The Muncie Public Library Needs You!

The Muncie Public Library is looking for a few good volunteers to assist with our Homebound program. This program helps provide customers of all ages who are unable to travel freely to the Library with a selection of Library materials and home delivery of those materials at least once a month. We currently serve about 40 customers and are looking to add support for about 30 more.

Volunteers will need to have their own transportation and will help with selecting, delivering and picking up materials one time per month. Training and assistance is provided by the Muncie Public Library.

If you are looking for a meaningful opportunity to give something back to our community, please consider volunteering with us. Call Linda Dailey at 765.747.8214 for an opportunity to help out.

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Zoom Into Science

MPL’s Zoom into Science Events

• > September 25, Tuesday: Matter on a Platter
• > October 9, Tuesday: Reptiles
• > October 23, Tuesday: Bats
• > November 13, Tuesday: Pumpkins
• > November 27, Tuesday: Icebergs & Glaciers

This program is for grades K-4. Call 765.741.5151 to register!

Visit the Zoom website for more learning and fun @ home!

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After School Book Clubs

 Enjoy reading the exciting mystery Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl series. If you are interested in this, you must register at 765.741.5151 by October 3. Occurs on Wednesdays, from September 19 through Octiber 24th at 3:30 p.m. at Maring-Hutn Library. For grades 2-5.

Coming soon: The Magic Tree House Book Club: This After School Book Club is scheduled to meet on Mondays, from November 5-26 at 3:30 p.m. at Carnegie Library. For grades K-2. If you are interested in signing up for this upcoming event, please call 765.741.5158 to register.

Join us and enjoy good books, fun crafts and exciting activities!

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Not Feeling Well?

Maring-Hunt Library welcomes the Visiting Nurse Service, Inc. who will be administering Flu & Pneumonia Vaccinations on:

Friday

October 12, 2007

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

@ Maring-Hunt Library

Flu Shot $25      
Pneumonia Shot $40
½ Dose Flu Shot (6-35 mo.) $15

Limited Supply of: 
FluMist (healthy ages 5-49) $35
½ Dose Thimerosal-Free Flu Shot (6-35 mo.) $35
Full Dose Thimerosal-Free Flu Shot $40

For additional locations, visit our website at http://www.vnsi.org/ or call the Bugbuster Hotline at 317.722.8284.

VNS accepts all Medicare Part B & Medicare Managed Care plans.  Individuals must present their appropriate card to receive the flu &/or pneumonia shot(s).  VNS will submit these claims to the carriers.  You MUST have your card at time of vaccination.  If card is NOT presented, then payment will be due when service is rendered.  If claim is denied, then the recipient is responsible for payment. 

VNS accepts cash or check only.

CDC Influenza Symptoms

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Construction Update!

The Kennedy remodel is moving along! Construction crews are working on the west parking lot. They have installed the new sidewalks right up to the building.

The new walls are in place, heating and cooling are being installed, the new wiring is nearly done and the dry wall is up in most of the building. Carpeting has been ordered, and furniture and shelving are also on order.

The newly renovated Kennedy Library will be a beautiful and valuable resource for the entire community!

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Fall Into Reading

Fall into Reading on October 20 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Maring-Hunt Library!

Sign up for your library card, check out great books, enjoy popcorn and other treats and plenty of craft activities. There will be storytelling, facepainting and guessing contests. The fun is scheduled from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Everyone of all ages is invited! (Be sure to check out the Friends of Muncie Public Library Book Sale that will also be going on that day!)

Other Fall Festivities

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Banned Books Week & Meet the Authors Event

  In observance of banned books week, Muncie Public Library will host a Meet the Authors program October 4 at 3:30 p.m. at Carnegie Library. Guest authors will be Shirley A. and Wayne A. Wiegand, who wrote Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland. Co-sponsor of this event is Ball State University. The authors will also speak October 4 at 7 p.m. at Bracken Library.

More information

ALA’s Challenged & Banned Books

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MyLibrarydv

 

MyLibrarydv is a unique on-demand video service created by Recorded Books in partnership with Muncie Public Library.

Access hundreds of hours of DVD-quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel and health, as well as classic movies. This service is provided as part of library card benefits.

Check out our other eResources too!

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Friends of MPL Book Sale!

The Friends of MPL will hold their final book sale of the year on October 19-21 and you won’t want to miss it!

Thousands of top quality used and donated books will be sold for $2 a bag. Stuff as many bags as you like for the low price of $2 per bag!

Get fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, romance, mysteries and more at this great price! (DVD’s, books on tape and other materials are not included in the bag sale and are regularly priced at $2 each.) 

Friday, October 19 from 6-8 p.m. is the Friends Members Preview night. Show your membership card at the door or buy your membership at the door for $15 and get the first chance to buy the books you want!

Public Book Sale hours are: Saturday, October 20 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Sunday, October 21 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. All sales are held at the Maring-Hunt Library located at 2005 S. High St.

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Harvest Fest is Coming!

 

Harvest Fest combines multiple attractions with something for everyone! Starting on Wednesday, October 10 and running through Saturday, October 13th, we will be offering several different activities and we welcome your participation! 

The calendar of events is as follows:

October 10, 5:30 p.m. @ Carnegie Library:  Hoosier folklorist Wanda Lou Willis will take you on a tour of Indiana’s haunted landscape through the telling of stories from her books:  Haunted Hoosier Trails  and More Haunted Hoosier Trails.  The telling of these tales will be entertaining, hair raising and perhaps even humorous!  Registration is not required, but it is appreciated! For more information and to register contact pal-wahaili@munpl.org or 765.741.5153. More information from the Local History & Genealogy Blog.

October 11, 3-5 p.m. @ Carnegie Cafe:  Fun and Games for all ages! 

October 11, 6:30 p.m. @ Beech Grove Cemetery Chapel, 1400 West Kilgore Avenue: The History of Beech Grove Cemetery:  Join us for a lecture and walking tour of this beautiful and historic cemetery.  Muncie Public Library and Beech Grove Cemetery  have partnered to create an online database of burials and there will be a demonstration of this resource. Registration is not required but it is appreciated!  For more information and to register contact pal-wahaili@munpl.org or 765.741.5153.    

October 13,  10 a.m. @ Carnegie Library: Ghost Trackers Tour:  Learn what Ghost Trackers do. The Muncie Chapter of the Indiana Ghost Trackers will provide a ghost tracking tour of the historic Carnegie Library and the Muncie Civic Theatre.  

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