Children’s Programs
Summer Reading Wrap-up party is TODAY! 5:30 – 6:30
Today from 5:30 to 6:30 on the east lawn of the Iola Public Library. Come and enjoy games, water play, food, sweets and prizes for all your hard work for the Summer Reading Program this year. Great job all! Pick up your BINGO card at the Gazebo. Make your way around...
T-shirt art day in the sun!
On Tuesday, it was a nice, warm day and nearly 50 gathered outside, bringing with them their shirts to create their own paint art. We provided the paint, brushes, and an assortment of "odd" items to apply with and they did the artful creating. Some of the "odd" things...
Fun and busy week with the youth of Iola
It has been a busy and FUN week here at the library! Storytime was a great on Wednesday morning. Then, in the afternoon, kiddos made their own sand dollars and starfish. They took them home to dry. Today was Library Littles Playdate. We had a BLAST! They played in...
LEGO Play Day – Sat., June 25
LEGO free play from 10 am to Noon
Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Program
Reading programs and events from June 6 through August 5
Teen Programs
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Adult Programs
Everything Chocolate Sale
Everything Chocolate is the theme for a month-long celebration of chocolate that gets underway this week at the Iola Public Library. It’s set to culminate Feb. 14 with the return of the Valentine’s Day Chocolate Sale fundraiser sponsored by Friends of the Library. The annually anticipated sale of homemade confections donated and festively packaged by volunteers was last held in 2020 due to the pandemic. Volunteers to donate goodies or time are directed to call 620-365-3262.
Iola’s own candy story. Russell Sifers, speaker. Jan. 19, 7 pm. Meeting Room.
Valomilk–the little chocolate candy cups with melty marshmallow centers–are an Iola original, created at the Sifers Candy Company in 1931. Valomilk became so popular the company stopped making boxed chocolates. Today Sifers makes Valomilk in Merriam, Kans. Come hear the story and share the memories.
The Sifers Candy Company, founded here in 1903, gets its due with a historical exhibit in the lobby through Feb. 3. Allen County Historical Society loaned photographs and candy making equipment for the exhibit. Sifers left Iola in 1978 after the company sold in a merger.
Valomilk was invented by chance, became popular throughout the Midwest and went to war with the troops. According to Russell Sifers, great-grandson of the company founder, Valomilk is the happy accident of a happy candy maker who imbibed too much vanilla. Sifers will speak at the library 7 p.m. Thurs., Jan.19. He will bring Valomilks.
Everything CHOCOLATE Sale / Fundraiser is BACK!
We are so pleased to announce that our Everything Chocolate Sale and Fundraiser is back this year. However, we cannot do this without the help of our community so, we need YOU. Please share this information with...EVERYONE!!
December Staff Picks
Book recommendations from staff and our shelvers.
Holiday Hours and Patron Appreciation Day
Snacks and treats for you on Friday, Dec. 23, plus our holiday hours.
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