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

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! 

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

JOIN US FOR ONE OF THESE FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS.  

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

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.**

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.

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

40^th 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

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. -- 

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 75^th 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

What's Going On at the Library

It has been a loooooong time since I've updated the blog.  It seems like an easy enough task but somehow it always gets pushed back to the end of my To-Do list.

We've been really busy here.  Circulation is up which means there's a lot more shelving to be done! And we've been buying/sorting/processing new and donated materials.  We put in an order for newly released books generally twice a month, new movies once a month and new (or needed) cd's for our Hunter Music collection at least once a month.

We have also gotten in a TON of donations of all varieties: books, movies, and music cd's which we've been sorting and processing.  Because our shelves are pretty full we are being fairly selective on the donations we catalog and put in the collection.  Which means....

WE HAVE A TON OF BOOKS FOR SALE!
Through the entire month of March we are running a 'cleaning house' book sale. New items go out on the sale tables at least once a week.  Hopefully we will get a lot sold before April 1st comes around.

We will also continue our practice of having a book sale during Homer's Town Wide Garage Sales. These will be held the first Friday and Saturday of May so if you didn't get the chance to get out here for this book sale, you have another opportunity coming right around the corner!

We are still keeping up with our monthly event schedule.  We have our Movie Matinee on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 1pm.  These movies are geared to the interests of local retirees. We also have our Free Family Movie Night on the 3rd Friday of each month at 7pm.  We keep these movies to rated G or PG so parents can bring their young kids.  It is a great way to take your kids to a movie and see if they are ready to sit through the whole thing - if not, you can just get up and leave without worrying about the $8-10 you would have spent on a ticket at a regular theatre.

We are also getting ready for our Summer Reading Program.  This year's theme is "Paws to Read" so will be heavily animal oriented.  This program is open to all kids going into kindergarten through 5th grade.

We also have been working on a lot of behind the scenes projects such as writing grants, sending in required reports to the library system and the state, and also trying to get our collection uploaded to OCLC for easier access for other libraries.

If you haven't been in for a while, come on in and see what's happening.  There is always SOMETHING going on at the Homer Community Library.

November Events

November 2013 Events

Homer Community Library

Nov. 12  7pm

Library Board Meeting

Nov. 13  1pm

Movie Matinee:   Parkland
PARKLAND recounts the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Written and directed by Peter Landesman and produced by Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton and Exclusive Media's Nigel Sinclair and Matt Jackson, PARKLAND is the ferocious, heart-stopping and powerful true story never told of the people behind the scenes of one of the most scrutinized events in history.  
Rated PG-13                                        runs 133 min

Nov. 15  7pm

Free Family Movie Night:  Monster’s U
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. "Monsters University" unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
Rated G                                      runs 1 hr 35 min

Nov. 21  7pm

Family Reading Night
Join us for a Pajama Party after the library is closed! We will dim the lights, pop some popcorn and read our favorite picture books.

Newly Added Titles This Fall

I thought I should start adding our new items to our blog.  The list is usually too long to send to the paper in whole and I know many of you do not get our monthly email letting you know what's new.  If you would like to get the email please contact us, otherwise, here are the new titles we've added this fall.  This one does not include music cd's.  I will post a separate blog with those and try to add them to this one in the future. 

Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction
W is for Wasted	Sue Grafton
The Longest Ride	Nicholas Sparks
Docor Sleep	Stephen King
Gone	James Patterson
Chile Death	Susan Wittig Albert
Wormwood	Susan Wittig Albert
Nightshine	Lynn Viehl
Starry Night	Debbie Macomber
Holly Blues	Susan Wittig Albert
Mourning Gloria	Susan Wittig Albert
southern comfort	fern michaels
Storm Front	John Sanford
Blindsided	Fern Michaels
Sycamore Row	John Grisham
Doing  Hard Time	Stuart Woods
The Wolves of Midwinter	Anne Rice
Jumpstart to skinny	Bob Harper
Talent Code
Killing Jesus	Bill O'Reiley
Videos
Great Gatsby
Epic
The Croods
Unfinished Song
We've added about 2 dozen donated movies.
Easy Books
Hello, My Name is Ruby	Philip Stead
The Day the Crayons Quit	Drew Daywalt
Junior Fiction & Non-Fiction
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Sphdz Book 4	Jon Scieszka
Darkwing	Kenneth Oppel
The Wyrum King	Tony DiTerlizzi
Path of Beasts	Lian Tanner
Tentacles	Roland Smith
Chupacabra	Roland Smith
Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George
Young Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction
Michael Vey 3 : Battle of the Ampere	Richard Paul Evans
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe	David Peterssen
Fault in Our Stars	John Green
The Moon & More	Sarah Dessen
Collosus Rises - Seven Wonders bk 1	Peter Lerangis
Reason to Breath	Rebecca Donovan
The Scorch Trials	James Dashner
House of Hades	Rick Riordan
The Death Cure	James Dashner
Revealed	P.C. Cast
Barely Breathing	Rebecca Donovan
Allegiant	Veronica Roth
Audiobooks
A Foreign Country	Charles Cummings
Narnia Audiobook set	C.S. Lewis

It's a BIG, BIG, BIG Book Sale!

The Homer Community Library will be having it's twice a year BIG book sale on Saturday, October 5th from 8am until 2 pm. We have hundreds of books to choose from including quite a few children's books this time around. We have a lot of books by John Grisham, James Patterson, Nora Roberts (and J.D. Robb), along with quite a few other popular authors. There are both hardback and paperback books, some have been donated and others have been taken out of the library collection. The book sale will be in the library at 500 E. 2nd St. If you've never been to the library this is a great opportunity to come in and see what services we have to offer.

While you're here, stop in for the Village Hall garage sale and buy a street sign!

It's That Time Again - Banned Book Week!

We love banned book week here at the Homer Library- not because we love the idea of banning books but just the opposite - we love to show our patrons some of the absurd reasons books have been challenged or successfully banned from other school or public libraries.

As one high school student noted, "Jailing books shuts out ideas" and "Free People Read Freely".  I like both of those sentiments.

Here at the Homer Community Library we want you to Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!

 

In honor of Banned Book Week, the Homer Community Library is once again spotlighting books that are frequently challenged or banned.  We are beginning our annual Banned Book reading incentive on Sept. 23rd and encouraging our patrons to read one (or many!) of the books that are found on the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books. Every time you check out a book from this list we will add your name to a drawing for a $25 gift card.  We will continue this reading incentive through the end of December.

 

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Libraries and schools around the nation use this week to highlight the value of free and open access to information. This is a great opportunity for the book community to come together in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

 

Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.  The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read.  You might be surprised at what some people think should be restricted.

 

This year we are proud to partner with the local school district and will be displaying  Banned Book posters made by Freshmen students at Heritage High School. Come on in and see some student art work and learn more about what the your local library has to offer you!

Lots of Movies at the Library!

Did you know that the library offers much more than just books?  The Homer Community Library is here for both your educational and entertainment needs.  To this end, each month we purchase a few movies just released to DVD to add to our movie collection.  We currently have over 2000 movies, 1500 of them on DVD. Yes, this does mean we still have some favorites on VHS tapes so if you still have that old VCR, there is somewhere you can come and find something to watch!  Anyone with a valid library card can check out movies.  There is no charge to check them out but, be careful – there is a $1.00/day late fee if you don’t bring them back on time!  Regular movies circulate for 2 days and non-fiction movies (this would include exercise DVDs) circulate for 2 weeks. 

The library also has a movie license which allows us to show movies on-site.  This is why we are able to hold our two monthly movie events.  We usually show movies newly released on DVD for both our Movie Matinee and our Family Movie Night.  We try to keep the rating for our matinee to PG or PG-13 and our family movie to G or PG.

