The Macksville City Library website is moving! Our new address will be:
Please make note of our new address & update your favorites and/or home page as needed. 
And, click on our wish list to read about a move we would love to make in the near future (a new additon to the library!).
Thank you for your continued support!
Macksville High School art students have been busy, and we are proud to display some of their best work. Visit the library to see 16 photography projects plus a pastel, batik, and pen & ink work. Many works won awards at the 2012 Pratt Community College Academic Olympics.
A handmade, white crocheted tablecloth has generously been donated to benefit the Library Building Fund. The tablecloth measures 58 x 62 inches and will be on display at the following locations:
American State Bank- March 19th -23rd
Macksville branch of the St. John National Bank- March 26th – 30th
City Office- April 2nd -6th
Raffle tickets can be purchased at these locations and at the Macksville City Library. Tickets are $1.00 each, or 6 for $5.00
Year-end reports have been submitted, and the verdict is in– 2011 was a busy year at the Macksville City Library!
To summarize, we counted 2,050 library visitors PLUS 1,442 program attendees. We hosted 32 children’s programs and 3 adult programs. Circulation of adult books & magazines was 962, and circulation of children’s materials was 2,018. We were open 637 hours and sent off for 29 interlibrary loans. Games and puzzles were enjoyed by 294 children and adults, and our website had 3,232 visits in 2011.
As you can see– we are a busy place! And, smiles abound among our fashionable patrons (see above!). Looking forward to another great year in 2012. ” Thank you” to all who support the Macksville City Library!
Thank you, Justin Vosburgh! And, Thank you, Monsanto! The Macksville City Library received $2,500 through America’s Farmers Grow Communities. The check presentation ceremony was Feb. 6th, with Justin & Karen Vosburgh, Loren Campbell of Fonatnelle Seeds, Daron Cowan of Channel Seeds, and library board members in attendance.
With donations made available through the Monsanto Fund, Grow Communities was created to benefit nonprofit community groups such as the Macksville City Library that are important to America’s farmers. Justin Vosburgh, a farmer in Stafford County, was selected as a Grow Communities winner during the second annual program. Vosburgh chose the Library because it helps area kids.
“I think Grow Communities is a fantastic program,” Vosburgh said. “It’s nice to see that money going back into our community. I’m glad we can help out an organization that benefits so many children in the community.”
“We plan to use this money to upgrade our computers, and supplement our book budget for the summer reading program,” said Jody Suiter, library director. “This (Grow Communities) program will help draw attention to the positive things the Library is doing in the community.”
In 1,245 eligible counties, farmers could win $2,500 for their favorite community nonprofit. The Monsanto Fund expects to invest more than $3.1 million in local rural communities this year alone. In total, more than $580,000 has been donated to nonprofits in Kansas.
Visit www.growcommunities.com to learn more about America’s Farmers Grow Communities. Visit the Monsanto Fund at www.monsantofund.org.
