April 5th is Deadline to Register to Vote

Indiana primary elections are coming soon. Are you registered to vote? If you need to register, the deadline is April 5th. For the first time in Indiana ’s election history, there is an electronic database, the Indiana Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS), linking the voter registration records for all of Indiana ’s 92 counties. This system also links to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Social Security Administration database. The system will help election officials detect and deter voter fraud and keeping voting rolls current and accurate. Voters are encouraged to verify their information on this system. Any incorrect information needs to be reported immediately to the county clerk or board of registration. For more information, check out the election division of the Indiana Secretary of State’s website.

The Amish Cook editor to visit Farmland in April!

Kevin Williams, editor of the popular syndicated Amish Cook column, will visit Farmland on Saturday April 17, 2010 at 1:30 pm. This cooperative event from Farmland Public Library & the Farmland Cultural Center will take place in the Cultural Center Located at 103 North Main Street, downtown Farmland (next door to The Chocolate Moose.) During his Farmland visit, Williams will talk about his experiences within the Amish culture and answer questions from the audience on a variety of topics from Amish cookery to cultural traditions such as weddings and funerals, barn-raisings and other areas of interests. Copies of the cookbooks he co-authored with Eicher will be available for purchase.

Williams is a nationally noted expert on Amish culture and editor of the syndicated column, The Amish Cook, written by Lovina Eicher. The Amish Cook appears weekly in over 120 newspapers from coast to coast. He has made television appearances and has been profiled as an Amish expert in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. In 1991, Williams cooked up the idea for an Amish recipe column and convinced Old Order Amish grandmother Elizabeth Coblentz to write it. Today, the Amish Cook tradition lives on as Elizabeth’s daughter, Lovina Eicher, continues to pen the article each week.

Registration, while not required, is strongly recommended due to the immense popularity of this guest! Call 765-468-7292 or visit Farmland Public Library to register. This event is open to the public. Freewill donations will be accepted.

Farmland Public Library Launches Facebook Group in Celebration of Teen Tech Week

American Library Association's "Teen Tech Week" begins March 6, and to mark this special occasion Farmland Public Library has launched a Facebook group just for teen readers!

Join up & jump into the discussion on Melissa Marr's "Wicked Lovely" series, or drop us a line about any book you are currently reading -- good, bad, or (ahem) otherwise...

We will also throw some of the of the special library activities and services for teens into the mix, will highlight popular print and non-print materials available for checkout, and will listen to your suggestions on the best books to fill our shelves.

The TeenSpace FB page is designed for Farmland Library's teen readers and is moderated by Farmland's Librarian and a Teen Volunteer.