Harvard Diggins Library

Lon Haldeman, long-distance biking legend, will return to Harvard Diggins Library on Tuesday, February 7, at 6:30-8:00 pm with a program about his recent 20-day tour of Peru. Lon will show a video featuring highlights of the trip, including a boat ride on the Amazon to deliver books to schools, shopping trips with orphans to purchase needed clothing, and a visit with two young bikers who have been inspired by Lon to take up bike racing. Due to the nature of transport on the Amazon, they often surprise villages at all hours of the day with baskets of books for the children, much to their delight. A question and answer time will follow the video. For more information, call the library at 815-943-4671. Free event, open to the public.

Did you take some videos with your digital camera this Christmas or do you have some sitting on your hard drive that are good, but could use some tweaking to make them great? Have you wanted to know how to edit your digital videos but aren't sure how to get started?

If you are an interested teen or adult, D.J. Charewicz will be at the library on Saturday, February 11, at 2:00 pm to get you started with Microsoft Movie Maker. D.J. is young, but already producing videos and has good information to share with beginners. He will work the program on our large video screen directly from the video editing program via computer so all can see step-by-step what goes on. You may bring your laptop, along with a video to edit, and get started that very day. Please make sure you have Microsoft Movie Maker installed on your computer before you come (XP preferred.) It is often already pre-loaded, but you can get a free download from Microsoft online. To see D.J.'s latest video, just click on the camera icon at right.

Class size is limited to 10 participants, so please register for this free event at the desk and pick up your attendance "Reminder."

February is "I love my library" month. How do you love your library? What do you love about it? Let us count the ways! For the month of February we will have red, pink, and white paper strips available and on them you can write or draw what you love about your library. Each strip will then be added to a Valentine paper chain that will be displayed and added to by YOU during each day of the month.

We at the library sure hope it is a very LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG chain!

... with What's Hot for Your Summer Garden. By the end of February, the seed and plant catalogs are landing in mailboxes and souls are longing for some green stuff, flowers, and even the smell of rain: wet DIRT! Get ready for planting season on Saturday, February 25, at 2:00 pm when Countryside Nursery will stop by and present a program on the latest goodies for your garden or flower beds — what's hot in the flower realm, what veggie is the new king, improvements in your favorite plants. Stop by and get excited for SPRING with the experts at Countryside. Free event, open to the public.

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The library now has a Facebook page.
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Thanks to a program created by the State of Illinois, you can now use your credit card (Master Card, Discover, or American Express) to pay library fines and fees over the web or at the circulation desk. A convenience charge will be added to your payment, and you can find more details about the program at this link. The link to follow when you wish to make an online payment now appears in the left hand column of this page immediately beneath More Links. The library will also continue to accept cash or your personal check with ID, as always. Please call the library at 815-943-4671 for more information or if you have questions.