Friday, December 05, 2014

Upcoming Events for December 2014

We have another exciting month coming up here at the library.  We will have our usual events - our movie matinee on Dec. 10th and our family movie on Dec. 19th but we will also have Santa in the Library on Dec. 6th from 10am-1pm and we are working on a kids' program during the Christmas break from school.  Thanks to some recent donations, after Dec. 6th we are going to start to have a puzzle table up every day through the winter.  If you get bored or cold at home, come on in to the library and help us work on a jigsaw puzzle! 

For our movie matinee this month we will be showing The Jersey Boys, a story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. The movie matinee is always the second Wednesday of the month and starts at 1pm. 

Our family movie this month will be The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Special Delivery.  In this movie, the hilarious and highly protective Penguins are back and ready to right the wrongs of injustice and deliver cheer to those that need it most. In Operation: Special Delivery , Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, and Private get trapped in a snowstorm, try to escape from the clutches of Officer X, and deal with visits from unexpected family. 

Look for more information on our holiday kids' program - I hear that we will be playing detective and learning about things like invisible ink and secret codes. 

If you ever have a question about programming or anything else about the library please call us at 217-896-2121, email us at homerlibrarian@gmail.com or check out our Facebook page!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Super Heroes are coming!

Superheroes are coming to the Homer Community Library? When? November 15th at 2pm! (Please note change of day - it was Oct. 25th but we had to move it due to a super hero scheduling conflict.)

Pre-school and grade school kids - come show off your super hero powers! Don't have any? Come see if you can find some while doing fun games and crafts! Wear a costume if you have one but if not just come as you are (you know.... as your secret identity person).

Friday, October 03, 2014

October 2014 Events at the Library!


October 2014 Events
Homer Community Library

Celebrate Your Freedom to READ!
For the entire month of October every time you check out a book 
from the ALA’s list of most challenged/banned books you will be
entered into a drawing for a MOVIE THEATER GIFT CARD!

Oct. 4  8am-2pm
BIG Book Sale!
502 W. 4th Street, Homer
Please help us get rid of thousands of books and help us purchase new items by stopping by our book sale and buying some of our donated or discarded books! 

Oct. 8  1pm
Movie Matinee:  
Trouble with the Curve

An aging baseball scout hits the road with his estranged daughter to pursue a promising young ballplayer, and they learn just how much they have in common. After his wife's death, Gus sent Mickey away, and their relationship has been strained ever since. But she knows a thing or two about baseball, and recognizing that her father's job is in jeopardy, she decides to help him -- even at the risk of derailing her own career. Now, Mickey joins Gus for a scouting trip that could keep him in the game, as well as repair their relationship.
Rated PG-13                            runs 1hr 51 min

Oct. 15  9am
RIFF Distribution to Heritage K-4th Grade
Did you know that the Homer Community Library still holds a free book distribution to the Heritage K-4th grade students twice a year? Even though we no longer get federal or state funding for the program, we decided that giving books to kids is still an important part of our mission.  We are thankful to the people who contribute to our fundraisers and volunteer their time to make this program still possible.

Oct. 17  7pm
Free Family Movie Night: 
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody is a business titan, inventor, two-time Olympic medalist and genius...who also happens to be a dog. Using his most ingenious invention, the WABAC machine, Mr. Peabody and his adopted boy Sherman hurtle back in time to experience world-changing events first-hand and interact with some of the greatest characters of all time. But when Sherman breaks the rules of time travel, our two heroes find themselves in a race to repair history and save the future, while Mr. Peabody may face his biggest challenge yet - being a parent.
Rated PG                          runs 92 min

Oct. 25  2pm
Superheroes Program!  
Pre-school and grade school kids - come show off your superhero powers with crafts and games at the library! Come in costume or just as you are - we'll be making superhero masks and having fun while catching villains! 

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Help Us Replace our VHS Movies With DVDs!

While the Homer Community Library has quite a number of DVDs available for patrons to check out, many of our classic movies are still on VHS tapes.  We have been reluctant to get rid of a VHS that we don't have a DVD version of but the VHS tapes take up so much room and most people no longer have a way to play them. Unfortunately, we do not have the budget to buy all new replacements. SOOO... we are asking for your help! If you have any of the following movies on DVD that you no longer watch, please consider donating them to the library.  You can also make a cash donation to help us out. A donation of $10 or more will help us buy at least one of these movies on DVD. Another way to help out is to come by the library and buy some of our used books.  The proceeds from our book sales help us buy new inventory.  We will have a BIG book sale during Homer Townwide Garage Sales on Oct. 3 & 4th out on Fourth St.

