Leadership Hays 2017 would like to extend a heart-felt thank you to all the local community members and businesses that donated money or items to help stock the Caring Kids Closet for Saint Francis Community Services.
Since the drive for supplies to stock the closet was so successful, the Caring Kids Closet has a good problem on their hands.More than double the amount of items needed to stock the closet were received over the past couple of weeks.Leadership Hays 2017 will be sharing the overflow of donated items with Phillips County to help stock a closet for foster care children awaiting placement in Phillipsburg.
As the closet has more items than can be dispersed in the next year, we would ask that community members suspend bringing items to any of the previously listed locations.The Caring Kids Closet will host future upcoming supply collections as items begin running low.
We are truly overwhelmed by the generosity of our incredible community and look forward to improving the transitional time that foster care children spend before being placed with a foster care family.Thank to all our community members that were able to help out the Ellis County youth that are in crisis!
As they continue to make preparations for the upcoming academic year, TMP-Marian is pleased to announce the following additions to its faculty and staff:
Keri Maricle will join the high school science department as an instructor in biology, advanced biology, and anatomy and physiology. Maricle received her Bachelor of Science in Science from Fort Hays State University with a concentration in botany. She received her Master of Science in Biological Science from Fort Hays State University. Most recently she has been a laboratory instructor at FHSU in botany, human biology, and principles of biology. She has been awarded research fellowships from the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunities (GRO). Maricle has authored and co-authored dozens of published manuscripts, abstracts and presentations.
The Monarch Debate and Forensics Squads will be under the direction of Travis Grizzell. Grizzell has a long history with TMP-Marian, most recently as director of the school’s fall and spring productions. Under his leadership, participation in the performing arts has grown dramatically, and several of his students have been honored by Music Theatre of Wichita’s Jester Award nominations. Grizzell will teach drama, advanced drama, debate and forensics as well as coach the squads. Grizzell is married to Pam ’86 (Penka) Grizzell.
The new head mens’ Monarch wrestling coach is Austin Tatro. Tatro holds a Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance from Fort Hays State University. Last year he served as an assistant wrestling coach in Russell. Tatro is a former FHSU wrestler, peer mentor, youth wrestling coach, and is a certified personal trainer.
Monarch cheerleading is newly under the direction of Denise Weigel. Weigel is a graduate of Ellis High School and FHSU. She has served as assistant cheerleading coach for TMP-Marian for the past several years. She has already been working with the squad this summer.
If you’ve ever dreamed of making it to the Olympics, now is your chance.
The Ellis County Fair is offering an Ag Olympics at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at the Ellis County Fair Rodeo Arena.
Age groups are 7-10, 11-13, 14-17, and 18 and older. Those younger than 18 will need to have a waiver/permit signed by a parent or guardian (https://www.elliscountyfair.com/agolympics.html).
The fee is $25 per team, and there will be prizes.
Olympic events includewheelbarrow races, barrel racing with stick horses, round bale rolling contest, steer roping, greased pig (watermelon) obstacle course, egg toss, water trough relay, corncob relay, feed sack race, cow chip discus throw, nail driving contest and bean drop.
Everyone is welcome to participate. The fair has extended a special invitation to local businesses to form teams, challenge each other and bring employees/co-workers out to cheer their teams on.
Get your team of four together, fill out the form at https://www.elliscountyfair.com/agolympics.html and mail it with your $25 entry fee (payable to Ellis County Fair) to: Suzanne Klaus, Ellis County Fair Association, 1162 Munjor Road, Hays, KS 67601.
Members of the Hays Middle School Garden Club show off their vegetables to members of the Prairie Garden Club Thursday morning.
A group of Hays Middle School students are trying to save the world one tomato plant at a time.
Two years ago, a group of science students were learning about climate change. The students decided they wanted to do more to make the world a greener place, so the Hays Middle School Garden Club was born.
“We learned that little things affect a lot of people,” Isis Norris, eighth grader, said. “We get to talk to people at the farmer’s market about our project.”
A group of about 40 meets Tuesday mornings during the school year, but a smaller core group remains active during the summer, working on a small plot on the middle school grounds.
A group of adults from the Prairie Garden Club in Hays joined the students for a tour Thursday morning.
This year some of the produce the group is growing includes watermelon, carrots, tomatoes and snap peas.
