Kansas Legal Services Tax Help
Kansas Legal Services affiliates with a Legal Services program in California to make electronic filing (e-filing) of taxes available to low income people, without having to buy software or pay a provider. The program asks simple questions and prepares tax forms. Electronic filing can allow people to get their tax refund back in as little as 10 days. In addition, this program emphasizes the family’s eligibility for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), an important financial support for low income, working families. Families of 5, with total income up to $49,000 can qualify for some EITC credit, either to help pay taxes due or to increase their refund. This program is helpful to families with earned income under $50,000, who don’t have anyone in the military. It does not work for families where the workers don’t have Social Security numbers or who have employment outside the US.
Through January 25, 20 Kansas families have used these forms to obtain Federal tax refunds of over $45,000, including $18,664 in EITC. This is money they were due from the government. This program allowed them to get their money FOR FREE. Plus, the program is available in English and Spanish. These Kansas families are part of 9,032 families who have already used this program this year. Read more
Library To Be Closed
The Library will be closed Monday, January 16th, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Books can be returned to the book drop located in the alley at the rear of the building. Please do not leave DVDs, CDs, Play-a-ways or cassette tapes in the book drop.
Happy 2012
Dear Community of Atchison,
It’s been five months since I relocated from Denver to Atchison, and I’m glad I did. This is the first time I’ve lived anywhere but Colorado, and you’ll just have to believe me when I say even that state’s beautiful mountains become commonplace after a while. The big trees and bucolic rolling hills of eastern Kansas are just as lovely.
I can’t tell you how excited I am to serve you as the director of the Atchison Public Library. Though I’ve been a librarian for about ten years, this is my second career. I started my professional life as an accountant while I was finishing my undergraduate degree in English literature. Near the end of my coursework, I enrolled in a children’s literature class, which required me to spend lots of time at my local public library searching for specific children’s books. I marveled at the technology libraries were adopting and how much easier it had become to use the library since the days of the old stand-alone card catalog. By the end of the semester, I was hooked. I knew then I wanted to become a librarian. Read more
A New Look for the Children’s Library
The painting in the Children’s Library is 99% complete with only a few details left to be finished. Just so you’ll know, it really looks great; come see for yourself. Holly is holding off story time until Thursday, January 19th to help you avoid some of the mess (you can still come look at books and check them out.) She has lots of great stories and fun crafts to fill those dreary winter days ahead. By the way, these are two of the new colors you’ll see downstairs (the yellow doesn’t show up very well on the computer screen so you’ll need to come see that color in person.)
Presenting the Parasol Puppets
The Parasol Puppets will add a holiday twist to a classic tale at Atchison Public Library when they give a FREE performance of the festive handpuppet show, THE GINGERBREAD MAN’S CHRISTMAS. This delightful puppet show will be performed on Saturday, December 17th when we celebrate the Christmas holiday with “Breakfast With Santa” from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
When Mrs. Claus bakes a special cookie for Santa, the Gingerbread Man decides that he doesn’t want to get eaten! He hops off of the cookie sheet and begins his sing-a-long adventure. Of course, Santa will be on hand to offer other stories, plus fun crafts and other activities. This special event is free, but space is limited and you’ll need a ticket to attend. You can get your FREE ticket at the circulation desk. Contact Holly Hutchinson, Youth Services Librarian, at 913-367-1902 for more information.
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New Fiction- New DVDs
- Bedlam. , [videorecording] /, Season 1, a Red Production Company ; written and created by Neil Jones, David Allison and Chris Parker ; directed by John Strickland and Alrick Riley ; produced by Matthew Bird.
- 1Q84 , [sound recording] /, Haruki Murakami ; translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
- The Civil War , [videorecording] /, a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns.
- Tales of terror, the pit and the pendulum, the raven , [videorecording] .
- Ghost hunter collection , [DVD videorecording] /, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
- New Nonfiction
- Private, # 1 suspect / , James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
- Abraham Lincoln / , by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
- Memoirs from Babylon : , a combat chaplain's life in Iraq's triangle of death /, Jeff Bryan ; foreword by Matt Eversmann.
- Blood on the tracks : , the life and times of S. Brian Willson : a psychohistorical memoir /, S. Brian Willson.
- Taller when prone : , poems /, Les Murray.
- New Large Print
- New Young Adult
- The fault in our stars / , John Green.
- Irises / , by Francisco X. Stork.
- The girl is murder , [sound recording] /, Kathryn Miller Haines.
- Dust & decay , [electronic resource] /, Jonathan Maberry.
- Kung fu panda 2 , [videorecording (DVD)] /, DreamWorks Animation SKG presents ; written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger ; produced by Melissa Cobb ; directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson.
- New Audiobooks
- Private , [sound recording] :, #1 suspect /, James Patterson [and Maxine Paetro].
- Seriously-- I'm kidding , [sound recording] /, Ellen DeGeneres.
- 77 Shadow Street , [sound recording] :, (a novel) /, Dean Koontz.
- 1861 , [sound recording] :, the Civil War awakening /, Adam Goodheart.
- Mr. Fox , [sound recording] /, Helen Oyeyemi.
- New Children’s