Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Lamb Storytime Week of March 28

Lambs were the subject of this week's storytime. Children's Laibrarian Ingvild chose a really cute lamb craft for the children and they loved coloring, folding and gluing their project. Thanks Ingvild for all of your hard work and dedication. Just Like Home Daycare Thursday, March 31 Wednesday, March 30 Tuesday, March 29



Additional Pictures can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/page2/

Monday, March 28, 2011

K-M Residents to Attend Beauty & the Beast Musical

Last Fall Kasson Public Library partnered with Rochester Civic Theater's Perfect Partner's grant. This grant made tickets available to KM residents as part of the greater Minnesota Library Legacy Grant. Fifty residents of the Kasson-Mantorville area will attend the musical Beauty and the Beast on Sunday, April 3rd at 2pm. There is a great mix of children, parents, and grandparents going to the play to make it a great trip for all ages to enjoy a timeless musical.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Bike Rack is Back!

After being gone for the winter months our improved bike rack is back thanks to city worker Al Riedel. The much larger bike rack was hit by many cars, trucks etc. and was becoming a harzard and needed to be replaced. Al took on the task of designing a smaller version, fits about 4 bikes, that would fit between two poles and be more friendly to vehicles. Thank you Al for helping us maintain a bike rack for the residents of Kasson.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Spring Is Here Storytime 3/21

Spring was this week's storytime theme. The children loved the stories that children's Liabrarian Ingvild read to them. They also created a small mural that hang at our front door and the children were excited to help place their handprints into flowers. Stop by and look at the mural. Additional pictures may be view at :http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Just Like Home Daycare Storytime on Thursdays

Wednesday Storytime Tuesday Storytime

Bedtime Storytime



Friday, March 18, 2011

NEW FEATURE-Cup of Coffee, Tea or Hot Cocoa for your enjoyment!

The Friends of the Library and Library Staff are excited to announce that coffee, tea, and hot cocoa is available for library patrons for $1.00.

Patrons had approach the staff over the years and asked if coffee or covered drinks could be brought into the library and enjoyed while they look for their library items. The staff talked to the Friends' of the Library about this issue and President Judy Wagener decided to donate a Keurig mini brewer to the Library. Now patrons can choose from a variety of coffee, hot chocolate, or tea to sip while you are in the library.

Stop by and have a cup of coffee or invite your friends to discuss your favorite book over a cup of coffee. The Library staff and Friends looks forward to seeing you!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day and Seniors at Prairie Meadows

Friend of the Library member Arlene Wallin and Library Director Bonnie Adams made their monthly visit to the seniors at Prairie Meadows to talk about St. Pat's Day. We told jokes and toasts, talked about legends and superstitions.

When the seniors were asked who were Irish just one spoke up and two said they were orange Irish not green, the rest were of Scandinavian decent. Most seniors present did know the difference between green and orange Irish. I explained to the others that green represents catholics and orange represents protestants which in Ireland is a big distinction.
Everyone enjoyed the program and the green ribbons handed out.







Tuesday, March 15, 2011

St. Pat's Day Storytime 3/14

This week everyone was Irish with our St Patrick's Day theme for the children. They heard some great stories about leprechauns and pots of gold and were really excited to chose from many green items to glue to their shamrock picture.






















Friday, March 11, 2011

Minnesota Greatest Generation Exhibit Bus Trip

The Kasson Library received a Minnesota Library Legacy Grant from the Minnesota Historical Center and formed a partnership with the area community education departments to offer a free trip to the Minnesota Greatest Generation exhibit on Thursday, March 10, 2011 The bus trip, tickets, and the history players were all provided FREE through this grant. The Kasson Library was honored to be a part of this memorable experience for our area seniors.

73 people rode two buses up to St. Paul to the history center to experience this wonderful exhibit. Many who attended talked about how they lived through the depression, the war years and talked about their personal experiences. It was great for me to listen to them and hear about some of the displays. A very worthwhile exhibit for all ages and I would highly recommend taking your children and grandchildren to it. Additional pictures of this event can be found at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/


Minnesota History Center actress as Author Maude Hart Lovelace. Library Director Bonnie Adams with Maude.









Earlene King, Arlene Wallin and Pay Coy help Maude Hart Lovelace out with her story.




People who saw the exhibit: Red Hat Society Members, Lucy Baker, Dodge Center people
Pictures Minnesota Greatest Generation Exhibit


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