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September 17th is the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution. It's a great day to spend some time learning about this important document that affects all of us who live in the United States of America. If you click right here...

The Indiana Room, located on the 2nd Floor of Central Library, has received several new titles. The Interim Reports for Clay County, Dubois County, Washington County, Union County, Crawford County, and Decatur County. Interim Reports contain information...

Meet Rocket, a sweet white dog who just wants to nap all day. But, tiny yellow bird has other ideas--like teaching him the wonderful alphabet. Rocket starts sounding out letters and spelling words, but, summer only lasts so long and little yellow bird...

We have a wonderful service for you teachers and home educators. Just call the READ Center at 428-8225 and tell us you would like to place a teacher's request. You will need to provide your name, contact information (telephone number or e-mail), school...

"Eleven elephants. One plane. Hurtling together across the sky." From these opening sentences, I was captivated by this account of the inner workings of zoos, in particular Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa. The author is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter...

With the success of Batman Begins , The Dark Knight , and the now-in-theaters Inception , Christopher Nolan has become a pretty popular guy. And rightfully so. However, most folks don't realize that Nolan has been making films for over 10 years. As...

George M Steinbrenner 7/4/1930 - 7/13/2010 I am not a fan of George Steinbrenner. So when someone recommended Bill Madden's new biography of the man, Steinbrenner: the last lion of baseball , I wasn't too interested. Still, sometimes you learn...