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LUCKY
NUMBER
May 2015 l Vol. 12, Issue 11
Grand opening
Friends ready to invite everyone into their new store
With the major
work behind them
and their store operating smoothly in its
new location and
under a new name,
the Friends of Rolling
Hills Library will celebrate the grand opening of Books Revisited
on Thursday, May 14.
The day’s events
will begin at 10:45
a.m. with a ribbonVolunteer Cindy Soper and Books Revisited store manager
cutting ceremony by
Robbie Morton show off the completed store, which will have
the St. Joseph Cham- its grand opening May 14.
ber of Commerce outjoining the Friends that day.
side the store that is upstairs from the Belt
Store manager Robbie Morton is happy
Branch and next door to PepperJax Grill.
the new store is open and faring well.
Book signings by two local authors are
Much work was needed to move the store’s
slated for 11 a.m. Stacey Mollus will visit
contents from the old location inside the
with the public about her comic novel,
Belt Branch concourse and its reserve of
“Sylvia, Please Don’t Be Dead,” and Janna
books from storage elsewhere in the liWuest will discuss her children’s book,
brary.
“Dog Tails of Oggie Doggie.”
“It has been a long process, and someRefreshments will be served throughout
times you wonder if you’ll ever see the end,
the day, and 25 percent sale discounts will
Please turn to Page 2
be given to Friends members and anyone
If your library card number is 22003000451326, you’ve won a $10 gift certificate to the Friends store, Books Revisited. Bring in your card to claim
your prize by May 31. Bookstore hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, noon-3 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
Rolling Hills Library
Belt Branch
1904 N. Belt., St. Joseph, Mo.
816-232-5479
HOURS: 9-9 Mon-Thu
9-6 Fri-Sat/1-5 Sun
Savannah Branch
514 W. Main, Savannah, Mo.
816-324-4569
HOURS: 9-6 Mon, Wed, Fri
9-8 Tue, Thu/9-5 Sat/1-5 Sun
Business Office
1912 N. Belt, St. Joseph, Mo.
816-236-2106
Bookmobile & Outreach
1912 N. Belt, St. Joseph, Mo.
816-205-7100
Michelle Mears
Library Director
Alan Stolfus
Library News editor
Board of Trustees
Elbert Turner Jr.
Take note: We have new
logo, numbers, web look
While the buildings and books on the
shelves look the same at the library, we
have made a few noticeable changes
recently.
A new phone system installed earlier
this year has brought a few new phone
numbers. While the main phone numbers
for the Belt Branch (232-5479) and Savannah Branch (324-4569) remain the
same, the Business Office can now be
reached at 236-2106. The bookmobile
and outreach services have a direct
number of 205-7100.
We’ve also updated our library
logo, providing a modern look with a
variety of colors. (Look for it on Page 6.)
The logo, which features a stylized version of a row of books, was designed
by technology services librarian Kelly
Morris and first used on new library
cards in 2012.
On May 1, the library’s website,
www.rhcl.org, will be updated with a
simplified format that is easier for patrons to use, can be updated more regularly and alllows for easier searching of
the library catalog and the website.
Belt program to consider
end-of-life decisions
There are many issues to consider
when death is near, and planning ahead
can make that time easier on the dying
and family. Four experts will discuss
those issues at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May
20, at the Belt Branch.
Dr. Joyce Allen of Mosaic PalliativeCare will discuss hospice and palliative
care arrangements. Attorney Jere Loyd
will cover will preparation, estate planning, living wills and advanced directives.
The Rev. John Watson will discuss the
moral and spiritual issues of dying and
family considerations. John Grisamore
of Gladden-Stanley Funeral Home will
discuss prearranged funeral plans, funeral costs and how to plan a service.
president, St. Joseph
Teresa Cobb
vice president, Savannah
Rose Korte
treasurer, St. Joseph
Carlene Miller
secretary, Rea
David Cripe
St. Joseph
Keith Ferguson
Cosby
Mary Beth Thomas
Country Club Village
The board meets at 6 p.m. on
the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Friends of the Library
The Friends support the library
through volunteer and fund-raising
efforts. Meetings are set for
January, April, July and October.
Rolling Hills Library
Foundation
The Foundation strives to provide
financial support for large endeavors and future growth of the library
by seeking substantial gifts from
patrons and supportive foundations.
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Bookstore reaching out on Facebook
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but when you do it’s better than you expected,” he said.
“It feels like a real bookstore – we
have our own personality and character
and charm.”
Morton, who previously worked at the
former Borders bookstore in St. Joseph,
describes the store’s décor of brightly colored walls, modern furniture and dark
wood counters as “mod comfort.”
Already the Belt Highway location
has brought an increase in business.
Morton has seen more new customers
and also regular customers dropping in
www.rhcl.org
more often to peruse the shelves.
