W. A. Rankin Memorial Library

Thanks to the Pittsburg AX Library we received a copy of “The Story of Neodesha, Kansas, for Boys and Girls” by Geneva F. Lanning for our library. Geneva taught 40 years in the Neodesha school system and was principal for South School before retiring.

The library would appreciate monetary donations to help purchase new library materials. The donor can choose what material they would like purchased and can have an acknowledgment in “honor of” or “in memory of” anyone. All donations will benefit Neodesha and the surrounding communities.

The Friends would like to remind the community of the need for gently used materials such as books, DVDS, VHS tapes, audio books and puzzles for the book store to sell. All proceeds go toward buying new materials for the library. As a special incentive, for each time someone brings in gently used items they will be eligible to win a prize giveaway given each quarter of the year 2012. There will be lots of activities and prizes going on next year to celebrate “A Century of Making a Difference!” Make sure you mark your calendar for Feb. 15th, 2012 for cake and door prizes. All ages are welcome!

NASA Johnson Space Center has sent us a series of bookmarks that celebrate the Space Shuttle. The series consists of five bookmarks representing each of the shuttle orbiters and missions. Come in and pick up a bookmark and learn more about the space program.

The Neodesha Public Library (W.A. Rankin Memorial Library) will celebrate their 100th Birthday during the entire year of 2012. The Friends of the Library will have cake and door prizes on Feb. 15th. There will be special events held all year long.
The slogan for this event is “A Century of Making a Difference.”

Prize winner for the Bird house was Jim Garst. Thanks to a local donor, the Bird house was used as a fund raiser.

If you want an old book title and you can’t find it on the shelf,
just ask a librarian to see if it may be in the back room.

Just a reminder, if any high school student is looking for community service there are lots of openings for volunteer service at the library that would benefit the community.

The Neodesha Recreation Department and the Friends of the Library will provided crafts for the “Take It Make It” program for children of our community free of charge throughout the summer. Watch for more information this summer of 2012.

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