,567 pages.
Young Adults also participated in the summer reading program. The two drawing winners were Gavin
Knapp, who won a $50 gift card and a journal, and Seth Nofsinger, who won three books, ear phones,
and an Eureka Hornet bag. Five young adults tracked the number of pages they read, which totaled
19,549 pages. The top page reader was Kevin Huber with 9,570 pages.
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone for participating!
August Program Highlights
For all programs and
*Art of Soapmaking, Tuesday, August 9 at 6:30 pm
descriptions, see pages 6—7.
*Cutting the Cord: A Guide to Streaming TV, Thursday, August 11 at 6:30 pm
*Health Care: What You Need To Know Before Open Enrollment, Monday, August 15 at 6:30 pm
*Unexpected China, Thursday, August 18 at 6:30 pm
*Computer Basics, Friday, August 26 at 10 am or Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 pm
Donate Shoes for Safe Drinking Water! The Iona Group and Float Mobile Learning, in
partnership with St. Ann’s WATCH program, are again co-sponsoring a shoe drive from
August 1—31 at locations throughout Woodford County, including Eureka Public Library.
All new and used shoes collected—flip flops, sandals, tennis shoes, clogs, dress shoes,
garden shoes, etc—will be donated to WaterStep. Water Step is a nonprofit organization
focused on providing safe and reliable drinking water all over the world. For more
information, visit waterstep.org.
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Elevate Reading with New Adult Books & DVDs!
Fiction
Adler – The Charmers
Atkins – The Innocents
Castillo – Among the Wicked
Chapman – Deep Shadows
Connealy – No Way Up
Coonts – Liberty’s Last Stand
Estes – The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
Evanovich – The Pursuit
Giffin – First Comes Love
Gilbert – What Matters Most
Gray – The Loyal Heart
Hay – The Railwayman’s Wife
Johansen – Night and Day
Kay – Secret Places
Kubica – Don’t You Cry
Lancaster – By the Numbers
Lindsey – Make Me Love You
McCall Smith – Chance Development
McLaughlin – The McCullagh Inn in Maine
Miranda – All the Missing Girls
Moran – Mata Hari’s Last Dance
O’Connor – Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings
Olson – Hidden
Olson –Shadowed
Parker – The Fairbairn Fortunes
Patterson – The Games
Petersheim – The Alliance
Rosen – Nine Women, One Dress
Shalvis – Sweet Little Lies
Silva – The Black Widow
Snelling – The Second Half
Steel – Magic
Sundin – Anchor in the Storm
Sundin – Through Waters Deep
Turano – Playing the Part
Tyler – Vinegar Girl
Watson – As Good As Gone
Weisberger – Chasing Harry Winston
Williams – A Certain Age
Mystery
Duncan – Untimely Death
Goldenbaum – Trimmed With Murder
Lovesey – Another One Goes Tonight
Martin – Cross Your Heart & Hope to Die
Moody – Quick & the Dead
Rosenfelt – Outfoxed
Nonfiction
005.5 MAR – Teach Yourself Visually: Office 2016
005.54 HAR – Microsoft Excel 2016 for Dummies
030 WOR 2016 – The World Almanac
306.362 WAR – New England Bound
306.87 BAB – The Fatherless Daughter Project
355 ASV –ASVAB Premier 2017-2018
364.15 SUM – The Wicked Boy
364.152 FOS – The Jolly Roger Social Club
598.072 THO – Midwestern Birds
616.7 ALI – Understanding Fibromyalgia
636.7 COF – My Old Dog (Rescued Pets…)
638.578 BLA – Gardening for Butterflies
641.64 RIG – Summer Berries & Autumn Fruits
641.5 SOU – Southern Living 2015 Annual Recipes
645 PRO – Home Décor Cheat Sheets
770 KIN – Digital Photography for Dummies
796.35 TAC – The Baseball Whisperer
823 HAI – Reasons to Stay Alive
940.54 BAS – The Winter Fortress
973 GLA – 50 Great American Places
