Kansas Election Center Link

Find out if you are registered to vote. * How do you get an absentee ballot? * Where do you go to vote on election day? * Get election reminders.

This website will tell you all you need to know about registering:
https://www.vote.org/state/kansas/

WINNERS SELECTED FOR LITERARY PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST

Minnie is always a winner. This time she took first in our “graduated folks” category!

If you give a librarian a donut, make sure it’s the real deal.

Another fun entry featuring one of our favorite characters – Pete.

That hair is so cute! — in Seneca, Kansas.

Tar Baby is pretty scary. This is the winner in the 1st – 3rd grade category.

If five little monkeys were this cute, we might let them jump on the bed.

What a cute little garden. And, no weeds!

This speaks for itself. You should check this book out.

Fun depiction of Jack and Annie’s Treehouse.

The Lorax! Here is another winner! This was our 4th – 6th grade entry.

Oh, Poppleton, you are too cute to be a pig.

Have you ever seen a better use for panty hose than making bat wings?

Another Harry Potter fan. Our winner in the 7th – 12th grade category.

These are the entries for our 2018 contest. What a fun batch of characters we had this year! Everyone was so creative! The pictures are not in any particular order, as far as the age category they were entered in.

Video of 2018 Pumpkin Contest Winners

This is our 3rd Pumpkin Decorating Contest! It’s been a lot of fun to see the creativity in our patrons of all ages! Here are the rules:

Pumpkins can be any size as long as they are NO BIGGER than a standard basketball.
Pumpkin design must depict a character from a book. Think Curious George, Scarlett O’Hara, Anne of Green Gables, etc.
Designers can use most craft supplies: paint, glitter, glue, paper, buttons, etc. PLEASE NO CARVING. The pumpkins will be on display for several days in the library. This is a decorating contest, not a carving contest.
Your entry must have your name, age/grade, phone number and either the book or a photocopy from the book used as your design inspiration.
Pumpkin entries can be brought to the library during regular hours Thursday October 25 through Saturday October 27. NO entries will be accepted after closing on October 27. Judging will be on Monday October 29 and winners will be announced then. All entries must be picked up by closing time, 8:00 pm, October 31st or they will be thrown away.

FOUR ENTRY CATEGORIES: Ages Pre-K~2nd grade, 3rd ~ 6th grade, 7th ~ 12th grade and, last but not least, Graduated Folk.

THE PRIZES: One prize will be offered per category for the best book/character representation.

More Quilting Classes Set for Fall

FOR ALL CLASSES:

INSTRUCTOR: SUSAN MITCHELL

LOCATION: SENECA FREE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM

REGISTER & PAY: AT SENECA FREE LIBRARY OR SENECA VARIETY

PERKS: RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT ON FABRIC AND NOTIONS FOR THESE CLASSES AT SENECA VARIETY STORE, DOWNTOWN SENECA

You will need to bring your own sewing machine, fabric, and all notions.

Class size is limited, so don’t wait too long to decide you really want to do this!

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T-SHIRT QUILT

Beginner Level will be held Thursday, November 1, from 6 – 9- PM and continues on Saturday , November 3, from 10 AM – 4 PM.

Registration fee is $30.00, fee includes the pattern.

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Quilt As You Go Tree Lot Table Runner

This intermediate class is set for Thursday November 29 from 6:oo ~9:00 PM and continues on Saturday December 1 from 10:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM

The $30.oo fee includes the pattern.

September STEM Helped Students Find Direction

Which way is up? Learning to follow directions using a compass was great fun and a challenge, especially since we began working with homemade compasses. The magnets we used to magnetize our pins were not strong enough to make long lasting compasses but most of us experienced a degree of successs.

Next we filled out some quick worksheets using cardinal and ordinal directions. When these sheets were finished and material understood we tested our knowledge using a life size grid on the floor in the community room. Next , the treasure hunt!

The treasure hunt was made up of a series of clues to be found within the stacks. Cardinal and ordinal points as well as bearings on a compass were used to navigate the clues. When each group successfully reached the end of the hunt they were greeted with smiles, candy and a job well done.

We were having so much fun in the Library, we forgot about taking more pictures!!

September A.R.T. 2 Class

Artistic Recreational Time at the Library had its kick-off this semester with 4-6 graders using oil pastels to create a unique sunflower.

SAVE THE PACKAGING FOR THE LIBRARY!

Are you saving those padded envelopes and bubble wrap for us?

Remember the library would like to have those padded shipping envelopes that are everywhere this time of year. We can also use any bubble wrap that tumbles out of those shipping boxes. Whatever the size we can use them for shipping our DVDs and audio books around northeast Kansas and state wide. They really do help protect the cases and discs. Leave them in our drop box if you need to. Thank you for remembering us!

You’d be surprised at how quickly we go through these items when shipping our DVDs and audio books. Small boxes come in handy too when we have a stack of movies to send out. In cold weather, they need all the protection they can get!

Thank you!

bubble wrap — photo from dumblittleman.com

A.R.T. 1 September Meeting

With digital inspiration of the many variations in real sunflowers, children chose their own color scheme to create their personal version of a sunflower.

Little Things You Can Do

We mention these things often in our

From the Bookshelf column in the newspaper.

These suggestions really are helpful, if you take the time to add our contact information to your devices and accounts.

Add our phone number, 785-336-2377, to the contacts list on your phone. We aren’t always able to leave a message when we call about the books or movies waiting here for you. At least you will know who the missed call is from. Our policy states that holds need move on after one week. If we can’t leave a message, how will you know your item is here?

Do you have an online account set up yet? It doesn’t take long and there is so much you can do online; check to see what you have checked out, renew items that are not already due, search our catalog, place items on hold.

Also, add these email addresses to your account: librarian@www.senecafreelibrary.org, nexpresshelp@nekls.org and teamnexpress@nekls.org, so that any email messages from us don’t get lost in spam-land.

You now have the option to sign up for text messages for hold or item due notices. If you have signed up and are not receiving text messages, mention it to us next time you are in, we’ll try to fix it for you.

Thermal Paper Shortage Information

The library staff learned in January 2018 about a shortage of the thermal paper we use to print your check out receipts coming later this year. No, this was not caused by damage to thermal trees in the hurricanes. It is much more complex than that. We’re sharing a link for those of you who would like more information. This site was last updated August 23, 2018.

What this means for us as a library and you as our patron is conservation. The cost of the rolls of paper is expected to rise again, so we are thinking of ways to use less of this paper. We will no longer automatically print a receipt for everyone. Patrons are encouraged to sign up for email receipts, which list your items, a text receipt will not. Other options for you are to request electronic notices for advance notice of item due and item due alerts via text or email.

If you would like to know all the items you have checked out we can open an online account for you. This will allow you to peruse your list and even renew items if you need to…IF they are not on hold or new items or overdue. We will be happy to talk with you about all of this when you visit the library.