We have another picture from our Photo Fun at the Library group to share with you. Lance Lamb took this picture of the flag at Crown Hill Cemetery on a windy day. The cemetery is in western Excelsior Springs. For several years, there was no flagpole because of vandalism. The pole you see in the picture was put up last spring before Memorial Day.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (an American writer, poet, and cartoonist) was born March 2, 1904. He wrote under the pen names of Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSeig, and in one case, Rosetta Stone. His first book, And to Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street, was published in 1937. He wrote and illustrated over forty children’s books, which inspired eleven children’s television specials, a Broadway musical, and a feature length motion picture.
We have scheduled some new book club meetings to make up for the ones we missed this month because of the weather. That means, those of you who are in our Adult and Teen Book Clubs will still get a chance to talk about the books you read and tell us what you thought of them.
The new meeting dates and times are as follows:
Teen Book Club: Friday, March 1st at 4:00 p.m.
Adult Book Club: Saturday, March 9th at 11:00 a.m.
Here’s a little something special our Photo Fun group would like to share with you. Michelle Hale took this picture of a fountain that is surrounded by flowers and trees. Check back next week to see what else our group has to share with you.
The Summer Reading Program may still be a few months away, but we have a little contest for you while you are waiting for it. All you have to do is take a picture that captures one of the themes of the program. The winning pictures will be printed in our advertisements. The themes are as follows:
Our Photo Fun Program is back at the Library, and we are ready to give you a chance to share your pictures on our blogs and our Facebook page. All you have to do is come to our meetings with your pictures, and you will get a chance to have one of them featured in a blog like this one.
It’s that time of year again; time to file your taxes! These days there are many different options at your fingertips to file your income taxes. You can take your forms and pay to have your taxes done by a consultant; you can purchase a software program to file your taxes online; there are forms you can pick up at the library to file by hand; or there is the option for seniors that have moderate to low incomes to have their taxes filed for FREE at our Library!
Congratulations to Jon Klassen, winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal for his book This Is Not My Hat, and congratulations as well to Katherine Applegate for her Newbery Medal win on The One and Only Ivan.
