Weekly Wrap-Up

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Pickleball Courts @ Stevens Co. The Stevens County Library is so excited that the Hugoton Recreation Commission installed outdoor pickleball courts! As part of the Summer Literacy Program, we arranged for the rec center to teach pickleball to 6-11 year olds on Tuesday afternoon. Nearly 40 kids and caregivers attended […]

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Dudley Township Logo Contest Calling all graphic designers! The Dudley Township Public Library is looking for a logo. Please submit your design to Suzie Boschman at director@dudleytownshiplibrary.org by July 14. The winner will receive $25 in Satanta Bucks and recognition at the library. Complete contest rules can be found here:

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler BIG Changes for Hamilton Co. The Hamilton County Library has moved into its new, but temporary, location at 304 E Ave A. The facility is divided into several tiny rooms, but overall seems to be a great space. On Monday, the library opened up for “business as usual” and readers

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Lane Co. Childrens Dept. We redid our kid’s area. It has been a two-year project. We won America’s Farmers Grow Communities in 2021. We bought new shelves with that money. Then our library foundation helped us buy the rest of the shelving with some of the money that was left

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Congratulations Graduates! Haskell Co Township Library Emily Froese — Library Clerk — South Gray HS Graduate — will be attending Wichita State University in the Fall majoring in Forensic Science. She will be coming back and filling in at the library during her breaks! Deanna Fehr — Library Clerk —

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Bring on Summer Reading! Director Sara at Plains reports: “We got our new outdoor sidewalk sign.  This is the first time we have had one, but we are using this to encourage Summer Reading, and then we can swap out the message boards.  It can be filled with water or sand;

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler El dia de los Libros The Kinsley library recently celebrated El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros (The Day of the Child/The Day of the Book) a literacy holiday originating in Mexico to honor children and wonderful books.  Traditionally the holiday falls on April 30th, but when there was no school on April 21,

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Mental Health Awareness Month The Dodge City Community College (DC3) Library is celebrated Mental Health Awareness in April. They had a variety of events including: On April 13, April Science Café, which will be a presentationed by Dr. Jennifer Bernatis, DC3 Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler Mental Health Awareness Month The Dodge City Community College (DC3) Library is celebrated Mental Health Awareness in April. They had a variety of events including: On April 13, April Science Café, which will be a presentationed by Dr. Jennifer Bernatis, DC3 Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and

System Spotlight By Christopher Dressler “Words of War: New Poems from Ukraine“ Discussion led by Dr. Galen BoehmePoems read by Kinsley citizens“Our Understanding Enhanced” – By Lyuba Curtis It’s National Poetry Month and Joan Weaver (Director of the Kinsley Public Library) welcomed Lyuba Curtis to read “Our Understanding Enhanced”. She grew up in Kremenchuk, Ukraine