A big thanks to Pam Holz, Naturalist at Marr Park, for being a part of our summer reading club.  Pam used bracelets to teach club members about the water cycle.  Different stations around the room represented different stages of the water cycle in the environment such as stream, clouds, animals, or oceans.  The kids would add a colored bead from each station as they followed the cycle.  It was a fun and creative way to learn.  Thanks, Pam!

If you missed the presentations by Chasing4Life's Eddy Weiss this past Wednesday you missed a storm.  Eddy, the founder of Chasing4Life and an experienced researcher, storm chaser, and emergency care specialist, wowed the audiences with his high energy, exciting stories, and hard-hitting message to stay safe in severe weather.  He proved quite versatile in adapting his presentation to teens, children, and families throughout three presentations at the WPL (Eddy had also been in Wellman and Kalona earlier in the day).  Eddy told many stories about the storms he had been involved with and described the changes in the weather leading to an increase in severe weather both numerically and geographically.  His focus was staying safe during severe weather by taking cover.  Eddy repeatedly mentioned the fact that there is no place where storms, tornados, hail, etc. do not happen.  Most injuries and fatalities are to people who remain outside to watch tornados and take pictures.  We hope to have Chasing4Life back in the future to enthrall and encourage us