 Our Movie Matinee is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 1pm. On Sept. 11^th,  the library is showing the newest version of The Great Gatsby for our Movie Matinee. The Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin Daisy and her philandering, blue-blooded husband Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. This movie is rated PG-13 and runs 142 minutes.

Our Free Family Movie Night is held on the third Friday of each month.  This month, Sept. 20^th, we are showing Epic. Epic is an animated adventure comedy that reveals a fantastical world unlike any other. From the creators of Ice Age and Rio, Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle between the forces of good, who keep the natural world alive, and the forces of evil, who wish to destroy it. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she teams up with an elite band of warriors and a crew of comical, larger-than-life figures, to save their world...and ours. This movie is rated PG and runs 103 minutes.

If you have questions about our movie collection, events, or anything else, please give us a call at 217/896-2121 or email us athomerlibrarian@gmail.com.  We will be happy to assist  you.

Homer Library Begins 2014 Calendar Fundraising Effort

Beginning August 12th and continuing until completion about December 10th of this year, the Homer Library will once again produce and sell the "Homer Community Library Calendar.” Begun in 1965 by the Homer Lions Club, the Calendar became the Library’s primary fundraising activity in 2006 when the Lions Club disbanded. Since then the Calendar has raised $27,640.43 in much needed funds for the Library, according to figures provided by K.C. Jones, Library Treasurer and Calendar Chairperson.

A volunteer project, the Calendar netted $3602.24 last year. Subsequently, this profit was used to pay 12.18% of the Library’s FY 2012 expenses. Real estate taxes plus a State of Illinois per capita grant contributed another $18,982.28 in income, or 70.82%—nearly all of which was used to pay for Library salaries, the online catalog service fee, and membership in Illinois Heartland Library System. The remaining 17% of Library expenditures were paid from income generated by membership fees; fines; printing, copying and fax services; monetary donations; sales of discarded materials; and fundraising efforts other than the Calendar. For comparison, a recent newspaper article mentioned that the Champaign Public Library receives 92% of its income from taxes. The same report also said that they required an infusion of cash from the City of Champaign in order to meet their commitments. In contrast, thanks to the generous participation of Homer residents in Library fundraising efforts, especially the Calendar, the Homer Library has continued to operate in the black—even in these trying times. However, without Calendar income, it would not be possible for the Library to maintain its current level of support for programs and purchases of new materials, including books, movies, music CDs, magazines, and reference works.

For the past several years, more than a third of yearly Calendar income has been allocated to the “Reading Is Fundamental” (RIF) program. This now defunct federal program was designed to improve child literacy by giving, in our case, 400 to 500 books per year to kindergarten through fourth grade students in Heritage School District. Thanks to Calendar income, the Library has been able to continue this popular program despite the lack of federal assistance. Fortunately, children's book publishers have continued their RIF discounts. But the Library doesn’t know how much longer they will continue to do so since their federal aid has also ended. For this reason alone, the Library staff hopes community support for this yearʼs Calendar will meet or surpass this year's goal of $4000.

Although the Library is the sole recipient of Calendar income, everyone in Heritage School District can benefit from Calendar funds. According to Illinois State law, Homer is the official Library for the other communities and townships in Heritage School District because they are without a Library of their own. Heritage School District residents who live outside the Village limits of Homer may obtain a Homer Library card for just $35—the average amount Homer residents pay for Library privileges as levied on their real estate tax bills.

The Calendar will be mailed in mid-December, as it was last year, to every household, business, and farmstead in the Village of Homer and South Homer Township. These mailings, at just 14.5¢ each, are made possible by a U.S. Postal Service program that encourages mailings to every household in a given zip code. In the next month or so, a Library volunteer will be calling on families who have recently moved to Homer to ask if they will contribute their listings to the Calendar. Listings consist of anniversaries and birthdays of Homer family members that are printed on the relevant dates of the Calendar, along with meetings of civic and religious organizations. The charges for listings are the same as last year: one or two listings; just $6.00; additional listings are $1.00 each. If anyone wants an extra Calendar, a donation of $10.00 will be very much appreciated.