The group is growing organically, using a variety of soil mixes, including those supplemented with compost and manure.
Faith Fondoble, HMS eighth grader, talks about the HMS Garden Club’s compost bin Thursday morning.
The group constructed its own compost bin on site and is already reaping some compost material from the bin. Faith Fondoble, eighth grader, said she spent hours researching composting practices before the group put in its bin.
The group also has an indoor garden tower. Students place seeds in nutrient-rich clay disks, and the tower is supported through hydroponics. Artificial light keeps the plants, such as chard and basil, growing year round.
Any produce the group grows either goes home with the students or is offered at the Downtown Hays Market through free-will donation. Any donations go back to supporting the Garden Club program.
The club has not been to the market this summer yet because of a lack of volume in its produce. However, if it has more items later in the season, it will try to be at the market, club adviser and HMS science and math teacher Margaret Meier said.
The HMS Garden Club has an indoor plant tower it uses to grow plants, such as chard and basil, using hydroponics.
The group is working to raise money for a garden shed and hopes to use the shed as a collecting point for a rain barrel.
Meier said the garden is completely student driven. The students pick what plants they are going to grow and what goals they wish to set.
“I am trying to empower them and show them they can bring about change,” Meier said. “Even though they are 11 though 13 or 14, they can be a part of something great. They can be a part of the community.”
Check out the group’s Facebook page by clicking here.
The Hays USD 489 school board will get its first look Monday at a school bond proposal created by the district’s Vision Teams.
Members of the community, parents, teachers and administrators all gave input to build the $78.5 million bond proposal, which will be presented to the board at 6:30 p.m. at Rockwell Administrative Center.
The bond would be paid for through a 30-year mill levy that would equal a tax increase of $16.43 per month on a $150,000 home.
The district is proposing to drop its capital outlay mill levy by 2 mills to decrease the burden on taxpayers.
The proposed bond project would include the following:
Elementary schools
• Two new elementary schools
• Renovation to Roosevelt Elementary School, including a new secure entrance
• Renovation of O’Loughlin Elementary School for use by Early Childhood Connections, the Westside program and the Learning Center.
Middle School
• New secure front entrance
• Build a new gym to accommodate physical education programs
• Renovate and expand the cafeteria and kitchen space
High School
• New secure entrance
• New auditorium that would double as a storm shelter
• Larger classrooms to accommodate modern learning practices. This would include renovation of the career and technology education classrooms
Wilson, Lincoln, Westside, Washington and Munjor would be vacated. Munjor would go back to the Catholic Church.
Members from the Vision Team will be at the school board meeting Monday to present the proposal and answer questions.
Voters rejected a $94 million bond issue in June 2016. Click here to read more.
The board will hear a presentation on the plan Monday, but is not set to vote on the issue. For anyone who would like to speak to the board on this or any other topic, there is an audience participation period for the public at 6:30 p.m. right after the approval of the agenda.
Speakers are typically limited to three minutes each. Find the public forum rules by clicking here.
The school board would have to approve any bond proposal before it could go on the ballot. When and what type of election would be used to pose the bond question is also in the hands of the school board.
The bond proposal could go to voters as soon as the November election, which would save the district the cost of mounting a special election, but a timeline for a vote has not yet been set.
To vote in a Hays Post non-scientific poll on the bond issue, click here.
The board also is set to vote on a handbook revisions. Among the revisions is a new rule that would require middle school students to keep cell phones locked in their lockers during school hours.
Other items include the district’s crisis management plan, a Hays High School concrete bid and vote to move $330,000 from the general fund to the district’s contingency fund.
The district has about $330,000 in its contingency fund now, but auditors recommend that a district of Hays’ size have at least $4.2 million in its reserve.
A student in the Hays Public Library teen cooking class makes black bean dip during a cooking contest on Wednesday.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
The Hays Public Library put a new twist on its young adult cooking class on Wednesday.
The monthly class theme was based on the popular TV show “Chopped.”
The children in the class were split into two teams, each with a separate mystery basket of ingredients.
Group A received black beans avocado and fiesta-style cheese.
Group B was given fresh basil; a Greek Medley that included sun-dried tomatoes and olives; tomato sauce; and pizza dough.
The two groups were able to pull some items and spices from a shared pantry.
