Newscolumn

Storytimes – 

• Monday evenings at 5:30 pm
• Wednesdays at 10:00 am 

Cookies! – Learn the basics of a good cookie

On Tuesday, Nov. 19th at 6 pm, come to the library to learn about the basics of a good cookie! Take home several samples and recipes. Brought to us by Nancy Honig from the Wild West District-K-State Research & Extension.

Registration is required. Sign up online, by phone (620) 626-0180, or in person.

LEGO Play Day

Kids, unleash your imagination! Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 4pm, join us for free-play with LEGO bricks galore! Upcoming Lego Play Days are November 21st and December 5th.

Mahjong

Are you interested in learning a new game to play with family and friends? On Friday, November 22nd at 1 pm we will get together for a fun game of Mahjong here at the library.

Family Board Game Night

Calling all families! On the 4th Tuesday of every month at 5pm, come play board games with your family or compete against other families! We will provide great classic board games for open play. The next Family Board Game Night will be on November 26th at 5pm.

Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone! The library will close early at 1 pm on Wednesday, the 27th and will be closed Thursday and Friday. We will reopen on Saturday at 9 am.

Modern Arcade

Competitors, players, and gamers, if you want to play games for FREE, then come join us at the library on the second Tuesday of every month at 4pm. The next Modern Arcade will be on December 10th starting at 4pm.

For ages 10 and up. Game consoles available:

• Playstation 5
• Xbox Series X
• Nintendo Switch
• AND MORE!

Library and Lunch

On Tuesday, December 10th at Noon, our book club will meet to discuss “The Santa Suit” by Mary Kay Andrews. Bring your lunch and join the discussion.

Kansas Notable Books display

Every year the Kansas State Library chooses books that are either written by Kansas authors or about  Kansas related topics to be among their selection of Kansas Notable Books. These are a few of this year’s new notable books.

You can find a complete list of Kansas Notable Books available for checkout from our library catalog, http://catalog.lmlibrary.org.

Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas
by Jim Minick (Author)

In 1955 the small town of Udall, Kansas, was home to oil field workers, homemakers, and teenagers looking ahead to their futures. But on the night of May 25, an F5 tornado struck their town without warning. By the time the tornado moved on, it had killed 82 people and injured 270 others, more than half the town’s population of roughly 600 people. It remains the deadliest tornado in the history of Kansas.

Jim Minick’s nonfiction account, Without Warning, tells the human story of this disaster, moment by moment, from the perspectives of those who survived. Through the tragedy and hope found in this story of destruction, Without Warning tells a larger story of community, survival, and how we might find our way through the challenges of the future.

Red Rabbit
by Alex Grecian

Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit.

On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed schoolteacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger.

Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that bounty, or die trying.

Doomed by Blooms: A Josie Posey Mystery
by Anna St John

Josie Posey, a mature yet ever-feisty big city crime reporter turned crime solver, has officially retired to a small, touristy town in middle America where she and her posse of friends “unofficially” have their noses in everything.

Josie loves her new life, but she itches to get back into the action. She gets more than she bargained for when The Village Gazette asks her to interview their local celebrity, a former NYC prima ballerina.

Then, the ballerina’s husband is discovered dead-face down in the couple’s beloved field of flowers. Now, Josie has the inside track on solving the murder, with her quirky Mahjong Mavens as useful sidekicks.

The Jayhawk: The Story of the University of Kansas’s Beloved Mascot
by Rebecca A. Schulte

The Jayhawk, the University of Kansas’s legendary and unique mascot, has represented the university for more than one hundred years and is recognizable around the world. 

In The Jayhawk, Rebecca Ozier Schulte tells the story of the beloved mythical bird’s origins and historical significance, role as mascot, relationship with student life and representation in campus publications, popularity in advertising and as merchandise, and much more.

No other source brings the Jayhawk’s fascinating history together. This stunning book is highlighted by more than 300 photographs, most of them in color and many of items rarely seen by the public. The Jayhawk is sure to delight fans, alumni, and anyone who’s ever chanted “Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU!”