VHS MOVIES THAT NEED REPLACING

Call Number Name of Movie
13 Assassins 2010
1984 (which came out in 1984)
Video/Pengui/G 3 2 1 Penguins :
Video/61*~~~/NR 61*
Video/BugsLi/G A Bug's Life
A Christmas Story 1983
Video/DogOfF/G A Dog of Flanders
Video/FewGoo/R A Few Good Men
Video/FistFu/R A Fistful of Dollars
Video/Garfie/Christ/NR A Garfield Christmas
Video/GoofyM/G A Goofy Movie
Video/Little/Prince/G A Little Princess
About Schmidt 2002
Video/AceVen/PG-13 "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective"
Video/SwissF/G "Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson , The"
Video/YoungI/Treasu/NR "Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: , The"
African Queen
Video/Africa/NR "African Queen , The"
Aliens 1986
Video/AlongF/R Along for the Ride
Video/Americ/R American Pie 2
American Splendor 2003
Video/Amista/R Amistad
Video/Affair/NR An Affair to Remember
Video/Office/R An Officer and a Gentleman
Video/Analyz/R Analyze Tthat
Video/Anasta/G Anastasia (Disney)
Video/AndyG5/NR "Andy Griffith Show , The"
Video/AndyG6/NR "Andy Griffith Show , The"
Video/AndyG7/NR "Andy Griffith Show , The"
Video/AndyG11/NR "Andy Griffith Show : , The"
Video/Angels/PG Angels In the Outfield
Annie Hall 1977
Apocalypse Now
Video/Apollo/PG Apollo 13
Video/Aristo/G "Aristocats , The"
Video/Arriva/PG-13 "Arrival , The"
"Artist 2011 , The"
Video/AsGood/PG-13 As Good as it Gets
Back to the Future 1985
Video/Barney/Waitin/G Barney :
Video/Barney/NR Barney's Rhyme Time Rhythm
Video/Batman/PG Batman :
Video/BearI1/NR Bear in the Big Blue House :
Video/BearI2/NR Bear in the Big Blue House :
Video/Beatle/G "Beatles Magical Mystery Tour , The"
Before Sunset 2004
Being John Malkovich 1999
Video/Belles/NR Belle's Magical World
Video/Beverl/PG "Beverly Hillbillies , The"
Video/Bicent/PG Bicentennial Man
Big 1988
Video/BigChi/R "Big Chill , The"
Video/BigFat/PG Big Fat Liar
Video/BigGre/PG "Big Green , The"
Blade Runner 1982
Video/BlankC/PG Blank Check
Video/BloodC/NR Blood Ccrime
Bloody Sunday 2002
Video/BlueSt/R Blue Steel
Video/BlueCl/G Blue's Clues.
Video/BluesB/R "Blues Brothers , The"
Video/BornFr/PG Born Free
Boys Don’t Cry 1999
Brazil 1985
Video/Bridge/NR "Bridges at Toko-Ri , The"
Video/Bridge/PG-13 "Bridges of Madison County , The"
Video/Buffal/NR Buffalo Girls
Video/ButchC/PG Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Video/BuzzLi/NR Buzz Lightyear of Star Command :
Video/CallIt/NR Call it Murder
Video/Callof/NR Call of the Wild
Video/Calle5/G Calle 54 /
Video/BobThe/CanWeF/NR Can We Fix It?
Video/CapeFe/R Cape Fear (1991 remake)
Cape Fear 1962
Video/CareBe/NR Care Bears/bedtime stories
Video/Casper/PG Casper Meets Wendy
Children of Men 2006
Chinatown 1974
Video/Chisum/G Chisum
Video/Cimarr/NR Cimarron
Video/Cinder/G Cinderella II
Citizen Kane 1941
City of God 2002
Video/CitySl/PG-13 City Slickers
Video/Client/PG-13 "Client , The"
Video/Congo~/PG-13 Congo
Video/Conten/R "Contender , The"
Video/CoolRu/PG Cool Running
Video/Curiou/NR Curious George Goes to the Hospital
Video/DeathB/PG-13 Death Becomes Her
Video/Dennis/PG Dennis the Menace
Video/Desert/NR "Desert Fox , The"
Video/DialMF/PG "Dial """"M"""" for Murder"
Video/DirtyD/PG-13 Dirty Dancing /
