Images of events at Gail Borden Public Library
Installers from Project Exploration, including supervisor Chris Angus, lower right, build Jobaria a 33 foot tall and 60 foot long South African Dinosaur, at the center of Gail Borden Library.
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Nine-year-old Sage Taylor of Elgin checks out one of Yo-Yo Man Barry North's special yo-yos at the Gail Borden Library.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
A rain barrel painted by Ryan White, donated and sponsored by Wilderness painters, shows a painter in the wilderness, and is on display at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
La Tazza Cafe the long awaited coffee shop opened Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin. Here Cafe manager Jen Fasel, left, and Barista Brenda Gonzalez, prepare a cup for one of the first customers.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Donna Vaughn of DanceWorks Chicago performs at Black Family Festival at Gail Borden Public Library. The event offered opportunities for visitors to experience culture and contributions of the African American community.
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Dr. Vincent Gaddis, Chair of the Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies at Benedictine University, speaks during the Community Economic Restoration forum at Elgin's Gail Borden Library.
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Library visitors sign beams at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin that will be part of the new western branch.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
City and library officials tour the new branch of the Gail Borden Library on Bowes Road Thursday.
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Bubble juggler Geoff Akins entertains kids and all ages at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. More than 200 people crowded in to see Akins perform his bubble magic.
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Narisu, the leader of An Da Union, plays a morin khuur that features an intricately carved horse head.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
A short line forms while the League of Women Voters help to register them in the lobby of the Gail Borden Public Library on the last day to register.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin unveiled Tuesday the 'world's largest census form' to promote city-wide participation in the upcoming census.
Courtesy of the Elgin Fire Department
Markeyah Johnson, 7 of Elgin makes uses all her strength to flatten clay to make a star craft at the Black Family Festival at Gail Borden Public Library.
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Four-year-old Mary Puett of Elgin gets to see a bubble from the inside as Bubble juggler Geoff Akins entertains kids in February 2009. More than 200 people crowded in to see Akins perform his bubble magic.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Chicago Bandits softball player Ashley Carlson reads "Casey at the Bat" to young fans Keegan Carver, left and his brother Keith at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
The new Rakow Branch of the Gail Borden Library on Bowes Road in Elgin.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Yo-Yo Man Barry North of Rolling Meadows entertains at the Gail Borden Library.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Fred Zimmermann of Elgin, center, has a laugh about being retired and having time to volunteer with Anita Cienniwa, left, and her husband Tom, both of Elgin, during the Change Your World volunteer fair at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
The Gail Borden Public Library "Book Cart Drill Team" performs during the Elgin parade on Douglas Avenue .
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A patron explores the 45 painted rain barrels on display at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin . The barrels were on display this summer in the community, and were in the library lobby, available for the public to vote for their favorite.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Elgin Mayor Ed Schock ceremoniously filled in his information Tuesday as the Gail Borden Public Library unveiled the 'world's largest census form' to promote city-wide participation in the upcoming census.
Courtesy of the Gail Borden Public Library
Sean Edwards, 11, talks live with NASA astronaut Clay Anderson during a live link with the International Space Station at the Gail Borden Public Library. Amateur radio operator Greg Braun of Geneva holds the mic.
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