Group A made a black bean dip with freshly fried tortilla chips. They added cumin, black pepper, chili powder and salt to spice up their dip.
Group B made a pizza with cheese, pepperoni, mushrooms, Greek medley, spices and a sauce containing fresh basil. The group even sprinkled on a little curry powder.
Their young hands flew over pots and pans, stretched dough, sprinkled cheese and lightly ladled sauce onto dough. The dishes may not have been as complex as those in the TV show, but there was no less excitement. The children laughed, joked and yelled with excitement when the judging was announced.
Some of the children in the class, who were 12 years old and older, had never cooked before while others had limited experience.
The teen cooking class is offered once a month at the library as part of the young adults program. Organizers of the program like to find a different theme for each class and usually take those themes from holidays.
However, several of the young library patrons mentioned they had watched the Food Network’s “Chopped,” which also has a youth version, “Chopped Junior.”
They encouraged the librarians to base a class on the program.
Carly McCracken, young adult librarian assistant, said the students learn a variety of things from the cooking courses.
“They are definitely learning cooking skills that they can utilize at home or when they are older,” she said. “They start to develop skills in the kitchen and have the opportunity to work with food, and they learn responsibility and how to work as a team.”
McCracken and fellow library assistant Rebecca Channel served as judges for the competition. Students were given positive feed back on the their creations. The dip was a little bland, but the A Team received high marks for their crisp chips. The B team’s pizza was very flavorful, but the students could have gone a little easier on the spice.
In the end, both teams got props. Team A won for creativity and Team B was honored for taste.
There will be no teen cooking class in July. However, if you wish to sign your child up for classes in August or after, you can visit the Hays Public Library website by clicking here or parents can sign their kids up on the day of the classes.
Sephora Inside JCPenney had its grand opening in Hays Friday morning.
Hundreds of people gathered in a line that stretched the length of the Big Creek Crossing Friday morning for the opening of the new Sephora Inside JCPenney.
Twin sisters Lupita and Filadys Landers, both 19-year-old Fort Hays State students, stood in line since 3:30 a.m. for a chance to take advantage of Sephora giveaways and a chance to win up to a $100 Sephora gift card.
The two girls said they first came by the mall at about midnight and then 1 a.m. and finally decided to stay at 3:30 a.m.
“We are very excited about the gift cards,” Lupita said as she and her sister waited outside JCPenney for the store to open at 10 a.m.
People lined up for their chances to grab free gift cards and samples from Sephora starting at 3:30 a.m. Friday.
A group of girlfriends were up almost as early as the twins, joining them outside the mall at about 4:30 a.m. The four girls came prepared with blankets, water bottles and snacks.
“It is an experience as friends that we can look back and laugh at,” Alassa Barber, 19, Hays, said.
Big Creek Crossing opened its doors to the mall at 6 a.m. to allow people to start forming a line outside of JCPenney. A mall employee said about sixty people were already waiting for the Sephora opening at 6 a.m.
The Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau provided beverages, doughnuts and giveaways to Sephora fans as they waited.
Big Creek Crossing estimated more than 450 people lined up for the Sephora opening Friday. This was the line at 9 a.m.
Katie Dorzweiler, Big Creek property manager, said she was pleased with the turnout. She estimated about 450 turned out at the mall Friday morning for the opening.
“It has been amazing. We have always said that Hays is big city with small town values,” she said.
Marie Wegely, Sephora beauty manager, said Sephora was excited about the big group waiting to get in to the new store.
Aimee Dominguez, senior education consultant, said Sephora staff are available on daily basis to give customers tips on using the Sephora product lines.
“We give free mini-makeovers and offer tips for our products. We are all about education,” she said. “When you take a product home, we don’t want you to only have a new look but be able to recreate it.”
Click here to read more about Sephora’s brands and its Beauty Insider rewards program.
People crowded into the Sephora store Friday for its grand opening inside JCPenney at Big Creek Crossing in Hays.
If you entered online last year, you can use the same username and password.
If you are new to the system, just create an account.
You can find the open class and 4-H fairbooks along with a fair entry help sheet by clicking here.
You will not be able to enter any items during the week of the fair.
Jill Pfannenstiel, fair board president, said although all entries must be registered online this year, people can seek in-person help at the Extension office to walk them through the registration process.
Pfannenstiel also highlighted several new classes that are being offered this year.
