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History Tidbit
The new Horace Mann School on Rte 6 northwest of Coal Valley was completed in January 1955 at a cost of $176,451.00. More than 170 pupils were enrolled for the first term.
From: A History of Coal Valley Illinois, June 1956
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AFTER-SCHOOL PARKING
New Rules To Be Enforced
We would like to remind parents picking up children after school that they are to park in the Bicentennial parking lot or along First Street. The municipal center parking lot is for people using the library or village hall. We especially ask that you refrain from parking along the curb on the east side of the lot since this makes it very difficult for cars backing out of the marked spaces.
The Coal Valley Police Department and library staff will be monitoring the parking situation at the beginning of the school year. We ask for your cooperation in keeping the parking spaces near the library entrance free for our patrons.
SUMMER READING 2010
Ice Cream For Books!
 Our 2010 Summer Reading Program-Ice Cream For Books is now history. This year we had 110 readers participating. Our end-of-program party on Thursday, July 15th featured local magician Jerry Phillips who put on a fantastic show for our readers and their parents. A special thanks goes to Celebration Belle and the Coal Valley Happy Joes for the prizes they donated.
Well done, summer readers!
NEW ARRIVAL AT THE LIBRARY
New Color Copier Now Available!
 We have just replaced our old copier with a brand-new Lexmark color copier. The copy quality is superb, and it is capable of handing a stack of originals, unlike the old machine. We are maintaining the same charge for black and white-10 cents, but are charging 50 cents for color.
Stop by the library and take care of all your copying chores.
FAXING SERVICE
Now Available At The Library
 Due to the many requests we have received from our patrons, the library is now providing fax service with our new copier.
Pricing for sending & receiving faxes is as follows:
50 cents per page for all local faxes
$1.00 per page first five long-distance fax pages, 50 cents for pages 6 - 10, and $1.00 per page for all pages over 10.
BOOKPAGE
Book Review Magazine Now Available
 The library is now receiving a 25-copy subscription to the book review magazine Book Page. Free copies are available at the desk each month, and we welcome your suggestions for possible new purchases. Book Page covers a wide spectrum of both fiction and non-fiction titles including travel, self-help and historical titles. It also covers teen and children's publications. Please stop by and pick up your copy of Book Page soon.
BOOK DONATIONS
Policies For Donations
 Our library always welcomes donations of new best sellers, popular DVD's and high-interest non-fiction. However, due to our limited storage space we ask that you contact the library first before bringing other materials to donate. Generally, we cannot use old textbooks, magazines, condensed books, VHS-format videos or cassette tapes. Since we are no longer holding regular book sales, we suggest you consider donating these materials to a charitable organization, another library or recycling them.
We also ask that you NOT leave items by the door after hours. We often find that the things dropped off are not even suitable for the book sale and must be disposed of.
Thank you for your cooperation
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS
FOIA Officer Jeffrey Stafford
Robert R. Jones Public Library
900 First Street, P.O. Box 190
Coal Valley, IL. 61240
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