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Discussion Series Explores “Community: The Way We Live”

A three-part book discussion series starting February through April.

Members of the the community are invited to attend the free programs, which will take place in the library community room. 
*For RaffleMania, each book read or event attended earns 1 ticket.

• RESCHEDULED - Thursday, February 28, 2008  at 6:30 p.m. Ann Birney of Admire will lead the discussion of Fanny Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe’, about a community of offbeat women joinging together to make something inclusive, enduring, and staisfying.

• Thursday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. Al Pursell of Leavenworth will lead the discussion of Cannery Row by: John Steinbeck a classic story of a group of loners considered lazy and shiftless, who survive at the fringes of a fishing and canning community of the California coast.

• Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m.  Susan Rieke of Leavenworth leads the discussion of Snow Falling on Cedars by: David Guterson a tender story of a Japeanese American on trial for the murder of a local fisherman in the early 1950s. But the novel is also about the intertwined yet separate lives of two communities on the small island of San Piedro in Puget Sound.

“Community: the Way We Live” visits both rural and urban communities, each with a unique message about how people find ways to live together and depend upon one another for support and tolerance.

Sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council, hosted by the Friends of the Library

Discussion Series Explores “Community: The Way We Live”

A three-part book discussion series starting February through April.

Members of the the community are invited to attend the free programs, which will take place in the library community room. 
*For RaffleMania, each book read or event attended earns 1 ticket.

• RESCHEDULED - Thursday, February 28, 2008  at 6:30 p.m. Ann Birney of Admire will lead the discussion of Fanny Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe’, about a community of offbeat women joinging together to make something inclusive, enduring, and staisfying.

• Thursday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. Al Pursell of Leavenworth will lead the discussion of Cannery Row by: John Steinbeck a classic story of a group of loners considered lazy and shiftless, who survive at the fringes of a fishing and canning community of the California coast.

• Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m.  Susan Rieke of Leavenworth leads the discussion of Snow Falling on Cedars by: David Guterson a tender story of a Japeanese American on trial for the murder of a local fisherman in the early 1950s. But the novel is also about the intertwined yet separate lives of two communities on the small island of San Piedro in Puget Sound.

“Community: the Way We Live” visits both rural and urban communities, each with a unique message about how people find ways to live together and depend upon one another for support and tolerance.

Sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council, hosted by the Friends of the Library

Discussion Series Explores “Community: The Way We Live”

A three-part book discussion series starting February through April.

Members of the the community are invited to attend the free programs, which will take place in the library community room. 
*For RaffleMania, each book read or event attended earns 1 ticket.

• RESCHEDULED - Thursday, February 28, 2008  at 6:30 p.m. Ann Birney of Admire will lead the discussion of Fanny Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe’, about a community of offbeat women joinging together to make something inclusive, enduring, and staisfying.

• Thursday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. Al Pursell of Leavenworth will lead the discussion of Cannery Row by: John Steinbeck a classic story of a group of loners considered lazy and shiftless, who survive at the fringes of a fishing and canning community of the California coast.

• Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m.  Susan Rieke of Leavenworth leads the discussion of Snow Falling on Cedars by: David Guterson a tender story of a Japeanese American on trial for the murder of a local fisherman in the early 1950s. But the novel is also about the intertwined yet separate lives of two communities on the small island of San Piedro in Puget Sound.

“Community: the Way We Live” visits both rural and urban communities, each with a unique message about how people find ways to live together and depend upon one another for support and tolerance.

Sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council, hosted by the Friends of the Library

Bring your craft and work on here with us.

New crochet project starting, Tuesday, 8 at 6:30 p.m.

BASIC COMPUTER CLASS

Tuesday, January 29 at  10:30 a.m.

AND AGAIN

at 7:00 p.m.

Register by: Tueaday, January 15

BASIC COMPUTER CLASS

Tuesday, January 29 at  10:30 a.m.

AND AGAIN

at 7:00 p.m.

Register by: Tueaday, January 15

Altered Books

Tuesday January 15 at 7:00 p.m.

for Beginners and opened to all ages.

Come learn 101 ways to alter a book.

Register by: Thursday, January 8

MEET THE AUTHOR

Monday, January 7 at 10:30 a.m.

Barbara Higgins-Dover  author of Catfish Cookies

(see the Kansas (Kaw) River through the eyes of a young and timid blue catfish. He dodges Stinky and Slimy, two byllying channel cats and befriends the biggest cat in the Kaw - a flathead known as “King Catfish.”

The Library will be closed Monday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 25 for the winter holidays.  We will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 26. 

For the safety of staff and customers, the Library is closed Tuesday, December 11.   

Please leave a message at 845-3281 and we will get back to you on Wednesday, weather permitting. 

You can also access your account using your NExpress card and PIN.