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A few pictures from our rocket launch. A big Thank You to Henry Stickel for providing us with this program.
Board members and library staff recently gathered to say farewell and best wishes to Mary Eubanks who has recently retired. Thank you Mary for your service to the library!
The winner of the Easter basket drawing at our Easter egg hunt was Amy Kolodziej and Thomas.
(Benton Evening News Photo by Holly Kee) Thank you to all who came out for our Easter Egg hunt. It was a great success! See the article in the Benton Evening...
What a nice way to celebrate the end of our Centennial Year at The Benton Public Library with over 100 children in attendance for The Polar Express Movie Night. From all...
The Corps of Engineers came out to give us a great program on the animals in Southern Illinois. We then made some ocean/lake pictures.
We had a great time trying some of the events done at the Olympic games. We then made Olympic torches and flags.
Day 2 of the Summer Reading Program had us playing outdoor games, eating snacks and building marshmallow sculptures. Of course, we started the day with a story read by Miss Norma.