Video/101Dal/G Disney's 101 Dalmatians
Video/Extrem/G Disney's an Extremely Goofy Movie
"Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 , The"
Do the Right Thing 1989
Video/DoorTo/NR Door To Door
Video/HowThe/NR Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas :
Video/Dragon/PG-13 Dragonheart
Duck Soup (the Marx Brothers) 1933
Video/Easter/NR Easter Parade
Video/ElDora/NR El Dorado
Video/ElmoHa/NR Elmo has Two! :
"English Patient 1996 , The"
Video/ErinBr/R Erin Brockovich (videorecording).
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
Video/Evenin/PG-13 "Evening Star , The"
Video/EventH/R Event Horizon
Video/Evita~/PG Evita
Exodus
Video/Fantas/2000~~/G Fantasia 2000
Fargo 1996
Video/Father/PG Father of the Bride
Video/FernGu/G FernGully :
Video/FieldO/PG Field of Dreams
Video/Firm~~/R "Firm , The"
Video/FirstD/PG First Daughter
Video/Flippe/PG Flipper
Video/Fluke~/PG Fluke
Video/Foreig/R "Foreigner , The"
Video/FreeW2/PG Free Willy 2 :
Video/FreeW3/PG Free Willy 3 :
"French Connection 1971 , The"
Video/FriedG/PG-13 Fried Green Tomatoes
Video/FromHe/NR From Here to Eternity
Video/FunnyG/G Funny Girl
Gandhi 1982
Video/Garfie/Hollyw/NR Garfield Goes Hollywood
Video/Gargoy/NR "Gargoyles, The Movie :"
Video/Genera/R "General's Daughter , The"
Video/Nutcra/G George Balachine's The Nutcracker
Video/George/Epi3&4/NR "George Burns & Gracie Allen Show : , The"
Video/Ghost~/PG-13 Ghost
Video/GhostA/NR "Ghost and Mrs. Muir , The"
Video/GhostD/PG Ghost Dad
"Godfather 1972 , The"
Video/GoneFi/PG Gone Fishin'
Video/GoodGi/R "Good Girl , The"
Video/Gorill/PG-13 Gorillas in the Mist :
Video/Grumpy/PG-13 Grumpy Old Men
Video/Gunfig/NR Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Video/HansCh/G Hans Christian Andersen
Video/Harris/R Harrison's Flowers
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001
Video/Heist~/R Heist
Video/HellFi/NR Hellfighters
Video/HomeAl/PG Home Alone
Home Alone 1990
Video/HomeAl/PG Home Alone 2 :
Video/HomeA3/PG Home Alone 3
Video/Homewa2/G Homeward Bound II :
Video/Hoosie/PG Hoosiers
Video/HopeFl/PG-13 Hope Floats
Video/HorseW/PG-13 "Horse Whisperer , The"
House of Flying Daggers 2004
Video/Houses/PG Housesitter
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1966
Video/HowToM/NR How to Marry a Millionaire
Video/IWillF/NR I Will Fight no More Forever
Video/IllDoA/PG-13 I'll Do Anything
Video/InTheG/NR In the Good Old Summertime
Video/InTheH/NR In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
Video/Indepe/PG-13 Independence Day
Video/Indian/Temple/PG Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Video/Inspec/NR Inspector Gadget :
Video/ItCoul/PG It Could Happen to You
Video/Jacobs/NR Jacob's Ladder
Video/Jaws1~/PG Jaws : 1975
Video/JerryM/R Jerry Maguire
Video/JoeDir/G-13 Joe Dirt
Video/Johnny/LastSh/NR Johnny Carson :
Video/Journe/G Journey to the Center of the Earth
Video/JoyLuc/R "Joy Luck Club , The"
Video/Jungle/2Jungl/PG Jungle 2 Jungle
Video/K-Pax~/PG-13 K-PAX
Video/KeyLar/NR Key Largo
"Kid (Charlie Chaplin) 1921 , The"
"Kids Are All Right 2010 , The"
Video/KissOf/R Kiss of Death
La Dolce Vita 1960
Video/LadyAn/G Lady and the Tramp II :
Video/LadyHa/PG-13 Ladyhawke
Video/LastOf/R "Last of the Mohicans , The"