Books Revisited also has a Facebook
page and plans are in the works for a
newsletter that will announce sales and
special events, such as more book signings.
Friends president Patrick Dare marvels at how far the Friends have come in
their efforts to support the library.
“If anyone had told me years ago that
all those semi-annual book sales using
folding tables along with boxes and
boxes of books and a used cash register
that only opened and closed would lead
to Books Revisited, I would not have believed it,” he said.
To read Library News via
e-mail, visit www.rhcl.org and
sign up on our home page.
Library Scenes
The Friends of the Library trip April 17-18 to Crystal
Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark.,
was so big that not everyone could fit into one group
picture. Besides the art museum, the group visited the
Wal-Mart Museum on the Bentonville town square.
For more pictures of
library events, visit
our Facebook page
at www.face book.
com/RollingHillsConsolidatedLibrary.
After 25 years of putting on craft classes for
young and old, leading
children’s Storytimes
and the Summer Reading Program at the Belt
Branch, Patti Swartz celebrated her last day at the library on April 15 with a
going-away lunch. Staff presented her with a garden
statue of children reading a
book, a handmade card and
a crazy hat.
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Plans in place for summer of reading
Summer is just one page-turn
away on the calendar, and parents
and children already are looking forward to the 2015 Summer Reading
Program.
The annual reading-incentive program will run June 1
to July 31 and feature
a variety of entertainers, craft classes,
movies and Storytimes
to encourage kids to
keep reading through
the summer. And as always, they can earn
prizes for how much they read this
summer.
Children, teens and parents can
participate this year, and they will
set their reading goals by pages,
time or books read.
Sign-up begins May 17. The colorful, eight-page program brochure
The summer gets off to a
fast start when the musical
duo WildHeart visits the
Belt Branch at 2 p.m. Monday, June 1, and the Savannah Branch at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, June 2. Jan and
George Syrigos will sing
about the super powers of
the wild animals that can be
found in our backyards – and
they’ll bring along a live superhero animal.
Jan and George Syrigos are the
That first week also will
musical duo WildHeart and will
have Storytimes at both
open the Summer Reading Program with
branches and the Disney
performances on June 1 and 2.
movie “Bolt” at 2 p.m. Friday,
will be available starting this month June 5, in the Belt Branch Annex.
Teen events are planned for
at the library. This year’s theme is
Thursdays in June and July, begin“Every Hero Has a Story,” and
ning June 4 with an “Everyday Hero
events will pay homage to all sorts
Trophy Crafts” class at 3 p.m. at the
of heroes – from superheroes who
Belt Branch and the movie “Big Hero
wear masks to everyday heroes who
6” at 2 p.m. at the Savannah Branch.
live and walk amongst us.
Dining Discounts
Bookmobile Schedule
Use your Rolling Hills Library card
to receive 10 percent discounts at Le Peep
Restaurant and Lino’s Original Pizza
in St. Joseph.
Monday, May 11
Cosby – 4-6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 12
Savannah – 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Cedar Tree Apartments
Saturday, May 16
Rosendale – 9-10:30 a.m.; Bolckow – 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.;
Fillmore – 1:15-2 p.m.; Amazonia – 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Books Revisited
The Friends of the Library’s new bookstore located
next door to PepperJax Grill upstairs from the Belt
Branch! Bigger space, more items!
Hours: 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday
1-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday
Friend us on Facebook!
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205-7125
Wednesday, May 20
Agency Post Office – 9-11 a.m.; Faucett Lions Club
Building – 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Easton – 2-3:30 p.m.
at St. Joseph Catholic Church
Friday, May 22
Gower City Park – 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Visits may be canceled because of inclement weather.
Call 205-7100 to verify visits.
May Calendar
General programs in Blue
Senior programs in Red
Children’s programs in Green
Teen programs in Orange
Craft programs in Purple
1F
2S
INTRODUCTORY E-READER CLASS
3S
Learn how to use our Overdrive e-book service to read books on
your e-reader or mobile device. Sign up at www.rhcl.org/events.
4M
USING LIBRARY E-BOOKS CLASS 10-noon a.m. SV
5T
I’VE GOT A DIGITAL CAMERA – NOW WHAT? 3 p.m. Belt
6W
USING WINDOWS 8 10 a.m. Belt
7T
CLASSY SENIORS 2 p.m. SV
8F
CHESS CLUB 3-5 p.m. Belt
9S
SECOND SATURDAY STOCK TALK 10 a.m. Belt
BEADED BRACELET CRAFT CLASS 5 p.m. SV
GLUTEN-FREE GROUP 10 a.m. SV
TEEN ZONE 5-7 p.m. Belt
TEEN ADVISORY GROUP 4 p.m. SV
STOCK CLUB ADVICE
Interested in starting a stock club? Connie Rehm, a
BetterInvesting volunteer, has tips to share. Established
clubs are invited to attend and ask questions, too.
