General Milroy Open House July 2

July 2010 commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Milroy Statue erected in Milroy Park by the Jasper County Historical Society. The Civil War military career of General Milroy provided notoriety for Jasper County, and the Rensselaer Library houses a collection of items dating back to Milroy’s military career and life in the library’s Genealogy Room.

In keeping with the centennial anniversary of Milroy’s memorable contributions to our country, the Rensselaer Library is inviting the public to attend an Open House in his honor, held on Friday, July 2 from 1-3 pm in the library’s Genealogy Room, where selected items will be available for viewing and staff will be available to answer questions about Milroy, his life, and his military career.

Refreshments will be served. No registration is required, and all ages are welcome to attend. This Open House is held in conjunction with the Historical Society’s centennial celebration of the Milroy Statue on July 4 in Milroy Park. For more information, visit or call the Rensselaer Library at 866-5881.

To learn more about General Milroy online, visit the library's official Robert H. Milroy Collection online, where you can view pictures and read his wartime correspondence.

Splashes of color - DeMotte Library Community Garden

Three years ago, the DeMotte Library began growing a Community Garden, filling it with perennials that added color to the library’s landscape. After 3 years, it was time to extend and thin out the garden, and with the help of the Purdue Master Gardeners from the Jasper County Extension Office, the library’s Community Garden has been expanded outward and the design thinned out and arranged so that the beauty of each plant in the garden stands out in colorful array.

The DeMotte Library thanks each and every member of the Purdue Master Gardeners for their hard work and dedication to this project, and invites everyone in our community to view the finished project, which beautifies the library from the outside, but may be seen from within the library as well.

We’d like to once again thank each and every person who donated their time and energy to this project and invite flower lovers from our community to enjoy the splash of color created by our Community Garden.

Legal forms at the library

Did you know the State of Indiana has provided several easy-to-use forms for common legal needs including divorce, child support, small claims and appeals? These forms, available in the library's Research Resources collection, start with a web page that asks you a few basic questions and fills in the actual legal form based on your answers. You can then print this from home or at the library.

The Indiana Self-Service Legal Center, part of the Indiana Judiciary, is not intended to replace an attorney or legal advice, and the library strongly recommends patrons read all the information on the website carefully.

The Research Resources collection can be found two ways: the link on the front page of the library's website at http://www.myjcpl.org/ and as a folder on the desktop of any public Internet computer at the library, as well as on the library catalog computers.

If you're looking for other legal forms, from lease and rental agreements to living wills and more, be sure to look at our broader Legal Forms database, also available in our Research Resources collection.