On Friday , May 11 kids come to the library to make flowers for Mothers Day. The flowers were made for construction paper, pipe cleaner and the child’s hand print.

Again this year the kids for the Modern Woodmen of America youth group planted flower boxes for the library. The boxes are located on the sidewalk right in front of the library.

There are a couple other businesses on Central street that put out flowers. Patriots Bank across the street and Beachner Grain, which is located right next to the library. The flowers give some pep to the business district.

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Tuesday, April 17th was the date of the annual open house. Every April the library holds and open house for the town. Special invitations are sent to the local businesses.

This event gives people a chance to come in and see what’s new in the library. Most of the business people do not come in on a regular basis. But a special invite and free coffee and doughnuts will bring most people in.…

The Richmond Public librarians attended the annual Library Tri-Conference. The conference was in Topeka this year. What did the librarians do at the conference?

They attend workshops about various matters. From what’s new in books to what’s new in technology. Librarians pick which program they want to attend. Since Richmond sends both of their librarians they can attend more programs. They each go to different programs and then put all the paperwork together and bring it back to the library.

There is also some fun at tri-conference. Librarians can socialize with each other, talk about what’s new at each library. See how others are handling similar problems. Then there is “Librarians on Parade”. A Fashion show of what new to wear. This was the second year for this program and both of the Richmond librarians were in the show.

They also cheer their system team on at the “Library Trivia Bee”. NEKLS did not win, but they were not the first team out either.

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What is Guitar Hero’s you say? Guitar Hero’s if a very popular play station game. When looking for something new to do for the older kids during spring break this year it was discovered that a few kids liked to play the game. One of our teens volunteered to bring his play station and guitar down to the library.  Since I myself own the game  I brought a second guitar for the kids to use.

Those that showed up seemed to really have fun. The kids had a competition for the highest score on each level. Then the played two player games. Some played against each other and sometimes they played together with one playing base and one playing regular guitar. The kids have asked to do this again and maybe even get a different game. This is something I am thinking about for the summer.

Winner of our little competition were: Chris Moss on the Hard level, Nick Weber on the Medium level and Adrian Morgan on the Easy level

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What happens when you mix corn starch with water? Some of the kids in Richmond found out. Kids come to the library to play in corn starch and water to see what would happen. The kids ran their fingers through it, made balls, rolled it, and just let it run through their fingers. Spring Break has been a busy time at the library.

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