Coffey County Library Calendar of Events
Please
note: the Coffey County
Burlington
Branch Library Events
Book Discussion
The Burlington Branch Book Discussion finishes the spring
series at 6:00 PM, Monday, May 22nd in the Burlington Branch meeting room.
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks, a nonfiction selection, is our book for this month.
Stop by the Burlington Branch to pick up your copy at the beginning of May.
Library
Journal Review
According to Sacks, developmental defects, diseases, and disorders play a paradoxical role in human lives.
Ravenous and destructive on the one hand, they also bring about unexpected growth and evolution of the
extremely adaptive nervous system as it is forced to develop new paths and new ways of doing things.
Sacks offers seven portraits exemplifying the "creative" potential of disease, including
an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white;
a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's Syndrome unless he is operating; and an autistic Ph.D.
who cannot interpret the simplest social exchange between humans but has built a
career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior.
Taking leave of his white coat and the hospital environment, Sacks explores his subjects closely.
True to his past work, he offers compelling stories told with the cognizance of a clinician and the heart and compassion of a poet.
He also includes a superbly annotated bibliography for further study.
David R. Johnson, Arnold LeDoux Lib., Louisiana State Univ., Eunice Copyright 1995
Displays
Mother’s Day-
A Display for mothers, mothers-to-be, and
children who appreciate all that their mom’s do for them.
100 Best novels of the 20th century-
A Reader’s Poll was taken in 1998, with over 217,000 votes cast to decide upon the best novels of the 20th century.
The goal: to get people talking about great books.
Here
are some of the ones that made the cut.
If you liked Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code,” then try these books –
Display featuring books with similar subjects to “The Da
Vinci Code.”
Storytime
«
Dates:
Wednesdays: May 3rd, 10th, 17th
& 24th
« Time:
10:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
«
Ages:
Preschool aged children (3-5 years)
« Contact: Burlington Branch @ (620) 364-5333
Afterschool Group
§ Date/Time: Mondays @ 4:00
§ Ages: Elementary aged students
Games, Puzzles and good times!
For more information or for registration, please call the
Burlington Branch at (620) 364-5333.
Gridley
Branch Library Events
Displays
May 1-31, Decorative Tins, collection belonging to Norma Varvel.
May 1-31, Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales, display of prizes and books for Summer Reading 2006.
May
1-27, Gridley Photos, History, and Memorabilia, display to
coordinate with Gridley’s Alumni Reunion on May 27.
Special Events
May 4, Bingo for adults at 2 p.m. Prizes. Bring a friend.
May 7, Monthly Weight Loss Group at 6 p.m.
Classes the first Sunday of each month with weigh-ins and short programs given by DeeAnn Goertzen,
former Weight Watcher member. No cost.
Contact DeeAnn, 620-836-2033 or the branch,
620-836-3905 for more information.
May 18, Garden Party at 2 p.m.
Ladies are invited for a fun social time.
We will be
potting some
beautiful plants to take home, and enjoying some cool refreshments.
May 30, Summer Reading Sign-Up Begins,
Join
in the fun adventure of discovering more about animals and tales in the 2006
program Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales.
Open to ages 3 years old and up. Kick-off
event is June 7 at 10 a.m.
May 30, Creature Feature, 2006 Adult Summer Reading Program Sign-Up.
Pick up your form and read four book titles that feature animals.
Reading must be done between June 7 and July 17.
Each completed form earns a prize and the chance to
enter a drawing for a free book.
Regular Events
Magnificent
Mondays, afterschool
program at 3:40 p.m. for grades 1 and 2.
May
1— 5 Senses Day! fun experiments to learn about senses
May
8—Food fun with Bobbiann
May 15—Party at
the final storytime
Super Storytimes, Wednesdays at 3:40 p.m. for ages 3 to 5.
Join us for stories,
songs, fingerplays, games, and crafts.
May 3—Food fun
with Bobbiann
May 14—Make a
spring flower for Mother’s Day
Totally
Thursdays, afterschool
program at 3:40 p.m. for grades 3 through 6.
May
4—Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Mexican food, flowers, and music
May
11—Celebrate mothers, craft a pin
May 22, County Health Nurse from 9 till 11:30 a.m.
Lebo Branch Library Events
Special
Events
5/3/06 @ 7:00 p.m. Picturing Kansas
Phillip Thomas will present the history of Kansas that
has been captured by many artists, illustrators, and photographers.
