Representative Dave Severin is sponsoring this reading program. Read 8 books this summer and you will receive several free treats. For more information, come into the Benton Public Library to pick up a brochure and form.
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 News here.
This is such an accomplishment! Caroline Simpson was the first one to meet the challenge of reading 1000 books! Here she is showing off her new bookcase. We all are so proud of her. Congratulations Caroline!!!
This is such an accomplishment! Caroline Simpson was the first one to meet the challenge of reading 1000 books! We all are so proud of her. Congratulations Caroline!!!
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.