We've Added A New Page

We've added a new page at the North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library website.  It's called "Starke County Activities" where we will list local events.  

If your group is having a fun or fund raising event let us know, we'd be happy to help you advertise.  

October Quote of the Month

Halloween Costumes, Goodies, and Decorating Ideas

Halloween isn't as far away as it seems.  To help you get ready for the holiday we have gathered some web sites to help you prepare your home and family for this fall festival.

COSTUMES

If you would prefer to make your child's costume rather than purchase one from a store, try visiting these sites for ideas.  The majority of these costumes are very simple and, depending on their age, your child might be able to create their own costume.  Have fun! 

Wee Society

Haunted in Hillsboro

Esquire

Mother Nature Network

29 Homemade Kids Costume Ideas

29 Homemade Costumes for Adults

What I Wore

Parents Magazine Homemade Costumes

50 DIY Halloween Costumes

DECORATING

Extreme Pumpkins

Scary Halloween Ideas

GOODIES

The Idea Room

Kraft Halloween Recipes

Delish Halloween Food Ideas

EVERYTHING

Spoonful

Better Homes and Gardens

Southern Living

Martha Stewart

Ideas for Halloween

Expect to see quite a bit of Halloween themed items appear this month. From scary stories to costume ideas to treats you make at home, we'll be posting Halloween ideas for you to consider and share.  Let's start with these sites. 


Is it October yet? Let's get this Halloween planning going! We have so many decoration ideas on Spoonful.com...where will you start?  Halloween decorating fun  (Quite a few friendlier Halloween ideas here for the smaller and more sensitive members of the household.) 

Get ready for some scary Hoosier stuff! Today marks the start of the Hoosier Horror Blog Hop. There's a big variety of writers involved in this one.  Hoosier Horror

"I'm a dog, not a canvas!"

Mom was on the internet looking to see if she could find a cute Howl-ween costume for me. I knew I was in trouble when she called me over and said, "Anubis, maybe instead of making a costume for you I should just paint a costume on you. What do you think of this?"

Then she continued to look and found this page Painting animals to look like other animals.

 PLEASE let Mom know I'm a dog, not a canvas! At least a cloth costume can be taken off after a few hours.

Looking For Weekend Activities in October?

Looking for something to do with the kids on the weekends?  Obviously you should bring them to the READ Jr. Story Hour at 11 a.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month.  Anubis would be upset with me if I didn't mention this first.

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum has several train events scheduled through October:  Fall Harvest trains on 9/29 & 10/13; Pumpkin trains on 10/6 & 10/20; and their Halloween train on 10/27.  For more information and ticket prices visit their website at Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum..

October 5, 2012 - Just found a new listing of great things to do with the kids on the weekends.  Visit this site to see a listing of October activities in Winamac at the Tippecanoe River State Park

We'll try to keep you up to date with upcoming holiday type activities as we learn about them.

Halloween Hours @ North Judson, Knox, & Plymouth

Well they're doing plenty of advertising on TV and the goodies are out in the stores, I know that you are on the edge of your seats wondering, "When will North Judson have Trick-or-Treat this year?"  If you read the minutes from the last town board meeting you already know.  But for the rest of us the "good news" is that your little ones can take to the streets on October 31st, between the hours of 5 and 6:30 pm.



North Judson – 5:00-6:30 p.m. CT (San Pierre usually follows the same schedule)

Knox- 5:30-7:00 p.m. CT

Winamac – 5:00-7:00 p.m. ET

Francesville – 5:00-7:00 p.m. ET

Medaryville – 5:00-7:00 p.m. ET with costume judging at 7:15 p.m. ET at the Lion’s Club

Culver – 5:00-7:00 p.m. ET

Plymouth – 5:00-7:00 p.m. ET

Register to Vote

Register to vote, make sure your current address matches your voter registration address, and VOTE in November! Voter Registration closes for the 2012 General Election on Tuesday, October 9.  If you haven't registered, you can pick up a voter registration form at the the library.

You can check your voter registration and polling location at anytime at http://www.indianavoters.com/ or by calling 1-866-IN-1-VOTE.

I tried the website listed and it works great; just make sure when you do the search that you don't use your nickname or it won't find you. Once I entered my first name as it appears on my license everything was fine.

Don't Forget - Brush Pick-Up in North Judson

Don't forget, the town will be picking up brush for the last time starting on Monday, October 1st. I've got some in my wheel barrel waiting for that last ride out to the alley.

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

You can purchase tickets from any Kiwanis member.  Need we say more?