July 7th, 2009
June 4 – Twilight Costume Party (2pm)
Teens came in costume for a showing of the movie, some fun treats, and even a few surprises.
Teen Twilight Costume Party
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July 7th, 2009
June 3rd @ 2pm (Wednesday) – The Dodge City Shrine Clowns kicked off the Summer Reading Program with lots of fun and laughter-and a firetruck.
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July 7th, 2009
July 1st @ 2pm (Wednesday) – Skippyjon Jones. Holy Jalapeno! Skippyjon Jones the Siamese Cat who thinks he is a Chihuahua was at the library to share his Skippito Stories.
Skippyjon Jones
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July 6th, 2009
Our last day found us at the last four libraries: Ensign, Montezuma, Sublette and Ulysses. It was whirlwind day to finish off a whirlwind Skippyjon Jones Tour! We want to thank all the libraries for opening their doors to us and helping make the tour run smooth! We saw lots of children throughout SW Kansas and had a wonderful time bringing Skippyjon to them all!
I want to give a SPECIAL THANK YOU to Heather Augustine who brought Skippy’s stories to life. What an incredible talent – giving all the characters their own voices (and keeping them straight!) AND – coming to all of our libraries strictly on a volunteer basis! She gave a huge ‘chunk’ of her summer to bring joy to the children of SW Kansas. THANK YOU, HEATHER!!!!!
And a THANK YOU to Janelle for keeping the blog up to date and bringing all the news of Skippyjon!
All in all – it was a successful Summer Reading Tour…thanks to all who helped make it possible!!!!
Skippyjon Jones in Ensign
Skippyjon Jones with Summer Readers in Ensign
Skippyjon getting hugs from kids in Montezuma
Heather sharing a Skippyjon story in Ulysses
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July 6th, 2009
The Cimarron Library had their first annual Sidewalk Chalk Contest sponsored by the library and the Cimarron Area Chamber of Commerce. We had 73 participants and 18 areas to decorate. I made extra red, white and blue chalk (I can send you the recipe if you want.)
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July 2nd, 2009
The Teen Book Club at Scott County Library produced a video tour of our new library to encourage young and old alike to stop in and Check us Out!! You can see the video at our website: Scott County Library Teen Video
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July 2nd, 2009
Wow! What a fun day! We started in Meade, headed to Cimarron, Ingalls and Dodge City. All went smoothly and Skippyjon even got to hold several babies – he loved that!!!!! We have four more libraries to visit tomorrow…a full, but very wonderful day!
Skippyjon with Candi Hemel and library
patrons at the library in Cimarron
Heather Augustine reads to a group at the Dodge
City Public Library
Skippyjon with Summer Readers in Cimarron
Skippyjon getting lots of hugs in Ingalls
Skippyjon with Summer Readers in Meade
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July 2nd, 2009
It was a good day, but we did have a few glitches…between some scheduling problems (which worked out just fine – incredibly fine, in fact!), not being able to get into the facility (but not for long – I’m sure it caused much more angst with the librarians than us!) and then leaving my camera in Hanston, we had some great programs and some wonderful kids enjoying Skippyjon! So – photos for today will be delayed. I’m not sure just how long, but when I retrieve my camera, we’ll get the photos up!
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July 1st, 2009
Ness City Public Library hosted Skippyjon Jones and his friend, Heather Augustine, on afternoon of Tuesday, June 30th at the Ness City United Methodist Church. Forty-three children and 19 adults attended.
Heather, who resides in Hugoton, read three of the numerous books in the Skippyjon Jones series written by Judy Schachner. Heather did a wonderful job giving each character a voice of its’ own. She kept the audience chuckling as Skippyjon, the young Siamese kitten, escaped into his closet and became the super-hero El Skippito the wonder Chihuahua.
After reading “Skippyjon Jones”, “Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House” and “Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones,” Heather announced she had brought a guest with her – sure enough it was Skippyjon himself! Skippyjon greeted the kids with hugs and high-fives and we snapped a group picture with Skippyjon before he and Heather had to get on the road to another library.
We thank Heather and Skippyjon for coming to Ness City to help make our summer reading program a very exciting and creative one.
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