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Video/LoneRa/NR "Legend of the Lone Ranger , The"
Video/LiarLi/PG-13 Liar Liar
Video/Lilies/NR Lilies of the Field
Little Miss Sunshine
Video/Little/People/NR Little People :
Video/Little/Rasca1/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca10/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca11/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca12/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca2/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca3/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca4/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca5/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca6/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca7/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca8/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
Video/Little/Rasca9/NR "Little Rascals : , The"
"Lives of Others 2006 , The"
Video/Living/PG "Living Daylights , The"
Lonesome Dove (movie)
Video/LoneSo/NR Lonesome Dove (TV–complete 6-hour epic)
Video/Looney/NR Looney Tunes :
Video/Lordof/PG "Lord of the Rings , The"
Video/Lorenz/PG-13 Lorenzo's Oil
Video/Madeli/LostIn/NR Madeline :
Video/ManFro/PG "Man from Snowy River , The"
Video/MaskOf/PG-13 "Mask of Zorro , The"
Video/Matild/PG Matilda
"Matrix (the first movie – we have the second and third) , The"
Video/Maveri/DayThe/NR Maverick :
Video/Maveri/WarOfT/NR Maverick :
Video/McLint/NR McLintock
Video/MeetMe/NR Meet Me in St. Louis
Memento 2000
Metropolis 1927
Video/Mexica/R "Mexican , The"
Video/Midnig/R Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Video/Miller/NR Miller's Crossing
Video/Miracl/NR Miracle on 34th Street
Video/MissJu/R Miss Julie
Video/Missis/R Mississippi Burning
Video/Monste/R Monster's Ball
Monty Python and the Holly Grail 1975 (we don’t have any Monty Python)
Video/Moulin/PG-13 Moulin Rouge
Video/MouseH/PG Mouse Hunt
Video/MrsDou/PG-13 Mrs. Doubtfire
Video/Muppet/Christ/G "Muppet Christmas Carol , The"
"Muppet Movie 1979 , The"
Video/Muppet/FromSp/G Muppets From Space
Video/MyGirl/PG My Girl
Video/NakedG/PG-13 "Naked Gun , The"
Video/Nell~~/PG-13 Nell
Video/NorthT/NR North to Alaska
Video/OhGod~/PG "Oh, God!"
Video/OldYel/G Old Yeller
Video/OnGold/PG On Golden Pond
On the Waterfront 1954
Video/OnlyTh/PG-13 Only the Lonely
Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
Video/Parent/PG "Parent Trap , The"
Video/PatchA/PG-13 Patch Adams
Patton 1970
Video/Pelica/PG-13 "Pelican Brief , The"
Persepolis 2007
Video/Pocaho/Journe/NR Pocahontas II :
Video/Pokemo/FirstM/G Pokemon :
Video/Pokemo/2000~~/G Pokemon the Movie 2000
Video/Pokemo/JohtoJ/BuggyB/G "Pokemon, The Johto Journeys :"
Video/PolarB/PG "Polar Bear King , The"
Video/Pretty/R Pretty Woman
Video/Prince/G "Princess and the Goblin , The"
"Producers 2005 , The"
Video/PuffTh/NR "Puff, the Magic Dragon"
Video/PureC/PG Pure Country
Video/QueenD/R Queen of the damned
Raging Bull 1980
Video/RainMan/R Rain Man
Video/Recess/G Recess :
"Red Balloon 1956 , The"
Video/Rescue/DownUn/G "Rescuers Down Under , The"
Video/Return/NR "Return of Jafar , The"
Video/Return/NR/Pt1of4 Return to Lonesome Dove
Video/Return/NR/Pt2of4 Return to Lonesome Dove
