COLUMN: Busy February at the Owen County Public Library

The library is currently scheduling appointments for the Vita Free Tax Preparation service. The tax preparers are all IRS trained volunteers. Tax sessions will run from Tuesday, Feb. 4 through April 12, and we are scheduling them for Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Thursdays and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Call the library circulation desk, 812-829-3392, for an appointment.

The next Friends of the Owen County Public Library book sale will be held Saturday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There will be at least 12 tables full of books and other items for sale. Prices are very low (nearly everything is 25 cents to $1), and the subject matter varies widely.

On Friday, Feb. 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. IU Health will be at the library to present "How to Maintain a Healthy Brain."

If you haven't been to the library in a while, you can find the following activities taking place on a regular basis and all throughout the month of February. Tai Chi classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, S.O.U.N.D.S. violin lessons Monday through Thursdays, English language learning classes, book club, infants and toddlers group, homeschool group, pre-schoolers group, after-school hang out for teens, crafts such as knitting, working with polymer clay, journal-making, crochet, water-color painting, and there are suncatchers and canvas event on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

There are also at least four rooms that can be reserved for study, meetings and many other purposes to serve one person, or many.

The library collection is ever-changing and expanding, but if you don't find what you're looking for, ask a clerk, and it can probably be purchased and added to our collection or borrowed from another library.