April is National Poetry Month, and we offer a number of ways to celebrate, from sharing your own poetry, to an evening with the Illinois Poet Laureate. All month long, the library’s community poetry wall will be up: poets of all ages can stop by any time to submit an original poem (make sure it’s Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
The Chillicothe Public Library Board of Trustees approved the decision to put a Referendum on the November 5, 2024 ballot. The question, posed to those within the Chillicothe Public Library District, asks if the current General Fund tax rate, set in 1992, be established at .25% instead of .15%. A “yes” vote will support providing Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Responding to a need. In response to an increasing number of families asking the Chillicothe Public Library District for services, the Board of Trustees is offering the opportunity for anyone living in Saratoga, Steuben, La Prairie, and Whitefield townships –not served by a public library–to join the Chillicothe Public Library District. This opportunity will be Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Don’t have a library card yet? There’s no time like the present! September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and Chillicothe Public Library District (CPLD) is celebrating by partnering with local businesses to endow those cards with even more super powers than usual. For the month of September, CPLD members can show their library cards at Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Pollinators around the world are in a state of decline due to loss of habitat, pesticide use,climate change, parasites, and diseases. Among these vulnerable pollinators are honey bees. Though notnative to the United States, honey bees have become crucial to pollinating many of our crops: 80% of allflowering plants and over 130 food crops are Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
