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Ed Mosbach

     Normally when you hear the word plant associated with a person, you automatically thin “Plant Lady”.  However, the Roanoke Library has been blessed with a “Plant Gentlemen”!  Ed Mosbach has brought a philodendron, given to the Library during their Open House in November 2002, back to beautiful life from a “near comatose” state.  Ed looked at the pathetic plant and volunteered to repot it into a CLAY pot (the only good kind of pot, you know) and to check on it periodically when he would come into the library.  Along with the repotting, he has provided two jugs of rain water, one plain and on with plant food mixed in, to water the plants.  The philodendron is thriving under his care!  Ed also donated a spider plant to the library that now hangs in the front southwest window.  It has prospered to the point of sprouting its own “babies”.
      Violets are also a passion of Ed’s.  He is able to start them from a single leaf by putting a leaf into a plastic bag along with a little dirt, and “blowing” the bag up with the carbon dioxide exhale of his own breath.  From the magical beginning, lots of violet plants are now in his own home and the home of staff members and volunteers in the Roanoke Library.
     We are grateful to Ed for his efforts in helping the Roanoke Library become a little “greener”!

Martha Lyons

I am not like most writers that keep journals or diaries, but I like putting words on paper.  I have written many letters to friends and family.  While in Junior College, my English 101 teacher required a short story for every class.  He liked my stories, and so did the other students.  Their praise of my work certainly gave me a good feeling.  Many years later, a niece married and for a wedding gift I wrote a little story book telling of the adventures her mother and I shared as we were growing up in our family.

When my granddaughter was old enough to read a story book, I thought it would be fun to write her a book that she could hold in her hands, and I wanted it to have pictures of her in the book.  Magic Adventure is the third book I have written for her.  When she turned eight, I knew she needed more to the story.  She loves (and most children love) adventure stories, and I love history, so I joined the two genres together. 

Children love pictures to go with any story.  My friend, Christine Sweeney, loves to paint things for children.  When I asked her to read my story, she immediately had the pictures she wanted to paint com into her mind.  I feel her pictures made the book!

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Illinois Prairie District Public Library offers Playaway digital audio books in several popular titles are available for checkout at the Roanoke Branch.

                This pocket-sized device comes permanently pre-loaded with an entire book in audio format.  Its easy to use controls allow users to shuttle through the book, stop at specific points, and automatically bookmark their stopping points when the unit is turned off.  The self-contained package includes earphones and has a universal headphone jack that works with almost any type of headphone.  There are no cassettes, CD’s, or need for any special equipment or downloading.  The new style of self-playing digital audio books is perfect for today’s multi-tasking public, giving them both simplicity and flexibility in usage. 

                Titles are available for all ages from Classic Nursery Rhymes or How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas for the children to The Da Vinci Code or The Purpose-driven Life for adults.  You can listen to classics, best sellers, spiritual themes, westerns, mysteries, humor, or language courses in German, French, or Spanish. 

                The purchase of these Playaways was made possible through a grant that Illinois Prairie District Public Library received through the Alliance Library System that was funded through a Library Services and Technology Act Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services from the Illinois State Library, a division of the office of the Secretary of State.

                Come to the Roanoke Branch of IPDPL and check out the Playaways.  Your librarian will be happy to help you get started.