Election Information

For those voting in Kansas, learn how, when, and where to vote:

Step 1. To find your district for Congressional leaders, State Board of Education, and state officials go to http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/vote/ . Type in your address and your current elected officials will pop up as well as your districts.

Step 2. Once you know your districts you can find out who is running in your districts at the Secretary of State’s candidate list: http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_upcoming_candidate_display.asp and select Featured Link – Official 2008 General Candidate List (lower left side of page)

Step 3. To find out where you need to go to vote, access your personal voter registration information. This will name your polling site. You can find that at https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/

Need help knowing how to vote on judges? Performance evaluations may be found at: http://www.kansasjudicialperformance.org/judgeevaluations.cfm

Don't forget to vote on Nov. 4!

Happy Halloween

Tomorrow's Halloween...did you know
--An old magical belief says if persons hold a mirror on Halloween and walk backward down the stairs to the basement, the face that appears in the mirror will be their next lover?
--Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926?
--According to the Kansas Census of Agriculture, in 2002 102 Kansas farms harvested 705 acres of pumpkins for eating and carving?

Read ghost stories of Kansas at:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/haunts.html/

Or check out these movies and books from Miller Library:
Rocky Mountain Horror Picture Show DVD
Phantom of the Opera VHS and sound recording
Little Shop of Horrors VHS
Haunted Kansas: Ghost Stories and Other Eerie Tales book by Lisa Heitz
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Famous Ghost Stories book by Bennett Cerf
Horror Literature: A Core Collection and Reference Guide
Children's Books: Arthur's Halloween, Shy Mama's Halloween, Hallow-Wiener, Cinderhazel, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Happy Halloween

Our puzzle finished

On our first game night, we started a 1,500 piece puzzle, which was finished recently. Wednesday night, Oct. 29, we'll break out a new puzzle, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs (I know, they need all the help they can get this year!). We'll have treats, a movie, and games. Take a study break and put in a piece of the puzzle.

Smithsonian Exhibit and Special Activities

The Smithsonian exhibit, New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music, opens with a reception for members today, Oct. 2, and for the public Oct. 3, beginning at 7 p.m. at The Mcpherson Museum and Arts Foundation, 1130 E. Euclid . Come for free food, live music, and a companion exhibit on local music. The exhibit runs through Nov. 9.

Miller Library’s exhibit Sweetening the Voice of the Harp: Brethren Hymnody in America also opens Oct. 3 and features many old hymnals, some in German dating from the 18th century, and music up to 2008, including the piece commissioned for the 300th anniversary of the Church of the Brethren and sung by the McPherson College Choir in Schwarzenau, Germany, this summer.
Many events in the community are being held in conjunction with this exhibit. They include the McPherson College Choir concert on Oct. 12 and Theatre Department’s production of Quilters Nov. 6, 7, 8, 9. A complete list is available in the library.

If you get a passport and attend five events, you are eligible for a drawing for the complete DVD set of American Roots Music. Passports are available at Miller Library, and our exhibit counts as one event.

Another musical event features the FreeStaters on Thursday, Oct. 9, downtown at the Community Building at 7 p.m. These authentic 1850s musical re-enactors will take you back to another era! Tickets are $5 and are available from Susan Taylor in the library.