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3 more days to reduce or elimate your library over

3 more days to reduce or elimate your library overdue fines! Just bring in a non-perishable item by Friday, Nov 22 and we will take $1.00 of fines off your account for each item you bring. A great way to start the holidays with a clean slate and lots of reading materials! Bring your items to the upstairs circulation desk.

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Hi Everyone, This is just a reminder that the Teen

Hi Everyone,
This is just a reminder that the Teen Movie Night will be canceled for Tuesday, November 19. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Hi Everyone, This is just a reminder that BYOB Bo

Hi Everyone,

This is just a reminder that BYOB Book Club will be canceled for Monday, November 18. Our next meeting will be Monday, December 16 at 3:00PM. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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#TBT November 14 is National Pickle Day. Boone Cou

#TBT November 14 is National Pickle Day. Boone County, and Illinois in general, is known for their extensive corn and soybean production. However, these were not the only cash crops our ancestral residents tried. One of the first, industrial scale, crops grown in Northern Illinois was actually cucumbers, and the Marsh Canning Plant was responsible for pickling them here. The C.N. Holden Canning Company came here before 1900 and was mainly an “opportunistic canner.” They canned based on local produce in Boone County, although they did contract some land for specific produce. When the Marsh Canning Company purchased their facility in 1908, local farmers were contracted to grow their cucumbers. Eventually though, the Marsh Plant lost out to competition from Claussen in Chicago (today they are in Woodstock) and closed by 1911. After their foreclosure, the bank sold their facility to the Keene-Belvidere Canning Company, known as K-B farms today. While the company itself may remain, the factory was sold to Green Giant, who later merged with General Mills, who still operates there today. Shown here is a 1908 photograph of the Marsh Canning Plant.

Come and join us for our Thanksgiving Crafting for

Come and join us for our Thanksgiving Crafting for Adults. We will be making Wood Slice Pumpkins. Register online to reserve your space. https://forms.gle/GuDcMNUGR2QpEPrJ9

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Hi Everyone,

This is just a reminder that Thursday, November 14 will be our Houseplants with the University of IL Extension Program. For more information or to register visit our website or scan the code.

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Don’t want to celebrate Christmas just yet but w

Don’t want to celebrate Christmas just yet but want to scratch the itch? Join us for a teen movie night that is a little bit of fall and winter combined.

Hi Everyone This is just a reminder that Builder's

Hi Everyone
This is just a reminder that Builder's Club is tomorrow November 13th. Come and join us this month it will be Thanksgiving/fall Themed !!

Are overdue library fines piling up? Wondering ho

Are overdue library fines piling up? Wondering how you can clear your account? Here's your chance to start 2025 with zero fines! Just bring in a non-perishable food item and we will take $1.00 in fines off your account for every item! Please make sure they are not expired or damaged items. *All items will be brought to the Belvidere Police Department Feed the Need Drive taking place Saturday, Nov 23rd from 9am to noon in the Aldi parking lot. Time is limited so stop by the library soon!

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This is just a reminder that the Ida Public Librar

This is just a reminder that the Ida Public Library will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veteran's Day.

Join us on November 14th at 6pm for Houseplants wi

Join us on November 14th at 6pm for Houseplants with the U of I Extension Office! Learn how to keep your houseplants happy and healthy. We will discover how to help them not only survive but thrive in our homes and we will talk about some advanced methods to propagate and share our plants with others. Registration is required. To register, visit our website or click the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9zhFSXFTsqm4zYO2KuB0sEuRsGJxWg63OJK_EcvN1wnUu8w/viewform?usp=sf_link

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#TBT November is Aviation History Month. We don’

#TBT November is Aviation History Month. We don’t really think of Boone County as a place large enough for an airport, but, in fact, we do. You won’t find any commercial airliners at Poplar Grove Airport. Instead, it provides a runway for private plane owners in their connected subdivision, as well as a museum dedicated to aviation.
What many might not know is that Poplar Grove Airport used to be the Belvidere Airport. When it opened in 1973, the land was overseen by Boone County itself. It had not yet been annexed into Poplar Grove Township. The airport’s owners, Steve and Tina Thomas, wanted to develop the attached subdivision that exists there now, but surrounding homeowners complained it would increase noise and air pollution. Steve thought they were being unreasonable as nearly all of the homes that would be affected were developed after the airport was already there. He believed they should have been prepared for new development.
So Steve looked for a way to get around their complaints. His mail carrier happened to be the village president of Poplar Grove and the two of them planned to annex the airport, as it was not actually incorporated into Belvidere. Slowly, they convinced farmer after farmer along the way to the airport to join Poplar Grove until they had extended the township’s border a full 3 miles to the south. Steve and Tina, as the owners of the airport, only had to agree to annexation themselves after that. The airport was now in Poplar Grove and their neighbors were not. They no longer had an official avenue to complain. The airport was then appropriately named Poplar Grove Airport and their “fly-in” community came soon after. In our picture today, two mechanics are preparing a plane for the airport’s grand opening demonstration.

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