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Possible Supplies Needed:  Washable project paints, cardstock or mixed media paper, canvas panels, painter’s tape, scissors, quart and gallon plastic bags, and plastic wrap.

This activity provides multiple sensory experiences while creating something that can be used as a gift from the toddler. They will touch and feel the cool of the paint and how smooth it is. They can see the different colors and how they blend. Plus, they practice their fine motors skills and learn about cause-and-effect, all of this while creating a final picture that can become a gift from them.

There is a new resource available to Missouri River Regional Library cardholders! 

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Cardholders can use it to create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds and locate people. And even better, it's free!

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A free notary public is available at Missouri River Regional Library in the Jefferson City location. 

The weekly schedule is subject to change. To confirm availability, please call (573) 634-2464. 

I like presents, but confess I am a horrible wrapper. No matter how much care I take in positioning the gift, getting the folds just right, even finding a bow that matches, it’s a disaster. The edges don’t line up, the tape bunches up, the corner rips through the paper, I’m still 1/8 of an inch short — trust me, it’s not a pretty sight.

Fortunately, a lesson my mom taught me about wrapping presents for the holidays not only minimizes the paper carnage, but it is a lot of fun as well:

Don’t.

Join us for a new series: Holiday How-To! We are planning to share some fun holiday ideas with you all season long. 

When the leaves start falling and there's a chill in the air, you know it’s bonfire season! And what goes better with bonfires than s’mores?

The Library has chosen Elise Hooper’s historical fiction, Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team, as this year’s community read, known as Capital READ and now in its 15th year.  

Hooper has written a thoroughly absorbing historical fiction novel with about the history of the first women’s Olympic Team, the athletic training involved, and the journey to the exciting, yet tension-filled 1936 games in Berlin, Nazi Germany.

The book centers on three main “real-life” women and a host of others who make this book so appealing. 

Make your own infinity cube! 

Supplies Needed:
-48 square pieces of paper (we went with 3x3 inches); the infinity cube is composed of 8 blocks that use 6 pieces of paper each. You could do it all in one color, have each box be a different color (6 squares each of 8 different colors), or have multi-colored cubes as we do in the video (8 squares each of 6 different colors). You could even come up with your own combinations, so long as your total number of squares is 48. 
-scotch tape

World history has a gaping hole. There exist few well-known women in a world of documents, literature, and bardic traditions that placed men in the forefront of action, science, and renown. The women who did make their way into the history books are known to different degrees depending on how much fame they received over time.

Supplies Needed: Small bottle filled with a cup of colored rice, beans & rice, corn, or birdseed. Small baggie with letter beads, wooden beads, colored beads, and buttons.

Possible Additional Supplies: Additional small buttons, beads, rubber bands, coins, toys, etc., additional bottles of various sizes & shapes, small funnel (top of water bottle works too), sealing item (super glue, hot glue, gorilla glue, or duct tape).

Since 2006, I've led a book discussion group called Fiction at Noon with my coworker Kathy (now retired). We are lucky to still have most of the original participants and have added new friends along the way.

This year, we proposed a year of mystery to the groups and, as a result, have read the works of several good mystery writers. Two of my favorites this year have been "Magpie Murders" by Anthony Horowitz and "Test of Wills" by Charles Todd.

Has the global pandemic caused you to never again want to deal with being stuck in a confined space?

Hold on there; consider the wonders of an escape room.

The deadline to register for the August 4th election has passed, but if you have registered, all of the information you might need for voting in the age of Covid-19 is below from www.vote.org. Of course, this information will apply to the election on November 3rd as well, and you can register for that election until October 7th. 

As part of a partnership with Missouri River Relief, a non-profit dedicated to connecting people to the Missouri River, Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City will offer families the opportunity to build an understanding of their local watershed while also learning ways to make a difference in their neighborhood. This program is called "Make a Difference in Your Watershed Week" and will include four virtual programs and one curbside pick up, offered from July 20-26^th.

Supplies Needed: Empty clear plastic bottle, small baggie of glitter & small baggie of beads &/or sequins.

Additional Supplies: Warm water, glitter &/or clear glue, food coloring and low-temp hot glue gun or other source to seal bottle lid.  If desired, any other small objects to watch descend.

I grew up in a small Kansas town and on the surface, my childhood seemed normal. However, it wasn’t even close to normal. Starting when I was in second grade, I was bullied by students from the high school. My father was the principal in charge of discipline, and when kids got into trouble, they took it out on me. This lasted through my middle school years. I was bullied almost daily and physically attacked weekly. When I reached high school the bullying didn’t stop. It actually increased, but I was better able to handle myself.