It's the Rotary Club's annual Rubber Ducky Race! You can enter a duck in the race for $5 or enter six ducks for $25 (the popular Quack Pack). This fun event takes place on June 25, 7 p.m. at the Village Green.  For more information, and to order tickets, contact a Rotary member or visit www.northbrookrotary.org

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Join Village President, Sandy Frum and the Board in an informal setting at the Village Hall on Saturday, June 1, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to express opinions, ask questions and provide input on items of interest in the Village.

Finished with "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and want to know what to read next? Looking for a book discussion guide? Want read-a-likes for your favorite author? Find all of this in NovelstPlus for teens and adults and Novelist K-8 for grade schoolers.  Novelist offers reviews, summaries, series information, articles and "Best of" lists.

We've compiled these lists of easy things you can do to help the environment:

Saving Energy

Go Green at the Grocer

Reduce Paper Waste

Reduce Plastic Waste

Composting

Adjust Your Refrigerator and Water Heater

Water heating is the second largest energy expense in your home, typically accounting for about 18% of your utility bill. The Department of Energy recommends setting the thermostat on your water heater to 120°F to get comfortable hot water and reduce energy expenditure.

Try composting as a way to use your kitchen and yard waste to benefit your garden. Not sure how to get started? Check out these composting resources at the library.

Reduce Plastic Waste

Plastic Bags:
The library has started recycling newspaper bags. You can do the same by bringing yours to the Bag2Bag recycling bin at Sunset or another participating store. They also accept dry cleaning bags and other plastic bags and some shrink wraps. See the Bag2Bag site for more information on what they recycle.

Interested in volunteering at the library this summer? Need some service hours for NHS? We've got flexible hours, short shifts, interesting projects and we can work around your summer plans!

Sound good?

Well, then make sure you register to attend ONE of our MANDATORY meeting for summer volunteers. We'll go over everything you need to know.

Meetings:

Reduce Paper Waste

Pay your bills online and switch to paperless statements.

Register at www.catalogchoice.org and www.dmachoice.org to stop getting catalogs and junk mail you don’t want.

Think before printing. Set your printer default to double-sided and use Print Preview to print only the pages you need. Save files on your computer instead of printing them for your records.