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BARGAIN BOOKS IN THE LOBBY, pulled to make room for new titles, include a selection of fiction and non-fiction in regular and large print. Adults can choose from such popular authors as Alex Kava, Joan Didion, Barbara Bradford Taylor, Janet Dailey and more. Books are offered for a donation--$1 suggested for adults, 50 cents for juvenile and YA.
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Youth Services DECEMBER events.
We hope your kiddos are able to attend.
Santa will be here next Monday at 2pm and the littles will get to decorate their own cookie.
~Ms. Lesa
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CALENDAR DECEMBER 1 - 6
MON. In Stitches, adult crochet with Jen, 6:00, library lounge.
TUES. Children's holiday movie, 5:30, meeting room. Genealogy assistance with Marilyn Dozier, 6-7:45, genealogy room.
WED. Story time for library littles with Lesa, 10:30, meeting room. 2:00 Book Talk for adults, meeting room with Colleen.
THUR. Youth crochet, 6-7:00, library lounge with Jen.
FRI. First Friday story time for library littles, meeting room with Lesa, 10:30.
SAT. No programs scheduled.
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GOT CABIN FEVER YET? We're here all day, 9-5:00. Just come on in and see us. Work on the new holiday-themed community puzzle or pick up a free houseplant cutting, rooted and ready. We have lots of new titles to browse. Just added shelves of non-fiction videos, too--think documentaries, PBS. If you just need some peace and quiet to get some paperwork done, call ahead and reserve the Roger Carswell Study Room. -- Jen Tarter
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A NEWS CREW FROM KOAM TV, Pittsburg, Wednesday filmed an interview with Darrin Daugherty (lower right), SEKLS tech consultant and project manager of a grant to provide digital literacy training and mobile maker-space equipment for libraries in a 14-county area. For IPL that includes a stock of 3-D printers, laser engravers, Cricuts, robot and drone kits, and other items to teach emerging technologies. Iola will share them on rotation with other libraries in Allen, Bourbon and Neosho counties.
Digital literacy is focused on enabling ages 55+ to use digital technology in everyday life--cell phones, texts, emails, for example. Ryan Jernigan, Iola, has joined the SEKLS tech team to be the "digital navigator" for IPL. Watch for announcements of scheduled consulting times or call for an appointment (620-365-3262).
The federal government funded the grant to the Kansas Department of Commerce, signed by Governor Laura Kelly.
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OLD-TIMERS TALKING recently recalled the days when pie suppers led to sweet talk. Joe remembered when he had to bid $40 to win the privilege of eating his pie with the girl who brought it, as was the custom; she was his girlfriend. Hellen said that her brothers coached a naive young man to run up the bid on her pie, so she had to eat with him, not the boy she hoped.
For the uninitiated, during the early 20th century--especially during the Depression--and until the 1950s, homemade pies and fried-chicken suppers were auctioned off in decorated boxes in one-room schools or country churches as fundraisers. Much merriment and good-natured ribbing ensued as young men vied for the package prepared by the prettiest girl. The highest bidder for each offering then ate with the girl who brought it. Often a program of music or recitations followed the meal. Sometimes there was dancing.
While reminescing, the Old-Timers enjoyed homemade mock apple pie made with saltine crackers, a Depression-era specialty; pumpkin pie with whipped cream; and a mixed berry pie by IPL assistant director Laura Force, whose pie won first prize at the Allen County Fair. Piper Weilert, Humboldt, entertained with such old-time tunes as "Turkey in the Straw". She is a music student of Betty Cunningham.
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