by Colleen Dobbins | Mar 19, 2024 | Adults, News
Mayor Steve French’s Proclamation! At the March 11 City Council meeting, the Mayor proclaimed April 26 Poem in Your Pocket Day and asked the citizens to read a poem and recognize the important role poetry plays in enriching our lives and the community. Read it...
by Colleen Dobbins | Feb 23, 2024 | Adults, Children, News
Osa was famous as a writer, photographer, filmmaker, explorer, aviator, fashion designer and business woman. Her bestseller, I Married Adventure, is still in print. From 1917-1936 she and husband Martin were the first to film wildernesses of Kenya, the Congo, British...
by Colleen Dobbins | Oct 30, 2023 | Adults
A Propagation Station for exchanges of houseplant cuttings is featured in the library lounge area for a limited time. We will begin accepting cuttings on Oct. 31. They must be labeled, noting color if they bloom. All must be contained in either water or soil. In the...
by Colleen Dobbins | Oct 4, 2023 | Adults, Children, Teens
Skywatch with Stan Grigsby and the new SEKLS sunscope. Stan will give an overview and play-by-play and guide safe viewing of the eclipse. The eclipse begins at 10:20 a.m, and will reach magnitude at 11:45 when the sun will be approximately 73 percent blocked. Free...
by Colleen Dobbins | Sep 1, 2023 | Adults
Southeast Kansas Library System Special Needs Consultant, Cynthia Chalker, introduces new devices and special media that help the blind and print-disabled to read. Talking books offer fiction, non-fiction and magazines; Audio Reader brings the news–all to...