By Karen Kelly | Special to the Times Vedette
Friends of the Library have many plans and can use your help. On Nov. 7, Friends of the Guthrie Center Library will hold a bake sale from 5-8 p.m. to coincide with the Holiday Showcase at the park by the corner of Dowd Drug. Contact the library for additional information if you want to bake and donate items for the bake sale.
Mary J. Barnett Library is taking registrations for trees to be set up for the library’s annual Festival of Trees. The theme this year is Christmas Stories. Please call the library or register online if you want to decorate a tree for this event.
In conjunction with the Festival of Trees, the Friends will be hosting a Holiday Vendor Fair at the MJB Library on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The vendor cost to register for a table at the vendor fair is $20. Contact the library at mjblib@guthriecenter.lib.ia.us or by phone at 641-747-8110 to register and get additional information.
Trivia Night is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8. Get the date on your calendar and round up your team.
Friends of the Library is still taking donations to update the donor tree mural in the children’s section. You can pay for the cost of a square foot of painting with an $18 donation.
The regular meeting of Friends of the Library will be at 6:15 p.m., Monday, Nov. 4. Anyone who would like to have more information about becoming a Friend of the Library, please email, call or come to our November meeting. We welcome everyone who would like to join.
Boo Bash
The fifth annual Li-BOO-ary Bash, a not-so-scary Halloween celebration at the MJB Library, will be on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5-7:15 p.m. Stop by our family-friendly event featuring games, a photo booth, a “spooky walk” and a treat at the end.
Iowa Libraries Adventure Pass
The Friends of the Library sponsor the Adventure Pass for local library patrons. Currently, we have adventure passes for Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa, and Des Moines Children’s Museum. Library patrons 18 and older may use their library card to check out a pass to participating locations through the library’s website. Check out our website for more details.
Story Hour
Our preschool Story Hour is every Friday at 10 a.m.; this Friday’s story hour will feature turkeys. On Nov. 8, we will celebrate birthdays. Sharing is the theme for Nov. 15. Thanksgiving is the focus for Nov. 22. There will be no story hour on Nov. 29, as the library will be closed.
Programs
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Michelle Cowan, an Iowa author, will present a book talk at 10 a.m. Cowan will discuss her book “Better, Not Bitter,” which is currently available to check out at the MJB Library.
Cookbook Club
Cookbook Club featured recipes from the newly released, “Good Lookin’ Cookin’ ” by Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George this past Thursday. The top two favorite recipes were the: Family Favorite Meatloaf and Au Gratin Potatoes. Stop by to check out this treasured cookbook to help plan your next family menus. “Good Lookin’ Cookin’ ” by Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George is filled with more than 80 delicious dishes as well as photographs of Dolly and Rachel cooking and hosting all year long. Want to join our next meeting? Stop by the library to pick out a recipe from the upcoming cookbook “175 Essential Slow Cooker Classics” and join us on Thursday, Nov. 21 with your dish.
Holiday Closures for November
A reminder that the library will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11 in honor of Veteran’s Day. We will also be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, in celebration of Thanksgiving.
Be sure to stop in the MJB Library to see the collection of Batmobile models on loan to us for the month of October. The collection belongs to Felipe Castillo.
Lorrie Stringham’s quilt, “Millie’s Dresses,” is on display through October. The quilt features dresses that are made from vintage feedsack fabric. Stringham is the owner of Gap Creek Mercantile Quilt Shop in Guthrie Center.