Down Under

On Saturday, May 5th, the library took 20 middle school students on a trip "Down Under." On this Library in Motion trip we visited the Underground Tunnels in Ellinwood, KS, the Kansas Underground Museum and Salt Mines in Hutchinson, KS and rounded things out with a bouncing good time at Pump It Up! in Wichita!

Judy Kleinsorge summed up the trip well in saying that, "The 'Down Under' trip will be hard to top. The tour of the Kansas Underground Salt Museum was truly a unique experience, especially since it had just opened to the public. The students really had no idea what to expect except that it would be a little like a cave. As we were touring on the tram, I was thrilled to hear them saying, over and over, 'This is SO awesome!' I think the stop at the pile of salt rocks to load up sacks was the highlight of the tour. Kids and rocks, it couldn't get any better than that."

We had a great trip and would especially like to thank our sponsors who made this trip possible including: the Colby Law Enforcement w/ the Thomas County Community Foundation, Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library, and Pioneer Memorial Library Foundation, Inc.

The Magic Show!

Mr. Alphbetrix was here on Thursday, May 31 to help us kick off our summer program of Get a Clue! We had more than 140 people watch Mr. Alphabetrix do the unthinkable.




His bag of tricks was a great sign of things to come at the library! We have a lot more of great things to "pull out of the hat" so don't forget to check-out all the things to do at the library this summer!

National Library Week - 2007

Thanks for all those who came and supported libraries across the nation during National Library Week, April 15-21. Here at Pioneer Memorial Library we had 5 different reviewers present a book during each day of the week. They were:

Jim Oliver – Lucille and the XXX Road by Jim Oliver

John Van Nostrand – Great Plains by Ian Frazier

Skip Sharp – An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963

Ralph Fischer – The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Smallwood

Carol Rahn – Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Thanks to all the reviewers for your time and effort. You made for a great week!

Carol Rahn - our Friday reviewer

Great food!

and most importantly...great crowds!

2007 Murder Mystery

The Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library hosted another sold out performance for 2007! Thanks to all of our Murder Mystery actors who played up their parts with pizzaz. The list of actors were:

Mike Larmer - Mason Rumpole
Josh Jennings - Rocky Stallion
Brette Pfeifer - Madonna Bux
Mike Karnes - Lt. Clueseau
Molly Oliver - Nurse Hatchet
Ron Redick - Porky Prudhomme
Terry Stover - Indy Kowalski
Tom Harbaugh - Guy Happy
Jim Myers - Heathcliffe Bux
Kristy Karnes - Jane Bronte
Joyce Mahin - Librarian

Director - Amanda Wahlmeier

Porky Prudhomme hams it up...

Guy Happy

Nurse Hatchet "mingling" with the crowd

Rocky Stallion was a temporary trillionaire
Madonna Bux is in denial...

Thanks to all who came and to our sponsors Colby Convention Center, Colby Bowl and Fun Center, Colby Dental Hygiene Students, Someplace Special and Amanda Wahlmeier for doing a superb job in directing the mystery. It was a murderously good performance!