If you are looking for hearty recipes to fortify your family against cold weather, flu and cabin fever, check out the cookbook section here at the Library. Especially:
Simple Soups and Stews 641.813/SIM
The Big Book of Soups and Stews: 262 recipes for serious comfort food 641.813/VOL
Soups and Stews for Fall and Winter Days 641.813/FOS
The Best Recipe: soups and stews 641.813/BES
Under the Opportunity Illinois: Disaster Recovery Loan Program, the Treasurer’s Office provides low-interest loans to storm victims whose property has sustained weather-related damage.
The loans are available to residents and business owners living in declared disaster areas in Illinois who are waiting for insurance settlements or other aid programs to take effect. Residents and business owners who do not have adequate insurance coverage can also apply.
To receive the low-interest rate, residents and business owners must secure the loan at a bank or financial institution that participates in the state’s Disaster Recovery linked deposit program. The loan can be up to the costs of repairs and expenses. The Opportunity Illinois loan application must be filed by the bank on the resident’s behalf within 90 days of a state, federal or local official’s natural disaster declaration.
Contact the Treasurer’s Disaster Recovery hotline at (866) 523-0641 to confirm you qualify for the program and to receive a list of participating financial institutions.
There was a recent article in the Chicago Tribune that discussed the growing popularity of public libraries during bad economic times.
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb
The Riverside Public Library provides access to newspapers and magazines (print and online), DVDs, books, music and the Internet.
One of the Library’s new reference books is a two volume set called Everyday Finance. This resource provides a wealth of information about economics, personal finance and starting a business.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=WEEF&cf=p&type=4&id=226269
Ask for it at the Reference Desk.
Whether you’re partial to online services or to downloadable software, PC World has found the Web’s best free stuff and it’ll keep you productive, secure and entertained.
.Many patrons have come in with a variety of “free” gasoline offers. They all have one thing in common, after we visit websites and read the terms, none of them turn out to be free. In fact, they usually turn out to be pretty suspicious.
If you receive any type of “free” gas offer, please read the terms carefully.
Sounds complicated, confusing, and suspicious.
“Free” gas offers are not free! Protect yourself by reading the fine print of these special offers and never give out your financial information to a company you have never heard of and can’t completely trust.
If an offer doesn’t make sense, stay away!
You can always bring your offer into the Library and stop by the Reference Desk. We are more than happy to look into these offers for you.