The 4-H division has a new $15 outfit class. Youth buy and assemble outfits from bargain stores or garage sales. They then model them for judges and go through an interview process on their pieces.
The fair is not just for 4-H youth. The Ellis County has many open classes for livestock, photography, food, knitting, fine arts and many more categories.
Pfannenstiel urged interested participants to check out the complete fairbook and rules online.
The open class has added dog agility and a costume contest for dogs. A new class for dairy cows has also been added.
Although it is not new, the fair will offer the popular barn quilt class again this year. Artists paint quilt patterns on large wooden sheets. Winners can compete in this division at the state fair.
Also not new to the fair but quite popular is the bedazzled bra competition, which promotes awareness of breast cancer. You do not have to wear a bra to participate in this competition. Fairgoers vote for their favorite bras by dropping donations into jars in front of the bras. Proceeds from the event go to the Cancer Society of Ellis County. Last year the project raised more than $200.
The fair runs July 15-23. July 15 and 16 will include races, and fair projects will start coming to the fairgrounds on Monday, July 17.
Children get a chance to touch Buffy the snake during a Hays Arts Council class on Tuesday.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
Budding artists are getting up close views of animals that slither, hop and creep the next two weeks as a part of a Hays Arts Council series titled Call of the Wild.
The first class on snakes was Tuesday and Wednesday and Mitch Sommers, a volunteer for the Sternberg Museum, introduced the children to Buddy, a prairie rat snake.
Sommers talked about different types of snakes and how they benefit the ecosystems in which they live, and how non-native species of snakes can be harmful.
He explained snakes such a bull snakes keep down the Kansas mouse and rat population and protect grain crops.
The children were interested in rattle snakes, and Sommers explained about the rattle snake’s rattle. Snakes shed their skin and this affects the size of their rattles.
A rattle snake that has a pointed rattle is likely a younger snake. One that has a broader more blunt rattle is likely older, Sommer said, because it has likely lost some of its rattle segments.
Children who took the class not only said they learned more about snakes, but some children who said they had been afraid of snakes said they had lost their fear.
“I was scared of snakes,” Tadem Unrein, 7, of Hays said, “but now I know they help the world, but my aunt said she still doesn’t like them.”
Kadalen Unrein, 8, Tadem’s cousin, said she learned more about snakes.
“We learned that the biggest snake is 300 pounds, and if they get foggy stuff on their eyes that means they are going to shed their skins,” she said.
Brynn Schoepf, 7, also of Hays, said she also was scared of snakes before the class.
“I used to be scared of snakes, but now I think they are pretty cool. … I really want a pet snake, but then no one would want me,” she said.
The children sketched some of their own impressions of Buddy the snake and then were given wooden snakes to paint.
Sommers said he tried to draw the children’s attention to the texture and patterns in the snakes.
Other classes in the series will focus on turtles, June 22-23; frogs, June 27-28 and lizards, June 29-30. Classes are 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Hays Arts Center Annex, 1010 Main St.
Brenda Meder, director of the Hays Arts Council, said there are still a few spots open in the remaining classes. Cost for each class is $11. She urged parents to call the Arts Council at 785-625-7522 for information on enrollment. You can also check the council’s website by clicking here.
A roof was ripped off a vacant double-wide trailer at the corner of Homestead Road and Highway 183, 11 miles north of Interstate 70 Tuesday night. Photo submitted by Bill Ring.
Hays Post
A roof was ripped off a double-wide trailer north of Hays Tuesday night.
The trailer was at the corner of Homestead Road and Highway 183, 11 miles north of Interstate 70.
Bill Ring, Ellis Public Works director, was filling in as Emergency Management director and went to investigate the scene.
He said a wind event caused damage to a vacant double-wide trailer and a nearby road sign, but left other nearby homes untouched.
Photo submitted by Bill RIng
Photo submitted by Bill RIng
Photo submitted by Bill RIng
Photo submitted by Bill RIng
Photo submitted by Bill RIng
He said a tornado was not observed and he was unsure if the damage could have been caused by a microburst or other wind event.
Hays reported .01 inches of rain, while Russel reported about a half-inch of rain as a result of the storm.
Trego County reported between .2 to a quarter-inch of rain.
