April is Lawn & Garden Month

March 31, 2010 — librarian

Come in during April and gather from our crop of gardening books. Mulch over the perfect perennials, herb gardens, planting tips and basic garden know-how. We also have several varieties of landscaping books. Don’t have a green thumb? No problem!! The library has several good books with garden themes and settings.

Here are just a few books we picked for you:

Like a Watered Garden, Patti Ann Hill

Earthly Joys, Philippa Gregory

Susannah’s Garden, Debbie Macomber

Pushing up Daisies, Rosemary Harris

The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton

Bad Girl Creek, JoAnn Mapson

And for our younger readers, we recommend:

Home Lovely, Lynne Rae Perkins

Mrs. Spritzer’s Garden, Edith Patton

Lawn Boy, Gary Paulson

Festus & Mercury Ruckus in the Garden, Sven Nordquist

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State Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Returns Tour Comes to Seneca

March 31, 2010 — librarian

The Kansas State Treasurer’s  Unclaimed Property Returns tour  will be coming to the Seneca Free Library Stop by the Library Community Meeting Room between 8:30 and 10:00 AM on Thursday June 3,  to see if you have any lost property.


Kansas State Treasurer Dennis McKinney’s office is currently safeguarding over $200 million worth of unclaimed property for their rightful owners or their heirs.


As a part of the Treasurer’s “Unclaimed Property Returns” tour, Treasurer McKinney and staff members will be traveling throughout the area talking about and searching for Kansans unclaimed property. Treasurer McKinney and staff will be in this area this Thursday.

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