Chocolate and all that jazz....

Thanks to Bruce Dawson and the Fort Hays State Jazz Band for making a trip to Colby to give us an outstanding evening of jazz. The tunes were as smooth as the chocolate that flowed through the chocolate fountains. Thanks to the Pioneer Memorial Library Friends of the Library for making it all happen.

National Children's Book Week

Pioneer Memorial Library, Colby Rotary Club, and the Colby Resource & Referral teamed up this year to celebrate National Children's Book Week. The goal set by libraries across Kansas was to read to all children ages 0-5. To do this, we attempted to read in as many daycare centers as possible during the week of November 14-20, 2005. The honorary book that was chosen this year by the State Library of Kansas and donated to all of the daycares in Thomas County and Northwest Kansas was No Matter What by Deb Gliori. Above is a picture of Debbie Tittel, Asst. Director at Pioneer Memorial Library reading to some preschoolers.

Halloween at PML

The Puddle Duck Preschoolers showed up at Halloween this year but luckily we were prepared. The library decided to treat rather than trick and a few more people left as satisfied customers. Happy Halloween!

Debbie (red shirt) and Glovine (flowered shirt) making sure everybody gets candy.

Willie Nelson sang, "Mama, don't let your boys grow up to be..."(j/k)

Ewww...Grossology

Pioneer Memorial Library took 20 middle school students to Denver on Saturday, October 22 to see the Ewww....Grossology exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Hammond Candy Factory, and finally the Corn Maze at the Denver Botanic Gardens. We left Colby at 7AM and didn't get home until 11:30pm! It was a long day but we had a good time learning about flatulence, candy, and getting lost (the corn maze). Thank you to the Friends of the Pioneer Memorial Library and Colby Law Enforcement for sponsoring such a great day!

The future of the Hammond Candy Factory?

Fearless leader (and children's librarian) Judy Kleinsorge appears to have lost her way.

How's them noodles Christina?

David and William posing as boogers!

Trivia Night

Wow, what a night! 6 teams battled it out for bragging rights and a steamy cup of Starbucks coffee. Thanks for sponsoring trivia night Starbucks!

After 10 rounds of 10 questions (for a total of 100 questions) everyone went home mentally exhausted. The Colby High School Scholar's Bowl team came in third by answering 57 questions correctly.

The Library Board & Co. came in a strong second by answering 65 answers correctly.

And the winners were...the Colby Rotary Club. Congratulations, enjoy that Vienti cup of Starbucks coffee!

Congratulations everyone on a job well done and thanks for participating!

As I Remember It

For the October Booked for Lunch Ray Imhof and Doris Johnson came and reviewed the book As I Remember It. The book is a collection of memories from Esther, the mother of Ray and Doris. Esther spent all but the first 6 years of her life in Northwest Kansas. For more information on this book go to http://www.trafford.com and do a "quick search" for As I Remember It.

Fear Factor

The first 3rd 2 (3rd Tuesday of each month) in September for middle schoolers was interesting! 12 middle schoolers willingly endured six rounds of gut-wrenching food products. Not many people find Oreos and Bubble Gum to be a particularly good combination. Worse yet, try eating Jello through knee-high pantyhose stretched over your head. After the smoke cleared and all 6 rounds were completed, only two had a perfect record! The face-off was a blind-folded attempt to five 25 cents worth of change in a bowl of jello. Nick Larmer faced off with Alex Diercks in the finale and Nick was declared the winner. (but only by a nickel) Check out these pics!

And the winners are....

Governor visit

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius made it to the Pioneer Memorial Library on Tuesday, July 5! It's not very often that the Governor makes it to the library so we made the most of it. The Governor read and then later donated the book No Matter What by Deb Gliori.

National Library Week

We are hosting book reviews everyday of the week to celebrate National Library Week. This includes authors and locals that are willing to share their knowledge about some great books. We kicked off the week by having a 102 year old man review his book My First 100 Years! Needless to say he had a lot of information to cram into 30 minutes. Man has he seen some changes.