How has the region, territory, and state been seen by these individuals and
what
were these individuals trying to say about Kansas and Kansans?
Storytime on Fridays @ 10:00 a.m.
5/5, 5/12, 5/19
21st Century After School Programming
3rd/6th Grade - Tuesday @ 4:00
K/2nd Grade - Thursday @ 4:00
You can't sit and be fit, so get moving! We will take daily walks and count our
steps using a pedometer.
At the end of all the sessions the students will receive a t-shirt to celebrate meeting their goals.
LeRoy Branch Library Events
Story
Hour at 10:30 each Monday
May
1 , 8, 15, 22
Theme: Monster Trucks!
The story hour kids will get real treat when they get to listen to stories
like If I Could Drive a Tanker Truck by Michael Teitelbaum and The New Fire Truck by Mercer Mayer.
Activities include a special visit from a fireman and making traffic signs.
Rockin’
Readers Grades 1-2 at 4:00 each Tuesday
May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Theme: Under the Sea
The kids in this class will enjoy stories like Figety Fish by Ruth Galloway
and Down at the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea by Rebecca Jones.
Traci Yeager has planned lots of fun experiments with salt water to go along with this theme.
Rockin’
Readers Grades 3-5 at 4:00 each Wednesday
May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Theme: Sea Creatures
Stories like The Story of Three Whales by Giles Whittell and Life in the Sea by Maria Rius.
Traci Yeager has planned a puffer fish craft, origami and more for this month’s theme.
May 10th at 9:00 a.m.
PATH
This is our final PATH meeting with this group of children.
A special visit from the Topeka Zoo staff are scheduled to kick off our
2006 summer reading theme of PAWS, CLAWS, SNAILS, and TALES.
A representative of the Topeka Zoo will visit with some of their furry friends to present “Animals Around the World”
May 10 at 6:00 p.m.
Rug
Hooking
Coffey County Library Administrator Mary Markwalter will instruct this unique rug hooking class from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Participants are asked to bring a locker hook,
1.5 yards of material cut into 1 inch strips (make the strips as long as possible),
yarn (any color), a yarn needle, and sharp scissors.
May 16th at 11:15
Senior
Citizens Brown Bag Lunch
The SCC Forensic group will provide our senior citizens with a taste of performances that they used to compete at state.
Displays
Kristin Hammond
Kristin has been an avid photographer for some time and
for our May display, she is sharing several of her favorite photos.
Gail Harvey
Gail has volunteered to display some of his favorite turkey calls.
New Strawn Library Events
Pre-School
Story Time
Miss
Melissa and the pre-schoolers meet on Mondays at 10:00 AM.
Hear stories, play games
and make fun projects.
No story time on Monday, May 29,
2006. Memorial Day.
Afterschool
Story Time
This school age story time meets
on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM.
21st
Century After School Story Time
This story time meets on Wednesdays at 4:00 PM. The location alternates weekly between the Coffey County
Library at New Strawn and Burlington
Elementary School. Call branch for
Details-364-8910.
Summer Reading
Orientation for Summer Reading will be held
on Thursday, May 25, 2006 from 10:00-11:00 AM
Movie Day-Friday, May 26, 2006 at 10:00 AM.
Call branch for details: 364-8910.
Grower’s Association
Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 6:00 PM.
The Grower’s Association will meet and
have a presentation by Dan Ames from Ottawa, Kansas.
Dan has written a book about growing gourds and their decorative uses.
He will speak and give a demonstration.
Friends
of Coffey County Library at New Strawn
Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 7:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to join the Friends!!
Waverly
Branch Events
Displays for May will be a Cooking theme with old style aprons and kitchen materials.
Movies for Sunset Manor will be Thursdays, May 11 , 18, at 2:00 p.m.
4:00 – 4:50 p.m., Mondays, May 1, 8, 15, After-School program for Kindergarten –
Second Grade at the Grade School. Bobbiann Daugherty on the 15th. from the Extension Office.
4:00 – 4:50 p.m., Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17, After-School program for Third – Sixth Grade at the library.
Bobbiann Daugherty on the 17th from the Extension Office.
10:00
– 10:30 a.m., Thursdays, May 4, 11, 18, Storytime for Preschoolers 3 years and
up.
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