Video/Return/NR/Pt3of4 Return to Lonesome Dove
Video/Return/NR/Pt4of4 Return to Lonesome Dove
Video/Richie/PG Richie Rich
Video/Rigole/NR Rigoletto
Video/RioGra/NR Rio Grande
Video/RobinH/PG-13 Robin Hood
Video/Rock~~/R "Rock , The"
Rocky 1976
Video/Rumpel/NR Rumpelstiltzkin
Video/Runawa/NR "Runaway , The"
Rushmore 1998
Say Anything 1989
Video/ScentO/R Scent of a Woman
Video/SeaHaw/NR "Sea Hawk , The"
Video/Search/NR "Searchers , The"
Video/Secret/PG-13 "Secret of my Success , The"
Video/SenseA/PG Sense and Sensibility
Video/Sesame/SingAl/NR Sesame Street :
Seven Samurai 1954
Video/Shadow/PG Shadowlands
Video/Shakes/R Shakespeare in Love
Video/Shane~/NR Shane
Video/Shooti/PG "Shootist , The"
Video/Signs~/PG-13 Signs
"Silence of the Lambs 1991 , The"
Video/SimonB/PG Simon Birch
Video/SinkTh/NR Sink the Bismarck
Video/Sittin/NR Sitting Bull
Video/Sleepl/PG Sleepless in Seattle
Video/SnowsO/NR "Snows of Kilimanjaro , The"
Video/SomeLi/NR Some Like It Hot
Video/Sommer/PG-13 Sommersby
Video/SpyGam/R Spy Game
Stand By Me 1986
Video/StarTr/FirstC/PG-13 Star Trek :
Video/StarTr/PG Star Trek :
Video/StarTr/Insure/PG Star Trek: Insurrection
Video/StarWa/Episo4/PG Star Wars
Star Wars – the only one we have on DVD is Revenge of the Sith (episode 3)
Video/StarWa/Episo1/PG Star Wars :
Video/StarWa/Episo5/PG Star Wars :
Video/StarWa/Episo6/PG Star Wars :
Video/StarWa/Episo06/G Star Wars : A New Hope / written and directed by George Lucas.
Steel Magnolias
Video/StopOr/PG-13 Stop! Or my Mom Will Shoot
"Straight Story 1999 , The"
Video/Summer/NR Summer's End
Video/Tailor/R "Tailor of Panama , The"
Video/PeterR/NR "Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny , The"
Video/TallTa/PG Tall Tale :
Taxi Driver 1976
Video/TenCom/Part1/G "Ten Commandments : , The"
Video/TenCom/Part2/G "Ten Commandments : , The"
Video/Termin/R "Terminator , The"
Thelma & Louise 1991
There Will Be Blood 2007
This is Spinal Tap 1984
Video/Thomas/R "Thomas Crown Affair , The"
Video/Thomas/GetsBu/NR Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends :
Video/Thomas/GetsTr/NR Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends :
"Thorn Birds , The"
Video/ThreeC/G "Three Caballeros , The"
Video/ThreeS/NR "Three Stooges : , The"
Video/Titani/Part1/PG-13 Titanic :
Video/Titani/Part2/PG-13 Titanic :
Video/ToCatc/NR To Catch a Thief
Video/ToHave/NR To Have and Have Not
To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
Video/BobThe/ToTheR/NR To the Rescue
Video/ToySto/G Toy Story
Video/Toys~~/PG-13 Toys
"Tree of Life 2011 , The"
"Triplets of Belleville 2003 , The"
"Truman Show 1998 , The"
Video/TuckEv/PG Tuck Everlasting
Video/Vertig/PG Vertigo
Video/Weddin/PG-13 "wedding Singer , The"
Video/WhoFra/PG Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Video/WindIn/G "Wind in the Willows , The"
Video/Winnie/SingAS/NR Winnie the Pooh :
Video/Winnie/PoohPa/NR Winnie the Pooh Pooh Party
Video/Witche/R "Witches of Eastwick , The"
Video/Wizard/G "Wizard of Oz , The"
Video/XFile1/NR X Files: Conduit/Ice
Video/XFile2/NR X Files: Pilot/Deep Throat
Video/XFiles/PG-13 "X-Files , The"
Video/Yearli/G "Yearling , The"
Yellow Submarine (the Beatles) 1968
Video/Yentl!/PG Yentl
Video/Zulu~~/NR Zulu

