Starting this Saturday, (October
3rd) DPL will be open from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. On this first
Saturday we are open since March, the Friends of the Library will be hosting a
Book Donation Drive from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm. If you have books, magazines,
or media materials you have been wanting to donate to the library, drive
through the circular drive on Cherry Street to drop off your donation. Friends
members will be on hand to unload your donations, so you won’t even have to get
out of your vehicle. All proceeds will benefit the Decatur Public Library.
October also brings the 39th
Annual Quilt Show, so be sure to come into the Library and see it. There are 32
quilts hanging in the library now through October 30th. There are
voting slips on the table beside the New Arrivals bookshelf, so vote for your
favorite quilt before we close on Wednesday, October 21st. Ribbons
will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
for Viewer’s Choice and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place in the pictorial category; ribbons for both categories will be posted on
Thursday, October 22nd.
This year has been a crash course
in strange and different. If you had told us last year that 2020 was going to
be a year of quarantine, stay-at-home orders, and mandatory face masks in
public, we would not have believed you. At the end of 2019, that scenario would
have sounded like something out of Hollywood. Cue the opening music, because 2020
has one more moviesque moment for us. Remember Footloose? A real life town in Missouri has banned dancing. This
inspired the October task-read a book
where dancing is part of the story.
We hope you are still reading and
working on the Adult Reading Challenge. If you’re finished and ready to turn in
your reading log, you can drop it off in the Marketing and Outreach office now through
Monday, November 30th.
Happy Reading!
