Weekly Newsletter

Happy National Library Week! Stop in and see what’s new at your hometown library.  We have a bulletin board where you can share what you love about your Heyworth Public Library.  Also during this week the library will waive $.50 of a patron’s fine for each can or package of food they donate.  The food collected will be sent to the local Heyworth Food Pantry for distribution to area families.   

A new length of time to check out DVDs began last week.  NEW DVDs will remain at the current 3 day check out.  All other DVDs will now be available for 7 day check out and patrons can place holds on these as well.  If you don’t see the movie you want to watch, you can ask a librarian to hold it for you when it does come in the library or place a hold at your convenience from your own computer through our website.  We can also borrow older movie titles from around the state that we don’t own. 

Upcoming Programs:

Randolph Township Cemetery Tour

Saturday, May 5, 9:30a.m. – 2p.m.  Bring your own lunch (Rain or Shine)

We will board a bus from the library parking lot and visit two to three sites then break for lunch at the Heyworth Library Community Room (bring your own brown bag) and then finish our tour.  We will end at the Heyworth Cemetery where a number of veterans dating back to the Revolutionary War through Vietnam are at rest.  Those who want to stay at the Heyworth Cemetery will be welcome to stay and walk back to the library parking lot at their leisure or depart at 2 pm via the bus.  This is a free event – donations are welcome.

Monthly Genealogy and Local History meeting

Wednesday, April 18, 10 a.m. 

All are welcome to help preserve Randolph Township history.  Come join us as we organize the historical records and materials we have collected at the library, plan the cemetery tour, and begin an oral history project.  If you have local history or genealogical items to donate to the Alexander Room, please see Alice or Beth at the library.  You can view the current title holdings on our website under the Local History and Genealogy link.

Monday Evening Book Club

April 23 at 6:30 p.m.

We will be discussing The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III.  Coffee and tea are provided; bring a small dessert/fruit to share, sign up today!

Canine Reading Buddies Program

We now offer two different days a month.  Every third Thursday after school at 3:30 p.m. and NEWLY added every second Thursday at 6 p.m. (for three students at each session).   Sign up begins on the first Thursday of each month. 

April 12, 6pm/6:20pm/6:40pm

April 19,  3:30pm/3:50pm/4:15pm

Container Gardening Program

April 17, 6 p.m.

This program is presented by Carol Hiebert, McLean Co. Master Gardener.  Sign up required.

Toddler Time and Story Time

We will take a break until summer and run our tots and young readers programs in June and July.  Stay Tuned for Summer Reading fun!

Movies @ the Library

Fridays, 3:15 p.m. 

The schedule of movies to be shown is posted and available in the library.  Bring a friend, snacks, and a drink with a lid for a movie afternoon at your Heyworth Library.

New Titles Added to Our Collection this Week

DVDs

We Bought a Zoo

Alvin and The Chipmunks: ChipWrecked 

Adult Books

The Art of Running Faster by Julian Goater

The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown

Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry

Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark

The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

Young Adult Books

Teen Boat! by Dave Roman

Children’s Books

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

The Unseen Guest (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #3) by Maryrose Wood