Hamilton City Library

New books acquired by the library are:
Swimsuit by James Patterson
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin
Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Childs
Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deavers
Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods
Snow Melts in Spring by Deborah Vogts
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Heartless by Diana Palmer
Untamed, Betrayed, Chosen, Marked, Hunted by P. C. Cast (young adult books)
Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick
Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey
Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
Prairie Tale by Melissa Gilbert
Common Sense by Glenn Beck

The Hamilton City Library ended their summer reading program on June 29. The children enjoyed playing water games and eating ice cream with the librarian. Certificates and prizes were awarded to those that met their goals. Jarret Rayburn won 4 free pass for the zoo. Dylan Freund won a small pool. Matthew Walford received a book. Bridget Sherman won $25 gift card. Dylan McEwen won a t-shirt. These were prizes won by drawing. All children received something for their reading efforts this summer. Program ran from May 26-June 26. Eight teens and twenty four children finished. A total of 498 books were read. Story times were held on Fridays and those that volunteered to read were Mrs. Alma Godfrey, Melissa Woodie and Katie Greenwood. Sponsors were Bert & Phylis Ulrich, Lance & Linda Snyder, Bill Goff, Citizen State Bank, CB Cafe, Pratt Well Service, Hurricane Well Service, USD 390 and the Wichita Zoo.

The library board would like to say goodbye to Keila Sherman.  She has accepted a position as librarian for USD 390 in Hamilton.  The board as well as the comunity will miss her. She has been replaced by Cheryl Andrews from Gridley, Ks. Cheryl also works at Arnold’s Greenhouse.  She is excited to be the new director of the Hamilton City Library and is looking forward to meeting everyone.

With the new director coming in the library hours have changed. They are as follows:

Wednesday, 11 – 6 pm., Thursday, 2 – 7 pm., and Friday, 11 – 6 pm.

I would like to say that I will miss working at the library. I will miss all my patrons. I’ve really enjoyed what I have been doing for several years now. Thank you to the community and board for allowing me to be the director. Our library is a great place and will continue to get better each day. There are alot of things it has to offer our community, just go inside and a take a look. I’ll be seeing you all around, Keila Sherman

The library will be open from 5-7pm July 7-July 10.