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LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY, JULY 4th
Used Book Sale
July 18, 2009
8:30 a.m. to Noon
(books from 25
to $3.00)
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
($3.00 to fill any size bag. Bring your own!)
Held at the Bethalto Public Library's
"Little House" - next door to the Library.
2009 Summer Reading Program
Read on the Wild Side
As of July 1, 2009 we have 799 adults, teens and children registered for our Summer Reading Program, Read on the Wild Side. If you are not one of those 799, there is still time to participate. Drop by or call the Library for details. You do not have to be registered to attend any of the Library programs.
Remember...All programs at the Bethalto Library are open and free to everyone. So come and join in the fun of reading.

July Calendar
Thank You to all of our 2009 Sponsors. Without their help our Summer Reading Programs would not be such big successes.
Sandberg, Pheonix & von Gontard P.C.
Bethalto Animal Clinic
Toni’s Fiber Frocs Art Studio
Specialty Stands
Ted and Julie Prehn
Bertels and Company Heating and Cooling
DermaGrafix, Ink. Tattoos
The Woman’s Club of Bethalto
First National Bank
Balsters & Hinrichs Attys.
Olin Community Credit Union
The Bank of Edwardsville
Augustine Insurance
Helmkamp Auto
Alan Wickenhauser D.M.D![]()
Bethalto Star Service
Global Brass and Copper, Inc (Olin Brass)
Get Logo’d
Warner Henderson
ConocoPhillips Wood River
RF Technologies, Inc.
Leonard F. Berg, Attorney at Law
Wood River Wal Mart
Shop 'n Save
Rinderer’s Pharmacy
St Louis Symphony Orchestra
Bethalto Subway Sandwiches
The Old Spaghetti Factory
Gateway Grizzlies
Belk Park Golf Range
Gateway Fun Park
Joe's Market Basket
Missouri Historical Society
The Magic House
Bethalto McDonald’s Restaurant
Sophia M. Sah's Butterfly
Raging Rivers Waterpark
Village of Bethalto
Rams Community Outreach
St Louis Cardinals
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Marks Mortuary
Airport Plaza Bowl
East Alton Ice Arena
Congratulation Graduates
All three of our Shelvers graduated this Spring.
Congratulations...Job well done!
Cameron Wiggenhorn - Metro East Lutheran High School
Meghan Kelly - Civic Memorial High School
Alex Pruitt - Civic Memorial High School

Check out our newest online database - Books & Authors.
A NEW way to browse! Looking
for a good novel, but not sure where to start? WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN lets you browse by Character, Subject, Location and Time Period. Or use the easy genre lists to find fantasy fiction, horror stories, popular romances, western fiction, etc.
For our non-fiction readers there are also listings by category such as business, health/medicine, science, biographies, etc.
To view listings of new Adult and Juvenile books, audio books and DVDs click on:
Programs, Events, Happenings
Sunday Afternoon with an Author
July 19, 2009
Kim Hutmacher
1:30 p.m.
at the Library
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Children’s Author Kim Hutmacher will present her book, Paws, Claws, Hands and Feet in her own
fun and entertaining way. www.kimberlyhutmacher.com
Adult Series
Nothing Scheduled at this Time
