September 2004

September is “Library Card Sign-up Month.”  If you don’t have a library card, contact the library to see how you can get one!

Sept. 1 
“The Bookman Speaks” 7pm

Bill Butts from Main Street Fine Books will present a program on book collecting.  Bring a book to be evaluated.

Sept. 6 
Closed Labor Day

Sept. 9 
Fall Story Hour begins

Sept. 14 
Board meeting 7pm

Sept. 16 
Civil War Roundtable 7pm

Sept. 20 
Adult Book Discussion 10am

Sept. 26 
“Dictionary of a Family” 2pm

Join us at the library for a reader’s theater presentation by the authors of “Dictionary of a Family.”

October 2004

Oct. 6 
“Finding Jane” 6:30pm

For dinosaur buffs of all ages, presented by Betsy Carlson from the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford, IL.

Oct. 12 
Board Meeting 7pm

Oct. 17-23 
“Teen Read Week”

Oct. 18 
Adult Book Discussion 10am

Oct. 21 
Civil War Roundtable 7pm

Oct. 24
“Nevermore” 2pm

James Brady, teacher, will read from the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Oct. 27
“The Haunted Library”
Halloween program for Gr. 1-6

November 2004

Nov. 9 
Board Meeting 7pm

Nov. 14 
“Sherlock Holmes 2pm

Hear a noted “Sherlockian” compare Holmes’ methods of deduction with modern crime scene investigation techniques.  Sponsored by the Friends of Galena Library, Inc.

Nov. 15 
Adult Book Discussion 10am

Nov. 15-21 
Children’s Book Week, “Let’s Book”

Nov. 17 
“Dead Poets Society” 7pm

Young adults are invited to read a favorite poem, but the author must be deceased.

Nov. 18 
Civil War Roundtable 7pm  

November 24 
Closed 5 pm

December 2004

Dec. 14 
Board Meeting 6:00 pm

Dec. 16 
Civil War Roundtable 7pm

Dec. 20 
Adult Book Discussion 10am

Dec. 24, 25, 31 
Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve