On Wednesday, October 29th we had the annual Story Hour Trick-or-Treat.

The kids trick-of-treat the businesses on Central Street of Richmond.

Not sure who enjoys it more the kids or the businesses. Everyone has a good time.…

On Monday, October 27th the library held a Halloween Craft Day. The kids made bats. These bats were made out of foam so when the kids threw them to see if they would fly they didn’t hurt anyone. But the kids sure had fun flying the bats.

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Three from the Richmond Public Library attended the NEKLS [Northeast Kansas Library System] Fall Assembly on Thursday, October 16th.

The assembly is held every October for libraries in the NEKLS system. This years assembly was held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka Kansas. Keynote speaker was Michael Hoeflich, distinguished professor at the University of Kansas School of Law. The ever popular State Library Road Show presented an “abridged” version of their popular show. There was also a breakout session where libraries of similar size got together to talk about how things are going.…

Effective Wednesday, October 15th Richmond Public Library has changed to time of “Story Time”

It will still be on Wednesday but it will now be at 1:30 p.m.

This change was brought about in hope of getting more children to attend Story Time.…

The Richmond library is a recipient of the “Picturing America” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

As part of the grant the library is suppose to show the pictures to as many people as possible from September 2008 through May 2009.

We started  with an open house, with pictures displayed all around the library.

The “Open House” was on Tuesday, October 14th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments were served.

There are plans to display the photos on a rotating schedule with the library, Richmond Care Center, and Richmond Nutrition Site. If your group, church or school is interested in also displaying the photos, please call the library and talk to Connie. 835-6163

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