Previous Calendar patrons will be sent an email or postcard that shows their current listings. Patrons who wish to resubscribe to the Calendar just need to send in or drop off payment at the Homer Library for the amount billed. The deadline for payment is September 30, 2013 and checks should be made payable to the Homer Library. Changes and or corrections to listings, or new requests to be added to the Calendar, may be sent to Homer Library, Attn: K.C. Jones, 500 E. Second St., Homer, IL 61849. Patrons with questions may telephone K.C. at 531-7856, or email him at caseyjonz@comcast.net The Library requests that past patrons and advertisers please reply promptly when they receive email and postcards regarding the renewal of Calendar subscriptions. Doing so eliminates future mailing costs, insures that funds raised are used for Library support and not for postage, and provides the Library with the funds to pay Calendar production costs.

The staff and Trustees of the Homer Community Library wish to sincerely thank all those Calendar patrons who have in the past so generously supported the Library’s annual Calendar fundraiser—some for many years. They also ask that you please help make this a successful fundraising year by keeping or adding your listings to the 2014 Calendar or by making a donation.

Book Sale Money Helps Us Buy New Stuff!

The library is having its semi-annual Big Book Sale. We always have a small book sale up but from now until May 5th we will have extra tables with books, movies and some Great Courses audio books. We have books for all ages, toddler to adult and both fiction and non-fiction. Every time you purchase books from our book sale you are helping us to buy new books and movies for the library. We work on a really tight budget, so every penny helps!

This time of year is a big time for new releases in both books and movies. Most of the Academy Award nominated movies are being released on DVD and and book publishers are gearing up for the summer reading season.

We’ve recently cataloged several new books and movies we think you’ll enjoy. For adult fiction books we have Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts, The Guardian by Beverly Lewis, Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner, Chance by Karen Kingsbury, Starting Now by Debbie Macomber and we should be getting in David Baldacci’s Day of Doom very soon.

We have started a couple new series in the junior collection – The Wide-Awake Princess series by E.D. Baker and the Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton. We got in a fantastic book for older kids/junior high age: “How They Croaked – The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous”. This is a 2012 Notable Children’s Book award winner and give great history lessons while detailing the ends of notable figures through history such as Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Christopher Columbus, and Marie Antoinette. This is actually a really fun book for all ages, not just kids.

For new movies we just got in Lincoln, Life of Pi, Argo, The Hobbit, and Rise of the Guardians. We’ve added about two dozen ‘new to us’ donated movies and six more Disney movies that we didn’t have, including: Up, G-Force, The Secret of the Wings, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

The Homer Library Celebrates National Library Week with Fine Amnesty

The Homer Community Library is joining other libraries nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries and the services they offer to a community.

Service to the community has always been the focus of the library. While this idea hasn’t changed over the years, how we serve our public has changed a great deal. Libraries today are more than repositories for books. While the library is still a great place to read quietly, do homework, or use our computers, it is also a great place for people to gather to reconnect and engage with each other and will their community.

The Homer Community Library serves the Village of Homer, South Homer Township and the Heritage School District by providing books for all ages (with elementary and junior high level books marked with their Accelerated Reader levels), audio books, movies, public computers, printing/copy/fax services, and programs for all ages throughout the year. Every month we offer a Movie Matinee for our retired patrons and a Third Friday Movie Night for our families with kids.

Every year the Homer Community Library celebrates National Library Week by holding a fine amnesty period. This year our amnesty will go from April 8-20th. You know that library book you just realized you’ve had out for months and is WAY overdue? Or that video that you now have a $10 fine for? Now is the time to return these items and we will forgive your fines! We really just would like the items returned. If you are too embarrassed to bring it in and face the librarian (although very few of us actually bite) you can drop off items in the outside drop boxes. Just please return DVDs to the DVD box and not the book drop! We really dislike losing a patron over some overdue items so take advantage of fine amnesty so we can go back to serving your library needs.