Cassie Hickel of Hays was crowned Mrs. Kansas on Saturday in Missouri.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
One of Hays’ own was named Mrs. Kansas Saturday.
This was Cassie Hickel’s first pageant, but she was not looking for glory or a crown. She was looking for a way to spread the word about her platform — live organ donation.
In December, Hickel, 27, donated one of her kidneys to someone she had never met before she started the organ donation process.
Hickel said she was raised to share her finances, talents and time.
When she saw a billboard on Interstate 70 that said, “I need a kidney” and a phone number, Hickel felt compelled to call it.
She did not call the number and later discovered the billboard had been placed by a man whose wife had kidney disease. She passed away. Hickel was haunted by the image and the message.
Her opportunity to share of herself would come later. Hickel had a mutual friend on Facebook that knew Rich Klim.
Klim was diagnosed with kidney disease when he was 3, but it was not until years later that this father of three began to have symptoms and ultimately had to go on dialysis. He was spending six hours three times per week on dialysis, which was very difficult because he has to travel for his job.
Hickel saw posts on Facebook about Klim needing a kidney and those old calling she felt to help emerged again.
“When I saw that post, I felt compelled to do it,” she said of the kidney donation. “I knew God had called me to do it. I knew it was really something that I was supposed to do.”
Hickel was tested for kidney donation and was a 98 percent match to Klim.
Her husband, Mason, said he was shocked when Cassie told him she wanted to donate a kidney, but Mason knew when Cassie made up her mind about something, she was driven to do it.
“I was speechless,” Mason said. “I didn’t know what it all entailed. I didn’t know what it was going to take. We have three little girls at home. I didn’t know how long she was going to be in bed.”
Hickel donated on Dec. 8, 2016.
She faced six weeks of medical recovery after her surgery and couldn’t lift more than 10 pounds, including her 1-year-old daughter.
Cassie Hickel poses with her three daughters after the Mrs. Kansas Pageant on Saturday. Hickel, an organ donor, will pursue her platform of live organ donation during her reign.
Mason, who works in the oil field, pitched in to take care of their three young children — Lydia, 6, Aubrey 4, and Eleanor, who will be 2 in July.
“It was a blessing on our family,” Mason said. “This will definitely always stay with us and we will remember this. It has been an absolute blessing.”
Six months later both Cassie and Rich are doing well. Rich is back at work and is on a low dose of anti-rejection medication.
Cassie’s six month labs looked good and her body is adjusting to only having one kidney. She has assumed her normal life, and the doctors said that the only thing she can’t do is become a body builder.
Mason said he encouraged Cassie to participate in the Mrs. Kansas pageant. He said he knew it would be a means for her to get her story out about donation.
The Klims attended the pageant in Chillicothe, Mo.
Mason said he knew when she made the final three contestants at the pageant that she was going to win.
“I was very excited,” he said. “I posted it on Facebook and you can hear me screaming in the background the whole time.”
Cassie works as a wellness coach from home, and Mason said Cassie’s upcoming work on her platform will allow their children to see her in a different light.
“Their mom is like a superwoman now,” he said.
Cassie will have the opportunity to compete in the Mrs. America Pageant August 19-26 in Las Vegas.
She said, however, she is most excited about having an avenue to share her platform of live organ donation.
She explained 30 million people in America have kidney disease. Sixty-four percent of them don’t realize they have one of the first two stages of the disease.
Rejection rates for those who receive donations from live donors are significantly lower than for those who receive organs from deceased donors and the organ recipients tend to live longer.
Rich and Cassie were a 98 percent match whereas a deceased donor may only be able to provide a 60 percent match.
When a live donor gives a kidney, there is more time to test for the best match and the donor can be tested to ensure the donor is healthy and they don’t have any health problems in their family background.
“Basically the reason I ran for Mrs. Kansas and it is an honor to have the title is because the title itself opens up so many more doors and opportunities that I could have imagined from just being from little ol’ Ellis County in the middle of Kansas. I have a lot more connections this way and the title itself is well-known and allows people to speak to me about my platform and gives me the opportunity to share where I wouldn’t have the opportunity otherwise to.”
The Kansas Supreme Court Monday said it would allow the legislature’s school funding bill to become law July 1 pending a review.
Gov. Brownback signed the school funding measure on Friday.
