Calling all young artists! September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and the Itasca Community Library would like to celebrate by featuring your artwork on our library cards. Children of preschool age (at least 3 years old) through 12th grade who live in Itasca are eligible to participate. One winning design from each of the following categories will be featured on the library cards: 2nd grade and younger, 3rd-5th grade, and 6th-12th grade. Entry forms and more information about this exciting contest are available at the Circulation Desk or Youth Help Desk at the library.
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Youth Services
New Video Game Collection
Check out our new video game collection in the Youth Services Department! The collection contains games for the Wii, Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo DS systems. Two games may be checked out per library card, and the loan period is one week. Video games are available to Itasca cardholders only and may not be renewed. If you have any video game donations to add to the collection or suggestions for new titles to purchase, please speak with a Youth Services Librarian.
Summer Reading Club Winners
Thanks to all who participated in this year’s Summer Reading Club, Scare Up a Good Book! This year’s winners are:
Youth Summer Reading Club Winners
Aisha Malik — Super Spooky Play Pack
Sameer Pardiwala — $50.00 gift card to Target
Roshan Bhaswakar — Bonus Book Square Winner
Bridgette Mullen — Bonus Book Square Winner
Caitlin Casperson — June Quiz Winner
Lauryn Martin — July Quiz Winner
Emma van den Bogert — July Quiz Winner
Young Adult Summer Reading Club Winners
Devon Menching — $150.00 Mall Prize Pack
Shannon Kearns — Bonus Book Square Winner
Anna Sampson — June Quiz Winner
Lauren Balogh — July Quiz Winner
July Quiz Winners
Lauryn Martin and Emma van den Bogert are the winners of the July How Many Bugs in the Jar Quiz for kids. Both winners correctly guessed that there were 91 bugs in the jar in this quiz that was featured in the Youth Department throughout the month of July. Lauren Balogh was the winner of the Spooky Movie Unscramble Quiz for teens.
171 kids and teens in total participated in the July quizzes.
National Night Out
In conjunction with the Village of Itasca’s celebration of National Night Out, the library will sponsor the following activities on Tuesday, August 3:
Water Balloon Burst (West parking lot) at 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Take your best shot and try to “dunk” community officials! Throw a ball at the target in order to pop a water balloon over the head of officials from the police department, fire department, village hall, School District 10, and the library.
Schedule of Participants*:
5:00-5:10 – Fire Chief James MacArthur
5:10-5:20 – Peacock Principal Dr. Nickisch
5:20-5:30 – Librarian Beth McCloskey
5:30-5:40 – Mayor Jeff Pruyn
5:40-5:50 – Franzen Principal Jeff Murphy
5:50-6:00 – Police Chief Scott Heher
6:00-6:10 – Librarian Jackie Stork
6:10-6:20 – Franzen Librarian Linda Witt
6:20-6:30 – Village Administrator Dave Williams
(*Schedule subject to change.)
BINGO for Books at 6:00-7:30 p.m.
All ages are invited to come play BINGO in the library’s West Meeting Room. It’s completely free and winners can choose books from our prize table. (Books include advance copies that we have received and donated items still in good shape.) No registration is required.