Friday, September 05, 2014

September Events


September 2014 Events
Homer Community Library

Sept. 9            7pm
Library Board Meeting
 
Sept. 10  1pm
Movie Matinee:  
Girl with a Pearl Earring
This film tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Little is known about the girl in the painting, it is speculated that she was a maid who lived in the house of the painter. This masterful film attempts to recreate the mysterious girl's life. Vermeer's wealthy patron and sole means of support, Van Ruijven, commissions him to paint Griet with the intent that he will have her for himself before it is finished. She must somehow secretly pose for the crucial painting without the knowledge of Vermeer's wife, avoid Van Ruijven's grasp, and protect herself from the cruel gossip of the world of a 17th century servant.
Rated PG-13                            runs 100 min


Sept. 19  7pm
Free Family Movie Night: 
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
Thomas and his friends face their fears in their boldest adventure yet! After a monstrous storm on the Island of Sodor, a landslide unearths some very unusual footprints. Thomas and Percy are eager to find out what could have made these marks but obstacles and danger seem to appear around every bend in the track. With the help of new friends, a little digging, and a heap of courage, they discover the surprising answer and, along the way, uncover the true meaning of bravery. Join Thomas & Friends in this exciting and inspiring movie adventure.
Rated G                          runs 1 hr 2 min


We went back to a slightly older movie for our matinee this month.  The new release movie I had planned on showing won't arrive here on time.

Along with our events, we've been busy, busy, busy cataloging new materials.  Come in and see what is new! 

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Event Schedule for August


August 2014 Events
Homer Community Library

Aug 12            7pm
Library Board Meeting
 
Aug 13  1pm
Movie Matinee:   Heaven Is For Real
Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book, Heaven is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Starring Academy Award® nominee Greg Kinnear as
Todd Burpo, the real-life father whose son Colton claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. Colton shares the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth ... things he couldn't possibly know.
Rated PG                            runs 1 hr 40 min


Aug 15  7pm
Free Family Movie Night:  Muppets Most Wanted
There's plenty of fun for the whole family as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Animal and the entire Muppets gang head out on a world tour. But mayhem follows the Muppets, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper. Now Kermit is behind bars at the mercy of prison warden Nadya, and the World's Number One Criminal, Constantine -- a dead ringer for Kermit -- has taken his placeWill Constantine get away with his nefarious scheme? Will Kermit escape in time to save the day? Packed with dozens of guest cameos and some great new songs, Disney's MUPPETS MOST WANTED is the most hilarious, most wanted Muppet movie ever!
Rated PG                          runs 1 hr 47 min

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Can You Help Us Expand our DVD Collection?


THE HOMER LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR HELP 
REPLACING OUR OLD VHS MOVIE TAPES!

Following is the library's "DVD Wish List."  We are trying to update our movie collection and get rid of our VHS tapes. But some sought after movies we still only have on VHS and lack the funds to replace with DVDs. If you have any of them in DVD format and you no longer watch them, please consider donating them to the Homer Library! Your generosity will be very much appreciated!  Don't forget your donation to the library may be tax deductible. 


13 Assassins 2010
1984 (which came out in 1984)
A Christmas Story 1983
The Artist 2011
About Schmidt 2002
African Queen
Aliens 1986
American Splendor 2003
Anastasia (Disney)
Annie Hall 1977
Aristocats (Disney)
Apocalypse Now            1979
Back to the Future 1985
Before Sunset 2004
Being John Malkovich 1999
Big 1988
Blade Runner 1982
Bloody Sunday 2002
Boys Don’t Cry 1999
Brazil 1985
Cape Fear 1962
Children of Men 2006
Chinatown 1974
Citizen Kane 1941
City of God 2002
Dirty Dancing
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007
Do the Right Thing 1989
Duck Soup (the Marx Brothers) 1933
The English Patient 1996
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
The French Connection 1971
Fargo 1996
From Here to Eternity
The Godfather 1972
Gorillas in the Mist
Gandhi 1982
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001
House of Flying Daggers 2004
Home Alone 1990
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1966
In the Heat of the Night
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Jaws 1975
The Joy Luck Club
Key Largo
The Kid (Charlie Chaplin) 1921
The Kids Are All Right 2010