973 HUD – The Handy American History Answer Book
973 WES – Upstairs at the White House
973.3 WOO – Bushwhacker Belles
DVDs & Blu-Rays
DVD 3186—3187 D – Dallas: Seasons 1—3
DVD 3189 P – Proud Men
DVD 3190 Z – Zootopia (B-R 345 Z)
DVD 3191 L – London Has Fallen (B-R 344 L)
DVD 3192 M – My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (B-R 347 M)
DVD 3200 T – Thirteen Hours
DVD 3201—3202 L – The Lone Ranger, Vols. 2 & 3
DVD 3203 M – Mom’s Night Out
DVD 3204 E – Eddie the Eagle
DVD 3206 E – Eye in the Sky (B-R 350 E)
DVD 3206 W – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
DVD 3207 K – Kung Fu Panda 3
DVD 3208 O – Only Yesterday (B-R 351 O)
DVD 3209 L – Little House on the Prairie, season 1
B-R 342 R – Risen
B-R 343 R – Race
B-R 346 G – Gods of Egypt
B-R 349 T – 13 Hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi
DVD – Children
DVD 3097 A CH – Air Bud: 7th Inning Fetch
DVD 3188 M CH – Moomins & the Comet Chase
DVD 3199 P CH – Dance, Pocoyo, Dance!
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AUGUST 2016
News From The Children’s Library
A BIG SUMMER THANK YOU!
We’re still taking in book logs, so won’t have a total number of books to report until
next month. But a big THANK YOU goes out to: all of our readers, the parents who
encouraged and helped them, our super staff and volunteers at the library, our
terrific guest readers and program presenters, Mrs. Ryan and Davenport Elementary
staff for sharing space with us, and our partners for prizes: McDonald’s, Uncle Bob’s
Ice Cream, The Cornbelters, Monicals, Texas Roadhouse, Meatheads, Dairy Queen,
Peoria Chiefs, Taco Bell, Chick-Fil-A and Pizza Hut. Summer reading is truly a Eureka
area community affair!
READING – DIG IT!
Watch for more information on “Reading –
Dig It!”, a reading program to be held in
September and October. Readers ages 3
through 6th grade will read (or listen to) a
variety of books and keep track on a book
log.
Library Little Stars”
Returns
in September
Register beginning August 8 for Library Little Stars that
happens in September. Library Little Stars is for
children ages 18 to 32 months and includes reading
books, other activities to do at home and choice of
one or both special Family Story Times on September
14 and 28. All the details are available when you sign
up. Registration will continue until the group is full.
Elevate Reading! (continued from front cover)
Library Director Ann Reeves shared the story behind Elevate Reading. “Elevate Reading was a suggestion
from a library user who heard about the campaign through her attendance at a Friends of the Library
meeting. I took her suggestion to the fundraising committee, and we all agreed it encompassed much
more than the addition of an elevator in the building! It shares the idea we want to portray as a public
library to our community. When you elevate something, you lift it up, value it, or hold it in high esteem.
We love the idea that reading is valued in our community. Research continues to confirm how
fundamental reading aloud is in the development of babies and young children. We also know the
importance of learning to read and comprehend in early school years. An indicator of a strong
community is valuing skills that provide future generations what they will need thrive and compete in the
world. Those skills should include a good education, and that typically begins very young, with books and
reading. Elevate Reading is a great message and one we are excited to share.”
Keep watching as the construction project will go to bid soon, and building construction could begin in
mid-Fall.
