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Supplies Needed: Small bottle filled with a cup of colored rice, beans & rice, corn, or birdseed. Small baggie with letter beads, wooden beads, colored beads, and buttons.

Possible Additional Supplies: Additional small buttons, beads, rubber bands, coins, toys, etc., additional bottles of various sizes & shapes, small funnel (top of water bottle works too), sealing item (super glue, hot glue, gorilla glue, or duct tape).

Since 2006, I've led a book discussion group called Fiction at Noon with my coworker Kathy (now retired). We are lucky to still have most of the original participants and have added new friends along the way.

This year, we proposed a year of mystery to the groups and, as a result, have read the works of several good mystery writers. Two of my favorites this year have been "Magpie Murders" by Anthony Horowitz and "Test of Wills" by Charles Todd.

Has the global pandemic caused you to never again want to deal with being stuck in a confined space?

Hold on there; consider the wonders of an escape room.

The deadline to register for the August 4th election has passed, but if you have registered, all of the information you might need for voting in the age of Covid-19 is below from www.vote.org. Of course, this information will apply to the election on November 3rd as well, and you can register for that election until October 7th. 

As part of a partnership with Missouri River Relief, a non-profit dedicated to connecting people to the Missouri River, Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City will offer families the opportunity to build an understanding of their local watershed while also learning ways to make a difference in their neighborhood. This program is called "Make a Difference in Your Watershed Week" and will include four virtual programs and one curbside pick up, offered from July 20-26^th.

Supplies Needed: Empty clear plastic bottle, small baggie of glitter & small baggie of beads &/or sequins.

Additional Supplies: Warm water, glitter &/or clear glue, food coloring and low-temp hot glue gun or other source to seal bottle lid.  If desired, any other small objects to watch descend.

I grew up in a small Kansas town and on the surface, my childhood seemed normal. However, it wasn’t even close to normal. Starting when I was in second grade, I was bullied by students from the high school. My father was the principal in charge of discipline, and when kids got into trouble, they took it out on me. This lasted through my middle school years. I was bullied almost daily and physically attacked weekly. When I reached high school the bullying didn’t stop. It actually increased, but I was better able to handle myself.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Missouri River Regional Library summer reading program is being simplified, and the reading log is moving online, via READsquared. Online registration and logging on READsquared is a simple process, and is accessible via web browser, Apple app, or Android app. In 2020, the summer reading program will run from June 1st to August 7th. 

Missouri River Regional Library will begin the process of reopening physical locations over the next 3 weeks. The Library staff and board will continue to monitor the situation and adjust dates as needed moving forward. As of May 13, 2020, the reopening plan is as follows:

Anytime there is a crisis, it can be hard on everyone, but it is especially hard on individuals with a mental illness.  Here are a few ideas for those living with a mental illness, but that could also be valuable to anyone.

First, make sure you have plenty of medication.  Do not wait until the last minute to order medication as it may take longer for the pharmacy to fill your request.  The same is true for any groceries you may need.

Remember what it felt like when you received your very first library card? Like me, maybe you were seven or eight years old and although you may not have comprehended it completely at such a young age, holding that card in your hand felt like you were holding the whole world!

Library cards have been around for a long time, probably since the 19^th century, when it became necessary to register library patrons and to connect those patrons with the books they borrowed.

Missouri River Regional Library will begin the process of reopening physical services in the coming weeks. The Library staff and board will continue to monitor the situation and adjust dates as needed moving forward. As of May 4, 2020, the reopening plan is as follows:

Cough drops are surprisingly easy to make at home. The nice thing is you can customize them to what you like. These are made with ginger, cinnamon and cloves, but you could substitute any flavors you like. You could even just leave them honey and lemon. 

When I was a child, I remember my mom keeping an older set of glass Coca Cola bottles in the garage that we got out on occasion to play with.  We usually made them musical, filling with water and blowing over them like flutes, or clinking them with spoons.  We felt super accomplished if we could fill the water just right to make the notes for an actual tune like “Row Row Your Boat.”

Kathlene Woodruff Named 2020 Library Volunteer of the Year

As part of National Library Week, Missouri River Regional Library will honor Kathlene Woodruff as the 2020 Library Volunteer of the Year. Woodruff served on the MRRL Foundation for 6 years, and was the President of the organization from 2017-2019.