The Lives of Others 2006
La Dolce Vita 1960
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Lonesome Dove
The Matrix (the first movie – we have the second and third)
The Muppet Movie 1979
Memento 2000
Metropolis 1927
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Monty Python and the Holly Grail 1975 (we don’t have any Monty Python)
Old Yeller
On the Waterfront 1954
The Producers 2005
Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
Patton 1970
Persepolis 2007
The Red Balloon 1956
Rainman
Raging Bull 1980
Rio Grande
Rushmore 1998
Rocky 1976
The Silence of the Lambs 1991
Say Anything 1989
Schindler’s List 1993
Seven Samurai 1954
Shakespeare in Love 1998
Some Like it Hot 1959
Stand By Me 1986
Star Wars – the only one we have on DVD is Revenge of the Sith (episode 3)
Steel Magnolias
The Straight Story 1999
The Ten Commandments
The Thorn Birds
The Tree of Life 2011
The Triplets of Belleville 2003
The Truman Show 1998
Taxi Driver 1976
Thelma & Louise 1991
There Will Be Blood 2007
This is Spinal Tap 1984
Titanic 1997
Tuck Everlasting
To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
Vertigo
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988
The Yearling
Yellow Submarine (the Beatles) 1968

Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Eat Pizza! Help the Library!

Do  you like pizza?  Do you want to help the Library? 
Well then.... do we have a deal for you! 

Join the Homer Community Library to enjoy great pizza and support a great cause on Monday, July 7th.  If you eat at one of the following Monical's Pizza Restaurants, they will donate 20% of your total bill (before sales tax) back to the Homer Community Library! But...YOU MUST BRING A COMMUNITY DAY FLIER WITH YOU and you must visit Monical's on July 7th.

Monical's 'Community Day' fundraiser is a fun and easy way for you to support the Homer Community Library.  You can pick up a flier at the library or the Village Clerk's office.

Participating Monical's are located at: 

703 N. 3rd St., St. Joseph, IL

2720 S. Philo Rd, Urbana, IL

103 W. Kirby Ave., Champaign, IL

** Remember - a flier must accompany your order for the donation to be applied.**

Monday, June 16, 2014

Non-resident Fee Increase


The Homer Library will be raising the fee for non-resident library cards beginning July 1, 2014. We would like to give our current non-resident patrons a break on the cost. If you renew your membership before July 1st, you can do so at the present rate of $35, and we will extend your membership for a full year from your current expiration date. After July 1, 2014, the non-resident fee will increase to $37.00. This increase is being made to keep up with rising costs, and to equalize non-resident fees with fees that residents pay through their property tax bills.

If you live inside the Homer Village limits, you pay property taxes that support the library.  If you are a resident and don’t have a library card, why not? You are already paying for the same benefits that our paid non-resident card holders receive.

For the most part, the Homer Community Library is supported by the real estate taxes of property owners who live within the boundries of the Village of Homer. However, we are considered to be the designated library for everyone within the Homer School District who does not pay taxes to another library. Paid memberships are required of patrons living in Homer Township (outside the Village limits) and for those families living in Allerton, Broadlands, and Longview. If  you live in Vance Township or in the Sidell Library limits check with those libraries to see if  you are eligible for a card from them – you may be paying taxes to support one of those libraries.  If you do have a library card from another area library you can still use the Homer library as a reciprocal borrower.

For others whom the Homer Community Library is their designated library, a small membership fee is required if they wish to borrow items from the Library. This fee is calculated by determining the average tax that a property owner in Homer pays for library privileges, currently $37.00 a year. The fee covers all family members living under the same roof.

For less than the cost of a restaurant meal, or the price of two books, your Homer Library Card will provide you with access to more than 24,000 items which you can borrow—or enjoy at the Library. These items include over 2400 movies, many current magazines, the use of 5 desktop and 2 laptop computers, audio books, large print volumes, 21,500 plus books, hundreds of CDs, and reference works along with Mango – an on-line language learning program with over 40 languages to choose from. Also, as a member of the Homer Community Library, you’ll gain access to the Illinois Heartland Libraries System, enabling you to borrow from dozens of regional libraries.

Whether you are a resident or a non-resident we hope you will take advantage of the great benefits the library has to offer.  We’d be happy to give you a tour of our collection – just come on in during open library hours.  The Homer Community Library is open Mon., Tues., Thur., & Fri. from 2-7pm; Weds. 9am-2pm; and Sat. 10am-2pm. If you’d like more information call us at 217-896-2121 or email us at homerlibrarian@gmail.com.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Upcoming Events!


