Princeville Community Calendar 07/24/2012

The 4th Annual Heritage Harvest is this coming Saturday, July 28 from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Princeville Heritage Museum. Enjoy a day at the museum with wheat threshing demonstrations, quilting demonstrations, and kids activities at the Akron Townhouse School. A delicious pancake breakfast and grill lunch will be provided by the Princeville Lion's Club. Check out the flyer below!       Cool off this week in the extreme heat by visiting the Princeville Aquatic Center! PAC is the perfect place to spend a warm day with the kids, friends or family. Admission is $3.50 for ages 3 & up and $4.00 for ages 16 & up (ages 2 & under FREE).     Lillie M. Evans Library has 2 new subscriptions! These subscriptions appeal to all ages. Scroll down for more information!  Garden Spot Vegetable Farm is now open for business. Make sure to stop by and get a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits. More information below.

Community Events Saturday, July 28, Heritage Harvest at the Princeville Heritage Museum. Come enjoy a day at the museum! Old style wheat threshing, kids activities, and much more!   Monday, July 30 to August 30, Lillie M. Evans Library Friends Book Sale. Wide selection of hardbacks, paperbacks, audiobooks, VHS tapes, DVD's, and more! Prices change weekly. Come early for best selection.  Thursday, August 2, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Princeville CUSD #326 School Registration at Princeville Grade School and Princeville High School.  Registration packets were mailed out current students the week of July 2nd. Mail yours in today or come and register your children in person on August 2nd.   Thursday, August 2, 6:30 pm Garden Club Meeting at Sara Kuntz Garden.  Friday, August 3, 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm Lillie M. Evans Library Zombie Lock-in. This is a Nationally scheduled event happening throughout the country. Teens entering 9-12th grade this fall are invited to an evening of zombified fun and to connect with teens from across the United State! Check out the LME TeenSpace blog.   Wednesday, August 15, 8:05 am Princeville CUSD #326 First Day of School. Be on the look out for student walkers and bike riders.   Wednesday, September 5, Lillie M. Evans Library Biggest Loser Begins. Sign up at LME today. Biggest Loser will run from September 5-October 24.  Sunday, September 30, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Hobo Quilts Program at Princeville Heritage Museum.  Community Meetings Monday, August 6, 7:30 pm, Village of Princeville Board Meeting.Agenda available at Village Hall 48 hours prior to meeting.    Thursday, August 9, 7:00 pm, Lillie M. Evans Library Board Meeting at Lillie M. Evans Library.      Monday, August 13, 7:00 pm, Princeville Civic Association Meeting at Village Hall.    Tuesday, August 21, 7:00 pm, Village of Princeville Board Meeting.Agenda available at Village Hall 48 hours prior to meeting.    Thursday, September 12, 7:00 pm, Lillie M. Evans Library Board Meeting at Lillie M. Evans Library.  Tuesday, October 2, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, Princeville CUSD #326 Community Meeting 1-"Discovery". More information to come!  Thursday, October 11, 7:00 pm, Lillie M. Evans Library Board Meeting at Lillie M. Evans Library.  Tuesday, October 23, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, Princeville CUSD #326 Community Meeting 2-"Building Solutions". More information to come!  Garden Spot Vegetable Farm Offering a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits! Located: 1 Mile West of Princeville on Rt. 90 Open: Monday-Friday 8:30am-6:00pm            Saturday  8:30am-4:00pm            Sunday    12:00pm-4:00pm   Heritage Harvest   Lillie M. Evans Library Introducing 2 New Subscriptions!   The LME Library has recently purchased 2 new online resources for our library patrons. These resources are available in the left hand column (with our other library subscription databases) on the LME Library web page http://lmelibrary.org . Just locate the resource and click on the icon - it's that easy! The resources are available in the library or from your home computer. You will need your LME library card number for home access.    World Book Web has encyclopedias for early (World Book Online for Kids), middle (World Book Online Info Finder), and advanced users (World Book Online Reference Center). There are more than 20,000 photos, illustrations & maps; science fair projects; primary sources; read-aloud functionality; games & activities; and computer & web tutorials. In addition, there is a Spanish language encyclopedia (Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica online) and World Book Discoverfor more graphically based learners. Finally, there is The Early World of Learning which offers a wealth of resources to help preschoolers and children in the early grades grasp critical early childhood themes while developing reading and oral language skills.    Rocket Languages is an online language learning site. Always wanted to learn a foreign language? Now's your chance! - you can access the site in the library or at home! There are courses in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Hindi, German, French, Chinese and Arabic as well as American Sign Language and English for Spanish Speakers.    LME encourages you to explore these and other of our library subscription databases. The databases include full-text magazine articles from nearly 3,000 publications, newspaper articles from Peoria & around the U.S., ebooks & audio books, kids interactive books, genealogical research sources, and fiction read-a-like lists. All these databases and more are available through the LME library's website athttp://lmelibrary.org.  Lillie M. Evans Library Walking Program UPDATE Princeville Walks 2012 May 29th-July 27th UPDATE As of July 12th, we have walked over 1,800 miles! That's the equivalent of walking to the Golden Gate Bridge in California. Currently, the "lady walkers" are in the lead with 1,112.5 miles, the library staff has racked up 577.6 miles and 139 miles have been logged by our male participant. Good job everyone...KEEP WALKING! You can still join us and participate up to the final day of July 27th and see how far Princeville can walk! Register free at LME Library or online through the library's website at http://lmelibrary.org.You record your own steps and mileage and then report them to use. Walk, jog, run, bike and get moving; it all counts! Check out Purdue University's site at http://www.purdue.edu/walktothemoon/activities.html to convert other activities into steps. You can join us anytime starting May 29th. Check in at the library at your convenience to have your mileage added to the total throughout the program.