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Metamora Library Branch
(309) 367-4594
208 E Partridge
Metamora IL 61548 |
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HOURS
Monday 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesday 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday 11:00am - 5:00pm
Friday 11:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am - 12 noon
Holidays |
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To see a list of the DVDs
click here and Videos
click here currently held by Metamora Branch
Library |
Our
DVD and Video collection is divided into seven parts.
Six of these rotate among the 6 branch libraries every two months.
At the end of a year each branch library has seen each part of the
six parts.
Collection seven is a group of videos that have been
"retired" from the rotating collection.
These are videos that don't circulate often enough to justify
keeping them in the rotating collections, but we want to make them
available to our patrons for a while longer.
Collection seven is kept at Metamora Branch Library .
Videos from collection can be requested and will be sent to your
branch library
To
see a list of the videos in collection seven, click
here |
New Book List
Local Historical
Reference Collection @ your Metamora Branch Library
(for in-library use only)
AARP's
Tax Assistance
Tuesday,
February
9
through April
6
12:30
to
3:00 p.m.
Summer Reading Party
July 29, 2009-Photos
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Wooden Birds
@ the Library |
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It looks like the library has gone to the birds—wooden ones that
is. Art and Nancy Bernius have brought part of their collection of
feathered friends to the display case at the Metamora Branch of
Illinois Prairie District Public Library.
Several ducks are featured from plain
duck decoys to smaller ducks carved with finely detailed feathers
that look and feel like the real thing. A framed picture of a duck
flying from a lake is a unique item created by an artist in Branson
using a dentist drill. A scrimshaw etching of an eagle was
obtained in Alaska. Other birds include a small wren perched on a
stump, a beautiful mahogany and butternut robin, a cedar waxwing
sitting on a piece of wood, and a picture of bald headed eagles.
And no display of birds in Metamora would be complete without those
redbirds, the cardinals.
The bird collection began sometime in
the late 70’s when Art was working at Cilco’s Duck Creek. A friend
of his decided that a small brass grouping of ducks all in a row
would make a good joke gift for Art to remind him to “keep his ducks
all in a row”. Over the years, he received a few more like that
and then gradually the couple started purchasing more serious
pieces.
Come to the
library throughout February
to get a closer look. While at the library,
check out books about ducks, birds,
or wood carving. |
Genealogy Research
@ your Library
Illinois Prairie District Public Library will
again be offering assistance in genealogy research at three of its
branches. Beginning on Tuesday, September 4, patrons interested in
researching their family trees may come to the Metamora Branch from 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. on a weekly basis. Thursday, September 13, this research will be
offered at the Spring Bay Branch from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and continue every
other Thursday (Sept. 6 & 20, Oct. 4 & 18, etc.). Assistance will be on
hand at the Roanoke Branch on alternating Thursdays (Sept. 13 & 27, Oct. 11
& 25, etc.) from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Barbara Surratt, who has worked with
genealogy research for many years, will then be available to answer
questions or to show patrons how to use the Internet to check family
records. She will also provide the use of genealogy CD’s with military
records, church records, census records, passenger and immigration lists,
marriage indexes from several states, and other family history resource
files.
Bring all pertinent information you have
gathered about your family for further research. The assistance is free but
printouts will be at the library’s normal fee.
For more information, call or stop in at the
Metamora Branch (367-4594) at 208 E. Partridge Street or go to the Roanoke
Branch (923-7686) at 123 E. Broad Street or the Spring Bay Branch (822-0444)
at 411 Illinois Street. You also may e-mail
ipdpl@mtco.com .
Children's
Spring Story Hour
Riddles-Jokes-Facts-Questions
What swings
through the
trees and
tastes good
with milk?
World's Silliest Jokes
by
Philip Yates
Answer can be found at the Metamora Branch
of the Illinois Prairie District Public Library
and on the
Children Services Page