Free computer courses for adults (age 16 and over):   These FREE one day training sessions are offered by the State Library and are funded through a BroadbandUSA grant as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Trainings will be offered during the following weeks:

Week of Oct. 18-22: Computer Foundations
Week of Nov. 1-5: Microsoft Word, Level 1
Week of Nov. 15-19: Resume Building and Beyond
Week of Nov. 29-Dec. 3: Microsoft Excel 2007, Level 1

NOTE: Pine Prairie trainings Mondays, Basile Tuesdays, Mamou Wednesdays, Turkey Creek Thursdays, and Ville Platte Fridays for all classes.  Classes are full day, 9 to 5, for ages 16 and up.  Sorry, nobody under 16.

To register: Call the State Library at 1-888-487-2700 or register online at lajacc.state.lib.la.us/training.  You may also register by calling your local library, but callers to the state number and online registrants have priority, and space is going fast, with some sections of classes already taking standby waiting list registrants only.

Family Book and Culture Fest is Sat., Oct. 9, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Ville Platte North Side Civic Center.

Admission is free.  Inside the Civic Center enjoy performers, meet local authors, visit nonprofit information booths, and shop the Friends of the Library huge book sale and hot dog booth. Outside the Civic Center, visit our farmer’s market and community yard sale vendors.  Door prizes are coupons good for shopping at booths throughout the event.

Special KVPI remote broadcast.  For more information about how you can volunteer or donate items for the book sale, please call 363-1369.

If you would like to participate in the farmer’s market/community yard sale outside the Civic Center, please also call 363-1369 to register.  No entry fees, but you must bring your own table and supplies.  Space for farmer’s market/community yard sale outside the Center is first come, first served.  Sorry, no booths inside the Center.

In its continued commitment to serving the citizens of Evangeline Parish, the Evangeline Parish Library is pleased to launch this new website making it easier than ever for patrons to access all of the resources that the library system has to offer.  Here you will find links to all branches of the Evangeline Parish Library as well as contact information and hours of operation, plus much more