Dear Members,

      Well spring is definitely here and everyone seems to be very busy either with well work or yard work or both!  There also seems to be the usual rise in golf games that this time of year brings. 

      The library business has picked up this spring and we hope it continues to be busy for us.  We have started to expand our files, moving into 29 new file cabinets that have been added to the east end of the library.  In the next few weeks, you might have to “keep looking” for the cabinet that has the township you are looking for but it will be much nicer to look through the files when this task is completed.  This is making room for new logs that have come in this year as well as the integration of the small scale files.  We have had a wonderful volunteer workforce handling this project.  Ted Jochems, Sal & Chellie Mazzullo, Marj Crane, Bob Wasson, Kimberly Dimmick-Wells and Paul Ramondetta.  I want to thank them for their dedication to this library.  These are people that are always there to say “I’ll help with that” and they always deliver on that promise!  THANKS! 

      We have a few events coming up in the next few weeks.  First we have the Fishing Tournament which will be held on Friday, May 23rd.  See more info on this on page 9. Then we have the KGS Golf Tournament on June 16th.  This year the golf tournament will start later in the day to make it easier for more out-of-town people to attend.  See more info on this event  also on page 9.   I hope you can support these events either by participating or providing sponsorship or just “talking it up” to those who might be interested.  These are both fun events and we like to see as many as possible join in on that fun!

     Also, May 21st, a Wednesday night, the Foundation will be having their annual Spring Mixer.  See the enclosed flyer insert for more information.

      Please check out the Technical Talk schedule on page 5.  Included in the schedule on May 22 is a panel discussion on ethics that will be co-hosted by KGS & SIPES.  This should prove to be an interesting discussion and a little out of the ordinary for our talks in that we want a lot of involvement from the audience.   See page 28 for some sample questions that you might want to duplicate for that panel.

     Also on May 8th, our own Brian Fisher will be giving a talk on the groundwater contamination cleanup project that he has been involved with for the City of Wichita.  I am sorry that I will miss Brian’s talk as I will be out of town for my daughter’s wedding that week.   I am looking forward to my life settling down after this wedding is over!  I apologize now for any “scatter-brainedness” you have experienced from the mother of the bride!  I will return to normal, I promise!

Respectfully submitted,
Rebecca Radford

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Thursday Night Volunteers moving those files!