10S
11M
12T
ONLINE PHOTO EDITING CLASS 3-5 p.m. Belt
KNITTING GROUP 6-8p.m. SV
13W
14T
ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORD CLASS 1 p.m. Belt
15F
CHESS CLUB 3-5 p.m. Belt
ANIME CLUB 6:30 p.m. Belt Annex
NEVER STOP LEARNING
Learn what Bill Gates knows – or at least what the people
working for him know. Basic knowledge of Microsoft
Word needed. Sign up at www.rhcl.org/events.
16S
17S
18M
DROP-IN TECHNOLOGY HELP 9:15 a.m. -1 p.m. SV
19T
ALZHEIMER’S GROUP 9 a.m. Belt
20W
DROP-IN TECHNOLOGY HELP 10 a.m.-Noon Belt
21T
CLASSY SENIORS 1 p.m. Belt
EVENING CHESS CLUB 6:30 p.m. Belt Annex
GENEALOGY WITH HERITAGEQUEST 3-5 p.m. Belt
GLUTEN-FREE GROUP 10 a.m. SV
KNITTING GROUP 6-8 p.m. SV
END-OF-LIFE PROGRAM 6 p.m. Belt
22F
23S
BOOK TALK
24S
LIBRARY CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
25M
LIBRARY CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
26T
KNITTING GROUP 6 p.m. SV
27W
ADULT READING GROUPS Noon and 6:30 p.m. Belt
28T
E-BOOKS AND DIGITAL MAGAZINES CLASS 1-3 p.m. Belt
29F
30S
31S
RHCL BOARD OF TRUSTEES 6 p.m. SV
Dine and Discuss at noon will take up the
book “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson.
Discuss and Dessert at 6:30 p.m. will
talk about “The Stone Diaries” by
Carol Shields.
Interested? Call MaryBeth at 232-5479.
ANIME CLUB 6:30 p.m. Belt Annex
SUMMER BREAK
May 15 will be the last session
of the Belt Branch Chess Club
until Fall. Keep playing!
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Teens and adults can make colorful, beaded felt bracelets in a special workshop at 5-8p.m. Tuesday,
May 5, at the Savannah Branch.
The class will be taught by
LouAnn Elwell of Southpass Beads
of Cobden, Ill. Elwell is the sister of
Savannah Branch manager Saundra
Keiffer.
Participants will use ultra suede,
a brass cuff, felted flowers and
seed beads to create their
bracelets. Participants must be comfortable working with a needle
and thread.
The workshop costs $35 with
Belt Branch circulation assistant
Kathie Vaughan offers this month’s
recipe, with Barb Dalrymple’s
blessing: “We have a lot of good
cooks at the library.”
Skinny Pistachio Cake
Cake recipe
1 package white cake mix
1 oz. box sugar free/fat free pistachio pudding (regular pudding
optional)
6 oz. container of plain, non-fat
Greek yogurt
4 egg whites
payment due by May 1. Seating is
limited so sign up at www.rhcl.org/
events or call the Savannah Branch
for more information.
Natural soaps, flower
pots topic of programs
Seniors will get lessons in planting and maintaining container gardens and in finding healthy
alternatives in soaps, lotions and
food in two Classy Seniors programs this month.
Cheryl Mitchell, owner of the
new Miss Doyle’s Soapery in Savannah, will discuss living a more
healthy life by using natural soaps,
lotions, essential oils and organic
The Cake Lady
1½ cups water
Frosting recipe
8 oz. container whipped topping,
thawed
1 cup skim milk
1 oz. box sugar-free/fat-free pistachio pudding
¼ cup shelled pistachios (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly coat 9x11-inch cake pan
with cooking spray. Mix cake ingre-
foods at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7,
at the Savannah Branch.
Mitchell and her husband Robert
recently moved to Savannah from
Texas and opened their store on the
west side of the Savannah square.
Sharon Radtka, owner of the
seasonal greenhouse Nana’s
Bloomers in St. Joseph, will talk at
1 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the
Belt Branch about what kinds of
flowers and herbs can be grown in
containers, pot sizes and how
many plants should be used in a
pot.
Radtka and her family opened
the greenhouse a year ago at
3917 Cook Road and were open
for the spring and fall seasons.
dients together in a medium sized
bowl at medium speed until ingredients are blended (about 2-3 minutes). Pour batter into cake pan
and bake 35-40 minutes.
While cake is baking, mix together milk and pudding mix. Beat
on medium speed until well mixed,
then let stand for 2 minutes. Fold in
whipped topping and refrigerate
until cake has cooled. Frost cake with
pudding mix and sprinkle with
shelled pistachios that have been
chopped to bread crumb consistency
in a food processor or blender.
Administrative Office
1912 N. Belt
St. Joseph, Mo. 64506
Beaded bracelet class
to be offered May 5