{"id":131,"date":"2013-12-02T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bentonil.com\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2017-06-01T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:24:06","slug":"public-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?page_id=131","title":{"rendered":"Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benton.lib.il.us\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Benton Public Library District<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n 502 S. Main Street &#8211; Benton, IL 62812<br \/>\n Phone:\u00a0 618-438-7511<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Benton Public Library! Our friendly and professional staff is eager to serve you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/library.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-204\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/library-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"library\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/library-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentonil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/library-800x296.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bentonil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/library.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Benton Public Library provides free services to all residents living within the Benton Public Library District, with services available to most others for a fee. The library system holds nearly 48,000 materials including books, magazines, audio books, large-print materials, and music cd&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-205\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/library-statue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"library statue\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>In addition to these items, the library offers print and electronic reference resources, public access to the Internet using your Benton Public Library card number, free Wi-fi service, computer and Internet training, or special events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benton Public Library District 502 S. Main Street &#8211; Benton, IL 62812 Phone:\u00a0 618-438-7511 Welcome to the Benton Public Library! Our friendly and professional staff is eager to serve you. The Benton Public Library provides free services to all residents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?page_id=131\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_mc_calendar":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/2397"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}