This article has a tie to Normal, Illinois and you may find it interesting to check out and read about the Rivian founder. You can check out magazines for one week. Our magazines are located on the upper floor near Young Adult/Tween Section.
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LIbrary Funding Is at Stake Again
The coming seven weeks are critical in the fight for library funding. The White House released its FY 2021 budget proposal and - for a fourth time in a row - it intends to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), including all funds from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). The administration's new budget not only strips funding from IMLS, but it also brushes aside funding for other library-eligible education programs. ALA has made it easy to email your members of Congress and urge them to publicly oppose cuts to federal library funding. (Only takes a moment!) We are counting on you to send this message to Congress. You can also tweet at your members of Congress about why we must continue to #FundLibraries. Sample tweets are provided for your convenience. We've set Friday, April 17th for Trivia Night 2020. It will start at 6:30 pm. We will have 7 teams of 8 people and 1 team of individual sign-ups so that makes a total of 8 teams! We don't have room for anymore than that so sign up soon! Free snacks, free drinks, free babysitting = free everything! (Donations are appreciated) Free babysitting will be provided but we ask that the teams give an accurate count of children that need babysitting so we can prepare our babysitters for the stampede! Sign up by calling the library at 527-4360 or stop by the front desk.   The theme of our meeting is "Soup du Jour"!
The club members will all prepare a soup recipe and bring it to the library to share. Let us know if you are interested in this club. This Friday, February 7th Randy Duncan will be in costume as President Lincoln at the library to present 'Abraham Lincoln's Love of Books'. The event starts at 6:30 pm. Adults and children mature enough to sit quietly through a presentation are welcome to attend. Register by calling the library (527-4360) or stopping by the front desk.  The Friends of the Library are having a special February sale of used books. The sale will be during regular library hours and it starts on Thursday, February 13th-Saturday, February 15th! We hope you can come and shop at the book sale! Treat yourself to a bag of used books! Reading makes the long winter nights a little easier to get through.  If you got to the main page of our website www.elpasopubliclibrary.net and scroll down, there are several links you might find interesting. You can also use the Useful Links tab on the left hand side of the screen to get to the links. Teachers, parents, students, and anyone else interested in our world are welcome to the information. Please let us know if you have trouble using any of the links.
A to Z World Culture: Information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and much more! With 175 Country Culture Guides covering over 60 topics each from a single resource! A TO Z THE USA Contains more than 115 country-based articles and 115 state articles for each of the 50 US states, five US territories, and the District of Columbia. Library patrons and students will find unmatched coverage of the country's people, history, economy, geography, symbols, culture, and society. A TO Z WORLD FOOD Available on library computers, or at home from the library website. Explore food culture and traditional recipes from around the world. It’s a movable feast in a digital cookbook.
  We hope that you can join us for an evening with renowned Abraham Lincoln presenter, Randy Duncan of Carlinville. He will be at the library on Friday, February 7th at 6:30 pm in character to discuss 'Abraham Lincoln's Love of Books". Adults, families, and children are welcome as long as they are mature enough to sit quietly and listen to a presentation. Please register for this program by signing up at the front desk or call us at 527-4360.
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