June 2014 Events
Homer Community Library

May 31  All Day!
Find Us at Homer Soda Fest
The Library will be holding a fundraising toss-game and raffle at Homer Soda Fest! You will have the chance to win many prizes including a Kindle, $50 and $25 gift cards, and a wine tasting at Wyldewood Cellars. 
For more info on Soda Fest go to: http://homersodafest.wordpress.com/

June 3  1pm
Summer Reading Program Kicks Off
This is the first day of our 6-week Summer Reading Program, ‘Paws to Read’. For more info, just ask the librarian.

June 7  2-4pm
40th Anniversary Open House
40 years ago the Village of Homer voted on a tax referendum to make us an official tax-supported public library! Join us for cake and punch and see how much has changed in the last 40 years.

June 11  1pm
Movie Matinee:   The Monuments Men
Based on the true story, an unlikely World War II platoon is tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves. How could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians possibly hope to succeed? But as they  found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements.
Rated PG-13                                        runs 118 min


June 20  7pm
Free Family Movie Night:  The Lego Movie
This story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
Rated PG                          runs 1 hr 40 min

Monday, May 12, 2014

Lot's of New Stuff at the Library

We have started off the month of May with a bang  - or at least a large order of books! We have new books in for every age group and both fiction and non-fiction.  

We have the newest releases from popular authors such as Stuart Woods, John Sandford, David Baldacci, Richard Paul Evans, and James Patterson.  We also have two recent best-sellers in adult fiction from authors you might not recognize as well; Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.  We are also adding new mysteries in our paperback collection.  If you haven't checked out the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries by C.S. Harris you might find them interesting. They take place in Regency England - a place where gentlemen duel with pistols at dawn, fortunes are won and lost at a turn of the card, a decades-old war has turned Europe  into a ravaged battlefield, and in London, a child of six can be hanged for stealing a handkerchief.  This is the world of Sebastian St. Cyr, heir to an earldom, disillusioned Army officer, and now detective. As the author writes, "Think Mr. Darcy with a James Bond edge..."

We are also adding to our young adult collection.  We are keeping up with the series we currently have an are adding new ones frequently.  We have the newest additions to both the Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon and the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer and have just added the first two books of the Virals series by Kathy Reichs.  We are also adding many of this year's Printz award winning and honor books.  The Michael L. Printz award is an American Library Association literary award that recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit".  

We haven't forgotten our younger patrons, either! We just got in some cute picture books including the newest Mo Willems book, The Pigeon Needs a Bath.  If you aren't familiar with Mo Willems, he does two really popular sets of books, the Pigeon books and the Elephant and Piggie books.  And there is so much new in our Junior collection that I am going to save that update for a future article.

Don't forget, Friday May 16th is our Free Family Movie Night. This month we will be showing The Nut Job.  An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren raid a nut store to survive, that is also the front for a human gang's bank robbery.  This movie is rated PG and runs 86 minutes. The movie starts at 7pm. -- 

Monday, May 05, 2014

Events for May

I am a little late getting this posted so we have already had our Madeline Tea Party.  It was a lot of fun and I think we all learned a little something about table manners!  Here are the rest of the events for this month.  And just a heads up..... June 7th will be our 40th Anniversary Open House so save the date and join us for some cake and punch!


May 2014 Events
Homer Community Library


May 3  2pm
Madeline Tea Party
Do you remember the Madeline books? “In an old house in Paris that was covered with wines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines…” The first Madeline book was published 75 years ago – help us celebrate her 75th birthday!

May 13  7pm
Library Board Meeting


May 14  1pm
Movie Matinee:   Philomena
When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) was sent to the convent to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her child again, she nonetheless spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic. Rated PG-13                                        runs 98 min


May 16  7pm
Free Family Movie Night:  The Nut Job
Surly (Arnett) is a mischievous squirrel with a mission: to find the tastiest nuts for winter. When he discovers a whole store filled with his favorite food, he plans a heist of nutrageous proportions. But the place turns out to be owned by ruthless bank robbers, so it’s up to Surly and his furry friends to stop the nearby bank heist and save the town.
Rated PG                                      runs 86 min