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Picture Books
Hey, Duck!, Carin Bramsen
Our Great Big Backyard, Laura Bush & Jenna Bush Hager
The Sheepover , John & Jennifer Churchman
No Hitting!, Karen Katz
If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano To the Beach, DON’T, Elise Parsley
Bear’s Big Day , Salina Yoon
Chapter Books
Medieval Upheaval, Franklin W. Dixon (Hardy Boys Secret Files)
Aaron Rodgers , Ryan Nagelhout (Today’s Great Quarterbacks)
The Case of the Back-to-School Burglar, Nancy Star (Calendar Club)
Fiction
Booked, Kwame Alexander
Raymie Nightingale, Kate DiCamillo
Slacker , Gordon Korman
Secret of the Forbidden City, James Patterson (Treasure Hunters)
Darkstalker, Tui T. Sutherland (Wings of Fire Legends)
Non-Fiction
When Hail Hits, Christine Honders (Eye on the Sky)
Where is the Amazon?, Sarah Fabiny
How to Survive a Tornado, Marne Ventura
Tunnels, Joanne Mattern (Engineering Wonders)
Robots in Space, Richard & Louise Spilsbury (Amazing Robots)
Robots in Industry, Richard & Louise Spilsbury (Amazing Robots)
Enchanted Gardening: Growing Miniature Gardens, Fairy Gardens, and More, Lisa J. Amstutz
Stadiums and Coliseums, Carla Mooney (Engineering Wonders)
What are the Summer Olympics?, Gail Herman
New Teen Books on the Way
The Eureka Public Library has been selected as a winner in the 2016-17 Abraham Lincoln Book Award
grant competition. The grant awards a twenty-book set of the “Lincoln books” to each winning library.
The library will partner with Eureka High School staff “to encourage high school students to read for
pleasure and to become lifelong readers.” The award is named after former President Abraham Lincoln,
an avid reader and noted author, and is sponsored by ISLMA (Illinois School Library Media Association)
and administered by the ALHSBA steering committee. Students will have the opportunity to hear book
talks by faculty, staff, and librarians, and read their way through the list of titles chosen by Illinois
students and librarians. Voting will take place state-wide in February to choose the most popular book
on the list – the 2017 Abraham Lincoln Award Winner.
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August Adult Programs
Book-A-Librarian Would you like to be able to download free library books or music on your phone, Nook,
iPad, or other device? Call the library and schedule a one-on-one session with a library staff member to assist
you with ereader set up and using your library card to get free ebooks, audiobooks, and music. To make an
appointment, call the library. Maximum appointment time is 30 minutes.
Tuesdays, August 2 and 16, 5:30—8 pm, Sit and Stitch Join fellow knitters, crocheters, needleworkers, and
crafters for this informal gathering. We enjoy each other’s company as we work on our own projects and
help each other with pattern ideas and projects gone awry! The group will gather starting at 5:30 pm at the
library on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Not able to make it at 5:30? Feel free to stop by anytime
between 5:30 and 8:00 pm.
Wednesdays, August 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 8:30 am, Roaming Readers Walking Club Join this weekly walking group to get in 30 minutes of easy walking a week. We’ll leave from the east door of the Eureka Public
Library at 8:30 am, and enjoy each other’s company while discussing some of our favorite books along the
way! Program will run each Wednesday through November 16.
Monday, August 8, 10 am, 3 M Mystery Book Club Join the 3 M Mystery Book Club to help solve crimes of
mystery, mayhem, and murder! The 3 M Mystery Book Club meets the second Monday of each month to
discuss their favorite authors, what they are currently reading, and explore different themes and authors
within the mystery and suspense genres. For the August meeting, members will be reading and discussing
Janet Evanovich mysteries. All are welcome—come join the fun!
Monday, August 8, 3:30—5 pm, Middle School Paper Crafters Does your middle school-aged child enjoy
making cards, scrapbooking, or craft projects? Instructors Danielle Husted and Debi Smith teach participants
different decoration techniques using a variety of fun paper designs. The August project is a “box card” with
a hidden bookmark inside. This is a free program, but registration is limited to 10 participants. Register by
calling the library by August 5.
Monday, August 8, 4:30—6 pm, Master Gardener Plant Clinic Bring your gardening questions, landscape
problems, and unidentified plant and insect samples to the Eureka Public Library and get free information
and advice from University of Illinois Extension Woodford County Master Gardeners.
Tuesday, August 9, 9 am—2 pm, Wool Ewe Join Us Rug Hookers Do you enjoy rug hooking or other fiber
arts? Join the Wool Ewe Join Us Rug Hookers group at the library for some quality craft time the second
Tuesday of each month. Open to the public, you can drop in anytime between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm and
work on your own project in the company of fellow fiber enthusiasts. For more information, call Linda deFreese at 309-830-2626.
