Monday: June 3rd 2:00 -5:30 SIGN UP

Friday : June 7th Movie day: 2:00 pm

Preschool story times at 10:00 AM

Then Mark your calendar for every Tuesday: June 4th-July 9th!

Activity Afternoon: 2:30-4:00

June 11th: Frog and Turtle Races! (BYOFT)
June 18th: Watermelon seed spitting contest
Plus seed bombs and eating watermelon!
June 25th: Black light rocks and rock painting!
July 2nd: Dig in to the past with mummies, hieroglyphics
July 9th: Deep dive: Last Party of the summer: Ocean fun

Thursday afternoons 1:15 : A Chapter book out loud! Relax and listen! Join Cheryl for the Reading Club.

Adults:

Have you seen those extreme couponers in the grocery store? Wonder how to get started?
Cindy Williams will teach great ways to use coupons!
Thursday evening June 13th 6:30 pm

Library Book Sale 7:30 AM- June 15th

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Activities are being planned for the next 2 months at the library.  There is only one special  program left planned for this month .    Mother Goose will be appearing on Wednesday March 20^th at 10. am.

April events that are already planned at the library :There is something every Monday night!

Scrapbooking with Susie Feldkamp: April 8 at 6:30 pm.

Fishing Forecast with the Lake Perry Biologist Kirk Tjelamand:   April 15^th at 6:30

Family night: stories crafts, games April 22^nd 6:30 –Earth day theme

The  Library is also grateful to the County Line Extension Unit that will be hosting an author visit with a baked potato/salad bar on April 20^th  featuring Judith Miller, a Topeka inspirational fiction writer.

Warm weather, great programs, new books, what is keeping you from visiting the library?  Hope to see you soon!

Cost $7.50 desserts;   $10.00 dessert/mystery combo.

The holidays are over and the decorations are put away.  What resolutions did you make for this year?  The top resolutions can be found on the internet under different searches.  There are business resolutions, family resolutions, health resolutions.   I have one for the library:  To make Winchester people think of the library as the center of the community.  How does that happen? I hope with a lot of programs, and new materials.

Would you like more time with your family?  We will begin offering a family night once a month.  The goal will be to promote literacy and good library habits.  The activities will include of course, a couple of stories, plus a craft a game and some snacks.   Some of the side effects might be: finding new areas of interest for your family.  I am also looking for programs for adults in the community.   Keep your eyes open for more information about an afternoon of desserts and mystery coming in February.

So, see you at the library!

                        How lovely are thy branches…”

 “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,

                        Everywhere you go”…

Stop by to view the wonderful Festival of Trees here at the Library! There are thirteen trees on display. The trees have been decorated by several groups in the community.   Each has a unique theme to enjoy from angels to and gingerbread to pets and patriotism, all giving us more Christmas spirit.

Thinking of the Christmas spirit, do you know the rest of the words from the songs above and enjoy singing? Maybe not, but you would like to brighten your day with some holiday music?  We have Christmas music on CDs to check out. But, don’t forget that we do have great books, and several Christmas titles. Come check us out!

I love this time of year.  I love magazines that feature seasonal recipes. Midwest Living is a great one to find new recipes featured.  Where do you find recipes when you want to try new things?  Let me remind you that the library has several great cookbooks.  They are available for checkout along with the cookbooks from the entire consortium.  Since some need to watch their diet, it is nice that there are some in the collection that meet those special needs also.

Several TV celebrity cooks have websites that list their recipes.  What a great resource right at the fingertips!  My favorite place is a website: www.allrecipes.com.  Most internet cooking sites allow you to put in a search and find several versions of any recipe that you need.  I cook a lot for groups, since I am involved with my church women’s group.  Another feature of this website is that it takes the math out of cooking for a crowd.  There is a “servings” button on the recipe that you can use and it automatically multiplies the ingredients amounts.  Stop in or go online and browse this great collection.

What do these titles all have in common?  They are all books that have been banned here in the United States! Celebrate your first amendment rights and practice your freedom to read!  This is just a partial list.  I am only listing the top titles most challenged.  There are plenty more.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Ulysses, by James Joyce
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
1984, by George Orwell
Lolita, by Vladmir Nabokov
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison

I have been a librarian since 1990 when I was employed as a children’s librarian in Ottawa, Kansas. My husband and I are empty-nesters, with our only dependent at the moment is Lamar our 6 year old Golden retriever. Our daughters live in Denver, Portland and Washington DC. We live in Atchison where I am a member of Kiwanis and Zonta. We are also very active members of Atchison United Methodist Church.

I have seen a lot of change come to libraries in the past 20 years. Does anyone remember when there was a struggle in communities whether or not videos should be purchased by libraries? Library school teaches us that libraries are ever changing. That’s a good thing. Life demands that we grow and change to stay vital. Libraries need to also follow that guideline. Just as we incorporated videos, then dvds into collections, now it’s the need for e-books and defining the libraries role in an ever-changing society. This is exciting to me.

I hope to meet a lot of you and hope that you share with me your ideas of this library’s role in the community. I am changing the look of the book shelf. The books I have enjoyed this past summer are in the side bar to the left. Maybe there are some titles that you would be interested in also. Now you can click to see if it’s available in NExpress.

The Winchester Public Library together with the Jefferson County Extension Center, will be  presenting a workshop on social networking, Thursday, April 5th, at 1:30 pm, in the library meeting room.

Social networking is a wonderful way to connect with people near and far, from the past, and the present. Learning to connect with others that share your interests, and past and present experiences opens up a whole new world to those who choose to take that step . This workshop will take the fear out of taking a dip into the social networking arenas of Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Instagram, and more. Safety in social networking will also be discussed.

If you have a laptop computer, please feel free to bring it along, and interact with this discussion.  All social networking topics will be presented on a large screen, and questions will be answered.

For more information, contact the library at 913-774-4967, or Cindy Williams at the Jefferson County Extension Office.

So join us for a lively book discussion, the first Monday of every month, at 4:30 pm, new members are always very welcome!

Call or email the library: 913-774-4967 or director@winchesterlibrary.org  for more information.