Local districts are still awaiting the Supreme Court’s final review but have started to form priorities for how they might spend the $293 million increase in funding the bill promises during the next two years.
The Hays school district could receive as much as $1 million as a result of the funding increase. Hays USD 489’s annual budget is more than $50 million.
Tracy Kaiser, USD 489 director of finance, noted the bill at this point does restrict some of the new funds to specific uses, such as at-risk students and transportation.
The Kansas legislature was sued by a group of Kansas districts in 2010 claiming funding for schools is constitutionally inadequate.
The Hays district has prioritized nine areas funding would likely go if the Supreme Court gives its blessing to the bill, Kaiser said. Chief among these are pay raises, reductions of fees and hiring staff.
In addition, the district is seeking to increase its reserve funds. The school board is expected to approve a measure Monday to transfer $330,000 to its reserve, making the reserve total about $660,000. However, auditors would recommend a district of Hays’ size have at least two months worth of salary in reserve, which is $4.2 million.
Kaiser said the district is not approaching the money as new funds, but rather a means of catching up after years of being underfunded.
Since the recession of 2008, the district has had to cut teacher and counselors positions and decrease supplies to teachers and athletics. Kaiser said the district has not even had enough money to purchase funds for balls for some sports. Parents groups have raised funds for essentials, such as copiers and water fountains.
Class sizes have also become larger.
Smaller districts are looking at similar objectives if the Supreme Court approves the funding bill.
Bob Young, Ellis superintendent, said his district expects it would receive about $350,000 under the new funding formula.
His district is considering wage increases that have been deferred during the last couple of years. The district would also like to invest in deferred maintenance, such as the purchase of textbooks.
All district in the state are under new college and career readiness standards, and Young said he would like the district to be able to provide more offerings at the high school to meet those new requirements.
David Ottley, Victoria superintendent, said he expects his district will receive about $57,000 in additional funding under the new formula.
“We are a small district,” he said. “That money will not go far.”
Once the district pays for increases in insurance premiums for its staff and provides cost of living raises, not much money will be left, Ottley said.
In the era of funding cuts, Victoria has had to do more with less. It closed its junior high, moved sixth graders to the grade school and combined the junior high and high school into one building.
When Ottley became superintendent, he retained his post as grade school principal as well as taking on many other duties that are assigned to other staff members at larger districts.
Victoria also would like to add more offerings to comply with the new career ready requirements from the state.
Local district officials as well as those across the state believe the funding offered by the legislature is still inadequate.
To bring schools back to pre-recession funding levels, the state would have to come up with more than $800 million.
The Supreme Court is fast tracking review of the funding bill. It will hear arguments on July 18.
All Kansas districts have until Aug. 25 to have their final budgets to county clerks, but the delays in Topeka have put the districts far behind in their budgeting processes.
“There is so much that is uncertain,” Kaiser said, “but I hope this will allow us to focus on the kids more.”
Judy Zerr-Schamberger, Friends of the Library treasurer, works in the newly renovated space at the Friends of the Library bookstore.
The Friends of the Library Gallery Bookstore is having a grand reopening this week to show off its renovated space.
The bookstore revamped its shelves and permanently attached them to the walls, as well as moved the desk to create more shelf space for books.
Judy Zerr-Schamberger, Friends of the Library treasurer, said the bookstore had several instances where shelves had fallen on people. For safety reasons, the Friends group decided to permanently attach the shelves.
Zerr-Schamberger said the permanent shelves give the bookstore a little less flexibility, but safety is more important.
If you visit the bookstore, you will notice some of the sections have been moved.The children’s books have been move to the corner to give children an area to sit while they are reading.
The bookstore is handing out free book bags and bookmarks to visitors this week.
All proceeds from the bookstore go back to the library.
The Friends of the Library is in need of volunteers to work in the bookstore. More information can be found by calling 785-625-9014 or emailing [email protected]. Volunteer training is offered the fourth Monday of the month to any Friends of the Library member.
Memberships start at $5 for individuals, $1 for students younger than 18.
Donations for the bookstore are accepted during business hours at the library front desk. The bookstore does not take magazines, but DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, and sheet music are accepted as well as books.
The cost of items in the bookstore start at 25 cents for sheet music and go up to $3 for newly published books.
The bookstore is located on the Main Floor Gallery of the library and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays as volunteers are available.