Tuesday, August 9, 6:30 pm, The Art of Soapmaking Join Jill Brockman-Cummings for an enjoyable night
learning about the benefits of goat milk soap and how to make soap. She will cover the history of soapmaking, how she became a soapmaker, the soapmaking process, the benefits of natural goat milk soap, and how
to nurture our skin’s microbiome. This is a free class. To register, call the library by August 8.
Thursday, August 11, 6:30 pm, Cutting the Cord: A Guide to Streaming TV Thinking about canceling your
cable TV subscription and replacing it with cheaper or free streaming services? Chris Reeves will be presenting tips on what you should consider first before cutting the cord and the pros and cons of the popular
streaming TV options that are available. This is a free class. To register, call the library by August 10.
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August Adult Programs (continued)
Monday, August 15, 6:30 pm, Health Care: What You Need To Know Before Open Enrollment
The open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act and Medicare is fast approaching. Pam Atkinson,
University of Illinois Extension Consumer Economics Educator, will discuss the way to plan for your needs,
your budget, and how to get the most bang for your buck when considering health insurance options. This is
a free class. To register, contact the library by August 12.
Wednesday, August 17, 10 am, Past and Present Book Club Do you enjoy reading nonfiction or biographies?
The Past and Present Book Club meets monthly to discuss fascinating books, people, and events. For the August meeting, the group will be discussing astronauts and the history of space exploration.
Thursday, August 18, 6:30 pm, Unexpected China Curious about China? An ancient country with a complex
culture, you may be surprised by some of the things you hear about how it really is. Join Mary Beth Leatherman, who has spent the past four years teaching in China, for this free program describing the education system, food, culture, and more! There will be time for some Q & A, so come with your questions. To register,
contact the library.
Tuesday, August 23, 6:30 pm, Daylilies The Heart of Illinois Daylily Society will be at the Eureka Public Library to explore the world of daylilies. Daylilies, known for their lovely trumpet-shaped florets, are easy to
grow and are suitable for all types of landscapes in Illinois. Beyond the basic care and maintenance of daylilies, experience the incredible choice of colors, patterns and forms now available; from classic “ditch lilies” to
elegant double-blooming varieties, all in colors of lavender, red, orange, yellow, and everything in between.
This is a free program. To register, call the library by August 22.
Tuesday, August 23, 6:30 pm, Writer’s Circle Have you thought about becoming an author, would like to
write down your family’s stories, or simply love to express yourself through writing? Join this informal writer’s group to share your ideas and writings. Members offer positive support, feedback when requested, and
incentive to keep writing.
Thursday, August 25, 10 am, Book Gossip Be in the know! Stop by the library for the latest book gossip! Participants will share what they’ve been reading, what authors they like and don’t like, and library staff will
share the latest in book trends, author news, and what’s new on the shelves.
Thursday, August 25, 6 pm, Finding Your Irish Ancestors—In the U.S. and Ireland Have you discovered Irish
ancestry in your family tree? If so, come hear Karen Heinrich, MA, MLIS, a professional genealogist with over
17 years’ experience, speak in her workshop. Heinrich will discuss a little bit of Irish history, Irish immigration
patterns to the U.S., and how to find your Irish ancestors in this country and in Ireland. This is a free program.
Call the library by August 23 to register.
Friday, August 26, 10 am, Computer Basics New to computers or been awhile since you used one? Come
to Computer Basics and learn how to start and shut down a computer; create, save, and open a file; create a
folder; and rename files and folders. This is a free class. Space is limited to 5 participants; call the library to
register by August 24.
Tuesday, August 30, 6:30 pm, Computer Basics New to computers or been awhile since you used one?
Come to Computer Basics and learn how to start and shut down a computer; create, save, and open a file;
create a folder; and rename files and folders. This is a free class. Space is limited to 5 participants; call the
library to register by August 29.