Winchester Public Library

Winchester Public Library’s annual Open House will be held Saturday, December 13, from 10-12.  Voting for your favorite tree, refreshments, and a program of holiday music will be on the schedule of events.  Door prizes will be drawn for those attending. Join us for some holiday cheer!

We have successfully moved our automated system to Koha, a new, cutting edge open source system. We are ready to catalog MANY new books that have been waiting on my desk for a month now. Check the new book shelf this week for titles by Karen Kingsbury, John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, and much more. There are also 20 plus new DVD titles! Come “check us out!”

Our Summer Reading Program was a big success, with loads of books read, programs attended, and friends made. We learned so much, and in the end, everyone was a winner for “Catching the Reading Bug!” Our Grand Prize Winners were: Faith Kramer, Emma Kramer, and Danielle Malone.  Thank you to The Topeka Zoo, The Williams Family and their dogs, The Fast Family for sharing entomology with us,  Mike “The Orkin Man”, and all of our volunteers for helping us have a banner year.

Several very beautifully crafted quilts are featured in our meeting room this month, as the quilt show has become an annual spring event here at the Winchester Public Library. There are new quilts with interesting patterns, as well as quilts containing materials over a hundred years old, a quilted tote bag, and even a Harley Davidson T-shirt quilt! There is a very special “quilt of valor”, made by friends of Aunt Sadie, that will be donated to an injured veteran. (For more information on the quilt of valor program, please visit http://www.qovkansas.org/) A drawing for a door prize, a quilt-themed gift basket assembled by Sadie Wingert of Aunt Sadie’s Quilt Shop, Winchester, will be held at the conclusion of the quilt show on May 12. 

Join us as we read the classic novel “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote. Set in a small Kansas town, and with Capote’s haunting style, this book should be on your “must read” list. We will conclude the monthly reading with a discussion party in the main part of the library on Friday, February 29th, at 5:00 pm. We will “up the ante” on the excitement by including Winchester resident Arnold Seifert in our conversation. Mr. Seifert was involved in the execution of the men that committed the “cold blooded” crime, and should offer a great deal to confab about, including Truman Capote’s reaction to the deaths. It is a great privilege to have Mr. Seifert with us, and we are one of a lucky few libraries that he will be visiting. Please join us!

The Winchester Public Library is committed to assuring all of Winchester’s citizens have access to its materials.  For those folks (and their families) that are unable to come to the library, we will bring a portion of the library to you!  Please contact us with your preferences in books, audiobooks, and magazines.  We will have a volunteer bring several things for you to choose.  We hope that you will use this free service available to all residents of Winchester that are homebound, whether permanently or through a temporary medical setback!

This year’s festival of trees proved it was possible to get in the holiday spirit-despite the horrible weather conditions! With many gorgeous, worthy entries, it was hard to choose, but this year’s winner was the “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” entry, decorated by County Line EEU. We appreciate all of the civic groups hard work and creativity in their decoration. The open house featured prizes sponsored by an anonymous donor, lovely refreshments, and a program of holiday favorites. Around 35 folks braved the elements to enjoy this time of celebration at the Winchester Public Library.

It’s that time of year……. Winchester Public Library’s annual open house and festival of trees has arrived! Come and view the lovely trees decorated by our local civic groups, it will really get you in the Christmas spirit. From December 1st through December 8th, we will have a box available for a drawing ( you may enter your name once every day) that will be held the day of the Open House. We will also have door prizes! Delicious refreshments will be served, and there will be a program of Holiday Music, at 2:oo We hope that you will make this occasion a holiday tradition, come join us!

On October 31st, the Story Time kids celebrated Halloween in style. They enjoyed their regular activities, as well as candy and costumes. It was a great time for all!

Teens,
There is new stuff just for you in the New Books section.  It has been really popular, with some of the material going out in just one day…..so hurry and check it out!  We recently acquired the first Maximum Ride book by James Patterson, and some cool new Manga. Let me know what you like, and what you love, and we will build a collection that you will love to use!